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Etsy Holiday How-To #5: Shipping
After giving you pointers on how to package, photograph and wrap items from your shop, we've finally reached our last Holiday How-To. In our last video, the Etsy Labs staff shows you how to get organized for the upcoming shipping frenzy. So sit back, chisel off another piece of Grandma's fruitcake and soak up …
Etsy Holiday How-To #4: Photographing Your Items
For our fourth how-to in this series, the Etsy Labs crew escapes the glare of the paparrazi just long enough to show you how to make your item photos look sharp and professional. From backdrops to cropping, learn how to make those JPEGS sparkle and shine! And remember to stay tuned for our how-to next week …
Etsy Holiday How-To #3: Creating Labels and Hang-Tags
So, dear seller, you've just figured out how to wrap that 300 lb, giraffe-shaped menorah it took you 4 days to carve. Why not let your buyer know where it came from? Michelle from Etsy Labs gives you some creative techniques for labeling your loot in our third edition of the Holiday How-To series. Check out …
Etsy Holiday How-To #2: Branding your Shipping Materials
You know Dasher and Dancer... but do you know from which Etsy seller that fetching present came? In our second segment, Julie shows you how to brand your items by making clever and attractive shipping mailers and envelopes from recycled materials. Here is a PDF file with an envelope pattern.Keep that coal …
Etsy Holiday How-To #1: Packaging
What? Too soon to start thinking about the holidays, you say? Not at all. It takes some time to get your Etsy shop ready for the holiday shopping season, so it's best to start now. We know this can be a daunting task. So we'll be presenting a series of video how-tos to help you get your Etsy shop ready for the holiday …
Video Project: Tell us Your Handmade Story
We're launching a new Storque documentary project, my friends, in conjunction with the Buy Handmade Pledge. The names that are being collected on the BuyHandmade.org website are a powerful testament to the people behind the handmade movement. We also want to see your faces and hear your voices! Online …
Etsy How-to: Screenprinting and You
We made this video how-to for the pop-up community space we participated in with Good Magazine over the holidays. It's a fun how-to that introduces you to the art and science of screenprinting. Matt and Pete are completely charming in it, so check it out!See another video how-to on screenprinting with …
Etsy Year in Review: 2007
It's been a heckuva year folks! Here's a video highlighting the many wonderful and challenging things we accomplished this year: the launch of Etsy Labs and the Storque, welcoming visiting artists like the Majestica Collective and Matty8080, meeting crafters at fairs across the country and at trunk …
Recommended Blog and Interview: SusyJack*
I found SusyJack* (aka Susan Connor) while using Etsy's new Pounce Feature. Her bold, graphic style graces the covers of journals, cards, necklaces, and calendars that many Etsyians cannot resist. After pouncing on one of her calendars I noticed she writes two blogs: SusyJack.blogspot.com, dedicated to the …
