Coast-to-Coast: Come Rock and Craft With Etsy Labs
This week we are pleased to announce crafting events across the United States! Join the Etsy Labs in both Brooklyn and San Francisco (and online!) for free hands-on workshops to kick off a crafty month of November. So, read on for twice the fun...Crafting in Brooklyn, NY: Open Craft Night at the Etsy Labs in …
Etsy Finds: Smells Like Teen Spirit
Grunge, the music and style movement of the Pacific Northwest in the early 1990s, was the return of dirty rock 'n' roll, which many said had died during the synth-drenched '80s. It promised a gritty antidote to music industry formulas, and to the perceived greed of the former decade. The grunge style fuses the …
Handmade Moment Contest: We Have a Winner
(Extended drum roll...) The winner of the Handmade Moment Video Contest is "Handmade Moments are Everywhere" by Daniel Kwan! Daniel's outstanding animation gets across the playful spirit of Etsy. Our judges and the community were all drawn to the cute characters. While the piece is fantastical, it also …
Etsy Finds: Culture Vulture
When it comes time to assemble a Halloween-worthy costume, I worship at the altar of the visual bon mot. Zombies and sexy nurses — I can take 'em or leave 'em. The costumes that get my attention tend to be elaborate puns ("Freudian slip," anyone?) and clever pop culture references. There's something so thrilling …
Shop Live with Paste Magazine: September 2, 2009
Although "animal" bands like Modest Mouse, Grizzly Bear and Deerhunter have stampeded the music world in recent years, creative folks' fixation on our furry friends is really nothing new — humans have been artistically rendering animals since the dawn of time. But while our ancestors were limited to clay …
Etsy Finds: Summer of '69
Forty years ago this weekend, the outdoor festival called Woodstock forever changed the the world's music scene with some of the most iconic stage performances of our time. Today, we carry on the legacy with enormous blow-out fests like Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Glastonbury, and my personal …
Party Planners: Picnic Party Like It's 1969 with Food & Wine Magazine
As a child of the '70s, I have fallen prey to the American nostalgia for the late 1960s, when political action was passionate, fashion was off the wall and popular music got its groove. While developing my own taste in music as a youngster (we didn't have the neologism "tween" way back then), I even dressed up as a …
Camera Obscura: Lightning Bolt's 13 Monsters
"PAPER RAD is a Pittsburgh, PA/Northampton, MA collective that has bubbled under the elastic waistline of the world’s slacks for over a decade, tickling its privates and filling its diapers." — Load Records The collective behind the music video 13 Monsters, Paper Rad, utilizes a low-fi style that crosses many …
About Us: Matt a.k.a. matt
Matt Stinchcomb, a.k.a. Dr. Professor Stinchcomb, a.k.a. matt, has known Etsy since it was just a twinkle in Rob Kalin's eye. Matt was Rob's roommate when the Etsy's founders were first launching the site, and he joined the team as one of Etsy's first employees. He shepherded Etsy through the heady start-up days — doing …
A Fond Farewell to the King of Pop
Here at Etsy, the community mourns the loss of Michael Jackson by paying tribute rooted in creativity. Throughout his career, MJ was a figure of innovation: a global phenomenon who broke down boundaries not just in music, but race and culture as well. With the best selling record of all time, a repertoire of …
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