Quit Your Day Job: AkumuInk
Dora and Joey of Akumulnk began their journey toward creative independence after a fruitful shopping spree. After much research and planning, they've been able to quit their day jobs to run their own t-shirt business. With a background in 3D animation, illustration and working for a children's …
Quit Your Day Job: happyfamily
Lori and Starbuck, the mom and pop behind happyfamily, decided to take the plunge into selling on Etsy full time after a school of dolphins made quite a fuss one day on the beach while the couple was talking about Etsy. With much success, Lori and Starbuck have been able to successfully band together to quit …
Quit Your Day Job: NewDuds
Torrey and Tessa met in college, inspired each other's creativity, and are now successfully running two Etsy shops, NewDuds and hannapt. Both Torrey and Tessa had regular day jobs out of college and pursued their mutual creative outlets in order to cultivate their own businesses together. They started …
Stylish Tea Towels: Become a Collector
Handmade tea towels are not just colorful, decorative objects — they are essential for the home. Whether grabbed for cleaning up spilled milk or crisply laid out for a beautiful tea time display, these cleverly designed conversation starters are sure to earn you a compliment on your savvy sense of style …
How-Tuesday: Snowflake Gift Wrap with the NewNew Team
YouTube | blip.tv | MP4 | Subscribe in iTunes This week, Etsy How-Tuesday presents Kari aka ikyoto and Stella aka lookcloselypress of The {NewNew} York Team. Today we're going to learn how to screenprint our own snowflake gift wrap for the holidays. Kari and Stella remind us that recycling paper bags is a great …
Looking Back at Presidential Facial Hair & Other Historical Trivia
Congrats to Obama! It was almost a year ago today, the conversation that started it all. My bearded, History teacher brother (whose birthday happens to be on Nov. 4th, voting day) and I were talking at my parent's house. The news was on the television in the background. Journalists in ties and others in Jackie O …
Fresh Shops: commondecency
I recently spotted a new quirky shop on the scene. The seller in question? None other than pillow, tote bag and t-shirt maker commondecency. Their unique combination of antique imagery and contemporary forms is pretty captivating! Here's a little interview we did with this Fresh Shop. Can you tell us a …
Fresh Shops: raymondbiesinger
I first came upon raymondbiesinger while perusing Pounce Undiscovered. When I saw his screenprinted felt pennants — complete with contemporary symbols, as opposed to the baseball teams you'd expect — I fell in love with his aesthetic and had to know more about his work. (He's got some rad prints, too. ) I …
How-To Month: Week 2
Week 1 of How-To Month just flew by, didn't it? We had fun teaching you live in the Virtual Labs and want to see your enthusiastic spinning avatars back in there. We hoped you learned a few new techniques, or just became more familiar with a craft you've loved from afar. If you missed it, don't fret! We still have 3 …
Virtual Labs Schedule: July 7th to July 11th
The Virtual Labs are Etsy's interactive classrooms, a place to hang out, throw paper airplanes and share skills. This week Rob and Maria are holding office hours (find out more here). It's also week 2 of How-To Month. Hope to see ya around the Labs! Are you new to Etsy? Don't miss our Newbie chat! What to get some input …
Love the colors - great collections!
by MysticLily
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very lovely creations, made me smile:)!
by littlemoandfriends
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by That70sShoppe
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Those origami shoes are really neat!
by That70sShoppe
on Keep it Weird: The C...
Those origami shoes are very neat!
by That70sShoppe
on Keep it Weird: The C...
Those origami shoes are the neatest!
by That70sShoppe
on Keep it Weird: The C...
Those origami shoes are great!
by That70sShoppe
on Keep it Weird: The C...