Virginia Artisans Begin the Summer With Great Expectations!!

THE VIRGINIA ETSY STREET TEAM

This article on The Examiner has featured some wonderful Virginia artisans.  This is a great place to find all types of handmade items!  I didn't know there were so many gifted people so near to us! 

The Handmade Community

Sacred Moon Herbals

 SACRED MOON HERBALS

Sacred Moon Soaps was created in 1993 as an extension of Smiling Goat Farm in Mt. Airy, NC.   

Sacred Moon went through some changes in the last few years including a rename. They are now Sacred Moon Herbals! She has been a soap maker, lotion guru, remedy fixer and all around smell good producer for over ten years.

Check out her blog.  You will find a wealth of information about herbs and herbal medicine past and present.  

Great all natural herbal soaps, lotions, salves, and more at her Etsy shop.   

Click here to check it out!!

 

 

The Handmade Community

A few great Virginia & North Carolina artisans we have joined in promoting the handmade community:


Virginia Is For Etsy'ers is an Etsy Team for sellers living in and around Virginia!
Shop Virginia Etsy Stores is an independent group of shops working together to create a top notch shopping experience on Etsy.

North Carolina and the handmade community:

Check out this great foodie shop on Etsy at Amy's Cakes and Candies
Making Life a Little Sweeter! Custom Miniature Cakes, Decorated Cookies & Chocolates, Bundt Cakes, Cupcake Parfait Jars, Edible Images. Edible Favors & Gifts creatively designed & decorated to match any style or theme.

Mountain Laurel Timber Candle Holder

 Mountain Laurel Timber Candle Holder

This Mountain Laurel Timber Candle Holder is made from fallen old growth laurel in an area on our land that has been untouched for many years.  Every time I look at the wood it brings me back to that beautiful, peaceful area on the mountain hill top.

I am so glad to be able to share this with you!

Pay It Forward Treasury!

What a great concept!  Paying It Forward!  The Virginia Etsy Team has put this awesome treasury together featuring Virginia Artisans, me included.  Thanks guys!! 

I just had to to share this awesome idea!!

Check it out here!!

Split Log Candle Holder Collection

This is the newest addition to my Split Log Collection!!

Mountain Laurel Split Log Candle Holder Features Four Beeswax Candles

This beautiful Mountain Laurel Split Log Candle Holder features four beeswax candles hand poured ByDan. It has a gradual slope which makes it very appealing to the eye.
The candles are made with 100 percent pure local area beeswax and cotton wicks.

 

Find it on Etsy!

 

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Split Log Candle Holder Collection

Eastern Red Cedar Split Log Candle Holder

The newest addition to my Split Log Candle Holder Collection! This candle holder is made from Eastern Red Cedar and makes a great addition to a mantle or table setting.

 You can find it here on Etsy!!

Featured on Etsy's Front Page & In bois et faux bois (I will always love wood grain) Etsy Treasury West

 Mountain Laurel Split Log Candle Holder

Honored that ByDan Woodworks' Mountain Laurel Split Log Candle Holder is featured in an Etsy Treasury!  Treasury West:  bois et faux bois (I will always love wood grain) treasury.

This rustic one of a kind Mountain Laurel Split Log Candle Holder includes five 100 % pure beeswax candles.
It would make a perfect center piece for a rustic or all natural themed wedding.
It is made from huge fallen Old Growth Mountain Laurel on our land in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

ByDan Woodworks and The Handmade Community Online and Offline!

Mr. Berry Hines of Bee Blessed Pure Honey is promoting  ByDan Woodworks along with his wonderful local honey, beeswax, and other naturally derived products at the State Farmer's Market in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Salon Jasemine in Raleigh, NC and The Sharpest Edge Hair Salon in  Holly Springs, NC are also displaying ByDan Woodworks.

Keeping it Clean with the Virginia Etsy Team is an article written by Kathryn of  Dyche Designs.  She was kind enough to add my soap dishes in a featured article about handmade soap in Virginia on Etsy.

ByDan Woodworks is also a proud member of the Virginia is for Etsyer's Team, which can be found here!

ByDan Woodworks online:  Artfire and Etsy.

Rugged By Nature Wood Pendants

RUGGED BY NATURE

 HEART OF EASTERN RED CEDAR PENDANT

My new line 'Rugged by Nature!  Earth Day inspired recycled wood pendants.
Handcrafted out of, none other, than my two favorite types of wood to work with;
Mountain Laurel and Eastern Red Cedar
Harvested from old growth fallen trees on the land we will call our permanent home in the near future.

Reclaimed, recovered, recycled, rediscovered and reused are all terms that I refer to wood that has been given a new lease on life.
Environmentally reclaimed woods to me is the obvious choice, because using them replaces the need to harvest new timber.  The wood is already out there, it's just a matter of finding it, cleaning it, and working with it.
I find that using reclaimed wood is definitely worth the extra effort, since many of these woods have more  richness of grain, color, and character.
Some of  the best quality wood comes from old-growth trees. Old growth timber is harder, denser, and more stable than wood from young trees.

MOUNTAIN LAUREL PENDANT

All About the Buttons

I have decided to make buttons with the left over materials from my other wood crafting projects, such as environmentally friendly soap dishes, candle holders and rustic twig baskets.  
Wasting great wood is something I did not want to do.  I love to turn something deemed as "leftovers" into something useful.  I look at this as the great term "upcycle".  This has turned into a lot more ideas for future projects, and ideas I actually have not put into use yet. 

Red Cedar Buttons 1 1/2 inch with 4 holes

 

Mountain Laurel Buttons1 1/8 inch with 2 holes

Read more about Mountain Laurel here