Shoe-lution: Shoe-horning a Storage Situation
I have a lot of shoes. I don't even know how many pairs. I lost count. Rooting through the huge plastic storage bin every morning has become a frustrating part of my routine. It's hideous and inefficient. Scouring Etsy for shoe-lutions, I was surprised I didn't find more handmade utilitarian items to fulfill my …
Etsy Finds Decor: Into the Woods with Forestbound
This weekend's Get the Look: Decor is inspired by the rustic Massachusetts home of Etsy seller Alice Saunders of ForestBound. She explains her distinctive decorating style as "very similar to my crafting aesthetic – traditionally inspired and rustic, but with modern sensibilities." Alice shops almost …
How-Tuesday: Kirigami with the Craft ROBO
YouTube | blip.tv | MP4 | Subscribe in iTunes The Craft ROBO is a machine that lets you cut and score paper with precision and repetition. This is really handy if you're into scrapbooking or want to make shipping boxes, envelopes or promos for your Etsy shop. Perhaps you want to take it to the next level to create …
Etsy Finds: Boxing Day Deals
Etsy is your place to find unique, handmade goods that let you feel good about where you're spending. Whether you're looking for a great gift or you're just in the mood to spoil yourself, you can be sure that you're supporting an independent artist or crafter. Today we're highlighting some fantastic limited …
Fresh Shops: Ruth Marks
My pal Michael Troutman from the band Awesome Color has heard a lot about Etsy (mostly because I've been touting its praises to everyone I know). Michael in turn mentioned all the wonderful things he heard to his friend — artist and sculptor Ruth Marks — and encouraged her to open a shop. Ruth knew about Etsy, but …
Etsy Finds Vintage: A Place For Trinkets
If you're anything like me, you've got a dresser covered with jewelry in complete disarray. What can I say? Looking at Etsy all day, it's very easy to be swayed into buying those beautiful earrings from the front page, that amazing one of a kind ring or the bangle with butterfly wings inside. Once acquired, my main …
Decorating Ideas for an Organized Home
About two weeks ago, my husband and I packed up everything we own and moved into a new house. We're still dealing with the hefty task of unpacking all our worldly goods. Treasures that had a perfect spot in the old house are still safely cushioned in shredded paper inside cardboard boxes while we try to …
News From the Craft + Style Blogosphere: August 14, 2008
After a wonderful birthday with a carrot cake straight out of my mind's eye, I've been on a bit of a shopping binge. Next stop: taxidermied bat! Here's what's shaking around the blogosphere this week. Delphine Chanet's photos provide a glimpse into the most whimsical childhood I could imagine. [Via Black Eiffel] …
News from the Etsy Labs: 8/18 Craft Night
Have plans on Monday night? Well, you do now! Dust off your crafty pants and come join us for our weekly Craft Night at the Etsy Labs in Brooklyn. Each craft night is also broadcast live in the Treehouse room of the Virtual Labs. All demos will be shown both in the Labs in Brooklyn and in the Treehouse online.For …
Etsy Finds: Lunch Time!
This fall, say goodbye to boring brown bags, take-out containers and the small mountain of sandwich bags you use every week, and say hello to handmade totes, lunch sacks, and other unique food receptacles on Etsy. (And if you need a crafty project to get rid of all those plastic bags you've "recycled" into an …
Love the colors - great collections!
by MysticLily
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very lovely creations, made me smile:)!
by littlemoandfriends
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Uh, oh.... it looked like it didn't take my comment ...
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...