The Virtual Labs are Etsy's interactive classrooms, a place to hang out, throw paper airplanes and share skills. We've also started Show and Tell for Buyers, so if you have a bit of an Etsy shopping addiction, these are your peeps. Hope to see ya around the Labs!

Want to host your own workshop or meeting in the Virtual Labs? Fill out an application here!

The following schedule covers August 18th to August 22nd, 2008 (all Eastern Daylight Time).  The schedule posted in the Virtual Labs is magically in *your* time.  So if you are confused, just click here to see what's coming up in your real time.

Monday

• Craft Night! — 5pm to 7pm in the Treehouse. For our Monday, August 18 craft night, we will be demonstrating how to make paper boxes. These boxes are wonderful to use as gift boxes, storing your favorite trinkets, using in displays at craft fairs....The list goes on!

Tuesday

• Newbie Chat with Danielle and Julie — 4:15pm in the Treehouse.  Newbies! Get your questions answered here!  Julie and Danielle can help get your shop started on the right foot!

• Shop Critiques with Michelle — 9pm in the Treehouse. Pop in for a mini-critique with some experienced sellers and Etsy admin.

• Show and Tell for Sellers — 4pm in the Lounge.  Come share what you are working on!  Everyone will get their own time to talk about a project they are working on and get feedback.  Come with links to pictures of your work in progress, or if you have a webcam, you can show us live!

• Shop Critiques — 5pm in the Lounge.

Thursday

• Weekly Teams Meeting with Sara and Danielle — 12pm in the Teams Room.

• Office Hours: Vanessa, Alison, Tara and Bre (Storque Admin)  —  1pm in the Storque Room.

• Show and Tell For Buyers — 4pm in the Lounge.  Come share what you have purchased on Etsy!  Come with links to your purchases in their new home or directly to the items you have collected this week!

• Office Hours: Mary (Etsy Community Advocate) — 7pm in the Treehouse.

Friday 

• On-The-Fly Critiques with the EtsyLabs ladies — 3pm in the Treehouse. Pop in for a mini-critique with some experienced sellers and Etsy admin.

• Office Hours: RobWhite (Forum Admin) —  7pm in the Lounge.