Mardi Gras: Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
August 29, 2005 was the start of another Labor Day weekend. I was heading to Connecticut to meet up with some friends. Saturday morning when we woke up, we turned on the television and saw the devastation of New Orleans from the onslaught of Hurricane Katrina. We watched in silence, mouths agape, appalled as …
Etsy Finds: Dress to Excess, It's Fat Tuesday!
Get out the glitter, ice the king cake and strap on your best set of beads — it's Fat Tuesday! Mardi Gras festivities are an amazing sight to see. This raucous celebration of fun, frivolity and bacchanalia wouldn't be complete without handmade costume ingenuity. Even if you can't be in New Orleans or Rio, you can …
Celebrate Carnival around the World with Pearlswirl
For hundreds of years, Catholics around the world have celebrated the days before Ash Wednesday with bright, colorful outfits, delicious, sweet treats, music and festivals. These joyous celebrations were intended to mentally prepare Catholics for the forty days of fasting and solemn behavior known …
Etsy Finds: Journey Down to the Bayou
Even though I've never had the opportunity to venture through the streets of New Orleans' French Quarter, I find this cultural city to be a great inspiration in fashion and home décor, with its historical architecture, sounds of jazz, and smells of Creole cooking. New Orleans is on the top of my list of places …
About Us: Erin aka ErinHaldrup
Erin aka ErinHaldrup works on the Support Team and was one of the first Etsy employees after Matt and Emily joined the founders. She hails from Indiana originally and went to painting school here in New York City.MP4 | Youtube | Blip.tv | Subscribe in iTunes As a New Orleans enthusiast, Erin did a number of …
Handmade Weddings: Custom Rings from a Jeweler's Perspective
Many Handmade Wedding Series readers want to break the mold with that very meaningful item — the ring. As a jeweler who has done many custom rings, Monique Leon aka gurlygirl brings her experience to the jewelry bench — er table — with this how-to for buyers. She also offers custom orders through her Alchemy …
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 …
Fundraising for Dawn's Boys
A group of Etsians have banded together to raise money for two Louisiana Boys , 8 and 10 years old, who just lost their hard working and wonderful artist Mom in a motorcycle accident a few days before Christmas. Dawn Habisreitinger was an artist with a shop on Etsy.com called JewelrybyDawn.etsy.com. She had …
Erin from Etsy: New Orleans Trip (Part 4)
Four years ago, I spent a year in New Orleans. This past February, since I had begun working at Etsy, I decided to try to meet all the Etsy sellers of New Orleans, and see how they were spending their Mardis Gras. It was great to be back there to see how the city was doing. I hadn't been back there since Katrina, and now …
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