How-Tuesday: Rose Petal Tee From Appliqué Your Way
Picking through the scrap bins at fabric stores is my cherished scavenging adventure for texture and pattern. In every nook of my craft storage, strips of vibrant textiles bloom forth. When I find projects made for these sweet trims, I'm not only reinventing a T-shirt or a tote bag, I'm also creating …
How-Tuesday: Button-Down Shirt From Design-It-Yourself Clothes
Trying on clothes in fitting rooms tends to be a less than inspiring experience. Puckering, pulling, shifting, and stretching — the garment quickly becomes an obstacle in itself. Cal Patch's book, Design-It-Yourself Clothes, is built on an inherently sensible premise: perfect fit comes from custom …
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 …
Forum Hussies Take it Offline
The Etc. section has a reputation as the “anything goes” area of the Etsy Forums. Things can get a bit out of hand at times, and topics can run the gamut from “what’s for dinner?” to a “singles mingle” and beyond. In search of a safe haven and some camaraderie, Etsy artist Karmarox started the first thread entitled …
That's What She Said: Notes From The Office
At the risk of sounding like all I do is watch television (I don't even have a television, mind you. Thanks a lot, Internet!), I've got to say that no show is capable of systematically making me laugh until I cry like The Office can. There's just something about the painfully awkward, at times inappropriate, and yet …
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 …
Craft with Etsy at the MAD Museum with Megan Nicolay
REMINDER: Tonight, August 6, is the first DIY Thursday. Details here. Why stay in and sew all by your lonesome? Craft Night at the Etsy Labs on Gold St. may be on hold until September 14 when we move to our new office, but fear not — many crafty opportunities abound! Etsy has joined forces with the Museum of Art and …
Etsy Finds: Warm Up to July
July is here! Now that summer has arrived, it's time to take advantage of the delectable weather's many benefits. Venture forth on that well-deserved vacation (road trip!), hit the beach with your nautical tote, have your first sophisticated dinner party, go antiquing at local flea markets and indulge in …
TakeOffYourClothes Wins Leonard Lopate's T-Shirt Design Contest
Congratulations are in order! Brooklyn clothing and accessories designer (and Etsian!) takeoffyourclothes was recently chosen as one of five winners in a T-Shirt Design Contest through The Leonard Lopate Show, a popular public radio talk show in New York. Entries were judged by fashion designer, …
Trends: The Right to Bare Arms
Do you have tickets to the gun show? (I just kissed my right and left biceps, FYI.) If not — consider this a backstage pass!Warm weather means letting your limbs hang loose, so pack your sweaters away and take your arms outside for a walk. In honor of my annual under-arm shearing (yes, I'm one of those people who doesn't …
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