Power Interview with 1treeyoga

In the world of Etsy, I find it so fascinating that a website such as Etsy can bring so many people together. As Promo123Love has grown and have grown together during the busy summer of 2012 it has been so exciting to get to know such kind heart'd people in this community.

My focus of Promo123love this whole time has been to have the team grow small & with each other.  I love what we have become in the 8 months time. This summer was a networking fiesta!!!! Thank you all for hard work in promoting one another.

This blog is the 1st of the Power shop interviews. For the 1st power interview the timing could not be more perfect. For our leader Pam from shop recreated1 has chosen Teresa from 1treeyoga to be our spotlight shop for 9-11 <-> 9-17.

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Need a little zen in your life? Stop on by and relax with Teresa from 1treeyoga , where you can find bags to fit your yoga mats in, jewelry, and more.

What's your favorite part about the Etsy community? 
1.Definitely teams are my favorite part of the etsy community. The people in my teams have helped me a great deal. Their support through promoting, answering business questions and just being a friend is priceless. 


What would people most be surprised to learn about you? 
2. I think people would be surprised to learn that I come from a Catholic family of eight children. My parents practiced yoga when I was young. We had the Bible and Gita on the same shelf. And so here I am loving all ways of life. Co-exist : )


If there was one craft in this world that you would love to learn what is it and why? 
3. This is hard!!! I love so many crafts. The first thing that came to mind was wood working. I think it is so cool how people can make the wood into something else like a persons face or an animal. Also I love trees. Maybe it's the nature part of the wood. 


If you could travel anywhere where would it be and whom would you bring? 
4. I would love to travel to a beach any beach. Beaches are so relaxing. I could sit on a beach all day just listening to the ocean and feeling the suns rays. Funny of all the places in the world I still pick the beach. I go each summer to SC Myrtle beach and live five minutes from a small beach. (North beach MD) I would bring my wonderful husband and maybe my two children could tag along.


When did you start creating handmade items for sale? 
5. I first started making crafts for sale over 20 years ago. I worked in a craft shop. We would make wreaths, wedding items and other flower arrangements.

Thank you Teresa for being apart of Promo123love it's been wonderful getting to know you over the past 8 months. 

Vedge Candle

Introducing Shop Vedge Candle
1/30/2012


Well we are full blown winter mode here in the Northwest. The Snow came strong and all three of my surrounding towns were shut down for a week, the week before last. I found I had a lot of idol time on my hands. So I spent a great deal of it investing some quality time online getting to know some of my team mates from Promo123 Love.


One thing I love about Etsy,  a site of variety of shops selling items handmade, vintage, revamped, and even new. Is the family vibe that radiate's from these shops and owners. I ran into Vedge Candle in the early stages of building Promo123 Love. I was organically attracted to their shop seeing it was from the pacific northwest. But it was their crisp and clean photos, that reeled me in for a closer look.

 

You may click on any of the above photos to view a closer look at these candles. 

I felt an ease while virtual window shopping Vedge Candles. I knew I wanted to know more about their process of candle making. They are the perfect minimalist decor. Not using Dye in their candles is just the tip of the ice berg in these eco - friendly stunners.

Stunning close up of a Weck Jar lid. 

I would like to introduce a little more about Vedge Candle A winter's warm welcome, my one on one with their shop. 

 I see your product line has a strong connection with weck jars, what is it about weck jars you fell in love with? 

Weck Jars' beautifully simple style and quality glass caught my eye and I knew instantly they were perfect for my candles. I saw so many creative ideas online using them, from wedding favors, to vases, to home-made baby food storage. Endless possibilities! Also, more and more people are removing plastic from their kitchens, so using BPA free glass makes so much sense. I knew these were the jars I was looking for because they fit in perfectly with the whole concept of this product line. Simple, functional, reusable. Eco-smart!

 Before Etsy where was Vedge Candles before? 

Before Etsy, I lived in the Midwest and sold my candles wholesale. When my family and I moved to Washington about 9 years ago, I put my business on hold to help my four children settle in to their new home and schools. It was a big change! We soon came to love it here. The natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest inspired me to research more environmentally safe options for candle making, such as using only pure soy, as well as choosing not to add chemical dye. 

 Tell us about when you decided to join Etsy? What has it done for you by opening up an Etsy shop? 

I decided to list my products on Etsy after finding things I wanted to buy myself. Google searches helped me land on shop pages with beautiful hand-made items. I was impressed that it was a marketplace where handmade products, as well as vintage finds and supplies, were celebrated and appreciated. I love the community feeling of Etsy, and all the tools are there to help sellers become successful, and buyers find what they are looking for.

What was the influence that made you decide candle making is what you wanted to do?

My husband and I had four young children at that time, so candles were something I treated myself to every once and a while. I loved the instant feeling of peace and relaxation, and I looked forward to turning off the lights and lighting up the candles. When a little one was up during the night, or when I just needed a break at the end of a long day, candles were my simple pleasure! I was looking for Christmas gift ideas one year, so I bought a book on candlemaking and taught myself. It took a few months of trial and error, but I discovered that I enjoyed making them as much as I enjoyed burning them!

 What is your favorite part about making your candles? 

Adding the fragrance. It's the best because it fills my home for hours long after I'm finished making a batch.

Last but not least what is one thing you would like to state about your product, that you would like to share to the rest of us.

We recycle! 
Buyers receive one complimentary jar candle for every six returned.
Shipping is on us. Glass Jars that once filled your home with fragrance and candlelight can make their way around the globe to someone else's! 

You can find Vedge Candle's Social sites as the following

www.vedgecandle.com

www.facebook.com/pages/Vedge-Candle/302943889731694

twitter.com/#!/vedgecandle

www.etsy.com/people/vedgecandle

Thank you Vedge Candle for sharing your details with rest of us. Wishing you much success and happiness, on your candle making endeavours .