Craft Night is Back at the Etsy Labs!

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Story by EtsyStore

Published on Sept 10, 2009 in Events

Photo by moontreepress

We’ve been unpacking a mountain of boxes and getting settled into our sunny new space after our great office move of 2009. We are excited to announce that our very first craft night in our new home at 55 Washington Street, Suite 512, Brooklyn, NY 11201 will be Monday, September 14 from 4 to 8 p.m. Stop by to see our new home in Dumbo, share recipes, and nibble on sweets.

From here on out, Craft Night will be resuming at the new Etsy Labs in Brooklyn and in our online interactive classrooms, the Virtual Labs, on our previous schedule. Craft Night will continue to be held as a drop-in affair from 4 to 8 p.m. each Monday (with the exception of holidays), with demos held in person throughout the evening by a fierce line-up of artists, crafters, authors, and more. Online demos in the Virtual Labs will be held at 5 p.m. each week (or as announced) for our faraway friends.

 

This week we’re hosting a recipe swap, complete with lovely letterpressed recipe cards printed by our new neighbor Rebecca of Moontree Press, as well as a bake sale with Tracy of Sweet Tooth of the Tiger. Bring your tastiest recipe to share, and we’ll show you how to make and decorate a case for your new recipes. Bring your handwritten recipe ready to go in 4″ x 6″ format to photocopy and share, or a recipe to copy by hand onto the letterpressed recipe cards.

If you are participating remotely, you are welcome to contribute to the recipe pool by emailing your 4″ x 6″ recipe to events@etsy.com.

If you are attending Craft Night virtually this week and would like to make a recipe card case along with us, you’ll need to gather a few supplies:

  • Paper
  • Scissors
  • Ruler
  • Bone folder (if you have one)
  • 4″ x 6″ recipe cards
  • Paint, colored pencils, markets, stamps, etc. for decorating

Be sure to also check out Sweet Tooth of the Tiger’s Bleeding Vampire Cupcake video for Halloween baking ideas, and the Handmade Weddings: Invitation Options article with Moontreepress for invitation inspiration.

Upcoming Events at the Etsy Labs:

9/21: Bag-making workshop with Bags for the People

9/28: Open Craft Night

10/5: Exquisite Corpse Cards & Books with Esther K. Smith

A snapshot from last month’s DIY Thursday series at the Museum of Arts & Design.


If you’d like to lead a Craft Night, send your ideas to events@etsy.com with “Craft Night idea” as the subject line. Have you participated in Craft Night? Share your photos with the Etsy Labs Show and Tell Flickr group! If you’d like to learn more about the Etsy Labs, check out our FAQs. Want to receive email updates? Join our Etsy Labs mailing list. If you’re on Meetup, please do join the Etsy Labs Meetup group.

Looking for further cooking inspiration? Try these links:

Mee Goreng Recipe | Spicy Coconut Soup | Party Planners with Food & Wine Magazine

Will we see you Monday? Let us know in the comments below!

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