Quit Your Day Job: leatherprince
Beon and Candy of leatherprince met online and dated long distance from Singapore and Taiwan before Candy moved to Singapore and the pair married. They have backgrounds in shoe repair and lab work and for a short while Candy helped out repairing shoes with Beon. It wasn't long before they came up with the …
Our Thoughts Go out to Our Friends in Asia
As many of you have no doubt seen on the news, the Samoan Islands were hit hard by an earthquake-induced tsunami and then today another earthquake. Indonesia has been rocked by two huge earthquakes, and typhoon Ketsana has ripped through Laos, the Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia. More than 1000 people …
How-Tuesday: Tatami Socks
I'm already looking forward to the coziness of bundling up this fall, and nothing is more comforting than a soft pair of hand-knit socks. If you find yourself in the Pacific Northwest this coming weekend, August 6-9, check out the Sock Summit 2009! In the spirit of this knitting extravaganza, this week's …
World Malaria Day: Don't Get Bit!
Yesterday, April 25th, was World Malaria Day. The World Health Organization (WHO) first instituted this day at their 60th annual World Health Assembly in 2007. While malaria has a particularly large reach in sub-Saharan Africa, it is also a major health crisis for people in Asia, Latin America and the …
Etsy World Tour: Get Your New Years Squirt Gun Ready & Thai One On
With Thailand in the news right now, we turned to EasternlyYours, an Etsy shop run by three Thai women. During this time of protest and unrest, the Thai are still celebrating their New Year holiday. EasternlyYours told us that even though there "are protests and violence in certain areas of Bangkok right …
Etsy World Tour: India Comes to Oscar Night, Strongbeads Comes to Etsy
Here in the United States, the buzz about Slumdog Millionaire has been building as we near the Oscars this Sunday, February 22nd. Irish director Danny Boyle brings an inspiring Indian story to the screen. For those who haven't seen it, keep watching and stay for the credits. So good! We took a spin in Shop Local …
Lunar New Year: Year of the Ox
Bid 再见 (good-bye) to the rat and 你好 (hello) to the ox. Happy Chinese New Year …
Gift Ideas: Shop Local Asia with starrydesigns
starrydesigns is an Etsy seller based in Singapore. We invited her to curate this Shop Local Asia edition. She was kind enough to oblige and handpicked some other talented Asian-based Etsians for your viewing pleasure! Shop Local this holiday season and support independent craftspeople while …
Etsy Finds: China and Hong Kong
Recently, I posted some athletic-inpired items in honor of the Olympics. We're all hearing so much about China in the news these days, so I decided to take a look for an interesting seller from that part of the world. pinkpandamary, who is based out of Hong Kong, caught my eye. Her Crazy Panda button screams out …
Ms. One Million: dorothywyn
On June 10th, 2008, Etsy had its 1 millionth registration. Needless to say, this milestone has symbolic value to us and we're so excited about it! But it led admin and the community alike to wonder about the person behind that big, round number. Who is she? We are happy to welcome dorothywyn to the Etsy community …
Love the colors - great collections!
by MysticLily
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very lovely creations, made me smile:)!
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by That70sShoppe
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Those origami shoes are really neat!
by That70sShoppe
on Keep it Weird: The C...
Those origami shoes are very neat!
by That70sShoppe
on Keep it Weird: The C...
Those origami shoes are the neatest!
by That70sShoppe
on Keep it Weird: The C...
Those origami shoes are great!
by That70sShoppe
on Keep it Weird: The C...