The Ties That Bind: Ayşegül & Sebahat
Work, life and love are stitched together for a mother and daughter in Turkey, who use their bond to create one-of-a-kind wearable art.
Work, life and love are stitched together for a mother and daughter in Turkey, who use their bond to create one-of-a-kind wearable art.
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For the coming Mother’s Day, some members of the Etsy community share their inspiring mother-child stories. Kim Lapacek, a.k.a. KimsCraftyApple and TheApple, is an artist of many mediums, from quilts to jewelry to many things in between. Trained in civil engineering, she has decided to stay home to raise her two little girls and help… Continue reading
Friend Etsy on Youtube & Blip.tv | Subscribe to Etsy’s iTunes Podcast | MP4 Verson (music by Lineland) Gwen Neucall of BeyondThePicketFence is not just a soaper, she’s her own scientist and R&D lab. One might go as far as to call her a bathmatician. Well, I would anyway, after visiting Middletown, New York,… Continue reading
I owe so much to my mother, Raquel: my freckles, an undying love of stinky cheese, and an affinity for Victorian, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco objects. Most important, though, is the creativity that can be traced through her family tree — no generation has been spared! Both of my mom’s grandfathers were successful jewelers in… Continue reading
When Carmen Marti bought a new sewing machine and gave her 25 year old Singer to her daughter Jamie Halleckson, little did she know what it would lead to. Carmen has sewn since the age of five, when her grandma and mom taught her to sew Barbie clothes. As a single mom, Carmen stitched up… Continue reading
“To be, or not to be,” Shakespeare’s Hamlet asked. How about “Two Knit or Knot to Knit?” This is the question for granddaughter Eve Neuhart and her grandmother Martha Villa, who started a shop called TwoKnit. They were introduced to Etsy by Roxana Villa (IlluminatedPerfume and RoxanaVilla), Martha’s daughter and Eve’s mother. TwoKnit is a… Continue reading
Mothers and their daughters and/or sons can often be creative forces to reckon with: keeping it all in the family and playing off of each other’s deep understanding of strengths and weaknesses. Sometimes frought, sometimes breezy, these duos bring something special to the handmade experience. CaptureCapeMay is one such team… If you’re a mom, tell… Continue reading