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Pretty Paris

I just love what Pretty Paris stands for: recycle, renew, repurpose.

The company creates hand-stamped vintage silverplate flatware. Wedding forks, cake servers, housewarming serving sets, garden markers, and much more for use in your home or garden. You can’t go wrong with these unique hand-stamped lovelies.

The company has been featured on Martha Stewart’s website…and now Evatopia too!

In keeping with their environmentally friendly commitment, Pretty Paris ships all items in 95% Recycled Content Envelopes. Envelopes are plastic free and padded with recycled newsprint.

Production time is generally 1 to 3 days and then products are mailed first class.

Pretty Paris’ owner is Heather, a stay at home mom living in Southern California with 2 kids, 1 fish, and a lovely little pair of chubby guinea pigs. “My shop means the absolute world to me. I love my work, my customers, and the lovely friendships I have made through PrettyParis.”

Stay in touch with Heather and Pretty Paris…

Twitter | Facebook | Etsy Store

Monkeys Always Look

By Margery Walshaw

Monkeys Always Look is one of Evatopia’s newest finds. Featuring unique Sterling Silver and Copper Wedding rings, Mens rings, Personalized rings and the Original Silverware Garden Markers…

Everything is crafted by hand in their studio in sunny San Diego, California. The company finds joy in hand making each piece, one at a time.

Monkeys Always Look signature items include the Latitude Longitude Wedding Band, the Personalized Mommy ring, the Tree Bark Ring, and the Secret Heart ring. Soon to come are earrings and necklaces.

Monkeys Always Look is also the originator of the Silverware Garden Markers. Often imitated, but never matched in originality and innovation the Silverware Garden Markers have been successful beyond their wildest dreams.

Karen, the owner and lead designer of Monkeys Always Look, enjoys creating and collecting artwork, grading diamonds & gemstones, metalworking, designing gadgets, and most importantly, raising her two beautiful girls with her husband.

Check out one of Evatopia’s favorite items…their Latitude and Longitude Wedding Ring Mixed Metal Band. You can find it here.

Orders are shipping about 2 weeks from purchase, but rush orders are available. Simply contact Monkeys Always Look for rates.

You can stay in touch with Monkeys Always Look at these social media sites:

Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram

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Find New Audiences

By Margery Walshaw

Evatopia feels strongly about promoting creative women along with helping them to find new audiences. One way we do this is to cross-promote authors, musicians and artisans. Here’s one case study…

When Melissa Pearl wrote “True Colors” she included a scene in which her protagonist came home from a day at the beach to grab a shower using her favorite Bella Fresca Soap.

Bella Fresca happens to be an Evatopia featured artisan and is owned by the very creative Susan Foti. The idea behind this cross-promotion was that both Melissa Pearl and Susan Foti target women ages 15-45 — the same audience that Evatopia targets.

However, although they may target the same audience, they may be attracting different women. By mentioning Bella Fresca in “True Colors” and including a link directly to Susan’s website in the back of the ebook, we helped followers of Melissa’s writing to find Susan’s wonderful bath and body products and vice versa.

Whether you’re an author, musician, or artisan, let Evatopia help you find new audiences.