Two talented artisans...

You could travel all the way to Riga, Latvia for one of Alise's beautiful crocheted creations, but if you're short on vacation days, I suggest you visit her at XauXau on etsy!

colorful...

elegant...

just plain fun!

XauXau 

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For those who are frequent visitors to etsy you are probably familiar with the work of Paris based professional photographer, Yann of PhotographyDream

small trades series

 80 days around Europe hot air ballon series

Paris, mais oui!

PhotographyDream

Spotlight on Dual Chocolate

Eslin of dualchocolate on etsy describes her work as "natural vegan handcrafted crochet jewelry accessories and toys." 

her Limon Limon Necklace

A few fun facts about Eslin, she grew up in Costa Rica, and has a Fine Arts background. And she's been on etsy since 2005! Since the old days!  

freeform crochet statement ring

Not such a fun fact, she was adversely affected by hurricane Sandy and has only recently gotten her shop back up and running...

stock up, one in every color!

dualchocolate uses only the highest quality natural fibers

What child wouldn't delight in one of these?

And for those of you with mothers... well, Mother's Day is right around the corner...

and something from dualchocolate is an elegant choice!

hey, gift certificates are available!