Thursday Treasures - Paper Goods

The countdown has started, in five weeks it's Christmas! For this weeks edition of Thursday Treasures I have chosen the Paper Goods category: Items to pack with, to mark, to include in your gifts, to send, to keep track.

Best Christmas Ever Mini Note Cards - Set of 5
$6 at whimsypics

Christmas Tags - I felt your presence - Set of 6
$6.50 at ableandgame

Bookmark Calendar 2010
$12 at kifli

6 x 8 Book with Yellow Green Diamonds
$45 at windyweatherbindery

2010 Mini Print-Ready Calendar
$5 at littleTstudio

Holiday Cards - 4 designs to choose from
$32 at khamm75

2010 Giclee Calendar
$30 by joojoo

Modern Drink Markers - Carnival pack
$8 at thiswineismine

New Years Firecrackers card
$3.50 at SleepUnderStars

Unique, funny thank you card
$4.50 at NeatThings

Don't forget to nominate your favorites for next week in the comments below! Next week's topic will be: Home Accessories

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Thursday Treasures - Sneak peek!

image: Poinsettias on red felt by kutz

Back again with the Thursday Treasures theme, only this time to count down to Christmas and gift giving! Five weeks are left until we get to that beautiful morning where wrapping paper floods our floors, shrieks of happiness fill up the rooms and smiles are plenty. As there are five weeks left, there will be five different approaches to the Treasures, with a different topic every week. The products featured will be:

• Paper Goods - November 19th
• Home Accessories - November 26th
• Manly Gifts - December 3rd
• Toys - December 10th
• Girly Gifts - December 17th

All readers have a chance to nominate shops you know have these kind of items, as there will be ten spots every week for me to fill up. Help me find my new favorite shops! Leave a comment below with the item or Etsy shop you're nominating.

Giveaway - First year of the Spanglish Team!

If you are a lover of all handmade things and would like a taste of what Etsy and the Spanglish Team is all about, this is your big chance! Fifteen miembros of the team have pitched into a Piñata (made by another one of our members, Lolos, our team co-founder!) by giving donations from their own Etsy shops - how nice of them!

The giveaway is until Sunday, November 15th, so hurry!!! You will find all the rules in the Etsy Spanglish Team blog, as well as the pictures of all the goodies you can win. Don't miss out!

Update: The winner was Cindy, congratulations!!!

Please vote!

If you have been reading this blog for a while, you might remember the story I wrote about back in March. It was about a man in Queens, NY, that gives a lot to the community. Please read it here.

The reason of this post today is that I received an email saying Jorge Munoz, the angel in Queens, is nominated for CNN Hero of the Year 2009. Please vote for him as I personally think he is doing a selfless job by giving a lot to people he barely knows! To vote, click on the following link:

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/vote/

You can vote many times a day, and many days in a row. There is no limit! Read his story on An Angel in Queens.org and see for yourself what this humble man and his mom are doing for the community.

Defend art copyrights

His name is John T. Unger, and he is trying to maintain his sustainable art/sculpture idea as his own. His original art has been copied by a manufacturer. He is now being sued to overturn his copyrights and continue making knockoffs of his own work.

This artist's story is just one of many out there that have the same experience. He is trying to raise awareness - and save his art! If you can, please pledge any dollar amount to help him fund his defense in court. He has spent a lot of money toward it already. Please click here, he needs anything you can help him with! From $1 to as much as you can. Let's lend a hand to keeping our own art copyrights rightfully ours.