Happy Birthday Cancer!

Born June 22 thru July 21 Cancer is symbolized by the crab. Much like the crab Cancerians are well protected on the outside but usually soft and mushy on the inside. Many can describe Cancerians as sweet and sympathetic one moment, then cranky and irritable the next.

Crabby the Amigurumi Crab by Beegrl88

Crab Card by sweetperversion Cancerians are known to be psychic, and can almost guess things before they actually happen. They rarely forget things and are very close observers. These traits make them highly intuitive and psychic.

Mystic Goddess Tara Necklace by QueenofQueens Cancerians follow an indirect approach in life. If they want something, they have a tendency to not go after it straightway. Instead, they will think the whole thing through first, even avoid it for sometime, and then take a completely different approach to get it.

First Love Illustration by ChristaHoward

Famous Cancerians include John Cusack, Natalie Wood, Ringo Starr, Neil Simon and Ernest Hemingway

This is the 6th post in our series of Astrological signs by Sophie n Me.

What came first, the chicken or the egg?

Do we define our world, or does our world define us? I have to say that I've made some things for my Etsy store that I'm sure I would never had thought of making. Robots, foxes, mustaches, owls, narwhals - all things that were never in my repetoire prior to discovering Etsy, and all popular themes on Etsy. I really LIKE foxes and owl, and I don't think I've been even been with a man that didn't have a mustache, but would I have thought of making them if it wasn't for Etsy? Did Etsy make them popular or are they popular despite Etsy? I just recently bought a pair of fingerless gloves - an item that had never before entered my mind as something I should own until I saw them on Etsy (they're actually quite handy). Still, Etsy tends to have a great influence on us creative types, especially if we are business people as well as makers and like to sell as much as we like to create. Here are some great examples of the themes that are popular on Etsy, with buyers and sellers alike. What I love most about the handmade pieces is that the creator has taken a common theme, put their artistic stamp on it and made it their own. Personalized Bike Stationery by SweetPerversion

Mustachioed Thank You card by Gigglesapu Vintage Owl Magnifying Glass by Soradesigns

Beige Cowl by Phydeaux

Octopus Thank you Card by PupandPony

Fox Wedding Topper by Handymaiden

Blog post by Felicia of MaidofClay Ceramics. This blog features members of the CCCOE, please post to Twitter and Facebook and help promote your fellow members and the team in general. Thanks!