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Kiwi's Etsy Love Swap #1

2011-01-17T14:41:00.000-08:00

I'm going to feature some fellow swapbotter's Etsy as there are so many talented and lovely people on both websites!

Check them all out!!

1. First up is.. Drachenfrau Treasures! (http://www.etsy.com/shop/Drachenfrau)

I'm in LOVE with her handmade tooth earrings! I also really love the kawaii toilet paper and poo earrings. Besides kawaii, you can find very elegant jewelry including necklaces, bracelets and anklets. For 10% off, use: KIWIETSYLOVE1

2. Next up is Kiwivandal Designs! (http://www.etsy.com/shop/meepalicious?ref=pr_shop)

I'm going to feature her lovely Robot Valentine card!

I'm in love with Valentines day & Robots! So sweet!

3. Next up is Bop&Rocksy! (http://www.etsy.com/shop/BopRocks?page=1)

Her store features unique dog collars (super cute!) and lovely & adorable towels!

I'm especially in love with this HK collar! :)

4. Next up is A Craftgecko Creation (http://craftgecko.etsy.com)

Her shop features nature items and necklaces!

I really like her handmade Shiny Brown Heart Pendants!

5. And last but not least.. LampshadesnLollipops (http://www.etsy.com/shop/lampshadesnlollipops)

Her shop features Food and Candy Jewelry, Cute Charms & Gifts! All adorable!

One of my favourite items is her Radish earrings! Everyone always thinks I'm such a weirdo for loving radishes, so so cute!!

All these lovely ladies have so much talent, check them all out!:)

Secretly loves pink - Not so secret giveaway!

2010-08-19T19:08:00.000-07:00

My long time swap-bot buddy, Olivia is having an awesome giveaway on her blog right now for some of her amazing handmade goodies.

Check it out! I'm dying for one of her cupcakes!

2ReVert Giveaway!

2009-12-19T12:02:00.001-08:00

Gosh, I've been in love with this etsy shop for a while now! & they're having a giveaway!

Eeeeep!

Skateboarding rules. And so does jewelry. Check it out!:)

http://tite-roy-gatra2.blogspot.com/2009/12/treasure-thursday-2revert.html

Amazing VivaBella giveaway!

2009-12-19T11:22:00.001-08:00

Lots of awesome cosmetics to win!

Check it out!

http://www.vivawoman.net/2009/12/13/vivabella-bonanza-giveawayset-3-for-4-winners/comment-page-26/#comment-284867

And the winner is..

2009-12-03T00:36:00.000-08:00

Yay, congrats! Chris is sending an email your way! Wooooo! ♥

Interview & Giveaway with The ButtonMachine!

2009-11-17T01:04:00.000-08:00

Alright, so I've been in love with Chris's (ButtonMachine) amazing buttons for a while now. We became Etsy friends a while back..I actually own a few of his buttons including his Hello Kitty set (of course!), his Pacman love button set and the amazing back to the 80s buttons. I have at least one on all of my totes:)

Chris has been on Etsy for a year now, his Etsyversary just passed, so he's not new to the whole handmade thing. (& ladies.. he's a part of the 3% male population on Etsy!)

The ButtonMachine shop has a variety of buttons and he also does custom work. He also has a few very neat vintage items once in a while. Definitely check him out!

1. Hey Chris! Tell us a bit about your self ! Where are you from?

I'm 29, single, live at home with my parents, and make buttons in my bedroom! My bedroom is located in beautiful Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2. Is selling on Etsy your full time job or do you something else?

I sell on Etsy and eBay. It’s currently what I do for my primary income and as you can see it’s working out really well for me, being single, 29 and living at home with my parents…

3. I love buttons! How did you get started in the button business?

Buttons rule! I used to be in a thrash metal band and we needed buttons. So, instead of paying someone else to do them, I bought a button machine and some parts and did them myself! From there, I figured I’d just make buttons to sell on eBay as well. Then I discovered Etsy, which is a far more pleasant online market place. Plus, making buttons is just fun. I recently started to do custom orders for friends, bands, businesses, and charities. I like it.

4. What is your most favourite set of buttons you've ever made?

Tuff question! This is like asking me to choose my favourite child. NOT THAT I HAVE ANY CHILDREN! But, I think it would probably have to be my Zelda Triforce set. I like that when you put them together they make the Triforce. So cool! I’m a genius! Ok, if you’re not a game nerd and don’t know anything about Zelda, this will make no sense. So ya, that set or my Mexican Wrestling Mask set, which actually sells pretty good! I love wrestling (another reason why I’m a nerd and single).

5. Alright, confession time.. I was one of those kids with at least 10 buttons on their backpack.. please tell me that was you too?

I think I was the adult with at least 10 buttons on their backpack for a while… I don’t wear backpacks anymore, thankfully. And my current button wearing style has been toned down to 1 or 2 buttons MAX. That’s just me, though! I’ve always loved buttons. I have a box full of buttons that I’ve collected since my childhood. Sometimes you just gotta let people know what’s up with a button on your jacket. That way they know you love Tofu or hate the Yankees or that you’re a huge video game nerd.

6. Any advise to fellow Etsians?

Ya, make cool stuff! Not that I’m some sort of Etsy role model, but there are tons of talented people making awesome stuff and it’s pretty cool that there is a place like Etsy to find them.

Lucky #7: Tell me what's been on your playlist lately.

Thin Lizzy
Municipal Waste
Candlemass
Slayer
ABBA (don’t laugh)
Dolly Parton (shut up, ok!)
Alcatrazz
Judas Priest

Giveaway time! Chris is letting one lucky winner a chance to win 2 sets of his buttons!

Wanna win?

Mandatory: Visit the ButtonMachine & comment with the two button sets you'd like to win!

Extras:

♡ Purchase anything from the ButtonMachine (+5 extra - leave 5 comments)

♡ 'Heart' his Etsy store! (Leave your Etsy s/n in the comment)

♡ Follow my blog!

♡ Blog about this giveaway (+2 extra - leave 2 comments; w/ link)

♡ Tweet about this giveaway (leave link)

Please post a separate comment with each entry and with a way to reach you please!! :)

Open to anyone, anywhere!

Giveaway will close November 30 and winner will be chosen with random.org (Trying to stay green!)

Wow! Three years of Etsy!

2009-11-16T15:58:00.001-08:00

Today is my Etsy anniversary! Crazy!

I will edit this soon with a giveaway of course! Time flies so fast:)

Losing friends..

2009-11-14T00:02:00.001-08:00

.. is one of the hardest things in life.

I wish today wasn't Zacs funeral. Rest in peace dear, dear friend. ♥

Giveaway Winner!

2009-11-07T01:13:00.000-08:00

In case you guys missed the winner..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37199386@N03/4033220860/

Congrats again!:)

HALLOWEEN GIVEAWAY!

2009-10-05T20:58:00.000-07:00

This is for anyone & everyone!
To win this happy Ghost necklace all you have to do is comment here on this photo!

Check out my Etsy:

www.rossirossi.etsy.com

And let me know what your favourite thing in my store is! Can also be past sold items.

Last day to comment will be Oct. 15 and winner will be choose out of a hat!

Good luck everyone & thanks!

My first camping trip!

2009-10-02T15:55:00.000-07:00

I moved back to Ny.

2009-08-28T23:53:00.001-07:00

It's been magical.

Gimmie Your Stuff!

2009-02-04T13:25:00.001-08:00

Great website to swap with other great people out of the country! (Sort of like postcrossings, but for stuff!)

Check it out:)

2008-09-28T21:16:00.000-07:00

I feel like a grey, blobby monster without any sleep.

Even when I'm dead, I'll swim through the Earth, like a mermaid of the soil, just to be next to your bones.

2008-07-11T21:43:00.000-07:00

I love my new Vivitar cam:) Definetly taking this baby to Wet n Wild next week.

Disasterology.

2008-07-11T21:42:00.000-07:00

The Badger is the thirteenth astrological sign.
My sign. The one the other signs evicted: unanimously.

So what? ! Think I want to read about my future
in the newspaper next to the comics?

My third grade teacher told me I had no future.
I run through snow and turn around
just to make sure I've got a past.

My life's a chandelier dropped from an airplane.
I graduated first in my class from alibi school.

There ought to be a healthy family cage at the zoo,
or an open field, where I can lose my mother
as many times as I need.

When I get bored, I call the cops, tell them
there's a pervert peeking in my window!
then I slip on a flimsy nightgown, go outside,
press my face against the glass and wait...

This makes me proud to be an American

where drunk drivers ought to wear necklaces
made from the spines of children they've run over.

I remember my face being invented
through a windshield.

All the wounds stitched with horsehair
So the scars galloped across my forehead.

I remember the hymns cherubs sang
in my bloodstream. The way even my shadow ached
when the chubby infants stopped.

I remember wishing I could be boiled like water
and made pure again. Desire
so real it could be outlined in chalk.

My eyes were the color of palm trees
in a hurricane. I'd wake up
and my id would start the day without me.

Somewhere a junkie fixes the hole in his arm
and a racing car zips around my halo.

A good God is hard to find.

Each morning I look in the mirror
and say promise me something
don't do the things I've done.

Jeffrey McDaniel

Inventions.

2008-07-11T21:34:00.000-07:00

Pretty happy with my bear purse. It literally took mum & I 4 hourz and we almost broke the sewing machine. Worth it though! I can't to make more=)

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2008-07-06T13:45:00.000-07:00

I hope you can hear the echo of my heart breaking 4511 miles away.

*

2008-06-22T22:46:00.001-07:00

I got my 3rd kisser ever last night.

How do I feel about it? Uncertain.

I'll be your screetch and crash, if you be my crutch and cast<'3

2008-06-11T14:40:00.000-07:00

1. Little brother, Austin.
2. Baby crab!
3. Turtle that I didn't run over! (It peed on Austin, haha)
4. Tube top that mum & I made on Arts & Crafts day:)!

Lately.

2008-05-25T22:51:00.000-07:00

Hi, my name is Rossitza Kostova. I like Rossi better. It really actually would be Rosi 'cause in Bulgarian it's only four letters, but I go by what my passport tells me. I don't like to talk about myself, but this is practice for the real world. Most likely, only people I know will read this, so hey guyz;)! This is so true to me: "When you put your life in danger, you start living. The rest.. is television." I love unnesessary cuteness. Recently started liking pink + dresses + dancing. The keyboard would be better as a typewriter. Apparently, many people enjoy my company. Today someone told me it was because I am the happiest person they've known. True. I am. I've only kissed two people in my life. Kiss = tounge2. I like it that way. I like being alone. I do love cuddling & spooning. I miss cuddling & spooning. I can't lie. It's weird. Xeroxing an image over and over until you can't recognize it anymore makes perfect sense to me. So does repeating a word over and over until it doesn't sound the same anymore and has lost its meaning. I can admit that I am wrong. I hate the fact that I'm forgetting Bulgarian, when in acuality Bulgaria is everything to me. Sometimes I think it would've been better there. Maybe I just know too little. I'm young. I have dark circles under my eyes because of a ski trip gone bad. Not because of 0 sleep, though I have that problem too. I like friends, but don't really have close ones. I wish that would change. I can't really write, ENC1102 was the worst. Not much better in math either. I like History. Physical aspects: dirty blonde, gray eyes, big hips, somewhat "perfect" in weight, 5'5 and a half. I'm short compared to my dad who is 6'4. Poo. I wish I had talents, but I feel like I'm not great at anything, just good at everything. It's rediculous how many photos I have to put up on this. I hate the computer. It scares me that I can now type without looking at the key buttons. I don't like it one bit. Umm.. to be continued?

iend & the cloud that looks like Bulgaria

2008-05-07T12:15:00.000-07:00

I will miss seeing you.

baby Ducky

2008-05-02T12:11:00.000-07:00

I wish uploading wasn't such a hassle. I am happy a Johnny Cupcakes shirt is on its way to me:) These were mostly when I took Sonia to see Maggie in Kissimme. Grannys birthday was last week also. She is now 79 & happier then ever. I wuv her.

2008-04-25T10:23:00.000-07:00

I've never told a lie.

The Eye Doctor. Muahaha.

2008-04-13T13:54:00.000-07:00

I left work early because I wanted to throw up. There were wayy too many people there. It's always like that when you want to leave/don't feel good/have other stuff to do.
I went to the eye doctor Friday & everyone knows how squeemish I am about eyes. Ewww. I could be a mortician, but eyes are just gross! Anyway, my eyes were dialated for a couple of hours.

It was really hard to drive around with the sun killing my eyes. I was crying the entire way home, hah.
Then right after I get a call saying I can't go to school on Monday because I don't have the right immunization records. Awesome. So, being all blind, my mom drives me to Orange City & there they tell me I'm actually missing shots. So, yay .. two more shots. The nurse stabs the needle right in my tumor, which still hurts & I feel awesome after that. Haha. Not really >:(
That night was also Spring Formal @ Atc. So lame. I'm just happy I saw everyone all cute & dressed up. Sonia came! Woo! There must've been like 60ish people there? Haha. Fun right? I looked cute & it gave me a reason to wear my Saks dress again:D

Eww:

Dialated:

The Dentist.

2008-03-31T14:41:00.000-07:00

The photo I promised yesterday::

< --I now have bangs. They look horrible. Get more nerdy by the day. I love Sonias cute ways, aha. ^^ Miss that hair right now.

Photo of the day --->

Hah, the dentists lovee me.

I went by Galato Italiano today where I used to work at forever ago. It ran out of buisness :( I figured from the start it wouldn't work cuz it was too good to be true. The place was run by people that were too nice. I used to steal spoonfuls of imported ice cream. Mmm.. good.

2008-03-30T17:09:00.000-07:00

So, I figured I should make a blog and not tell anyone about it. I can't keep up with my journal anymore and this is easier. I can also add photos:)

I skipped work for the first time today. Weird. It felt like time travel or something. All the things I did instead of being stuck @ Circuit. We all went to the beach! (pics soon) I'm getting $$ for a Macbook Pro which will be a pretty big upgrade.

Pretty hyped about that. Hopefully I'll keep up w/ this.