Healthy cooking challenge, February 20th to March 20th, 2016

Let's celebrate spring with delicious and good-for-you dishes that will not make your waist line expand and will be loved by the whole family! Between now and March 20th, post your favorite healthy recipe on your facebook, blog, Pinterest and post your links here in the comments section.  

The rule: no flour, no sugar, no gluten, low fat.

We will share your links and also vote for the most loved recipe. Join the challenge!

Holiday gift exchange 2015

Yearly holiday gift exchange has become a tradition for our team. Last year 30 team members from 12 countries  participated in this fun event.

 

Albina Manning (AlbinasJewelry) was the hostess for this event. Every participant was assigned a person to whom she (he) anonymously gives a gift. Participants also did not know from whom they will receive a present so it was a lot of fun to unwrap those packages.

Let us show you the Holiday gifts of 2015! 

Holiday Gift Exchange 2015

The yearly Holiday gift exchange 2015 application process is on!

The rules are simple. There is a large group of people participating but you will send just one gift and you receive one gift.

How to know what to send? Albina (albinasjewelry), our exchange curator, will send you all the details on a gift for your recipient. Don't forget to include a greeting card with your name, shop name and contact info!

Remember, how busy post offices are in December? Send your gift early so that it would get there just in time for the Holidays!

To participate you have to be a member of Russian Artists team on Etsy. Please visit our forum for details.

Holiday gift exchange 2014

Yearly holiday gift exchange has become a tradition for our team. Last year 42 team members from 15 countries  participated in this fun event.

Albina Manning (AlbinasJewelry) was the hostess for this event. Every participant was assigned a person to whom she (he) anonymously gives a gift. Participants also did not know from whom they will receive a present so it was a lot of fun to unwrap those packages.

Let us show you the chain of Holiday gifts of 2014! (to enlarge the picture, click on it , right click View image)

Annual Holiday gift exchange 2014

The yearly Holiday gift exchange* application process is on!

The rules are simple. There is a large group of people participating but you will send just one gift and you receive one gift. Your gifts should be pretty and fun to open. They should be as good as you would like to receive yourself. Try to get a gift within your recipient's wish area.

How to know what to send? Albina (albinasjewelry), our exchange curator, will send you all the details on a gift for your recipient. Don't forget to include a greeting card with your name, shop name and contact info!

Remember, how busy post offices are in December? Send your gift early so that it would get there just in time for the Holidays!

*To participate you have to be a member of Russian Artists team on Etsy. Please visit our forum for details.

Etsy school program of 2014

We are happy to announce that Etsy introduced the first Etsy School program this February.

This program should help sellers improve their shops and become more knowledgeable. Since we are working in pairs and also chatting online we get to know each other better. Isn't it a great way to communicate with your fellow team members!

Thank you to everyone who signed up for the program. Please follow our forum threads to see the progress!

Holiday gift exchange 2013

Yearly holiday gift exchange has become a tradition for our team. Last year 32 team members from 12 countries  participated in this fun event.

As usual, Albina Manning (AroundBeads) was the hostess for this event. Every participant was assigned a person to whom she (he) anonymously gives a gift. Participants also did not know from whom they will receive a present so it was a lot of fun to unwrap those packages.

Let us show you the chain of Holiday gifts of 2013!

Yearly holidays exchange

Holidays exchange between Russian Artists team members is on and going! 

If you'd like to participate in our exchange please visit our forum or contact Albina AroundBeads for more info.

Please hurry, the dead line for applications is November 15th.

Have a wonderful holiday season!

Holiday gift exchange 2012

It became a tradition already to have a Holiday gift exchange between our team members. The past year was no exception. 30 team members from 12 countries  participated in this wonderful event.

Albina Manning was the hostess for this fun gift exchange. Every participant was assigned a person to whom she (he) anonymously gives a gift. Participants also did not know from whom they will receive a present.

It was a lot of fun to unwrap those packages. So, let us share our secrets and show you the chain of Holiday gifts of 2012!

A spring card exchange

There is a spring card exchange going on between our team members! Everyone is happy to share spring images of where they live worldwide!

                                    Images by Alery, IrinaPhotographyCard, kangarusha

So it is going to be fun! If you are a member of the Russian Artists Team on Etsy and would like to participate please check the forum and join us today!

                                 Images by MrBearFamily, Pardes, LenaMer

Have fun!

Russian Artists team meeting in Israel

It seems that our first meeting was not long ago but  it was actually almost a year ago. Our team has grown and we have a lot of new members. The life for many of us has changed or we have had some new things in our lives. I had some new things also! 

My name is Natalya and I am running the bonbonland shop on Etsy - welcome to my boutique! This was a second meeting of the Israeli division of the Russian Artist Team on Etsy. Like the first time, I had the pleasure and honor to host the meeting. 

So there we were, gathered together to share our news and experience. Let me introduce my guests!

Perhaps the most exciting news was from Sveta Nes from the nesaquarelle shop on Etsy. She has a new baby boy named Tom! Well done, mate!  

A person can see so many wonderful little works of art in Marina’s miopupazzo shop on Etsy! For example, this doll: 

 This summer the American publishing house C & T Publishing is going to release Marina's book called Enchanting Art Dolls and Soft Sculptures. There are 8 projects there. You will find out how to make a doll by yourself, the main points about sculpting, costume crazy quilting with embroidery and more. Hip-hip hooray to Marina!!!

Now, I would like to introduce two friends of mine. Please welcome Ira and Lena "Simsisters". They are two sisters and beautiful ladies who run the kimuka shop on Etsy and make the wonderful toys and excellent pictures. They bring smiles and positive energy to my life and to the life of everyone who are lucky enough to be in their circle.

Take a look at Svetlana's (Lirigal) work. Her beautiful jewelry pieces are simply masterpieces made from thousands of beads in different shapes and colors. 

Anna (polskyanna) came to our meeting from Ashqelon which is very far away in southern Israel.

A very good friend of mine and a beautiful lady is Lena Strozhenko (justlena) who also has a wonderful shop with about two thousands sales. She makes more and more beautiful items!

I am happy to introduce a new member of our team, Ira who runs irushka shop on Etsy. I found her a very charismatic lady and a wonderful artist. This is what I love about meetings of this kind, you can always meet a new friend!

Our meeting was great and I am looking forward to see my old and new friends again.

Happy ETSY-shopping!

By Natalya (bonbonland)

Russian Artists Team holiday gift exchange

The Etsy Russian Team held our annual Holiday gift exchange during the last holiday season. This year there were 41 team members from 16 countries participating. We had a lot of fun picking the gifts, packaging them and sending to the recipient but we were also waiting impatiently for our pretty packages from our secret Santas.

So let me reveal the secret Santas and show you our wonderful gifts.

Follow the arrow to see what gift each participant received. Click on the pictures to see them larger.

 

 

My best wishes in 2012,

Albina Manning

Holiday gift exchange is on!

Everyone in our group is welcome to join our annual Holiday gift exchange!

Albina from AroundBeads/ GoodWeather is a curator for this exchange. She will assign each participant with a partner. Between now and November 15th, you will pick up a gift for your partner. It can be handmade or store bought, it should be wrapped pretty and fun to open. Please do not forget to include a Holiday card with your name and contact info!
All gifts should be mailed before December 1st, 2011!

For more information and gift exchange rules please visit our forum

Russian Artists Team Halloween Contest

Thank you to all of our wonderful team members who took part in Russian Artists team Halloween contest. We congratulate our amazing winners and are truly happy that so many team shops took part in the contest.

Russian Artists team is proud to list as its members all these beautiful and unique shops that are managed my very talented and diverse artisans, artists and craftsmen!

The top three winners are:

1. UnderSky with Halloween Big Bat ring

2. CutTheFish with Black Cat womens shirt

3. Arctida with Black feather earrings


Two more members who got a huge number of votes and a big support from Russian Artists Facebook followers

4. FleetingStillness with Haunted Mansion Stained Glass Halloween Spooky Candle Holder

5. Katrineshine with Orange leather flower Brooch

Thank you for everyone for taking part in Russian Artists team Halloween Contest and congratulations to our amazing winners!!!

Russian Artists team get together in Moscow, Russia

This summer was very busy for all of us! Some of Russian Artists team members stayed put at their home cities while others traveled abroad. Our team is unique in that it gathers together Russian-speaking individuals from different countries and continents. Whenever a Russian Artists team member travels abroad chances are high someone from our team lives in a travel destination city. We try to get together as often as we can as it is a great opportunity for us to socialize, exchange our ideas and share our concerns.

This August we had our annual Russian Artists team get together in Moscow, Russia. We had a great time chatting, sharing ideas and presenting our handmade items to each other. It was wonderful to finally meet everyone in person!

On the photo above: Anastasya meudeus, Tatiana manonknits, Tonya CityCrochet, Tanya soroka.

Tanya was so sweet to bring each of us a lovely present a set of price and gift tags handmade of beautiful paper that are available from Tonya's second Etsy shop ZaraBezbazara. Each of us had to pick a set she liked and we all ended up picking completely different styles and colors as there were so many to chose from. Thank you, Tanya!

Welcome to the team!

We'd like to welcome 18 new members of our group who joined our team in August of 2011:

Aquamariny

artgarment

Baltic sea studio

boorashka

HoneyandRings

JulDesigns

KensaWool

knittinghandmade

LILOK

LovelyVintageGoods

marinakerman

MelashaCat

MelkomPoNebu

Mister Mustache

MotherGallery

OlgaMoscow

SILverShop

Yumi Shop

Our best wishes and welcome to the team, guys!

Russian Artists Etsy Team

New members of the Etsy Russian Artists Team, July of 2011

Our group is constantly growing and today we'd like to welcome 23 new members of our group who joined our team this Month:

annapanik

bee4smart

CCYDstudio

Chopard

fialo4ka

HeleneJEWELRYdesign

ingoDesign

inmostLlight

IRUSHKA

JulDesigns

KittyApril

margoshka

Marywool

meudeus

novembrin

Pillowation

Shovava

silverstonelt

SockClub

sparklendshine

Terravita

UkrainianCreativity

Wonderlandinhabitant

We are glad you are members of our team now and we hope you will like it here!

Our best wishes,

Russian Artists Etsy Team

Russian team members meeting in Israel

As you know, all our team members speak Russian. However, only some of us live and work in Russia, we are really worldwide team!

A lot of us, of course, live in Israel. After a long online communications we decided to meet together in the “real world”. Israel is a small country, so distance is not put a crimp to enthusiasm! So in one sunny and hot Friday in June we all were invited into Nataly’s (Bonbonland) beautiful house.


We gathered around the table to see each other and talked just like girls: about fashion, sales, children’s education, recipes of delicious pies...


But at the same time we are artists and Etsy-shop-owners, so we discussed a lot of HOT stuff: taxes and shipping, blogs and PR, materials and creativity…and boasted our new creations!


Lena’s (Elenushka) daughter made this fun blue beaded lizard


Inna’s (Leris) new felted scarf.



Maria’s (CallOfEarth) wonderful bracelet


Ira’s (TomBjornDesigns) eye-catching earrings

Lena’s (Justlena) and Maria’s bracelets


And our Sweden guest Ira had time to make her lovely earrings and necklaces even at the table!


After several great hours we all had to go home, but we agreed to meet again many times!

Elena (Elenushka), Ira (TomBjornDesign), Maria (CallOfEarth), Svetlana (NESJewelry), Nataly (BonBonLand), Inna (Leris) и Elena (Justlena)

Russian Artists team welcomes new members in June!

We would like to welcome all wonderful shops that joined Russian Artists team in June. A total of 16 shops became a part of our family!

We are so thrilled you are members of our wonderful team now!
05ksyusha05
AnnaOriona
annatelman
BellaShveya
Bolytta
Dariami
FromKharkovWithLove
GaliaBorn
GORGEOUSTA
Grimme
inartjewelry
JLLeatherSupplies
Melasha
TopStitchDesign
walldecoration
WisperOn


Half year Russian Artists team statistics.

Russian Artists Team welcomes new members in May

We would like to welcome 24 new shops that joined Russian Artists team in May!
We are so glad you are members of our wonderful team now!

bowup
dollsforyou
GaliaK
GayaGoa
GoldenSection
grinevitsky
Haharyashki
handmadeineurope
Hisp013
InnaGanke
Lubavyshka
Lulya
lyukadesign
MariesCorner
odenwald
Picture4Home
ProjectSarafan
Regisha
rosaupalanalapuasor
Saawariya
SvetlanaYalta
VargoJewelry
Watchchas
whitedeershop