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Etsy Team Grants: Success!
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Published on November 21, 2008 in Events 		Photo by

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The past few months have been busy with lots of really fantastic Etsy Team events. Here's a wrap up of some of the wonderful Etsy Team Grant projects that have been recently completed, along with the sellers and their items. See here to learn more about Etsy Team Grants, and to learn how to join an Etsy Team, check the Teams Join page.

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The Etsy Texas Crafters had a booth at Maker Faire in Austin, Texas, where they presented demos and gave information to Faire attendees. You can read a great blog post on the event with links to their participating members' shops and profiles here. Some of the members who lent a hand to the Team include TimaryArts, who makes crochet and felted items, like this Oatmeal Chubby Nesting Trio (on the left below), and crabappledesign, who incorporates vintage elements into her handmade items, such as this Vintage Paper Doll note card (on the right). Find more items from sellers in the Lone Star State by searching "TeamEtsyTX".

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In North Carolina, the Hornet's Nest Team had great success with their "Craft Attack!" show in October. For great photos from this show, you can search "CraftAttack" on Flickr. The Team had beautiful weather, and below are items from a vendor and an organizer of the show. On the left is LazyDogPottery's Robin's Egg Blue Coffee Mug (on the left, below) and from HappyWhosIts, a Hyacynth Whypple - Hippo Hand Puppet - Crochet Amigurumi (at right, below).

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EFA, or the Etsy for Animals Team, had a really great idea for celebrating its Etsy-versary. The Team organized a great ad campaign on fantastic shopping blogs, like Modish and Hostess blog. They tracked visitors from those sites by using a coupon code incorporated into the ad designs, so that they could tell how many sales the advertisements generated. You can show your support for this Team, which raises money for animal charities through their shops, by searching "EFA Team". On the left, below, is a set of Owls in Fables - Nesting Owls, by SavageArtworks, and on the right, the Offset Sapphire Ring from AlphabettiSpaghetti.

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The Boston Handmade Team had a commanding presence at Boston's SoWa Open Market the weekend of October 16, and it was wonderful! They distributed business cards that were made up for the Team, and everyone loved the cards. They used the promotional cards to chat up Etsy, their shops and why buying handmade is important to everyone. Congratulations on your success at the market, Boston Handmade! Below is a Needle Felted Lobster, from Team member CozyCottageCreations, and a Poppy Princess Vintage Necklace, from Glamourpuss. Find more items from this Team by searching "BostonHandmadeTeam".

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Thanks to all the wonderful Team members who make these fantastic events happen! We're looking forward to some exciting Team Grant events in the upcoming months. To find more information on Team Grants and learn how your Team can apply, be sure to check this Team Tip.

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Nov. 21, 2008 at 1:45 p.m. HomemadeZen

looks like they were awesome events!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 2:04 p.m. KathrynRiechert

I'm glad to AlphabettiSpagetti's work featured, she's fabulous!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 2:20 p.m. BululuStudio

Looks fun

Nov. 21, 2008 at 3 p.m. mamafamilias

wish i was there:)

Nov. 21, 2008 at 7:43 p.m. Knight27

Thanks for this posting! I'm a Boston Handmade member and we really appreciated the grant we got from etsy! You guys are the best.

Nov. 21, 2008 at 7:51 p.m. Glamourpuss

Yay for Boston Handmade!! Come visit our BH Store Opening in Boston's Downtown Crossing on Friday, Novermber 28th!!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 7:54 p.m. Studio618

Hooray for teamwork!

http://esmarts.etsy.com

Nov. 21, 2008 at 10:35 p.m. seaglassthings

I am a Boston Handmade member as well and can't thank you enough for the grant we got from Etsy!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 10:43 p.m. GrandmaMarilyns

Yeah Etsy Texas Crafters

Nov. 22, 2008 at 7:42 a.m. LushPunk

Hey great ideas - good to see all the teams getting together too :D

Nov. 22, 2008 at 11:22 a.m. OceanGrrl

congratulations!

Nov. 22, 2008 at 4:05 p.m. EtsyTexasCrafters

Thanks for finally posting this information. However, it would have been really nice if you had linked our current website -- http://etsytx.ning.com -- rather than our old site. (I asked for this to updated in our team profile on Oct 9th & was told it had been updated, but I see it, too, still points to our old site!)

Also, we had SO MANY folks help out that weekend! I'd like to post special thanks to FabFrills, SweetWolf, and JojoVandiver for their help throughout the ENTIRE weekend. And I'd also like to thank BeckyMae, MissSnappy, MotsDots, SeeminglyOldeStuff, SpiritMama, StaceyWorld, SweetiePeetie, UpsieDoodle, VirginiaB2007 -- in addition to the 2 mentioned above -- for their help as well! I don't want any of you to feel less appreciated or valuable to our team because you were not chosen to be featured in this article!!!

Thanks,
Milly
ETC Team Leader
aka, thistlecraft.etsy.com

Nov. 22, 2008 at 4:07 p.m. EtsyTexasCrafters

Let me re-post my thanks as links....

fabfrills.etsy.com
sweetwolf.etsy.com
jojovandiver.etsy.com

beckymae.etsy.com
misssnappy.etsy.com
motsdots.etsy.com
seeminglyoldestuff.etsy.com
spirtimama.etsy.com
staceyworld.etsy.com
sweetiepeetie.etsy.com
upsiedoodle.etsy.com
victoriab2007.etsy.com

Nov. 22, 2008 at 8:28 p.m. Krystyna81

great article - art cannot exist in a vaccuum - and being a member of a team helps share your work with the world!! congrats to these great teams!

Nov. 22, 2008 at 8:55 p.m. SweetWolf

If you'd like to see some pics of our Maker Faire adventure, I have some posted on Flickr. We had a ton of fun meeting people, spreading the word about Etsy and our ETC team....and making things with people! We featured projects using upcycled materials, and had great results!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ultratri...

Nov. 22, 2008 at 9:28 p.m. crabappledesign

Wow, this is my first etsy feature and I'm so flattered to be selected as one of the Etsy Texas Crafters.

The featured item is now part of my paper goods shop. If you're interested, visit me here:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=...

Thanks, everyone! And yay ETC!

Nov. 24, 2008 at 12:12 a.m. christinececelia

Wow- Nice job!

Nov. 24, 2008 at 8:39 a.m. mloartwear

Being part of a great big team, Etsy CREST team! Thank you for supporting team effort!

Nov. 24, 2008 at 10:28 a.m. tinybirdarts

woohoo! go texas! how nice to see teams from all over being featured.

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