Etsy World Tour: Germany Celebrates National Day of Reunification
National Day of Reunification is a holiday in Germany celebrated on October 3rd which commemorates the anniversary of German reunification in 1990.For 41 years our country was divided into to Federal Republic of Germany in the West and the German Democratic Republic in the East, separating friends …
Etsy World Tour: Paper Dolls in Japan
I met Chisako Higashiya, aka Japanesepaperdoll, at a Thanksgiving dinner she hosted during my first year living in Japan. As far as I know, she was the only person in the area with an oven big enough to cook a turkey—and a heart big enough to invite thirty foreign teachers into her home to celebrate a North …
Etsy World Tour: Berlin with leolucaescobar
This is not an expat story, although I am one. Secretly, I despise expats. They remind me of defectors who've run into the depths of a jungle, never to return or to be seen again. I am more akin to a sailor dropping her anchor down whenever the coast seems fruitful and the water clear. And so I find myself in Berlin, a …
Gotta Travel On: A Dog's Life in Greece
In the coming weeks, the Storque will be posting content about pets and animals. aegeansea offered the story of her Greek pooch DeeDee as a transition from the Gotta Travel On series to the Etsy Pets series. She included some of her surrealist pet collages too. Enjoy!Born in a Greek village in the south of …
Etsy World Tour: Macrame Gringa
I was walking up the stairs when it came to me: "If you want to improve your macrame skills, learn from the artists who inspired you." It seemed obvious, except for one minor detail: I live in Northern Minnesota, and the artists who inspired me live in Mexico. "Well, why not?" I asked myself. Six months later, sitting …
Etsy World Tour: Canada with the Trans-Canada Team (Part Two)
In the first part of this tour of Canada, we started in the East and visited Nova Scotia, Ontario, Toronto and Saskatchewan. On July 1, Canadians celebrate the day their country came together to become a nation. In this post, the Trans-Canada Etsy team is excited to celebrate and introduce you to some of its …
Etsy World Tour: Canada with the Trans-Canada Team (Part One)
The Trans-Canada Etsy Team was created out of a need for Canadian artisans to stay in contact, share resources, and develop group marketing opportunities. Team members benefit from having a solid sense of identity, as well as from having their different regional perspectives. On July 1, Canadians …
Etsy Finds: Tour the World with Shop Local
Remember when you were little, giving the globe a spin with one finger poised to hone in on your next dream destination? Well, I'm back at it, in a way. I've been perusing Shop Local to see what's being made in other parts of the world. Some favorite recent "trips" included Buenos Aires, Argentina and New Zealand as a …
Etsy World Tour: Bermuda with LusciousNaturals
Bermuda is one of those places that you can visit one million and six times and never fail to meet wonderful, interesting people. The vast beauty that abounds throughout will also continuously amaze you.On my third trip to the group of islands, I wanted to document the local art scene for my own reference …
