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Happy ETSY birthday to Empress Wu Designs

I am currently in the process of restocking the shop to celebrate my ETSY BIRTHDAY on 20 March . Hopefully, I will finish creating some special little items over the weekend while I am at the Rotary conference. I am also celebrating with great giveaways and bonuses , for example ... the BIRTHDAY BONUS for the birthday month, March 2009 - With all ETSY purchases this month, I will include one of my handmade birthday cards (blank - no greeting inside)

To further celebrate a year of ETSY, I have 5 BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAYS - Be in it to win! It's simple ... Just click to the etsy shop site http://www.empresswu.etsy.com/ . I am going to choose five dates randomly from 20 March 2008 to 30 March 2009 and if you "hearted" my shop on the chosen dates, you will receive a wonderful surprise handmade item as a gift. So... if you have not yet "hearted" this shop , go to the section on the ETSY shop site "favorites" on the right and add me to your favorites before 30 March. If, by chance, there is more than one person on the date chosen, I will just have to give away more gifts, won't I? I am also having a BIRTHDAY SALE : The prices of some items have been marked down drastically for the special birthday sale. Happy ETSY birthday to Empress Wu Designs
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  1. EricaMarch 21, 2009 at 9:15 AM

    Hi Wilma, have only just discovered you are blogging, nice to catch up on your travels and work, I've added you to my favourites on etsy 'cause it's my b'day on the 31st so I'm keeping fingers crossed (big grin)
    hope to catch up in real life soon,
    Erica

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