This week's Teams Digest focuses on what we like to call "Virtual Teams." These Teams are members united by craft or interest, spread out all over the world, as opposed to Locally-based Teams. To find an Etsy Team you might like to join, check the big list of Etsy Teams.

Vegan Etsy is only four months old, but they're already a very successful as a team. The Vegan Etsy blog was picked as one of the 21 best veg blogs out of hundreds that they went through; it is being featured in that issue's veg bloggy awards. The Vegan Team on Etsy is growing steadily!

Etsy Hookers is a team of sellers who are passionate about crochet! They encourage creativity and uniqueness in their techniques and styles. The team gives crocheters the opportunity to share their love of crochet and to network and promote each other while having some fun, too.  They are currently hosting a Rainbow themed Creative Challenge for members. All entries will be posted on the Team blog as they're received. The voting poll will open on July 9th and all Etsians are invited to vote for their favorite.

The MiniMakers Dollhouse Street Team will host a Christmas in July Trunk Show: Mini Gifts to Give and Get in the Treehouse on July 16, 6 p.m. (Eastern Time). Please stop by, meet the artists and check out the dollhouse scale miniatures being offered. For more information, see the Team blog or Flickr group.

The PlushTeam just wrapped up celebrating their First Anniversary with a Hide-and-Seek Challenge, where buyers searched for their mascot, PT Stitchy, among members' shops. 

 
(The Plush Team's mascot, PT Stitchy, made by NervousOnion, on Flickr) 

Beginning June 1, the Natural Kids Team has been creating summer-themed items in their shops. The Natural Kids Team is a group of Etsy sellers dedicated to making products for children from natural fibers. For more information about this global Team, check out their Team Blog. 

The Etsy Knitters Team was proud to host the First virtual Knitting in Public event for World Wide Knit in Public Day (WWKiP). Since 2005, the event has been hosted each year on June 14. Typically, a park or a local yarn store is chosen as a meeting place where knitters can come and knit together, in cities across the world . Since Etsy Knitters is a global group, each member was encouraged to knit in a public place of choice and document his/her public display with a picture. Non-members were welcome to join us as well. WWKiP pictures were uploaded to a Flickr group created specifically for the occasion.

Scientists love art too! The Mad Scientists of Etsy team is fairly new, turning three months old this June. This team promotes and supports Etsy artisans who are scientists. There’s a lot of science going on at Etsy, with the team nearing 100 members! There are fun monthly challenges resulting in some very cool science art — this month’s theme revolves around the great inventor, scientist, and artist Leonardo Da Vinci. Team treasuries, great items, and other cool science photos can be found on the team Flickr group.  For information about joining check out our team profile for details, and feel free to contact bijoutery with any questions.

Independence Day is coming up soon! Celebrate by casting your vote this July…no, not for president! For your favorite patriotic entry in the Etsy Homefront Team's Fourth of July Challenge, "Red, White, and Blue... the vote is up to YOU!” The Etsy Homefront Team is made up of over 100 shops, all owned by spouses and loved ones of our uniformed services. These artists and crafters are male and female, of all ages and several different nationalities, and are located worldwide! The "Red, White, and Blue... the vote is up to YOU” Homefront Team challenge will run from July 1st through 11:59 p.m. EST on July 7th. Homefront Team members have chosen items from their shops that are patriotic and/or crafted in the colors of red, white and blue (search “homefrontchallenge” to get a sneak peak). Each entrant will also share a little about what it’s like to have a loved one serving in the armed forces. For more information, check the Team blog. Everyone who votes in the challenge will get 10% off at the participating shops, and voters will have the chance to be featured in a Treasury in July. The winner of the Challenge will win a mini Etsy and a feature on the Etsyhomefront blog through the end of July.

The Etsy Greetings team is currently engulfed in sizzling summer events! For Mission Soldier Support, members of the team donate a minimum of five blank all occasion greeting cards which will be sent to military personnel overseas. Cards will also be available to purchase in participating shops for others to purchase in support of US Troops. The ETSYGreetings and Jewelry on Etsy (JET) teams are pairing up once again in a cross-promotional effort. Team members will be paired (one from EtsyGreetings and one from JET). Each buddy will promote their buddy by posting a thread in a forum, including one of their buddy’s items in a treasury, including the buddy’s business card in their Etsy sale shipment, or any other way that their buddy can be promoted.

Thanks, Etsy Teams! This is all really wonderful, and we wish we could hit up each and every event! Check out previous Etsy Teams content and Teams Digests, too! Etsy Teams are always up to something good! Since there's so much going on in their action-packed world, we're proud to bring you Teams Digest of all the great events and promotions the Teams are doing.