Five Things to Tell Your Friends about Breast Cancer

Here are 5 things about breast cancer that the American Cancer Society thinks you should tell your family, your friends and any woman you care about.

#1 - All women can get breast cancer. Even those who have no family history.
#2 - The two most important risk factors are being a woman and growing older.
#3 - Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer when it is early and the cancer has not spread, have a high chance of surviving it. Mammograms are the best way to find it early. Get one every year starting at age 40. Tell your doctor if you notice any changes in your breasts.
#4 - Regular exercise, maintaining a healthy weight, and limiting alcohol intake can help reduce your chances of developing breast cancer.
#5 - More women than ever before are surviving breast cancer through early detection and improved treatments.

This information was provided by the American Cancer Society, Inc. For more information on breast cancer risk and early detection you can contact them 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 1-800-ACS-2345 or visit www.cancer.org.

We'll be doing a Gift Guide :D

The SEUS Street Team has decided to organize a little gift guide project to post on our team shops blog. This should be lots of fun. I love window shopping! Who doesn't? Well, I guess that would have to be my husband, for one. ;)

I'll keep you all updated on our progress with getting this set up. It will be great to see the collections of Southeastern Etsy talent that our members dig up! So Stay Tuned!

Southeastern US Etsy Street Team
SEUS Team Shops Blog

Newest Networking opportunity for Indie Artists in the Southeast U.S.

The economy has been so unstable lately that it seems like we are all suffering. So I decided to start this Ning network to help get a few more eyes on our handmade items. Because I don't know an Indie artist who doesn't like to buy handmade. Do you?

Come join the newest Ning network for Southeastern U.S. Indie artists. This is a great place to meet sellers and buyers of handmade goods in the Southeastern United States! Come network with people from Etsy, SilkFair, and others. Southeast sellers with their own online shops are also welcome and encouraged to come out and join us.

View my page on Southeast U.S. Indie

Everyone is Going Pink!

I got a message today from one of my fellow SEUS Etsy Team members, ClaireeyeDesign, saying she added my Pink Peony photo card to her newest Etsy Treasury. So, here it is. It's all Pink and oh so pretty!!!


This fits right in with our October promotion. Visit the SEUS teams shop blog and check it out.

Handmade for the Cure

The SEUS Etsy Street Team is promoting Breast Cancer awareness month in October. Until the end of the month, select shops will have a special section designated for this charitable cause. The shops will donate a percentage of each sale from this section to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, to help promote breast cancer education and research.

Visit our SEUS Team Shops blog for a list of participating Etsy shops. Please go out to the shops and have a look around and help us support this great cause!