YIKES! Holiday Etsy Spotlight

YIKES! Festive Polymer and Swarovski Bangle
Nepalese Lotka Gift Wrapping Paper
Knee Length Cocktail Dress
Antique Garland

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Suzanne Anderson is the creator of YIKES! Studio Jewelry. Suzanne has been busy creating for most of her life. After graduating with a BA from Maine College of Art, she worked as a graphic designer and a painter. Suzanne works to ensure that YIKES! Studio creates work that is fun, beautiful, always interesting, and adorns the wearer with joy. Catch up with her on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or Etsy, or her website at www.yikesstudio.com.

YIKES! Etsy Spotlight For Fall 2013

 

 

 

August Etsy Spotlight: Handmade and Vintage Finds

August days are Summer's golden days. Fruits and vegetables become mature, they begin to burst with flavor and juice. The light seems to mellow and soften, with golden tones that linger through the long afternoons. Late summer is a feminine time, when the fervor of Spring melts into a long, sultry period of fullness and beauty.

Gold is that timeless color that encapsulates the changing textures and sensations of the season. It seems to soak up light and radiate it back. These beautiful finds from Etsy are handmade, artisan-sewn, or vintage. Built around colors of gold, ivory, cream, and white, their youthful delight is evident, but their appeal is timeless.

Here are the selections:

• Beautiful Lace Dress in Champagne Satin

• Vintage Moss Agate Ring

• Fabulous Handmade Knit White Purse with Golden Chain and Clasp

• 1940s Peeptoe Gold Glam Heels

• Yikes Selection: Ivory and Buttercream Earrings

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July's Etsy Spotlight: Beach Party

 

YIKES! Etsy Spotlight is where we check out what's new and gorgeous in handmade fashion and accessories from the Etsy marketplace, while pairing up some of our finds with a specially selected item of YIKES! jewelry from the Etsy shop. This roundup represents the height of summer fashion, with cool minty greens, lavender, and spots n' stripes, to help you keep cool and stand out. I hope you like it, and if you do, please share! (You can click the bottom right-hand corner of any image on my blog to post directly to Pinterest-- Just hover over any image and you'll see the "Pin it!" button pop up.) Thanks for reading, and enjoy!


YIKES Mint Green and Lilac Polymer Big Bead Necklace with Sterling Silver
Mint green and lilac come together to make the sweetest big polymer beads enhanced with fashionable sterling silver links and sparkling Swarovski crystal. Update your wardrobe for spring/summer 2013 with this substantial necklace. Can you imagine this colorful necklace paired with a crisp white blouse or perhaps worn on a romantic summer evening in a mint haltertop with a plunging neckline? This piece goes lovely with orange for a fashionable pop of color or wear with ease with more subdued color combos. Pairs very well with many greens.

MINT CONDITION Retro Inspired Halter Tie Top
This mint-green, retro inspired halter top is made for curves, and has that great vintage pin-up style that will get lots of compliments. The color is a divine minty blue-green. It's made by MySugarDoll, who offers many other halters and bottoms in a variety of great vintage styles.

Retro Mint and Black - Kindle, Nook eReader Cover
So cute! This eReader cover will protect your reader from sand and stray droplets at the beach, and from scratches or dings in your bag or at home. It's handmade by Dana Designs, and she can custom-sew covers for a whole bunch of popular eReaders.

Hey Sailor.. Navy and White Stripes Tote Bag / Beach Bag
This bag has plenty of room for beachwear, and it's design is extremely versatile-- it can be retro chic or fairly conservative looking, depending on what it's paired up with. Bayan Hippo makes these sturdy bags. ❉


Suzanne Anderson is the creator of YIKES! Studio Jewelry. Suzanne has been busy creating for most of her life. After graduating with a BA from Maine College of Art, she worked as a graphic designer and a painter. Suzanne works to ensure that YIKES! Studio creates work that is fun, beautiful, always interesting, and adorns the wearer with joy. Catch up with her on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or Etsy, or her website at www.yikesstudio.com.

 

Yikes! June Etsy Spotlight: Handmade, Colorful, Retro Fashion

This June's Etsy Spotlight  is made up of handmade and specialty items. The gorgeous, Yellow Submarine-esque Vintage Printed Miniskirt ($55) is sewn from vintage fabric, which the creator describes as a "schizoid patchwork with all kinds of geometric shapes like diamonds, Greek keys, and honeycombs; natural elements like flowers and clouds; and wonderfully bohemian medallions."

The "Carnival" Shoes from Red Nose Shoes ($190) are also handmade. Shlomit Hai of Herzliya, Israel creates the "Carnival" line of shoes from genuine leather. They feature an interesting duotone leather toe. The mixtape watch ($165) is another cool find-- it has the "feel and look of an actual working cassette tape"!

The Yikes! item in the spotlight is the Polymer Pillow Beads and Sterling Silver Squares Bracelet ($132), a very pretty and colorful polymer and silver bracelet in a contemporary squares motif.

 Clockwise from top:
Women's Handmade Carnival Yellow Shoes by Red Nose Shoes
Mixtape Watch by EOS New York
Polymer Pillow Beads and Sterling Silver Squares Bracelet by Yikes! Studio
Vintage Printed Miniskirt by Michelle Rose

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Etsy Spotlight: Fresh Summer Blues

Etsy is a great place to do some shopping to get ready for summer! We found a great selection of greens and blues to remind us of sparkling lakes, green grass and white clouds. Check out this all handmade and vintage outfit pulled together from Etsy sellers, with a stacking bangle bracelet and earrings by YIKES Studio!

Quick links:
YIKES! Studio Stacking Bangle in Blue
Dirty Birdies Vintage 80s Woven Leather Sandals
Minxouri Vintage Mod Minidress
Aimarro Crochet Triangle Bag
YIKES! Studio Robin's Egg Blue Earrings ❉