UK Edition: Wise Words With BridgetFarmerBooks
With Mothering Sunday coming up on the 14 March in the UK, Bridget Farmer, a printmaker currently living in Belfast, Northern Ireland, sweetly offered to share the story of how her mother's wonderfully wise words inspired a unique gift. Until recently, Bridget had been living in Australia. She has three …
Don't Quit Your Day Job: The Artist in the Office
Summer Pierre is a writer, artist, and musician who has also been known to work as a nanny, art store clerk, and administrative assistant. While many of us on Etsy aspire to be able to be artists full time, it's equally important to remember that we're artists even when stuck in cubicles. Summer's The Artist in the …
Etsy Finds: Burn After Reading
Today's Etsy Finds is a group of handmade wonders from the world of self-publishing, home-recorded music and bookbinding. Comics and zines (short for fanzine or magazine) have found a solid niche in Etsy's Books and Zines category, and we couldn't be more pleased! These little books are fun and easy to …
UK Etsy Finds: Self Appreciation on Valentine's Day
Samantha Jones: "Yes, I love you! It's just...I'm just gonna say the thing you're not supposed to say: I love you but I love me more and I've been in a relationship with myself for forty nine years and that's the one I need to work on." — Sex and The City: The MovieWhen a friend posted the above quote from the first SATC movie on …
You be the Judge: Who Owns the Hulk?
Most “You be the Judge” articles examine issues of intellectual property infringement. The Etsy community reviews arguments from both sides, slams down an invisible (yet handmade) gavel, and makes a decision. In this case, let’s look at the issue of who owns a copyright. When is a piece of work owned by a creator …
Nelladesigns Gets Voted In and Prepares Us for the New Year
Thank you to all who voted in last week's poll, which asked you to pick a favorite calendar, thank you note, journal, or other item that starts the New Year off on the right track. And you picked us a winner: nelladesigns with her 2010 Calendar! Congratulations! This lovely work, along with some of the top picks …
Vote for Your Favorite Calendars, Cards, and Journals
It's time to get organized, friends! We asked our readers to nominate their favorite items that start the New Year off on the right foot: calendars, journals, notebooks, New Year's greetings and thank you cards. Now it's your turn to vote! Next Monday we'll announce the winner, which, along with some of the top picks …
How-Tuesday: Rolling Balls From Magic Books & Paper Toys
As a lover of both books and crafts, I have a very difficult time letting my coffee table volumes or National Geographic issues sit on the shelf for long before I'm ripping, cutting, folding, and gluing. Pages sticky with mod podge, my collection of paper transforms into a vault of materials and inspiration …
This Is Not a Blog Post
I have always been fanatical about narratives, but I hadn't really contemplated the possibilities of the book as an object until working at Special Collections in college. From 19th century miniatures to hand-printed Yolla Bolly aquatint etchings, books came to be portable sculptures, records, decor …
Quit Your Day Job: Spiderbite
Sarah Jane, the creative mind and savvy businesswoman behind Spiderbite, was just 8 months out of earning her degree from art school and working at the Subway fast food chain when she decided to make selling on Etsy her full-time business venture. She's truly been able to start from the ground up with a …
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