I loved everything !!! your creations , your inspiration , the way you see life ! send you a bouquet of admiration ! warm wishes vanessa cuschnir

What a fresh response to getting out of big creative ruts "If it is a big one, I just keep going, even if it feels like I don’t accomplish much in a day." It's so scary to face that feeling of having accomplished nothing, it too shall pass. Thanks.

Your stuff and pictures are amazing! So inspiring! Congrats on the feature!

I just love your shop! Very creative and exciting!

Just Wonderful!

love it ! congrats!

I love your writing style, and your shop and pictures are definitely noteworthy - they scream comfort! Congrats on the feature, and good luck with the hot air balloon :)

Great feature and nice to get a better idea of the person behind the shop!

Such an interesting interview and beautiful shop! Congrats on your feature~

Very unique and creative! Best of luck.

I draw my inspiration from people who don't have money and I have never heard anyone else ever say that! Beautiful!

Beautiful! Congrats on the FS!!! =)

fantastic interview! I've always loved your shop - congratulations on being the featured seller!

Congrats on your feature - WOW!

Congratulations, I have been a fan of your work for some time! Wishing you much well deserved success.

Love your work...congrats on the feature!

Congratulations! Wishing you to continue being a free spirit. Good Luck with your future.

congrats on being featured artist. LOVE your work. Best wishes for many more success :-)

What a lovely, creative mind you have! Congratulations on your success and all your future adventures!

Those cashmere undies have been in my favorites forever :)

Awesome!!!

Stellar interview and shop. Your photos are inspirational.

As a fellow Torontonian, I've been a fan of your work for a few years now, congrats on the feature, and keep on creating! ♥ - L

One of my favorite shops!

Great article! So inspiring:)

Beautiful work, I agree I love your photos they have such a fun feeling to them! Very inspriational

Maybe Rosy’s Mom should open a "Sock Shop" on Etsy. Love your shop and your attitude.

What an understatement "Severely Creative". This interview makes one want to keep learning more about Sartoria. Another good one. Thank you for your devoted inspiration.

Beautiful story and absolutely gorgeous items. You are very creative!

What beautiful work! I'm really wanting a pair of your longjohns. Amazing and innovative. Congrats!!

The Paper Bag Princess was written by Robert Munch, not Roald Dahl.

what a great feature...you are MAGICAL! thank you for sharing your art and studio with us!

resourcefulness is an awesome inspiration!

Love her dreads!

I've been admiring your shop for so long. I love your creations... magical!

What a great interview! Thanks for sharing your unique and amazing cantor and soul-fullness with us! Good luck with the glass crystal loft I'm visualizing you in it right now! It radiates it's own light and vibrations just like you!

Congrats!

Congratulations on being Featured! Love the part of you being “severely creative.” I agree with the person above "Rosy’s Mom should open a "Sock Shop" on Etsy" Cozy handmade socks are the absolute best!!!!

Awesome!

Congratulations on your feature!

You truly have a wonderful and beautiful spirit. Thank you so much for sharing your creativity...you are a true inspiration.

I loved reading your story!!!

Quite a methaphisic interview.

Quite a methaphysic interview. Again.

Wonderful! Love your style! Good luck with everything!

Great story. Congratulations!

I needed that word about what you learned from the yogis... thanks. You are a beautiful creation yourself.

Enjoyed your interview, you are true artist. Your designs and photos are just perfect! Happy flowing!

Great interview! Lovely products! Congratulations!

Congrats on the feature...well done!!

So unique and I learned a lot just reading this interview. Thanks for the inspiration!

You are energizing, creative, smart and well-loved. Well-deserved! I am a new fan.

...a complete pleasure to read...refreshing! Congratulations! We are floating in space.....yes!

You and your art is inspirational. Loved reading your interview. Congratulations!

nice love the story!

Good on ya. Mixed Metal Mimi

Wonderful story...LOVE your work! You've inspired me & brightened up my day! :)

I just had to look up and think ... ThXx Eve

What a great interview... and those socks sound amazing!

Thank you for sharing your story with us, your life and work are beautiful! Congrats on the Feature!

love love your shop, congrats:))

fantastic pieces! just wondering - do you mean paperbag princess by guelph ont based robert munsch?

This is magic! Thank you for sharing :-)

What a beautiful and creative soul she has and I appreciate her being fearless enough to allow us to see it.

This is a wonderful feature. I had featured this great shop in a treasury last year and I am so glad to meet the artist behind it. Besides everyone should own at least one pair of cashmere undies!!

If you rode through my tiny town in your hot air balloon....I would invite you down to our stage on our property...and invite you to create a canvas of beauty. I would put flyers up around town and invite gypsys, wanderers and creative nomads to come and tell stories by the fire after they shared their love with the world! We would cook you cob oven pizza and invite you to our cabin in the woods...brilliant!

Lovely!

Interesting story. It feels that you are child of nature - came here to give a piece of it interpreted in your hand made garments.. Your "cashmere undies" just wonderful!! Wish you the best and peace!

I never new cashmere undies existed....cozy! I loved this interview.

Your interview was so soothing. Thanks for allowing us into your world. Oh, and your shop is lovely too!

Wonderful interview. Very inspiring! Congratulations! Your shop is fantastic!

What a fabulous interview!! I loved everything about it!!! Congrats on the feauture!

Thank you for giving such a great interview.

a beautiful dream....................

Nice to meet you, Sartoria! thanks for sharing and I love that you love your special socks!

oh, i have been inspired by and drawn into this shop many times. loved the interview. congratulations and continued success to you!

Wonderful interview. I especially love what you have to say about what inspires you. Congratulations!

beautiful shop! congrats!

I love you shop!! Absolutely enchanting! Congrats on the feature!!

You make happy!

Congratulations from the Toronto Etsy Street Team!

So happy to see you featured here! Truly inspired thinking and beautifully crafted designs. I know because I'm wearing your exquisite cashmere undies as I write this!! I'm a fan!! Congrats on the well deserved feature!!

I love your imagination, and your work really is lovely, but I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "being inspired by people who don't have money to buy everything." Perhaps I'm overly sensitive because I'm forced to be creative because I literally have less than $10 in the bank, but I admit I find it a sore spot. You see, I grew up in a home where we were forced to live downstairs by the woodstove for a good 5 months of the year, sleeping together in the living room trying to keep warm, my mother knitting blankets to hang in the windows to trap drafts, being trapped in heavy snows and ice storms every year that would knock out our electricity for days. It was quite difficult and not very romantic at all to live on pancakes and biscuits because my parents couldn't afford anything else. I'm so glad that experiences like ours fuel your inspiration. They certainly fuel mine, out of perpetual fear of having to go back to that life.

"My inspiration comes from the resourcefulness of people who don’t have money to buy everything." Wonderful. Something I love the most in the world is a person who is truly living from the inside out. I have more energy just from having read this!

I draw my inspiration from artists like you! Love this...

congrats! been a fan (and fellow Torontonian) for a long time - cashmere undies rock :)

The balance of Canadian winter cozy with sexy-pretty underthings is perfection. Well done you! xo, WHP

Congrats on your feature!

LOVE your work! I can relate to the princess/ dragon story! lol! Do the orphans look at all like cats? AND Fabulous item photos!!! So much fun!!! So glad to be introduced to you and your truly inspiring work!

Wonderful person behind wonderful creations! Congrats on the feature! :)

I love the idea of the sequel to the "Paper Bag Princess" I'm reading to my young grand daughter's.. Important for them to know that they are strong and have a big voice.. Very strong and independent voice you have. What a fun and inspirational journey!

absolutely an inspiration reading this, thank you!

Beautiful work! I love the wool undies, they look so comfy! Congrats on being featured.

The Paper Bag Princess was written by Robert Munsch. I highly question these 'interviews'. I mean, how long does it take to come up with all these 'trendy, hip and original' things people say? Seriously. Just be yourself.

Cooll!!!

I want to be you when I grow up. If that doesn't work out your interview made me definitely want to be your friend. Congrats!

Nice for you to have the coveted featured seller ! I am confused about what part you play exactly. Do you sew, make patterns, design, draw ? Since your shop is 20% gift certificates, 20% custom orders and the remainder appears to be custom ordered off your website, I would have liked to read more about your hands on involvement. Too many vagueries. Alas, congratulations on your achievements.

LOVE your shop. Congrats you the feature!

I love how everything you make seems so stream lined and fitting so well. Also everything looks very comfortable to wear. Congratulations on being a featured seller! I love your shop.

Love your Shop! you are an inspiration! SO happy this morning to see you in the Feature!

Congratulations! I love the bralette and the atmosphere of your shop!

oh yeah!!!! i mean robert munch!!!!!! thank you for reading ++

INSPIRED ! I love this woman's words. And I relate to so much of what she said.

geeeezzzzz i'll get it right this time: MUNSCH !

Love this! I need a pair of cashmere undies...ahhhh what a great idea and so well crafted. You seem to have a very fulfilling life full of creative and crazy moments! Congrats ;-)

I always thought there should be a sequel to The Paperbag Princess. Robert Munsch is seriously one of my favorite authors! :) And I want chickens too! :) Best of luck to you, lady!

LOVE! such an inspiring story, I love the way she puts things <3

congratulations on your article. Great work.

Wonderful! Congrats

YOU inspire me! Congratulations on your feature!

a true BA :)

Congratulations on your feature!

Beautiful :D And, I really want to see the sock ur friend made you ;)

Congrats!

Very unique and resourceful. Inspiring interview. Happy Sales!

You truly are an inspiration!! I enjoyed your story so much especially about the friend's mom who made you the socks! I love well made socks too!! Have a wonderful day knowing you helped others just being you!!! Loved it!

Great articleand great items! A real Renaissance woman! Amazing how people are discovering Nicola Tesla and lacto-fermenting foods as have I!

Your work and words resonate like raindrops of time throughout our forests. I know from reading that love is all there is. Thank you.

Man, people must really like sauerkraut.

signs of intelligent life! <3 much love homegirl

severely wondrous.

Nice!

Very creative! Great post! Congrats!

been a fan of your shop for a long time already ! My fav. is the cashmere undies!!!! (I want one so much!) congrats on your feature! is a lovely and very interesting interview and love you want to go take a ride in a hot air balloon! (take me with you) ;) (applauses)!!!!

Your cashmere undies are adorable!

one of my favorite shops for sure!

Very inspirational!

Great story, fab shop!

I say this with all positive regard for Sartoria, but I'd love to see a woodstove that could knit! Really this is said in mirth, nothing negative! *giggles*

ah i'm so glad to see you here! i freakin adore your stuff! so wonderful, great story, you remind me a lot of my childhood best friend who has since become a crazy world traveler and wants to do anything and everything. especially that part about the handmade hot air ballon;)

"Oh Yeah! We're floating in space." thank you for that.

I love your shop! I also admire your perspective on art and life in general, "Yes, yes, I like tall-bike building and riding, making fermented foods, wild-crafting and being silent in places where there are no human sounds." So true.

lovely things and beautiful photographs (and models!). i salute you. x

Great interview and a fantastic shop! Congratulations on the feature!

awesome.. i am so glad you guys got featured. i love your shop

Cashmere undies?! LOVE. <3

“severely creative.” and....beyond!! great article fun shop to visit !

Very Very Cool Love the pictures

Congratulations !!! I have to comment on your photography - it's AWESOME !!!

Thank you very very much. We are so close in spirit and approach to what you describe. Wonderful! Many thanks and warmest wishes to you. Your works seem very good. Cheers! ig & vik

Beautiful work!! Beautiful spirit! :)

beautiful work! Thank you for sharing your wonderment of creativity :D

Thank you for sharing your inspiration and the basic love of creativity. I thank my Higher Power every day for my creative soul that is most happy in the world when it is creating! It has given me a long and extremely interesting life with many varied paths and introduced me to absolutely amazing people....I feel your love of creativity as well!

way cool...congrats!!

Inspirational; you and your work:) Congratulations!!

Congrats, you have wonderful things in your shop. :o) Heidi

Beautiful, touchable, cozy garments. I really love the cuts of the ladies briefs! I really enjoyed reading this interview for the way the flow of thought was expressed. I am from Nova Scotia and I too have some pretty wicked and wild socks handmade next to a wood stove by my grandmother!

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Lovely interview and unique shop :) Nice to see a fellow creator/seller featured from Ontario! Close to me too, I am in Niagara On The Lake, 1 hr from T.O.

We're floating in space! It's amazing how that's forgotten! Thanks for the inspirational interview. Love the cashmere knickers.

Wonderful Article!!! Truly Unique Shop!!!!

Thank you for making such gorgeous wool undergarments -what a wonderful contribution! I've been looking forward to switching over to wool ever since I came across your shop and am so happy to know where I can purchase from. Congrats on your work, and this feature : ) very happy for you!

Awesome Read. The Love your creativity so much.

Love your book idea. I would read it. Lovely interview. Thanks for sharing.

inspiring,i admire you so-its wonderful,congratulations!

Very sweet seller! Looking forward to seeing more items listed beyond the three left in shop right now-with luxe pieces like cashmere undies it's nail biting suspense until they're up! Show us those listings you talented gem of a woman you! <3 Lovely interview!

Congrats!! I really like those cashmere undies very nice!

Congratulations on your feature! Love love ur work and the interview!

Thank you for the ride not only in the ground but the feeling of being floating in space a place a wish I remember everyday to make things more simple. I Wish you can build your crystal loft and make more of your pieces for us to enjoy! Thank you for sharing!

Amazing and authentic!

"...the resourcefulness of people who don’t have money to buy everything." I love that you said that. It's something I've always admired and respected since childhood. Congratulations! I enjoyed reading your story, and your work is truly beautiful. I think every girl deserves at least one pair of cashmere panties! ;)

Inspiring us all, thank you!

@JoMoxie :0

Beautiful products and mind..I wish there are more peopel like near by :)

Great article :) congrats!

Great interview! I also agree that great inspiration comes from the resourcefulness we are forced into when faced with limitations. The other day I went to buy kraft paper to make new patterns, but the store was closed. I needed the patterns for the next day, so I decided to search around the house for paper I could use instead. I saw a pile of grocery paper bags...the lightbulb in my head turned on. I will never buy kraft paper again for patterns as long as I have grocery paper bags :)

ooooooooooooooh? I received those very cashmere undies as one of The Greatest Birthday Presents Of All Time and BOY ARE THEY LUXURIOUS. supreme pick, etsy.

Your products and photography is awesome!

I'm simply in awe! You're bound for great adventures! Congrats on the feature!

Very enjoyable read. I would imagine a handmade hot air balloon would require help. I'd like to be part of that creative process. I could only hope that when it was complete you would then invite me to take a ride in it with you and we would be wearing hand crocheted hats and cashmere undies :) Congratulations on being featured.

Congrats on the lovely feature! ^__^

Great work, and congrats on the feature!

Love you

I love your dream studio, how enchanting & now a dream I long for too;D Wonderful story & beautiful shop!

Congratulations! I applaud your creativeness for these beautiful creations,...I love it!

Interesting article, but I think the misquote blurb from the front page is a little offensive… >> sartoria "My inspiration comes from the resourcefulness of those who don’t have money." <<

What a beautiful shop and perspective on life. Thank you so much for sharing all of this valuable information!

I totally get the front page blurb "My inspiration comes from the resourcefulness of those who don't have money." I don't find it offensive at all. Sometimes the most wonderful things are created from useless things because the money is not there buy supplies!

Congratulations, great article!!

Jump back! Love your style!!

Amazing. Thank you for the inspiration.

<3

i'm very glad i got to meet you in person @ the vancouver circle craft. since then i have been wearing my long johns (with awesome striped undie) and turtle neck tank diligently… what a great mind.

Just added you to my favorite shops only to find out you are a featured seller. Congrats!! Love your style.

I am lusting after your cashmere undies and the garter belt leggings. So lovely!

yes! We are floating in space - what a great reminder to not take ourselves too seriously and to keep on just being. Love your creative mind :)

Lovely undergarments. I like the striped one piece the most. It's adorable.

thanks!

I've admired your work for a long while now. Having read this interview, your work is ever more appreciated. I feel a little boost to remember to escape the limitations of my own perspective with greater frequency. Thank you!

lovely. inspiring. right in so many ways. <3

Inspiring,provocative... loVe your wandering spirit... wish all your dreams will come true:))

Maybe the best featured seller interview to date. All the best to you and your wonderful way of life.

Wildness is an endangered element, gotta keep it alive in Planet Earth.

Wildness is an endangered element, gotta keep it alive on Planet Earth.

Quality!! in every field of living.. Rare and inspirational. We all comes from Saturn:))

I love the way you "style" the models and clothing in your Shop. Well done!

Congrats

Congratulations. And, I love the undies! I must add I was very non-committal in my 20s and my parents were my "gaggle of yogis." They kept edging me to focus and that I did and now I feel I'm too focused and strategic...

Inspiring. Your interpretation of the world around you and work ethic are honest and true. Congrats and much continued luck.

Congratulations! Your feature brings even more beauty to your creations!

"My inspiration comes from the resourcefulness of people who don’t have money to buy everything" - I love this! Congrats on the feature!

I've loved your work for a while now, great peek into your operation. I love the fluidity of your production, it makes me feel more normal for not having a set system. yay upcycled wool!!!

Your feature was great reading for me, because sometimes I get bogged down by the world around me, and forget who I really am. Thank you! =)

Congrats! Love your shop!!! <3

one of my favorite shops, so I was thrilled to see you were an FS. about time! love what you say about going into the wild for a mental break. went to school with mr. katz and I have to say, you're so right. he's a treasure. like you. thanks so much for this.

Love creatives who think outside of the box...great story!!

Congratulations!! You are an inspiration! :)

Interesting & wonderful interview.

you are inspiring love your shop will visit often!!:):)

Love the photograph of you sitting in your work space. You are a very special one indeed.

Inspiring story. I love you photographs and your creations. Thanks for sharing it all with us.

Your feature led my mind on a magical ride. Thank you for your creativity and beautiful work.

So creative personallity! I Love the way you see the world!

Wow, ditto to most of what has been said above. Great interview. I love your spirit and you are an inspiration yourself, or like someone else said, pure magic! Malama Pono

it's so interesting to see the person behind the creations, and i have been admiring your undies and such on etsy for a while! provocative, well thought out answers! I,too, have been on a wild fermenting binge,exploring the wonders of homemade sourdough,whey and cream cheese, cultured butter, sauerkraut, beet kvass is next on my list. oh, and buying a pair of your sweater panties, that's definitely something i want to do! xo

very inspiring!

Your items come up in my taste test....and they really speak to me as a soul...I to am into repurposing, upcycling, keeping low pricing so people can afford to get an item otherwise they would not. You are wonderful and inspirational in all your works.

WOW! Loved reading your story! so inspiring. thank you! :) xo

beautiful words! So happy you are featured!

Good article, but FYI the Paperbag Princess was written by Robert Munsch, not Roald Dahl.

Oh Joy!!! The best stuff on earth!!!!

Very creative way of thinking. Your stuff is amazing!!!

Oh man. I've coveted those superhero long johns for ever... and I love your hair. The thought of letting the stars re-center you made me smile and breathe a little bit deeper.. I'm going to have to try that one out soon. Thanks, Etsy for this amazing featured seller interview!

Best featured seller interview yet. I am also now in love with the superhero longjohns. :) :)

Very creative and inspiring! Love your story about the socks, congratulations!

Would you consider posting a photo of the socks you love? I was inspired by everything you wrote and I am a new sock knitter - would love to see the socks that delight such a delightful and creative person!

! sock picture is posted on sartoria's facebook page ! http://www.facebook.com/sartoria.canada

Wow, such a speedy reply! I have to admit that I must be the last person on earth who is not on Facebook. Am I able to go there to see the socks without having to sign up?

I just tried the URL - there are the socks (their sole, anyway) and WOW I do see why you love them so. I love how they are peppered with occasional bright stitches in an otherwise sturdy natural wool. Please tell Rosy's mom that she has a new fan. Thank you so much for sharing this. Blessings to you, and your own cashmere underwear is a minor miracle in and of itself. I'm so glad Etsy featured your work!

Love your creations and your take on creativity. Creativity is free and it is fun. Love where you get your inspiration....the stars!

I truly enjoyed the interview. I love the "We're floating in space." reflection. I'm going to try it!

I LOVE wool clothing; I am almost compulsive about buying it, because I hate to be cold. Great interview; very inspirational. Thank you for being you! Now if I can only find more of those plaid cotton flannel bikini undies I have almost worn out!

Oh your cashmere undies!...I've had daydreams about them...

Your work is beautiful and quite amazing!

Wonderful work, but odd that the inspiration came from individuals who don't have a lot of resources or money. These pieces are lovely but outrageously priced.

i am crazy about this shop and the incredibly creative photos. Has always been one of my favorites and such a huge inspiration. So original.

Such a delightful lady. Tall bike? You mean mountain biking, catching serious air or the penny farthing ones that your scary high up on top of?. No matter. Either way sounds fun. Thanks for sharing. "Severely creative." Well done.

Nice job! Congratulations!

Great to see the "Painted Pony" coming around again! I did the "hippy" thing in the early 70's and lived a minimalist farm life for over 10 years. Went back to social life till about two months ago when I bought a homestead farm on 10 acres and am going to be self suficient once again!

quite an interesting read...very inspirational!

wonderful!!

They look so comfy! Congrates!!

Truly inspiring! Congrats on a well deserved feature!

What an inspiration you are! Thank you for being yourself. Congratulations on the feature!

Lovely work and amazing photo styling!

i don't normally read about the featured sellers on etsy (this is my first one), but i'm glad that i read yours. your perspective and the way you go about living feels good to me. thanks.

This has been the single most enlightening featured seller interview I've ever read.

Because nothing says "not having any money" like 45 dollar underpants.

I'd have to, with all due respect, agree with the previous comment. While I can admit to being smitten by the notion of cashmere panties, what I can't swallow in any kind of good conscience is the headline. Being inspired to create luxury items that are, frankly somewhat embarrassingly decadent, by people who "don't have money to buy everything" is offensive to me. I think there are a number of marketing angles that might be more honest and tasteful for you to explore.

Thank you previous two commentors, my thoughts exactly, although much more well written than I could've done. The question I am left with Satoria: Are you blessing those inspirational, resourceful people who don't have enough money to buy everything with your fancy pants?

Sartoria, I love your joyful perspective, your wild-but-harnessed creativity, and your inspiring words. Thank you for showing us a glimpse of who you are. I'm inspired to live beautifully and be resourceful!

^^^ I couldn't agree more with the three previous comments. The first thing I noticed was the pricey underwear and the quote that you are inspired by "people who don't have money to buy everything." Oxymoronic in the least...

Thank you for your well written article however I must profess to be commenter five in a row who feels put off by your ambiguous statement “My inspiration comes from the resourcefulness of those who don’t have money.” Also I am uncertain as to what your function in designing is, as there’s a very limited number of items in your shop. Do you raise the sheep, spin the wool, construct the garments or???

A day spent doing no more than pushing boundries or even discovering there is one and what it is, is a productive day spent, not many people are able to do that with frequency as responcibilities to others can interfere with it. You are a very lucky woman to be able to accomlish that as often as you do.

I love it that you’re such a free spirit and the fact you’re insanely creative! Such a great interview…it makes me want to start working on my next creation.

Just had to add this correction as it is one of our favorites for our girls- The Paper Bag Princess is by Robert Munsch (not Roald Dahl). :)

I smell crazy!

Cool interview, cool woman. Good luck to you. Great shop too.

great socks XXXXXXX

cool!

Great!

Well, you know you've been "love at first sight" for me"! :) Congrats on being featured! I'll be following your shop, you brave Canadian, you. You inspire me to keep working!

May I add something more, as a person who hasn't been able to pay her rent in 3 mos., lives and breathes the worry that she'll be evicted any moment, and just counted quarters to pay for the SH on the one sale I've had from my etsy shop in recent weeks? In other words, as one of the resourceful poor, I'd like to add, that inspiration can come from anyone, anywhere, for a tool or a luxury item. As artists and shopkeepers, we are all in the business of coming up with items that will be desirable to a buying public. Being poor AND resourceful does not make me begrudge a pair of cashmere undies to a person who can afford them, and it does not make me ask an artist, creative enough to produce them, and honest enough to admit that the notion of "necessity is the mother of invention", or that her inspiration PARTLY " comes from the resourcefulness of people who don’t have money to buy everything", not to make luxury items. Think of it this way, in my poverty, I dream of wearing warm expensive undies during winter. It gives me something to strive for, and I have found them here, handmade, and beautifully designed, and ingeniously presented, in such a way that I AM INSPIRED to work harder and be a better artist. Sartoria owns her words, and is being forthright enough to put them in print. I don't care where her inspirations come from, although it's interesting to know what makes another artist tick. I'm just thrilled another human is inspired to make something lovely, or ugly, or useful or simply unique. Being resentful and judgmental isn't creative. It isn't even a critique of the work. It's just negative commentary. So let me finish this diatribe with the one I used above. Congrats on being featured, Sartoria, you give me inspiration in return, and that's what it's all about.

It is so fresh and encouraging that someone is looking out for those who have little or no monetary resources. I raise my glass!!

I like the way you think! Great interview.

Wow great interview and great items!!!

Thank you for being true to nature and your nature. Nothing serves the world better than following the silent inner voice that leads you home. Great non conformist photography also.

amazing shop. sure i will buy oneday

Love the cashmere undies! Great post!

wonderful lifestyle, amazing work and all in all a superb feature

Love everything in your shop...beautiful!

very fun to read.

I like what inspires you! We tend to cater more to the "haves" but there are more "have nots" in our world. Very nice.

I totally agree with madwomanintheattic and srellis1. Thank you both for your bravery in saying what was on my mind, too. Where's the humanitarianism?

and I agree with shifty63, too :)

congrats

I love that Sartoria was a featured artist! I have admired her shop and her items, and now I can get a perspective and some dish, so to say. I love the fact that she mentions "Oh Yeah, we are floating in space", gives her a reality check an creative ambition. I sometimes stare off into space myself, and think...If the Universe is ever expanding. Where is it expanding to, and what is on the other side? I sometimes think that it is up to our creativeness to put what is out there. Loved it! Keep up the great work:)

"My inspiration comes from the resourcefulness of people who don’t have money to buy everything..." So here are some $45 unders for ya!

The language in your interview is stunning. Meaning remains.

amazing!

"My inspiration comes from the resourcefulness of those who don’t have money." This bothers me because your items are so expensive. It seems like a bit of hypocrisy. I don't have money, and because of that I don't buy $60 panties or $200 garter belts. I have a lot of beautiful lingerie, probably more than I should - it's something I love, but I mostly get it at clearance sales. Not to mention that I love beautiful colors, and your items just don't fit the bill. But, different people like different things, so congratulations on the feature.

Admire your ideology and your success at doing what you love. I don't have money, am resourceful, but I too cannot afford your items. Perhaps being poor means wearing handmedowns!

Wonderful feature! You have a very interesting outlook and great ideas. Best of luck in 2012 and with the hot air balloon!

I enjoyed reading about you and your success with what gives you bliss. Your creativity runs in many areas...enjoy your lovely socks and hope that you will get to have your hot air balloon in less than 10 years!

Totally inspiring attitude to life, beautiful, thank you so much for sharing!!

SO inspiring, what an amazing artist! I often dream of living out nowhere and doing nothing but living off the land and creating. I started my Etsy with thrifted scraps of yarn and hand-me-downs, I try to cater to those with not as much money! What I can't afford, I do my best to make and make available to others like me.

I love the way you think! You are a breath of fresh air, very inspiring and I really enjoyed reading about your story. Thank you.

I'm glad I'm destitute and resourceful enough to realize I can make my own cashmere garter belt out of $3 Goodwill sweaters, and save $200 toward my electric bill. Inspired!

Hi! I saw your stuff live at the Toronto Waldorf School last fall! Great article, I love your thought process and inspirations, congrats on being the featured seller :)

what? you charge people a ton of money for underwear that you make outta being inspired by poor people or " people that dont have money" so the people that inspire you can never even afford you work? I agree with filmshirley...I too can sew a button on some old underwear from goodwill and charge up the !@# for it.

Love your brain! “Oh yeah! We’re floating in space!”...Yes! Yes! And YES!

Congrats on this lovely feature! It inspires me when I see people doing what they love to do and living their creative life in such a simple and perfect way.

Inspiring. Beautiful work. Wish I could meet you in person. Blessings to you...

loved it!!

It's interesting that all the critical commentary about the seller's statement about the "people who don't have money" inspiration are either misquoting what she actually said or leaving off a portion of the quote. She says, "My inspiration comes from the resourcefulness of people who don’t have money to buy everything..." That is a world away from saying "poor people inspire me," or even, "My inspiration comes from the resourcefulness of people who don’t have money." To me, it's a way of describing an affinity for a 'make do' aesthetic and folk art DIY tradition, not a way of appropriating poverty for profit.

All these comments would prove her existence as an artist (if she even cares for such a thing!)...this interview really got reaction! Good to hear everyone working out their ideas of of this age old issue of place, position & worth..in all senses of the thing. I'll tell you what I think, too...if she can make her bills by her own hands without being a coporate, bloodsucking monger, well hell, bless her beloved little socks!! She doesn't owe us anything, any more than we owe her. Some of us should get a grip as she is so right...we are all floating in space, and that's that! Keep on keeping on, Sartoria :)

BEAUTIFULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL STUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A MUST HAVE!!

Thank's for sharing your creative process. Your work is softly stunning! It makes me feel good all under.

I'm sorry, but this was one of the kookiest interview I've ever read. Not sure what this lady actually does... but I agree with many others that her items are outrageously expensive, there's not really much of a selection, and I'm not sure what made this seller worth interviewing. Then to actually post this nonsense, as if it were legitimately informative is just as crazy as this seller seems to be! "The Invisible Allies, or microscopic “insects,” come and enliven the condition."... WHAT?!? Perhaps I'm just not cool enough to understand it, but it really seems like a bunch of goofy BS to me... sorry!

Nicely said!!! Reading this interview has inspired me!!!

Congratulations on being chosen as a featured etsy artist! How fortunate you are. Best wishes for your future success! Aloha!

I am also floating in space. Congrats on this interesting feature.

Ah, yes! We ARE floating in space. What a lovely thought! Thanks for the reminder!

For the record, i find fur-wearing "offensive" and "ignorant"...

Your bio, just like the items in your shop, is beautifully done!

Congrats on your beautiful and original work!

@shipwreckdandy I only partially agree. I think Sartoria's word choice was kind of lousy, but Etsy's misquoting of her was even worse. But I will say, the belief that poor people are more "authentic" is nonsense, and Etsy keeps perpetuating that myth. Remember the Hobo Wedding? I'm sure they were sweet people - sweet people with a bad idea. That is a great example of this unintended offense. I don't know if it stems from guilt of having a more comfortable life, false nostalgia for "the simple times of getting back to the land," a lot of overdosing on The Waltons, or what. All I can say is, there's a dark side to living life more simply, beyond some great Pinterest links. Living off the land is great, if the weather co-operates and a drought or flood doesn't kill your garden; or a weasel doesn't eat your baby chickens in the night, or being four years old and watching your dad kill a rabid raccoon with your great-grandfather's gun so it doesn't attack you. I've experienced those realities. Many of us on Etsy live with harsh realities every day. Many of us are artists here, we all have dreams, we're all trying to survive. I'm glad not everyone has to go through truly hard times. But I would like to see a little more sensitivity and support in these interview opportunities. I'd love to see more like Yellowfield7's moving story of surviving the Serbian war and putting herself through college. To me, that's what Etsy's spotlights should be about: inspiring other artists through their stories of making it against all odds. Those stories keep me going when I can't pay my electric bill.

So glad others all calling out on the BS! XOX

Congrats on the feature, your work is lovely!

Why is every one of these featured seller articles so full of esoteric nonsense? No offense to anyone in particular but when I read stuff like: "I would like to be in a studio loft that is like a glass crystal hinged on the top beams of a drafty barn (with footings), complete with wood-stovepipe running up from ground level and chickens pecking at the grass outside. I want to be taking rides, from time to time, in my (handmade) hot air balloon." I have to wonder if the person is sane enough to do business with. Eh, different strokes, different folks.

I love what KathyMcCreedyDesigns said. Right on the money.

filmshirley--Etsy didn't misquote the seller, the commentors misquoted or abbreviated the actual quote. I think there is a lot ripe for pickin' in the interview, but it's unfair to criticize an incorrect statement. And every reference I saw in the comments to the 'poor people' idea had the quote wrong. The hobo wedding hoopla is definitely what came to mind, but only as I read the comments. There's nothing in the interview that alludes to the appropriation or exploitation of poverty. She said she is inspired by the *resourcefulness* of people who don't have the money to buy everything. This is akin to what Yellowfield7 stated about her own creative process. In that case, she was talking about her own circumstances, but that is somewhat inspiring, is it not? The idea that you can figure out ways to make things using alternative tools and self-devised techniques, because you can't just go out and buy everything? I gather that is exactly the type of thing that this seller refers to. That kind of thing inspires her. Find your own way, craft it from scratch without relying on expensive tools, academic bolsters, etc., like the throngs of craftspeople before you. She's inspired by that kind of ingenuity. Where's the issue? I feel like part of the issue with this interview is that there was seemingly no editorial input on any level. Not everyone is a writer and it takes some skill and guidance to pull off communicating a persona and representing yourself strategically. Plain talk would have obviously worked better, but this seller seems to have the type of shop and personality in which she would like to convey her artistic/eccentric nature. Does anyone help the sellers out before it gets published?

I agree that her statement wasn't about poor people. It was about people who don't have the money to buy "everything." Which means that it applies to people who CAN scrape enough to buy $45 undies all the way up to those who have to settle for a 20-meter yacht when they'd rather have a 25-meter . Personally, I believe in using my resourcefulness as a means of creating beautiful things that most people can afford, not as "inspiration" to produce luxury goods. Having to confine oneself to a more limited range of materials and turning something simple into something spectacular without having to spend (or charge) a lot takes much more creativity.

The amount of psychological instability in this comment thread is staggering.

is this a joke?

I can't help thinking I've missed something here. Is everybody in need of some sort of medical attention? Is this part of a mental health awareness campaign? Or was this just for giggles? I hope you get your hot air balloon...and float far far away from where you can peddle this lunacy.

▵ What filmshirley said.

And shipwreckdandy, that quote is from the front page of Etsy. I know I´m not writing stuff on the front page…

I'm sorry to be a downer here on the interview. But are you kidding me? $45 dollar underwear?! I'm not down on money AT ALL and often overspend on just about every article of clothing but I would NEVER spend $45 on a pair of underpants. I'm sure the seller is a nice person, but her interview just sounds eccentric in my opinion. "The Invisible Allies, or microscopic “insects,”" What in gods name? Is it too difficult to feature a seller who actually sells amazing things that are AFFORDABLE? I feel like I'm asking too much here. This makes me think of the HOBO WEDDING. RIdiculous just like this article. I'm sure this comment will be removed soon. Oh well. Seriously though, please start featuring actual sellers who people can relate to, that sell affordable things of good quality, who actually use interesting resources around them.

And who aren't bat*&^% crazy.

shipwreckdandy, this: "The Invisible Allies, or microscopic “insects,” come and enliven the condition." IS a quote from the interview. You can find it under "How would you describe your creative process?" "My inspiration comes from the resourcefulness of people who don’t have money" was the quote that etsy put on the FP for promoting this interview.

also, although there are things that shouldn't be printed, some kookiness should not be shared with the community, and the way the blog editorial team goes about editing can be quite offensive; i do NOT think that they should be editing every bit of text of every interview. When coralgate happened and they finally posted a seller 'rebuttal' they heavily edited the 'letters to the editors' they were sent for publishing (after inviting those sellers to write pieces for it), to the point where they truncated what the submitters had to say and took valid and important arguments out of it. That was not okay. Etsy edits what they want to; when they post interviews unedited, it is because they want to. That said, this interview is just out in never land. Some stuff should not be put up for display (the crazy stuff, stuff that makes light of or uses those who have to suffer through extreme poverty, stuff that tries to get readers to not buy specific things from sellers on their own site, stuff that makes fun of their own users), and the blog editors do not seem to get that, even after many major fallouts from bad decisions. They just lock the comments if they don't like where they are going (which means any sort of criticism at all).

("their own site" and "their own users" are referring to etsy and etsy's users)

I'm not talking about those quotes. If you look at my original post, you'll see the only quote I am saying has been misquoted is the one (in the comments) about the inspiration from poor people. I see now that you were referring to the partial quote put there by Etsy on the fp--that is really unfortunate and pretty inflammatory as it really changes the meaning of what she said. I never saw that.

I understand it's a loaded issue, but there's a huge difference between editing/writing support and censorship. It would have been really easy to help this seller out with some suggestions about how to better convey her ideas.

yes, i think writing help would have been a good idea. but i have a feeling this interview came out exactly how the seller wanted it to. etsy just tends to over-censor by a long shot, so i can see how writing 'help' could quickly turn into censorship here.

This is real? I thought it was a parody.

it's etsy. it's real. as real as plush phone support and hobo weddings. i like your yarn, it's pretty!

Thank you!

Ohhhhh brother. It's going to be hard to top this one.

I think Etsy's been punked, or Etsy is punking us out... either way someone is having a good laugh right about now.

The Emperor's New Clothes...... the new updated version: Etsy

This is a joke right??? What a bunch of ego-stroking, self indulgent crap!! Now Etsy will come and delete this, but seriously - what is this?? Is there a chance this person is ever NOT high out of their mind?

I too thought that this was an early April Fool's prank by Etsy......

BAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Oh gosh, I especially loved the dirty hippie doing the confused-pout-face in the snow. Fantastic, Etsy, good work. You've made my day.

"we are floating in space" isn't an original thought either, there's a song by spiritualised, "ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space". makes a much better listen than reading all the poncy comments written here....

Ok..re-read them all, and I have to say one more thing. I can't buy everything I want. So, I skip buying a few things on impulse, like magazines or an extra bottle of paint, so I CAN buy expensive toilet paper. No lie, true story. WHY? Because I love my butt. I love my poor beat up aging body and if wiping it up with something thick and soft when I can't make my bills makes it feel comforted and makes me feel like I still have a right to a wee bit of decadence in my life, then so be it. I know. I'm a rebel. :) What's my point? $45 dollar underwear. If you have the money or you can figure out how to piece it together, I say go for it and I'm so happy that someone, (who isn't a company farming their designs out to China to abusively use underage dormitoried "slaves" to produce it), is making something amazing, so my butt, your butt; our butts can have some! Good grief people, what do you all have against your butts? Why don't you think they deserve soft undies? Cut some corners in your spending and get some. This woman is doing something creative, and it uses her time and her resourcefulness and her money to do so. Why because it's frkn UNDERWEAR do you suddenly see it as trite? If it was a pillow with a bird on it, you'd love it. Kudos to Sartoria. and thank you. I'll be back to shop for leggings and high rise undies and wool garters as soon as I sell a painting, and get some groceries under my cinched up belt. :) Oh and don't let anyone poke a hole in your hot air balloon. If it weren't for lovely fantasies we'd all be accountants.

I like your work. Extraordinary!

What in the world? Underwear made from used yarn? Used wool yarn? So sorry, but that may be the stupidest thing I've ever seen.

Im looking for my own gaggle of yoggi's....

No, no, no. I'm not jumping into the fray of the discussion here. Just wanna say when one makes underpants from 'upcycled' wool one should probably refrain from talking about microscopic insects. Gak!!

brilliant ! and I love this that you said "I jump out to the countryside and look at the night sky for a bit, and remember (again and again), “Oh yeah! We’re floating in space!” I'm going to write that down somwhere :)

I love the quote, "My inspiration comes from the resourcefulness of people who don’t have money to buy everything" but yet all her items are over $40 and up. So much for being resourceful for people who don't have money!!

hello kids she said inspiration. Why is is unacceptable to both make a high end product, AND have found the inspiration for it in the RESOURCEFULNESS of a demographic that may not always be able to afford said product? I just don't see the problem. We are all here hoping that those who CAN afford to buy our wares WILL BUY them, not because etsy is a not for profit organization to clothe the needy, and we're here knitting booties for them/us because we want to donate our products. goodgrief.

See my picture right there... That's how I feel when I read the interview. So inspiring, but so out of touch.

@TheGypsyTinker on the subject of Chinese factories. Most economists - even liberal economists - agree that despite the rough (to say the least) working conditions in Chinese factories, the truth is that the standard of living is significantly better in China because of these factories. It's a double-edged sword and the American companies who hire these factories need to be policing working conditions much, much better than they are doing currently, but that does not mean that we should stop buying products from China - "boycotting" will not improve the lives of factory employees and it is not an altruistic thing to do. So if you're going to buy on Etsy, don't do it because you have misgivings about Chinese factories. There are concrete political steps you can take to solve that problem rather than funding the mystical whims of a douchebag like this woman who lives in a very, very rich country and has, apparently, a standard of living so elevated that she is oblivious to any suffering around her and feels that $45 for underwear is fair or reasonable or sensible in any version of reality. If you're going to buy on Etsy, do it because you like the product and you feel good about your purchase. ETSY IS NOT A POLITICAL VENUE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, it's a business, so don't pin your political hopes on it.

@rexnezzy>Wow..talk about taking a comment and running off with it to make assumptions. No political hopes pinned on Etsy here, rest your worried mind. Support your local, and/or independent artists. If that shortchanges a large corporation's bottom line, c'est la vie. I'm not boycotting either, I'm merely saying that to buy from a small company is to know exactly where your money is going, and for me, that's a nice thing. BUT this is all VERY off topic. @ Saroria>Kudos again to you again, for having a vision and for being featured here. I love your work, and your aesthetic. :)

I took the resourcefulness/money comment to mean something like the old saying, "necessity is the mother of invention" . Interesting, all of the interpretations. I would like to offer my congratulations to the featured seller for her moment in the sun, and my best wishes for her future endeavors.

Yeah, I'm really glad to see people be creative and everything, but I take SERIOUS issue with the 'handmade hot air balloon.' Hot air balloons MUST be assembled ONLY by those who know what they are doing and have to strictly adhere to specific FAA standards. You MUST have a private (or commercial) license in order to fly a hot air balloon, you can't just decide to, and those who do choose to make their own hot air balloons go through strenuous training. Etsy, please don't allow things like this to make people think it's alright to break laws and be unsafe to those of us who fly for sport and for a living. It's simply dangerous and careless.

I loved the "how to get out of your creative rut" thoughts. It reminds me that creativity is guided by intuition and a joyful feeling of mirroring something we can't really see. True creativity never comes from negativity, but from gratitude and appreciation and the self esteem that results from being open to good. Rock on Sartoria, and keep taking those creative breaks of imagining a physical place where you would love to be (the chrystal domed tree house), and the physical breaks outdoors that allow you to think about your place on this earth with happiness.

I'm really waiting for someone at Etsy to say that Sartoria is just a social experiment.

Creativity is indeed gratitude of higher living within another realm.

All that comes to mind for me is the old story of the Emperor's new clothes. Good for Sartoria, the story behind the artist shapes the art.

I so get it! Onward!

Oh yeah, congratulations on "having a vision." Let's give everyone a medal for their incredible whimsy and go frolick in a field of daisies. I miss the time when ACTUAL artisans had to apprentice for years and really learn a craft inside and out to get the kind of ass-kissing this woman gets for making f***ing wool underwear.

Maybe you have to be someone who actually makes something to "get it".

I make stuff and I don't get it.

What's not to get? To be socially accepted in the NYC art scene, you have to come across as avant garde, odd, a "true art spirit". It's part of the whole mystique surrounding talent.. people love to believe in the "magic" of creating art, not in the years of hard work behind it. I could spend hours telling people about how poor I am or that I spent my life savings moving to New York City, that I love to wander and travel and spend all my money searching for myself, etc etc.. really build up that mystique that everyone loves to buy into. Those things are true, but that's not how I learned to make art: I studied under other artists and they passed on their skill. God forbid an artist mention how they really got where they are, it would break the enchantment. The problem only comes when you try to tell the fantasy to your colleagues, when we all know the truth is it takes hard work to make it. Oh, and to get out of your creative ruts? Take a break for a while, then go back to it. BIG MYSTERY SOLVED.

Here's what I don't get, cutestuff-- the transparent striving, the attempt to "come across" as something, 'be odd', or ' a true art spirit.' It just didn't work in the interview. That's what I don't get--the 'trying to be weird,' and even the assumption that 'weird=artist.' You're either weird or you're not, but if you're *trying* for it, you're not. It usually just comes across as an impenetrable facade.

umm. i'm an artist, and i run in many artist circles. people with bfas or mfas from art schools. i have the former, will get the latter. there are lots of people on this site who have studio art or design degrees. in my broad experience, the only people who make up stuff to try to make themselves sound creative are the ones who aren't artists, have no training at all, and usually aren't actually very creative at all. i'm not meaning to talk about anyone specific, this is a general observation from my experience. the belief that 'real' artists make up stuff like that is bunk. there are too many things to talk about and think that actually have meaning. i would laugh my head off at any of my friends if they started spouting that kind of stuff; i'd assume that it was a joke.

shipwreck, i think you're right on. all the artists i know are themselves. if they are 'weird' it's because it's who they are. there were people who could BS in art school (i was never one of them) but they weren't making up out there stuff to try to look weird. that really isn't how it's done in the art world.

this shop is awesome. i love the product. what she wrote; that's interesting, too, more interesting and fantastical than the underwear will ever be - and i like the underwear, though on a furry bichon frise butt like mine, it gets a little too warm, sometimes.

wow..envy sure inspires some nasty commentary.

I agree with TheGypsyTinker. It is amazing how rude and nasty people can be, it's pathetic.

Love your work! :))

Shipwreck, I am with you.. there was a hint of sarcasm in my description. I don't really advocate selling oneself with mystical tales, but I know the reason she did it: because it works. Although I don't doubt this woman's story of meeting yogis, it is ironic they gave her the same business advice that my illustration professor gave me. If you'll excuse me, I'm off to pen an elaborate story of my life and travels.

Just got a look at some of the "artwork" done by some of the critics in here, and all I can suggest, is that maybe a bit of mystical tale telling wouldn't hurt. At the very least, I think that without proof, it's flat out unkind to suggest anyone lies about their life experiences. Some people actually have interesting lives. It happens. And as to how things are actually done in the "art world", I've been part of many different art scenes and have degrees too, and I can tell you for a fact, that many artists create unique personas for themselves, and many artists simply ARE unique. But no one in here has the right to judge anyone else in here so unkindly as many of you have here. All this bashing is just immature.

But let me put it in a way that some of your critics can relate to, Sartoria. You have currently, in your shop, 5,183 admirers. And in your profile you spin no mystical tales what so ever, you simply make a lovely product, and from the looks of it, you also sell quite a lot of it. Maybe when your critics can claim the same, their opinions will matter more..to all of us.

the artists i know who make any sort of persona for themselves do it as part of their art, not "mystical tale telling." i think a lot of people were amazed that etsy posted this interview without more editing. i wasn't. but lots of people have been trying to discuss this in a relevant manner, not "judging unkindly" or "bashing." saying that people who have posted here who you disagree with have artwork that is trash, however, does fall into the "bashing" category. and telling people that their opinions don't matter because they haven't sold the same number of items as some arbitrarily picked number is just plain stupid. you don't know what they do off etsy, or how successful they really are.

oops, you said the number of people who have hearted a shop. that is an extremely random number to put so much faith in, don't you think? people favorite for a ton of different reasons. by your 'logic,' that would mean that your opinion doesn't matter, either. see? it doesn't make sense at all. btw, we are in the same city. do you show in the art scene here?

i'm sorry, you didn't say that it was trash, you implied that it is not very good by calling it "'artwork'" in quotes, and saying that a 'bit of mystical tale telling" by the sellers who create it "wouldn't hurt," and that's "all [you] can suggest."

I think what we have here is that Fred and Carrie are trying out a new skit for an upcoming episode of Portlandia.

April- I'm sorry if my words, or anything you inferred from them, or the quotes that I put them in, offended you or struck a raw nerve etc. etc.. You certainly have a right to your opinions, however thoughtlessly, that I may feel your's, or anyone else's, may have been stated. If you feel mine are as well, then so be it, I didn't mean to target anyone specifically. But I think my point has been made, and this isn't the place for a debate. Certainly not an unfriendly one. What say we let it rest on a positive note instead, and congratulate a fellow artist, who had the good fortune to, unlike us, be featured here?(regardless of how you/we feel about their work) It's the more polite thing to do. Thanks, and again to Sartoria, congratulations. It's clear you work hard. Best of luck to you.

i never said anything negative about her work. i disagreed with what you call "mystical tale telling" as being something that artists do in general, or from necessity. it was not my intention to be rude to you, but rather to point out inconsistencies with your logic. kudos to the featured seller for being featured, and she can say whatever she wants if etsy will post it, i think some people were just surprised and confused at what was said. i am not attempting to have an unfriendly debate. i was just curious if you showed at the galleries, since we are in the same city. i did not think that was a rude thing to ask, as you stated you also have an art degree, but i apologize if i offended you in any way.

No offense taken, but thanks :)

Standing near a Narcissism explosion is fascinating until the Narcissist becomes a Bore. Yet, no matter how much of a Bore this Sanitorial is or becomes, the line "MY REVOLUTIONARY FARMER FRIEND once labeled me as 'SEVERELY CREATIVE'" will never lose its humor. Though somehow I don't think that was her intent.

This thread has been immensely entertaining, I <3 you all, even you, outraged person who decries "nastiness" and then turns around and posts multiple nasty messages. I also think Sartoria's work is great. The work I do is involved with sewing and Sartoria's seamstress work is excellent. I also don't think she's lying, and I even said so.

wow, haters are awesome. I have met her personally, and sell her wares in my handmade shop. They are amazing. She is 100% authentic, kind, warm and lovely, and you guys are making a bunch of claims based on absolutely nothing but jealously. Chill out everyone.

claiming that everyone who disagrees with you is jealous is far from a logical argument.

in fact, that 'argument' is pretty much just narcissism. not that you're narcissistic or anything. just that it is a narcissistic statement.

I was always told if can't say something nice don't say it.

Sartoria - Love your pieces! I feel inspired.

A warmth and naturalness exudes from your creations, and so must come from the creator's heart....well done & congratulations!

If any of the..'mystical tale telling' she was spewing were true, I might put some stock into the people talking about jealousy. Except it's not. Seriously though, the hot air balloon thing? SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. Not cool man.

This was beautiful to read! You make wonderful products, and have such a wonderful way about talking about life. :)