http://www.etsy.com/storque/search/tags/csa/2008-08-03T20:25:00-05:00Search results (tags) for: "csa"2008-08-03T20:25:00-05:00weirdwolfhttp://www.etsy.com/storque/handmade-life/handmade-portraits-mv-knits-featured-on-youtube-2359/

<p>Today, August 3rd, 2008 YouTube has featured one of our Handmade Video Portraits on their front page! Please watch our portrait of shepherd <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W13BqjtZaBY" target="_blank">Susan Gibbs</a> and then subscribe to the Etsy channel on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/etsy" target="_blank">YouTube</a> and <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=274681115" target="_blank">Itunes</a> to keep up-to-date on the latest Etsy videos.&nbsp;</p> <p>Check out the Martha's Vineyard Fiber Farm's <a href="http://www.marthasvineyardfiberfarm.com/" target="_blank">blog </a>and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/susangibbs/" target="_blank">flickr site</a>. You can also check out the Etsy Labs <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etsylabs/sets/72157606108379427/" target="_blank">flickr site</a> for Calder Martin's photos from the shoot.</p> <p><img src="http://www.etsy.com/storque/media/bunker/2009/10/goats.jpg" alt="goats.jpg" /></p> <p>Watch the rest of the <a class="column" href="http://www.etsy.com/storque/search/tags/Handmade%20Video%20Portraits/">Handmade Video Portraits</a> series and leave a comment! Let us know if you find the stories inspiring and enlightening.</p>

2008-07-11T11:00:00-05:00MVKnits, weirdwolfhttp://www.etsy.com/storque/handmade-life/handmade-portraits-mv-knits-2134/

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Etsy-HandmadePortraitsMVKnits375.mp4" target="_blank">MP4</a> | <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W13BqjtZaBY" target="_blank">Youtube</a> | <a href="http://blip.tv/file/1068748" target="_blank">Blip.tv</a> | <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=274681115" target="_blank">Subscribe in iTunes </a></div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic">(music by&nbsp;<a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendid=1669663" target="_blank">Barry London,</a> <a href="http://www.charlieparr.com/" target="_blank">Charlie Parr</a>)</span></p> <p>After quitting her day job in Los Angeles and moving to Martha's Vineyard, a quiet island off the Massachusetts coast, Susan Gibbs aka <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5324132">MVKnits</a> had a great idea. She started <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5324132" target="_blank">Martha's Vineyard Fiber Farm</a> and figured out how to make a living making yarn. Why not use the local food movement's model of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community-supported_agriculturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community-supported_agriculture" target="_blank">Community Supported Agriculture</a> (CSA) and apply it to a yarn harvest? Shareholders pay for a share in the yarn harvest as a way to support a local farm (or in this case, a local farm supported through the internet) and in return they get weekly updates, photos from the farm, an invitation to the shearing and ultimately a share of the yarn.</p> <p>Check out the Martha's Vineyard Fiber Farm's <a href="http://www.marthasvineyardfiberfarm.com/" target="_blank">blog </a>and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/susangibbs/" target="_blank">flickr site</a>. And check out the Etsy Labs <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etsylabs/sets/72157606108379427/" target="_blank">flickr site</a> for Calder Martin's photos from the shoot.<img src="http://www.etsy.com/storque/media/bunker/2009/10/MVKNITS_lambs640.jpg" alt="MVKNITS_lambs640.jpg" width="561" height="315" /><em>You can watch more of our <a class="column" href="http://www.etsy.com/storque/search/tags/Handmade%20Video%20Portraits/">Handmade Video Portraits</a> and we'd be so thrilled if you'd <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=274681115">subscribe</a> to our free Etsy iTunes podcast.&nbsp;</em></p>