Captain's Notes

It's been a week, has it? Hello again!

I'm happy to report that since I last posted we added a few new members to the Etsy NeedleArts Team:

NimbleQuickThreads, KatySchnell and Bridgeen

Welcome!

Our members have listed some great handmade items this week, and I am seeing a trend of adorable, tiny embroidery and cross stitch. I approve of this trend:

Doctor Who Dalek ring by FunWithNeedles on Etsy

Cross stitched gentleman pin from SnowStitched on Etsy

Hand Embroidered Square Brooch from MuhuJewelry on Etsy

See you next week :)

Captain's Notes



So, I seemed to have missed announcing the challenge winner here on the blog, but a huge "Thank you" to Shelley AKA Spin for doing so on the team board and keeping things moving.  As many of you know, the winner was Daniel of Tails32x with the Christmas Ice Castle.  Congratulations!

The winner of the current challenge always chooses the next challenge theme and this time its:

Vehicles!

The reveal date here will be December 16th, which is when you will all be able to share your work and we will start voting Tuesday the 20th and will run it through Christmas.  You can see all the details on the discussion board here!

We have added some new memebrs recently.  I want to welcome:

vintageandwhimsy

bstudio

aniajane

and

majestickreations

Sadly, we also lost one of our old leaders and a wonderful teammate, Rebekah of Beetastic.  Rebekah has decided to take a break from etsy for awhile and hopefully will be back in the future.  I am certain I can speak for my fellow team leaders when I say we have appreciated the work Bekah put into our team and we hope to see her back soon!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.  November is speeding right along! 

Captain's Post

from funwithneedles

Hey Team!

Happy Friday!  I hope your Fall is off to a fabulous start.  We have welcomed some new members since my last post:

littlesasquatch

supervelma

fireandicestitchery

funwithneedles

bloomsbybecca

Welcome to all the new folks and please be sure to check out the discussions thread for new members.  Feel free to contact myself or one of the leaders if you have any questions!

In other news, it is the reveal day for the September/October challenge!  The theme, chosen by the last winner, sewjenaissance is architecture.  You can link up your submission below.  We will accept submissions through Tuesday, October 25th and then we will open voting!  Good luck to all the members participating, I cannot wait to see what you all have come up with this month!

Captain's Notes

(manjunk)

Good Morning team!

Welcome to Fall!  Today is the official first day of Fall for the those of us in the Northern Hemisphere.  I don't know about you, but it is my favorite time of the year!

As with all teams, members come and go and therefore our numbers can change as well.  We are now up to 99 members...I believe its the highest I have seen since I have been captain.  Welcome to all our new members:

myneedlehabit

averyleedesigns

beantownembroidery

crewelwhorled

farawaydesigns

thankgoodness

lithy

najada

and my personal new fave:

manjunk

welcome to what I think is our first male teammate! 

I am pleased to also see a good mix of more traditional needle artists alongside contemporary folks...there's a huge spectrum of "needle art" out there and it is my goal to represent as much of it as possible.  To all new members, please be sure to check out the new members discussion thread for info on submitting your blog, facebook page and more!  For those who have already added your blog, I will be updating that over the weekend.

I think that is all for Captain's Notes this week.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Cheers,

Amanda

Captain's Notes

(marysgraddaughter)

It has been a week of changes on the team.

For starters, let's welcome all the new members that have joined:

Marysgranddaughter

fishboneskeletonkey

yellowdandy

purpbutt

and

dimenstitch

I am so happy to see all the continued growth and the amazing artists that keep joining our team!  To all new member, please be sure to check out the "New Members" discussion thread on the team page for some good newbie info!

This week, we would also like to announce a change on the team leadership.  Unfortunately, Bekah of Beetastic will be stepping down from her position (but thankfully staying with our team) and Liz of ThisTinyExistance will be stepping up to take over for her.  Thank you to Bekah for all your work on our team and for getting us this far!  

Thank you as well to Liz for joining the leadership.  We are happy to have you.  You all can look for Liz to start recruiting members for the team blog starting around next week.  If you are interested in being featured, please convo myself or Liz!

Lastly, We will be seeing Stitchnmomma step down from creating our weekly treasuries.  We thank her for her hard work as that is not an easy job.  The leaders are currently reworking the weekly treasury aspect of the team blog.  If any members have suggestions we are all ears.  For now, we will leave that spot open on the weekly blog schedule.

Whew...I believe that is all for now.  As always, have a great weekend!

Cheers,

Amanda AKA Pilous Percilla

Captain's Notes

Soft Pines by flamelilyphotos

Happy Friday Team! 

I hope you all are surviving the incredible heat we have all been experiencing this Summer. 

Its been a quiet week here at EtsyNEAT.  

I want to welcome our newest members:

BoBetsy

RustbeltGallery

Flamelilyphotos

We are so happy to have you on board and hope you enjoy being a part of our team!

I believe that's about all for this week.  As I said...quiet. 

Enjoy your weekend and please share your new work below!