Featured Buyer: Natalie Zee Drieu's Picks for Autumn and Halloween
Natalie was one of our judges for the Halloween Costume Contest, so check out her winner picks in the Pet category. She works at Craft Magazine, which is a great San Francisco-based magazine covering the handmade renaissance. She also writes a fashion and style blog, Coquette. We asked her to focus on …
Costume Contest Winners!
We're so excited to announce the winners of the silliest and sweetest handmade costume contest EVER. With over 500 entries, thank goodness we had our kind partners to help us choose. And the winners are... General Awesomeness:1st Place Winner: sweetestpea! Raking in a $150 Etsy shopping spree and a surprise …
Costume Renegades!
We love all our sellers and were so sad we couldn't include international entries in our costume contest ("due to dumb laws that we hate."). So we asked international sellers to tag their costumes "costumerenegades" so we could show the best to you! And here they are: herflyinghorse & bunny kinchi & …
Etsy Finds: There's no place like gnome...
I have a penchant for all things made of fiber and funny mythical creatures, so it is no wonder that this clever wooly Halloween costume caught my eye. This mischievous gnome apparel was crafted by clevergirl out of felted mohair and wool. The trick-or-treater who is lucky enough to sport this costume …
Etsy Pets: Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween, Etsy Pets! Hope your costumes are not too annoying to wear, but us humans appreciate the opportunity to take a few cute pictures before you wiggle out of your costumes! Friendly reminder: keep an eye on your pets that are outdoors on Halloween night! Spooks and goblins will be running the …
Etsy Finds: The Metamorphosis
On a recent flight, admidst great turbulence from a thunderstorm, I was reading Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis. You may remember it from a high school Literature class. It's that creepy, surreal story in which a guy wakes up one morning to discover he's been transformed into a giant insect. It was an …
Costume Contest: Deadline Tonight, at the Witching Hour!
Get em in tonight 11:59pm (Eastern time)! For details on the Costume Contest, see here. For all Costume Contest-related posts, search for the tag costumecon on The Storque …
Etsy in the Press: Austin Chronicle
Nora Ankrum of the Austin Chronicle has nice things to say about Etsy in her her entertainly written article. She describes the awe-inspiring DIY culture at Austin Maker Faire. A custom order by Tinaseamonster, a very cool seller who has written articles on marketing and branding for The Storque, was Ms …
Etsy Finds: Oooh, baby, baby
Check out this amazing entry in the Etsy Costume Contest. It comes to us from steffelzo, and it makes me want to "push it, ah, push it. Oooh, baby, baby. Baby, baby. Oooh, baby, baby. Baby, baby. Get up on this!" Just so you know, "This dance ain't for everybody, only the sexy people. So all you fly mothers, get on out there and dance …
The Final Stretch: Costume-a-thon
You have a little more than 3 days left to get those costumes in for the Halloween costume contest! Get to work, you brilliant procrastinators! To enter: make a handmade costume and put it for sale in your Etsy shop no later than 11:59pm EDT, October 26, 2007.* You have some stiff competition too, so get off your …
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Beautiful!!
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so many beautiful sunny items!
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i love the collection by color idea- what's next? beautiful ...
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I wanna learn how to quilt!
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