Featured Seller: YappsCottageDecor

Good Morning Cottage Style Street Team! Hope
you are well this wet and chilly morning here
in New Jersey. We had another wonderful week
of fabulous posting and tons of outstanding
treasuries. The CSSTEAM is really getting out
there and we are being seen by the ETSY
community. Many of our members have reported
increased sales and many others have been
knocking on our door for membership! So we
are doing something right!!!! I just want to
take this time to thank ALL of you for posting,
creating mini works of art with your treasuries,
tagging all your items, displaying our logo
(we will be updating that soon...so stay tuned)
for spreading the word and representing us with
the finest products out there! When people
think of the CSSTEAM they just don't think PINK
any more...they thing QUALITY! ORIGINALITY,
SENSATIONAL ARTWORK, TOP NOTCH SUPPLIES with
and ARTISTIC TWIST, VINTAGE SUPERIORITY, BEAUTY,
ToP NOTCH CUSTOMER SERVICE, ALL THINGS BEAUTIFUL,
and yes... Pink and roses fit in there too : )
I am applauding you all!!!! You are just the
best!...hugs...POPS!

Well the time is nearing!!! Next Monday Morning
kicks off our month of the FIRST CSSTEAM
posting Marathon!!!! So get those cups of coffee
and tea ready...put on your most comfy slippers
and pj's on, crack those fingers and warm up for
the GREAT PINK RACE!!!! More info to follow...
but the checker flag goes off at 6:00 am EST
next Monday! and then the finish line will be
crossed on June 11th at 6:00 AM EST...This is
a race that anyone can win and everyone has an
equal shot...you can make a race for it out of
the box or run a steady course and go wild at
the end...it is up to you but one way or another
it is going to be FUN!!!!

Now...as always...we introduce our Cottage
Style Street Team Featured Member of the Week.
Today we would like to celebrate Lora from
YappsCottageDecor.etsy.com Lora is a pure
delight and a wonderful member of our great
team! She is attentive to others words and
always there to lend a suggestion and to lend
a support to our team! We want her to know
that she is appreciated and a valued member
of our family here in the world of CSSTEAM!
Thank you lora for everything!

Lora works from home and is also a mom and a
wife...so she has three full time jobs : ) as
many of us do! She runs a delightful shoppe
that is filled with hand made bath and body
products. She has done extensive reasearch
on her products creating a delicate blend
that benefits the skin and is delightful to
the scent. All of her products have been
tested on herself, family and friends...oh
how pops loves to see NO ANIMAL TESTING...
applause for you LORA!!! : ) Her soaps are
skin safe and hypo allergenic...they are also
Non-Comedogenic which means they do not clog
pores. Lora also runs two other shoppes:
DIYsupplies.etsy.com and PinkPretties.etsy.com
so come on and visit her this week...send
her your heart and drop her a little comment
here...she would love that!

Thank you Lora for being you!!!! ENJOY the
week everyone...see you in the forums and
get ready for the race!!! remember... i
have been scratched : ) lol!

Featured Seller: SecondHandNews

Good Morning Cottage Style Street Team and a
very HAPPY MONDAY MORNING to you all! Well we
have had another 1100 PLUS postings in the forums
and lots of goodies are coming in the mail...I
am jealous of all of you : )lol!!! I want to give
everyone a little bit more time to send their
donations in so our posting race will commence on
May 11th and will run through to June 11th and the
the winner will be announced on June 15 on the
Monday Morning Post! If we get some more goodies
in...I will make one or two more collections so
we have place winners to make it a bit more fun
for everyone. So remember to send you goodies
to me: andrea cammarata 10 orchard place, wayne,
nj 07470 by May 7th -- that is the hard fast
deadline now -- that will give me time to photograph
the final collection and get it posted on the blog
for Monday Morning the 11th! Don't forget your
little Etsy goodie -- I have to say the ones that
have come are OUTSTANDING...can you hear me...
OUTSTANDING!!!! I am dazzled!!!! If you have to
be refreshed about the contest...just scan down
3 full features and take a peek! : ) Thanks ladies
you are just fabulous!

Now...drumroll PLEASE...the featured member of the
week is...SecondHandNews.etsy.com Michelle is a
treasured member and such a great support to us all
with her postings and cheerleading for everyone!
Her shoppe is filled with artistic creations and
fabulous vintage finds! You must drop by this week
and take a look and send her your heart : ) leave
a little comment...she will love that!

Would you like to get to know Michele better? Of
course you would! She absolutely adores shabby chic
and country cottage decor and her favorite collors are
robin's egg blue, pin and barnwood red. She loves
to created reworked pieces that she paints and
distresses and transforms them in her own very
special way. Oh yes like so many of us...she is
obsessed with VINTAGE!!! and she shares tons of
vintage treasures in her shoppe. Now she is going
to go junking in New Jersey where she most recently
moved to from California! I guess she is bi-coastal :)
sorry...had to say that : )

Everyone on the Cottage Style Street Team would like
Michele to know how much she is loved and appreciated!
A big hug and a HUGE thank you for all that you do
for our team : )...hugs...pops!

Featured Seller: InspirationCottage

Good Morning Cottage Style Street Team! Hope you all had a
picture perfect weekend and are rested up for the week
ahead. I have to tell you ladies...we had a RECORD WEEK
last week!!! Over 1300+ posts in our weekly forum...we
SHATTERED the old record of just a little over 700! WOW!
Tons of gorgeous treasuries...new members and many people
are noticing us and I think it is wonderful! So a HUGE
THANK YOU to everyone...what a FABULOUS team you all make!
Remember our deadline for the donations for our gift
basket is due by April 28th...details on that are in an
earlier post...please scroll down : ) my address once
again is: Andrea Cammarata 10 Orchard Place Wayne NJ 07470.
Hope you have another record breaking week...I love seeing
you all in the SPOT LIGHT!!!!

Now...for the Featured Member of the week...hear the
drumroll...InspirationCottage.etsy.com Pam is a lovely
lady with an adorable shoppe filled with tons of
Cottage Goodies...she has overflowed her supply shoppe
and just opened a new shoppe called:
rosearborcottage.etsy.com for her hand made goodies!
Pam has been crafting since her teens and she adores
all forms of creations...sewing...embroidery...
flower arranging...altered art...jewelry making and
so much more! She loves to inspire others to craft
which is the inspiration for her crafting kits. Oh
yes...crafting with her Grand Kids is TOP on her
list of things to do!

Pam is a great support to our Team and a FABULOUS
treasury creator! We appreciate her team spirit
and can't wait to see what she has in store next!

Please drop into Pam's shoppes throughout the week
and say hi...send her your heart and if you can...
leave her a little comment...i am sure she would
LOVE to hear from you all.

Another BIG Thank you to the greatest team on ETSY
you girls ROCK!...hugs...pops

Featured Seller: Pearliebird

Good Morning Cottage Style Street Team! Hope you all had
a fabulous Holiday Weekend and got some rest last night
after all the festivities! You also needed some rest from
all the hard work you did on our forums last week and all
of the incredible treasuries...you really out did yourselves.

Our team is just completely outstanding and I for one
am very proud to be a part of it! Thank you to everyone!

A quick reminder...if you have some goodies for the upcoming
contest...please mail them my way as soon as you can so
I can get some photos done to kick off MAY in the forums! :)
andrea cammarata. 10 orchard place. wayne. nj 07470

Ok...drumroll...our Featured Member of the week is Kym from
Pearliebird.etsy.com Kym...aka...Pearlie is one of our
newest member and she has jumped in and become one of us
very quickly and we are thrilled to have her as a new
friend and as a wonderful support! She has an adorable
little shoppe that you all should take a peek into. You
will love all of her goodies...i just LOVE her chenille
bunny tags!

Kym is a stay at home mom...mother to three very talented
and creative girls and a special little furbaby name ZOE!
She just adores paper, old lace, buttons, bling, glitter,
ink, paints, and ephemera! Sounds pretty Cottage to me :)

I am sure that Kym would love to hear from you...send her
your heart and drop her a little comment...it will make
her day! Also drop by her blog:
www.artfullyyours.blogspot.com and while you are having
fun...drop by her daughters blog also : )
http://craftylass.etsy.com ENJOY!

Once again Kym...everyone here Welcomes you with open
arms and we can't wait to get to know you better! We
thank you for just jumping right in and being such an
open and loving person! Hugs from us all...pops!

Featured Seller: FooFooElm

Good Morning Cottage Style Street Team! Hope you all had
a fabulous weekend and are all geared up for the Upcoming
Holidays! Your shoppes are looking absolutely fabulous!
I also have to thank each and everyone of you for the
incredible support that you are giving our team! Our posts
have been WAAAAY up and the amount of Treasuries has been
amazing. Applause for you all...you make such a difference!
More details on our upcoming contest later this week...so
stay tuned!

Well it is that time again...Introducing the Featured Member
of the week...a wonderfully supportive, talented and also
one of our newest members...Debi from FooFooElm.etsy.com
Debi has a wonderful shoppe here in the land of Etsy filled
with unique and gorgeous jewelry. It is a place where
eclectic, vintage, unusual, old, and timeless finds are
refashioned into one of a kind pieces of wearable art! What
a fabulous selection she has and they are all a MUST SEE!!!
She adds new items all the time and also has a sale...Free
Shipping and 10% off all of her items! How great is that.

A little more about Debi in her own words: Creating is
something I've been doing since I was a little girl.
It all started with an embroidered piece I did at four
years of age with my mom and grandmother, and I was
hooked! I am a mixed media artist and I've been creating
handmade jewelry for over 15 years. I love finding new
techniques and vintage pieces to work over and over
until it's my own. I also love paper collage, sewing,
and embroidery, so don't be surprised if other pieces
pop up from time to time.

Debi has jumped right into our weekly forums and has taken
to creating treasuries! A wonderful new support for our
FABULOUS team! We can't thank you enough and wanted you to
know that you are greatly appreciated. Come on over and
visit her at FooFooElm.etsy.com and also drop by and leave
her a little comment her on our blog...i am so sure she
would love to hear from you! Thank you Debi...hugs...pops!

Featured Seller: Sweet Liberty Prims

Good Morning once again Ladies (PLEASE READ
the post that follows this one : ) some very
important and FUN CSSTEAM news!

Well...today we have an extra special Featured
Member of the week...drumroll please...Kath
from the very FABULOUS and creative shoppe
SWEETLIBERTYPRIMS.etsy.com. Today the
spotlight shines on her...by the way for
some of you that don't know...she also runs
OutOnAWhim.etsy.com, INeedThat.etsy.com,
and GetHappy.etsy.com WOW right! Kath is
a wonderful lady and such an incredible
support to the CSSTEAM...we want her to know
how much she is appreciated...so we are
sending her hugs!

SweetLibertyPrims is filled with precious
cottage style goodies that you will enjoy
feasting your eyes upon. I personally
LOVE the egg collections that she has and
they are displayed picture perfect! This
shoppe portrays Kath's primitive side
with beauty and grace.

I would love you to know more about Kath
so I am including her little profile for
everyone to read:
I am an Altered Artist, Junker, Vice President
of our private ambulance service, Mom of 4 boys
and wife, not necessarily in that order! I began
creating as a child, and have done Primitive
painting, sewing, and stitchery, and my current
obsession, altered art! I've done shows,
consignment, mall booths, antique booths and
a little wholesale. I am now primarily selling
online! After several years of scrapbooking
the kids' pictures, I began to do other
papercraft type projects! I am currently
focusing on primitive and whimsical altered
art, such as handmade journals, prim tags,
and anything else I can find to alter!
And having a ball with it! My work has
been featured in Country Marketplace
and Merchantile Gatherings Magazines,
and on the cover of the Ohio Country Register!

Well I hope you enjoyed learning a
little bit more about this great CSSTEAM
member and I am sure she would love to
hear from you...so please take a moment to
say hi and maybe leave her a little comment.
Thank you Kath for all you do for us...
hugs...pops and the gang!

NEW CSSTEAM POSTING CONTEST!!!! FUN FOR ALL!

Good Morning Cottage Style Street Team. Hope you
had a wonderful weekend and are all set for the
fabulous week ahead of us. Well not only do we
have an outstanding Feature Member of the Week we
also have some CSSTEAM news. As many of you know
by reading our forums our very own
StarryDeborah.etsy.com has a SENSATIONAL idea on
how to get more posts and more exposure for our
team. She thought that having a CSSTEAM give-
away basket for the highest poster would be great
and so many of us totally agree... so that is what
we are going to do. Right now we are in
stage 1...collecting little gifts throughout our
team. You can donate anything that you like...
nothing is too small or too large...anything
that you feel as though would be fun for a
fellow member...there are no restrictions...just
something that would be enjoyable and that would
be just about everything that you creative
ladies do. Supplies are also soooooo welcome!!!
We are going to have them shipped to my home
and I will create a basket...depending on how
many goodies we get will depend if there is a
second and third place prize also : ) So ANYONE
that would like to participate...please send your
donation to:

Andrea Cammarata
10 Orchard Place
Wayne, NJ 07470

We will be collecting the entire month of April
and then the contest starts on May 1st and runs
straight through the whole month : ) Just to
let you all know we might need a TIE-BREAKER
so what we will do in that case is take the
high poster for April and add that to the
scores to break the tie so posting for the next
2 months is crucial : ) No one is a looser
because it gives everyone great exposure.

One other little idea is tagged to this one...
I would LOVE LOVE LOVE it for anyone that is
sending a donation to this event to send a
little I LOVE ETSY item...a button...a tag...
a barrette...a card...ANYTHING that you feel
like creating!!! and add that to the package...
my idea here is to collect all of these litte
I love Etsy items...create a fun basket and
PHYSICALLY bring it to our friends at ETSY
in Brooklyn NY on open day Mondays!!! I
really want to promote our team and I
thought that would be a really FUN way to do
it. It does not have to be big...just
something fun that reflects our love for
ETSY! Remember...none of these items are
going to be for sale...they are totally
going to be used as a gift to ETSY and our
give-away baskets for the HIGHEST posts in
our team. I personally can't wait to see
what will be coming in...only 1 item and
it is TOTALLY YOUR CHOICE!!!! remember to
tag your item with your stores name and
of course your name. I am hoping maybe
we might be able to do a storque article
when it is all done : )

If you have any questions...just convo me
at popalicious.etsy.com or
popalicioustoo.etsy.com I will be happy to
fill in any of the blanks for you!
Oh yes...as I said in the posts...I am
taking myself out of this contest : )

ENJOY and hope to hear from you all soon!
Hugs...Pops!!!!