Best of cheap week: April 2013 edition

It's tax day, and unlike many of you I actually had to pay in this year so I am broke. Not that this is terribly new.

But luckily we just got done with the first half of April where the contests featured items under $15, and just for fun I thought I'd combine a cheap week post with a coupon code post for those of you who are REALLY interested in finding some steals! Here are my favorite items that were priced affordably to begin with, and then their shop owners were nice enough to share a discount on our coupon page.

1st place April 1st, 2013
April 1st! Items from $1-$1.99.
MORE Bargain BITSY Bombs , bath bomb, packs a punch, natural and organic bath fizzy soak
by Tubbilicious

Coupon code: MONKEYPITT 10% off

23rd place April 3rd, 2013
Welcome Wednesday! The newest Etsy shops' items from $1-$50.
Bird magnet plushie, ideal for the fridge ,eco friendly. Handmade
by owlystore

Coupon code: SALE15 15% off

4th place April 6th, 2013
April 6th! Items from $6-$6.99.
Cat Keychain
by ninaraizel

Coupon code: Thankyou2013 10% off

1st place April 15th, 2013
April 15th! Items from $15-$15.99.
Sterling Silver Earrings with Glass Cube Beads Blues
by LittleHillJewelry

Coupon code: CONTEST 15% off

12nd place April 13th, 2013
April 13th! Items from $13-$13.99.
Simple Chaos: Plump Birdie Original Watercolour Series
by SimpleChaosbylinnea

Coupon code: LOVEOFFAMILY 10% off

55th place April 11th, 2013
Theme Thursday! Emerald items from $1-$50.
GamiWicks - candle votives in emerald green and white Japanese chiyogami
by GamiWorks

Coupon code: Biggie15 15% off

35th place April 4th, 2013
Theme Thursday! Notecard items from $1-$50.
Handmade Mini Notecards / Tags with Floral Patterns, Set of 6
by WideSkyPapercrafts

Coupon code: WELCOME13 Free shipping

This week in Etsy coupons

Realized I hadn't blogged about coupons in a while, but let me just say we get some really cool ones in the contest all the time. The whole big coupon list is over on our coupon code page. Right now we have over 300... WOW! And the cool thing about our page is that the coupons auto-expire, so nothing is over six weeks old, you know they're active sellers interested in giving you a deal on something. And January is a great time for that!

So here are some of my recent favorite items with coupons:

Featured January 10th, 2013
Theme Thursday! Rock items from $1-$50.
Rock Star Unisex Cuff Bracelet Recycled Vinyl Record Guitar Shaped
by kermitsdaughter

Coupon code: 050287 20% off

Featured January 10th, 2013
Theme Thursday! Rock items from $1-$50.
CLEARANCE SALE Tribal Tattoo Womens Alternative Apparel Pigment Black Short Sleeve T-shirt
by banyantreeclothing

Coupon code: BTBIGETSY 20% off

14th place January 11th, 2013
January 11th! Items from $11-$11.99.
Two Vanilla Soaps / Cold Process Soap / Scented Soap Sampler / Valentines Day Set
by SoapForYourSoul

Coupon code: HAPPY2012 12% off

22nd place January 11th, 2013
January 11th! Items from $11-$11.99.
Lemon Drop Massage Lotion Bar with Organic Fair Trade Shea Butter /// Essential Oils of Jasmine, Grapefruit and Lemongrass
by urthtones

Coupon code: big10 10% off

My big list of etsy free shipping codes

This week I added a new feature to our big huge list of coupons so you can view just the etsy shops offering free shipping! It can be tough for shops to publicize sales like this but it can really save you some funds on the bigger items, and anymore with post office prices going up even little stuff like jewelry can end up at half price if you don't have to pay shipping!

Here are some shops I found from the new page:

Featured July 18th, 2012
Welcome Wednesday! The newest Etsy shops' items from $1-$50.
Silver Believe in Love Aqua Blue Chalcedony Crystal Bead Necklace Pendant Wire Wrap Handmade Jewelry
by LuvAlisa

Coupon code: FREESHIP1 Free shipping

Featured July 16th, 2012
July 16th! Items from $16-$16.99.
Desktop Organizer, Record Letter Holder, Upcycled Vinyl Desk Organizer, One Compartment
by HausofAriella

Coupon code: thankyou Free shipping

93rd place July 18th, 2012
Welcome Wednesday! The newest Etsy shops' items from $1-$50.
Fancy Schmancy - Baby's First Formal Wear 18 mo. Onesie
by PressedLEAFgoods

Coupon code: SHIP4FREE Free shipping

56th place July 16th, 2012
July 16th! Items from $16-$16.99.
CIJ Sale 25% Off Tie Dye Crocheted Fabric Headband
by yokieb

Coupon code: E52582 Free shipping

For a ton more, check out our coupon page: etsycontest.com/coupons.php

And speaking of coupons, we're now tweeting one coupon per day on the @etsycontest twitter so if you like sales, pay attention to that one too.

The week in coupons

Earlier this week we hit 500 coupons on our big huge list of etsy coupons which is pretty exciting, thanks to all of you with shops who are offering us some great deals! Here are some of the highest scoring items with discounts that I just love:

1st place June 15th, 2012
June 15th! Items from $15-$15.99.
Dark pink jade and silver wire wrapped ring free shipping
by Amayeli

Coupon code: facebook 15% off

6th place June 14th, 2012
Theme Thursday! Flag items from $1-$50.
Patriotic Rag Wreath
by ATPitman

Coupon code: TAKETEN 10% off

6th place June 10th, 2012
Swanky Sunday! Items from $100-$249.99.
ON SALE Druzy Necklace, Freshwater Pearl Necklace by Amanda Lynne LUXE
by amandalynneLUXE

Coupon code: SUMMER30 30% off

31st place June 10th, 2012
Swanky Sunday! Items from $100-$249.99.
Handmade Morganite Black Tourmaline and rose quartz necklace
by pagancellarjewelry

Coupon code: ILOVEVINTAGE 25% off

25th place June 9th, 2012
June 9th! Items from $9-$9.99.
RED BLUE YELLOW squares printed Wallet
by efratul

Coupon code: HOLIDAYS 20% off

98th place June 15th, 2012
June 15th! Items from $15-$15.99.
Fresh Pizza Coaster Set
by cecrafts

Coupon code: TEAM10 10% off

65th place June 10th, 2012
Swanky Sunday! Items from $100-$249.99.
Amethyst, Pearl, Swarovski, Vermeil Statement Necklace Womens Gemstone OOAK
by loveactuallyjewelry

Coupon code: BigEtsyContest 10% off

90th place June 10th, 2012
Swanky Sunday! Items from $100-$249.99.
Anniversary Wedding Engagement Wind Chimes Custom Doves Snowflakes, a Wedding Chapel and Hearts
by LaurelArts

Coupon code: EC25 25% off

Etsy Coupons: Jewelry, pottery, and one purple monkey

The coupon code page has been hovering right around 400 lately and every day it seems like the shops change a little! Thanks to everyone who's shared coupons lately... if you've got an etsy shop and are running a sale, be sure to tell us about it on the signup page!

Here are some of my favorite specials from this week's contests:

May 12th, 2012 - 14th place
Crochet Headband Spring Colors
by ToppyToppy

GET18OFF 18% off

May 11th, 2012 - 10th place
Incense Herbs Healing Wellness
by SofiasRose

CONTEST10 10% off

May 12th, 2012 - 99th place
Wheatley Portal Necklace Glass Tile
by AngelElements

etsycontest 15% off

May 13th, 2012 - 44th place
Large art pottery jug by northwest potter Gerald Newcomb
by brikoloor

JAM Free shipping

May 12th, 2012 - featured
HartFelt Monkey Softie by iHart
by ihartfelt

ETSYCONTEST 10% off

This week in etsy coupons

I don't mean to brag (or maybe I do?) but the etsycontest.com coupon code page is about to hit 300! Egads, friends, where else do you find that kind of goodness that's even searchable, ranked, and sorted?

Anyway here are a few items with coupons that caught my eye. I'll start with the newbies! Both these shops opened barely a month ago and already we're welcoming them to the contest with our awesome new Welcome Wednesday theme:

Sarah's homemade hemp has a ton of unique jewelry:

May 9th, 2012 - 30th place
Amethyst Crystal Hematite Stone Earrings
by SarahsHomemadeHemp
Hemp4Economy 15% off

Melissa is a talented artist, new to etsy with very unique cat drawings and stickers:

May 9th, 2012 - 69th place
Cat Sticker Prints // 5 Cat Stickers from Original Illustrations // Pack C
by acatinthewindow
internetcats 15% off

And here are more items I just loved, for various reasons:

May 7th, 2012 - 1st place
Acrylic Painting On Canvas - Original - Tiny Miniature Painting - Red Cheps
by Chep
ETSYCONTEST10 10% off

May 7th, 2012 - 58th place
Orange Monkey Around Hats (lg)
by EtsyBroker
FBFAN 15% off

May 6th, 2012 - 68th place
Dark Small Leaf Ring
by thesilversmith
contest 10% off

May 7th, 2012 - featured
Chinese Coin Keychain
by MoonBeansGifts
MOM12 20% off

Giveaway to celebrate my 100th sale!

Update: 100th sale achieved! So the free coin purse is taken, but you're still welcome to use the CONTEST1 for 20% off coupon at least through the end of this week - May 14 2012 :)

So after opening my etsy shop a bit less than a year ago I have sold & traded my way to 99 sales! I'm so darn excited I want to do something special for my 100th. So if you're my 100th sale, and you buy something that's at least $8 (before shipping, after coupons), I will also give you a free coin purse of your choice!

View them all here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/spacefem?section_id=10634518

Green robots 4in geek wallet zipper card holder coin purse
by spacefem

AND you can use my contest coupon code - CONTEST1 for 20% off. As long as you're still spending $8, I'll include the freebie! I've got lots of $10 items so this can really work out for someone! I don't usually let people use coupons on supply items but this time, go for it. I've got some very tempting fabric quarters for sale right now I know.

AND if you have an etsy shop, I'll blog about you and how awesome you are for supporting a fellow etsian :)

Just let me know which one you want in the extra comments.

Big flower 4in abstract wallet card holder coin purse
by spacefem

Sweet mothers day deals from Daily Dose of Handmade

I love Daily Dose of Handmade and they love me. It's published by two Etsy enthusiasts/crafters/buyers (Julie and Cylene) who want to help small businesses and ma & pa shops get the word out about their amazing wares. They look for unique and gifted artisans who would like you to get to know them.

They post up shop features, deals, giveaways, and hold contests. Their recent features have been about mothers day which is where I ran across this post with some AWESOME 30-40% off coupons: Mothers Day Gift Guide Features. Several of them are this week only so check them out.

There's even a coupon for JulieEllynDesigns who was in our contest recently!

April 14th, 2012 - 18th place
Teeny Tiny Dove Earrings
by JulieEllynDesigns

April 18th, 2012 - 25th place
Simply Silver, Very Tiny Filigree Drop Earrings, Sterling Silver
by JulieEllynDesigns

Go check them out and tell them hi from the etsycontest!

The new coupon code page

Last week I got the idea to just start asking every shop that signs up for a coupon code, and it's working out pretty well! I finally got this page up so we can all share in the sales:

http://etsycontest.com/coupons.php

Of course then what happened? As soon as the page was up I noticed this lovely bracelet by BeautifulMachine right up at the top, and couldn't pass up the discount, I bought it and another one from her shop. So, sorry all, that bracelet is gone. But there's more in the shop it came from!

March 4th, 2012 - featured
Handcrafted Beaded Charm Bracelet
by BeautifulMachine