Happy New Year to all! 

Have you seen the January 14th issue of Business Week?  It's got a great story about how the modern arts and crafts movement is being transformed as it emerges online.  They talk extensively about Etsy, and also about our friends over at Burdastyle, Craft, Instructables, and Make. 

But before we get too involved with the new year, let's take a look at some hits of 2007.  Namely, us! 

Etsy is sitting comfortably in the top five of Time.com's 50 best websites of 2007.  You can still vote, so head on over and make your opinion known.  About.com also chose Etsy as on of their Top Ten Best Sites of '07.  We graciously accept.

Jumping back to the present, The Guardian Weekly (UK) and The Taipei Times both predict that Etsy will be one of the next big things of 2008.  We hope to prove them right.

Several great sellers have gotten noticed by the press over the last few weeks as well.  In U.S. News & World Report, there is a story about toy safety which features usnavyretiredvet and sweetestpea as purveyors of fun, healthy toys.  Southern Tier Business News ran an article describing how catlover1 started her business while remaining a stay at home mother; it's an inspirational story.  The Lincoln County News in Maine tells a similar tale about bluebirdbaby.  Heading southward, The Orlando Sentinel had good things to say about the jewelry of cindyforrester.  Online, Chicagoist put forth an interview with moon23 about her artwork and bookmaking, casasugar picked some JoshuaStone vases as their recent faves, and Hippyshopper sent lots of love to melissavest for her totes.  Congratulations to all!