Handmade Weddings: LoucheLab's Love Story
MP4 | Youtube | Blip.tv | Subscribe in iTunes [Music by Barry London] This article was originally published on March 28, 2008. We are reviving it as part of the Best of the Storque series. Enjoy!If you're following the Handmade Wedding Series, then you probably appreciate a good love story. LoucheLab and her …
Handmade Weddings: Going with the Flow
You've seen those network TV specials documenting every wedding disaster in the book—you know, the naughty ring bearer gets into the $1200 cake before you’ve had a chance to cut it. Or the mother-in-law forgets to pick up the bridesmaid bouquets and the girls have to walk down the aisle empty handed. Prepare …
Handmade Weddings: Diamond Setting
I love jewelry. I love designing jewelry, making jewelry, wearing jewelry, and looking at jewelry. And as a bride-to-be, I was so excited (and lucky) to have the opportunity to design a ring around the most beautiful diamond I have ever seen. I was initially drawn to "Cherish – precious topaz" by Al Krafcik aka …
Seller How-to: Bridal Shows
Well Sellers, I just finished my first bridal show and it was well worth it, I think! Other than hearing two of the worst reception singers sing, loudly, and often, it was a lot of fun. Things sold, I have custom orders to work on, and I'll certainly do it again next year.I thought I would write this post for those …
Quit Your Day Job: MewPaperArts
I was recently contacted by Alissa, the designer extraordinaire behind MewPaperArts, who wanted to share the story behind her successful business after reading some of our previous Quit Your Day Job articles. Alissa had signed up to sell on Etsy just over a year ago in February of 2007. Within the span of …
About Us: Anda
Etsy has had quite a growth spurt in the past year, and we have the awkward pictures to prove it. We are posting a series of About Us pieces to help you get to know the Etsy admin (and since many of us work remotely, for the admin to get to know each other!). You've seen the admin badge, and maybe you're a bit curious about …
Handmade Weddings: The Sales Results, Happily Ever After
We chose handmade weddings as a month-long series for a lot of reasons: There are tons of different aspects of a wedding that can be handmade, the styles are almost infinite, and there are tons of fabulous wedding items on Etsy. That's all great, but we also wanted to see whether or not an in-depth series would …
Handmade Weddings: Thank You!
Here's a big thanks to all the bloggers and Etsians that contributed to the Handmade Wedding Series! If you can believe it, there are many topics we didn't have time to cover this go-around, but we'll just have to save them for the next wedding series. So have fun on your honeymoon and don't forget to write your …
Handmade Weddings: A Last-Minute Article about My Last-Minute Wedding
One last real wedding to sneak into the Handmade Wedding Series! We were married last September in Virginia but procrastinated almost everything until maybe a month beforehand. Together we were working about 10,000 hours a week at Etsy and I was wearily navigating my way through the first trimester of …
