Craft Night is Back at the Etsy Labs!
We've been unpacking a mountain of boxes and getting settled into our sunny new space after our great office move of 2009. We are excited to announce that our very first craft night in our new home at 55 Washington Street, Suite 512, Brooklyn, NY 11201 will be Monday, September 14 from 4 to 8 p.m. Stop by to see our …
Proceed and Be Bold: A Documentary
Brown Finch Films is a filmmaking collaborative based in Chicago, Illinois that produces transformative documentary films that inspire, evoke, and enliven. The cinema is both an art and an history, and as filmmakers, they respect their calling to make films that are both artistic and insightful. Their …
Etsy Finds: Make an Impression
Letterpress is an amazing medium. The amount of time and effort that goes into this art form is totally justified by the quality and beauty of the resulting product. If you're looking for a gift for Mom (hint, hint!), this collection of posters, cards, and prints should surely do the trick. An Apple A Day …
Handmade Weddings: Creating Custom Letterpress Wedding Invitations with Pistachio Press
Letterpress printer pistachiopress walks us through the process of getting custom made invitations. Check out some of the other Handmade Wedding posts we've done on invites: Invitation Options with Moontreepress, Pushing the Envelope with Calligraphy, Invitations and Papergoods by Poppytalk. As a …
Etsy Finds: Emerging Artists You Ought to Know
I fancied myself a curator this week and put together a collection of art from some of the newest sellers on Etsy. If you have wine and cheese nearby, feel free to sip and snack while you stroll through my virtual gallery opening. Check out the rest of the Artistic Endeavors series (and our Art Gift Guides!) for …
Handmade Portraits: Betty Turbo
MP4 | Youtube | Blip.tv | Subscribe in iTunes (music by Matt Hopper) East Nashville artist Agnes Barton-Sabo aka Betty Turbo is all about cupcakes and moustaches! Agnes grew up in Alaska with an artistic family. Mom was an incredible seamstress who made matching outfits for Agnes and her dolls. Dad was an art …
Handmade Weddings: Invitation Options with Moontreepress
We invited Rebecca from Moontreepress to contribute a piece to this Handmade Wedding Series. Last year Rebecca guest-blogged for the design*sponge wedding series (see Grace from design*sponge's post on the Storque) and we were very impressed. Rebecca runs a custom letterpress shop in DUMBO, Brooklyn …
Handmade Weddings: Invitations and Papergoods by Poppytalk
For this installment of the Handmade Wedding Series, Jan — one half of the Poppytalk blog duo — shows us some of her favorite invitations and other wedding-related paper-goods. She's been a guest on the Storque as Featured Buyer, and she's got a great knack for "the hunt" — finding beautiful handmade items and …
Trends: Promoting through the Sampler
The Sampler is a way for indie artists and crafters to get the word out about their small businesses. We thought this might be an interesting lens through which to look at trends in creative and entrepreneurial promoting. We asked Home of the Sampler's Lynn Kysh and Marie Kare about any trends she's …
Etsy Success Stories: paperedtogether
You've seen those big sellers on Etsy who seem to be making sales left and right. You have to wonder how they've made it to where they are: can they actually be FOR REAL? What's their recipe for success? And just how do they do it? This week's installment of our Etsy Success Story series features Krista Stout of …
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