PunkyBunny300 Giveaway - April 9th - 15th

Emily contacted me about doing a giveaway and I am so glad that she did. She runs PunkyBunny300 on etsy part time! She is a sweetie, I'm honored to have worked with her on this giveaway! A week from now someone will be VERY happy!:)

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Introduce yourself!:)
Hi! I'm Emily and I am the owner/designer at Punky Bunny Designs. I grew up in New Jersey and I just moved back home after living for 1.5 years in Israel, where I started my business. While in Israel I adopted 2 little dogs and when I'm not working they are what fills up my time.

Tell us a bit about your business..
I started selling my jewelry online in July of 2008. I started out doing beadwork but I'm moving towards metalsmithing/enameling.

What inspired you to start your business?
I've always loved to make my own jewelry. I usually walk into a place selling jewelry and will say "I like this but I think it should be...". So I decided to start making my own about 6 years ago. People had told me for a couple of years that I should try and sell my jewelry somewhere but I had no idea how and I was in school so I didn't really have the time I needed to start a business. My husband and I moved to Israel in 2007 and about a month later I ran across the Etsy site. After having a buyer account for about 8 months I decided to give it a go and posted my first few items. After about a month I was hooked!
I also come from a family of entrepreneurs. My grandfather and uncle owned their own metal shop where they made crazy things out of aluminum and steel. My father is a self-employed environmental geologist. So everyone was really supportive!

When you're not being crafty, what do you do?
I work for a bioinformatics website when I'm not being crafty.

Whats your favorite book, song, movie & website?
This is probably the hardest question I've ever been asked! Etsy or Smitten Kitchen are probably my favorite website. I love too many songs/books to commit to one! My favorite music group is the The Killers though. My favorite author is Terry Pratchett. I can't pick a movie!

How do you promote your work?
This is one of the areas that I'm still working out! I try to hand out my business card to almost everyone I meet. I also use Project Wonderful and have advertised on a couple of other sites.

What are your short-term & long-term goals?
In the short-term I'd like to finish learning enameling and some basic metalsmithing so I can add new fun items to my shop! I'd also like to be a vendor at more craft shows. In the long-term, like most people on Etsy I think, I'd like this to become my sole income.

Do you run punkybunny300 full time?
Not at the moment. I work part time for a bioinformatics website and run my Etsy shops part time.

Tell us something random about you!:)
I have a masters degree in Neuroscience that I've never used!

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Items up for grabs: Personalized Tiny Disc Necklace from PunkyBunny300 (Picture up top)

To enter the giveaway: Go to PunkyBunny300, look around.. come back & tell us your favorite item from her shop! Please be sure to leave your e-mail address in the entry.

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This giveaway will end on April 15th at 11:30 p.m. (Central Standard Time). The winner will be notified by e-mail and it will be posted Wednesday night on our blog. Please be sure you have provided a valid e-mail address. If there is no e-mail address provided to contact the winner, another name will be drawn. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to the e-mail notification with their mailing address. This information will then be forwarded to the sponsor. If this information is not received within 48 hours another name will be drawn.