Handmade Portraits: Topsy Turvy Design
MP4 | Youtube | Blip.tv | Subscribe in iTunes (Music credit Jon Brooder) Milliner Kim Dye of Topsy Turvy Design has always had a passion for history. From a young age she built elaborate sets and costumes, in an attempt to recreate the bygone eras she'd read about in books. Nowadays, her handmade hats channel this …
Trends: Circus & Carnival Couture! Cuffs, Ruffs, & Stripes Unite!
Okay: let me start off by saying to you all that I am absolutely IN LOVE with Steampunk. That being said, there's a new, almost sub-genre, of Steampunk called Circus Couture. Like Steampunk, Circus or Carnival Couture revitalizes times past, and encourages participants to inject a bit of carnie color and …
Summertime Fun: What Events Should Etsy Know About?
We're always looking for new places to promote Etsy and, while we've come up with a great list of events, we know there are a lot we don't know about. Does your town have a really great seasonal market that everyone loves? Are you a fan of a big music festival or maybe a kazoo convention that's attended by lots of …
Etsy Finds: Show Us Your...
T-T-Ti...BEADS!Today is Mardi Gras! If you aren't able to make it out to the celebration, you can let loose in your own special way by wearing your boldest beads! I recommend this one of a kind necklace with big, bright felted balls by 3FUN. It can be worn as both a necklace and a bracelet, so switch it up and have some …
Mardi Gras Costumes from the Locals
When Etsy admin ErinHaldrup went to New Orleans last year, we had the pleasure of taking a peak at gurlygirl's jeweler's bench, as part of Erin's series on New Orleans-based sellers, post-Katrina. This year, we decided to touch base with gurlygirl again, this time to revel in some of the amazing Mardi Gras …
Etsy Finds: Paper Ferris Wheel
This was the Summer of the Wonder Wheel. I proclaim it so! As most New Yorkers are acutely aware, the end of the summer marked the end of an era for Coney Island. Soon the developers will move in and have their way. I leapt at every opportunity this summer to ride Coney Island's iconic Wonder Wheel. So, it was no …
