Etsy has had quite a growth spurt in the past year, and we have the awkward pictures to prove it. We'll be posting a series of About Us pieces to help you get to know the Etsy admin (and since many of us work remotely, for the admin to get to know each other!). You've seen the admin badge, and maybe you're a bit curious about the person behind it! For more on Etsy's mission and about the company, please see our About page (the link is in the little blue footer of every Etsy page).

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Claire, aka mermaidclaire, is one of the coolest girls I know. She's passionate, articulate, talented and has a degree in puppetry. (She also has a shop called onceinadirtywhile, where she makes cute little finger puppets.) We initially bonded over our love of BUST Magazine and have been friends since. Claire loves Quentin Tarantino (she met him! he called her!), buffalo calamari, mermaid colors (sea foam green and light pink), Jason Schwartzman, West Virginia and Blythe dolls, as exhibited in this short film she made - Blythe of the Living Dead.

She's pretty incredible, and is just one of the friendly faces on the receiving end of your Support emails. Here's more on Claire.




You can see Claire's first Etsy Find here. See all posts in this About Us series.