Happy Halloween!
Hey, if you're wearing a great handmade or vintage Halloween costume, post it to our Etsy in Action flickr group. You can check out the latest from the group pool right here in the Events section of the Etsy blog. See more Halloween blog posts.
Cannibal Pumpkin: A Halloween How-To
Halloween is day after tomorrow — you better get carving! Not enough gruesome pumpkin eye candy for your Halloween baskets? Not to worry! Tom Nardone, crafty author of Extreme Pumpkins has a few more tricks (and treats) up his sleeve. Life requires bravery; if you're timid, the cannibals will eat you for sure. To …
Steampunk Halloween Ideas, from Etsy & Instructables.com
Etsy is partnering with Instructables.com for the DIY Halloween Costume Contest, and we've both noticed the Steampunk trend. Members of Instructables are offering up some mind-blowing costume ideas — feats of DIY engineering, really — and Etsy sellers are making some creative items that would suit …
How-Tuesdays: Spooky Shadow Puppets by Crankbunny
MP4 | YouTube | blip.tv | Subscribe in iTunes This week on Etsy How-Tuesday, Norma AKA crankbunny shows us how to make spooky shadow puppets for Hallow's Eve! MAUHAHAH! crankbunny, a talented animator and artist, often works with layers of paper in her projects. Check out this animation she made for Etsy about …
A Very Steampunk Halloween
Steampunk style is hot this season. We've seen the Trend grow on Etsy, ever since we first noticed it. People gotta have their gears, brass, and leather, and Etsy artists, jewelers, designers are happy to oblige. (In fact, we just launched a Steampunk Gift Guide for all you fanatics!) If you dip into Alchemy, Etsy's …
Featured Etsy Team: EtsyKids
The EtsyKids Team is one of Etsy's largest Teams, with about 500 members! We are thrilled with their ability to stay organized, support each other and hold fun events and promotions. For instance, The EtsyKids Team is having a BOGO (Buy One Get One) sale, which will be Friday, October 24th and Saturday, October …
How-Tuesdays: Bleeding Vampire Cupcakes
MP4 | YouTube | blip.tv | Subscribe in iTunes Welcome to Etsy How-Tuesday. This week, in preparation for Halloween, we bring you Alicia and Tracy of Sweet Tooth of the Tiger who show us how to make Bleeding Vampire Cupcakes! Here are the steps for making Bleeding Vampire Cupcakes! Bake a batch of vanilla …
Open Studio Tour: Master Mask-maker CrimsonSpark
In this Open Studio Tour series, we'll be snooping around artists' creative spaces, how they set them up, when, why…even how often they clean them! We really want to know all about our artists, and maybe get a bit of inspiration!Today I knocked on the studio door of CrimsonSpark.What's your name and what kind of …
Skull Guy Noah Scalin Embraces Death Daily
Author and Skull-A-Day maker Noah Scalin shares his Etsy picks for spooky and sweet skulls. Join him this Friday, October 17 at 11am (EDT) for a Skull-A-Thon in the Treehouse of the Virtual Labs. Get ready to share your skull-themed favorites and Noah will do the same. Together we'll created a Treasury with …
