Theme Thursday

It's Springtime! Check out some of our team's lovely springy items available in their shops right now.

Spring Daisy Size 5 Girls Short Sleeve Nightgown from SEWsational Sarah

Peace Love & Flowers Girls Size 4 Peasant Dress from SEWsational Sarah

To check out more items from our team, visit us on etsy!

Oooh Baby

A new treasury featuring many of our team members.

'Ohhhh Baby' by wordgirl

A collection of lovely baby and toddler-friendly items from the Etsy HC Street Team.

Free Ship- Custom Embellishe... ZanyZebraDesig... $10.00	Small Filligree Butterfly AI... ZimsyWhimsy $39.00	Nebula Bamboo Velour Mei Tai SweetSlings $78.00
Hang 10, 12x15 Zippered Wetb... MyBeautifulGir... $16.00	Organic Bamboo Velour Newbor... MyBeautifulGir... $5.25	Milky Way Fragrance-Free Goa... RelicSoapCompa... $6.00
Hearts & Teddy Bear Embellis... SEWsationalSar... $10.00	Fawning Over You - M/L OBV F... HoldensLanding $41.00	Crouching Tiger, Sleeping Ba... HoldensLanding $50.00
Organic Merino Wool Interloc... ThePamperedTus... $33.50	Free Ship - Applique Infant ... ZanyZebraDesig... $18.00	Nursery Circles in Blue XXL ... SweetSlings $32.00
Wool Interlock Pants Bublegu... ThePamperedTus... $36.00	Custom Slot for up to 12 Fle... pinklemonadesh... $10.00	Brown Bear Brown Bear What D... LilikoiLane $16.00
March Break Sale 2 Pairs of ... rcdboutique $5.40

Treasury tool is sponsored by Lazzia.com A/B image testing.

Sick Day treasury on Etsy by Gillyweeds

'Sick Day...' by Gillyweeds

Last week, some of my children were sick, and I was bored...this is what I do when I'm bored.  I browse treasuries on Etsy!  Here's the one I curated that day...

What to do, what to do when someone around here is sick...

Pattern - Rainy Day Act... harvestmoonbyh... $12.00	sick day doodleandhoob $20.00	Honey & Ginger Hard Lol... Sweetcrescendo... $9.50
Peppermint, doTERRA Dro... doTdo $7.75	Cold n' Flu Chest a... BohemianBeetni... $6.99	FREE SHIPPING--Mini Fel... ohhowcharming $5.00

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Meet Featured Artisan Eva of BoutiqueLinnea

I'm Eva, the creative force behind Linnea. Boutique Linnea is upscale Euro style kids' clothing, Linnea Design is clothing for women designed to be sexy, stylish and comfortable, Linnea After Dark is lingerie and sleepwear, Linnea Grrrlz is for tween fashionistas and the newest addition Linnea Bare is artisan soap and skincare. On Etsy, it all operates under BoutiqueLinnea where you can expect to see a variety of items from all my collections. I have a background in design and marketing, and have always been creative and had a need to express myself through art in various forms.

My passion is to dress women in clothes that make them feel not only good but great about themselves. Everyone deserves to feel sexy and stylish, and it should be really simple to treat yourself. Of course kids should be able to dress in custom made clothing meant for play while still looking good too! I truly believe in treating yourself and your family to what "luxuries" you can, and think handmade, custom items are wonderful for that.

As long as I can remember, I have been slightly obsessed with scent and body care luxuries so when I first encountered artisan soap it was a natural step for me to get interested in the process and learn how to do it myself. I did lots of research and before long I was completely hooked. Soap making is a wonderful craft and very calming to me. I truly enjoy coming up with various recipes and planning the feel, look and of course scent of each soap I make. My focus as a soaper is on smell, feel and aesthetics, in that order. My goal is to make each bar a decadent treat. To me, it's similar to clothing design, the same energy and creativity goes into it and by tweaking little details you end up with totally different results. The idea behind it is the same as well, it's a way to spoil yourself just a little. Whether it's a custom made garment or a luxurious hand made soap, it brings you joy every day you use it.

Being a WAHM can be difficult. It's hard for me to balance it with being a Mom and a wife and woman as well. I have great care for my customers, but truthfully my family does and always will come first. That means that I try to get some work done every day, but some days are better than others. I feel fulfilled and blessed when I'm able to do it all, but most of the time it isn't as balanced and harmonious as I would like it to be and it's a struggle to perfect that balance without having anything suffer. I'm a firm believer in needing time for oneself to re-center, and I do make sure I take that time for myself... in the end, it's the absolute best thing for everyone. My downtime is often spent with books, and I get lots of inspiration from the beauty of literature, dance and other art around me.

Giveaway Information: For this feature, I have chosen to do a surprise soap sampler giveaway to celebrate the opening of Linnea Bare. I will select a few full sized bars for the winner, in various scents and formulas. 

To enter: 

* Visit BoutiqueLinnea and leave a blog comment telling us your favorite item

Additional entries: 

* Fan BoutiqueLinnea on Facebook and leave a comment telling us you did

* Fan the Etsy Hyena Street Team on Facebook and leave a comment telling us you did 

* Tweet, blog, or post on Facebook about the giveaway and leave us a link

Make sure we have a way to reach you if you are the winner.  Winner will be chosen using random.org on Monday, November 22nd!

A winner has been chosen via random.org... congrats comment #14 (kkfoster35) on winning the BoutiqueLinnea giveaway!

Thursday Things... Some Favorites from the Team

Spree - Small OBV Tri-Tone Cloth Diaper 

from Holden's Landing

Sweet Strawberries Size 8 Womens Dundies

from Zany Zebra Designs

Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See Custom Shirt

from Lilikoi Lane

Pretty felted cherry blossom bag

from Felt Fusion

Rainbow Garden Skirt, Multi-Size XS-SM

from My Beautiful Girl

submitted by Alfabette Zoope

Some of My Favorite Things

The Etsy HC Street Team has a lot of lovely, tasty, cute, and useful things instock right now. Here are just some of my current favorites.

Useful and perfect for any kitchen. This adorable wetbag would match the accents in mine!

Fork N' Spoon on Red 13x20 hanging kitchen wetbag
from Sweet Slings

Clean scent and scrubby poppyseeds... a wonderful combination!

Lemon Poppyseed Artisan Soap
from Relic Soap Company

What a great idea for a gift set this one is.

Whole Organic Nutmeg Gift Set
from Love Abounds

Function = amazing and form = adorable in this cute pair of skirted woolies!

Wool SeaLife Skirted Shorties from Gillyweeds

Eco-friendly kids underwear... in the perfect size for both of my kids. Hmmm...

Go Green Undies, size 5/6, Hand Made, Eco Friendly
from My Beautiful Girl

I just loved this sort of diaper/top set on my daughter when she was in diapers.

Treehugger AI2 and Flouncy Top Set - Toddler
from Holden's Landing

And finally, one from my own shop which is one of my absolute favorite colorways to see come together...

3.5oz 8-ply Superwash Merino Sport Sock Yarn - FROLIC -
from Alfabette Zoope

What are your favorites we have instock right now? Don't forget to search with our tag "team hyena" to see all we have to offer!

Three things I love on Hyenacart...

1.  Spots!  I love browsing around and checking out the amazing items that have been spotted by other HC shoppers and artisans!

This weeks most spotted item, a collab by RSE, Dwell Wool Knits, Laines Magnifiques, and NatureBabyKNits.


2.  The forums:   A great place to see what's going on in Hyena land!

3.   Cute fluff!

Custom diaper options from Holden's Landing.


Check out Hyenacart today...find out what you love!

Dyeing wool yarn with Kool-Aid

1. Soak your 100% wool yarn in a mixture of cool water, a squirt of wool wash or baby shampoo, and a 1/2 cup of white, distilled, vinegar for about 20 minutes. You may need to squish the water through the yarn a little to make sure it is saturated.

All during your dye-ing, make sure you NEVER rub the yarn or wring it. It will felt and stick together, and you will not get the results you want.


 

 2. While the yarn soaks, mix up your dye. I use 2 cups water, 1 -2 packets of unsweetened koolaid and 1/8 cup (or two Tablespoons) of vinegar per color. The brighter the color, the more koolaid you want to use.



 
 3.Squeeze as much water out of your yarn as you can, and lay it out in a glass 9x13 pan. Only one skein per pan, or you won't be able to get good saturation all the way through the yarn.



 

 4.Pour your koolaid dye all over your yarn. You can be as creative or orderly as you want, but since you are using a pan, the dye will mix along the bottom, and you will get some really cool colors.
 



This is the bottom of the pan. See how the color is mixing along the bottom?

5. Cover the pan tightly with tin foil, and place in a preheated 250 degree oven. Set the timer for 30 minutes. Let it bake. When the timer goes off, turn off the oven, and just leave your yarn to cool. After a while (I usually leave it in for a good hour or so) you can take the pan out to finish cooling on top of the stove.
 




6. Hang your yarn to dry (I use my bathtub). If you squeeze enough water out with your hands, you can roll it up in a towel and press out even more water.
 




 
When your yarn is dry, and it has been reskeined (rewound into a new hank) you can see your beautiful results! Happy stitching!
 


Submitted by Shannon of Gillyweeds