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Keep it Weird: Everything but the Kitchen Sink

Have you been stocking your pantry in preparation for the imminent whirlwind of whisks and basters? The season of mass-entertaining is almost upon us, and as any hardened hostess knows, the potential for some oven-baked surrealism is immense. When your mother-in-law arrives with her own apron in tow …

Vote for Your Favorite Holiday Decoration

We asked our readers to nominate their favorite holiday decor. Now it's your turn to vote! Next Monday we'll announce the winner, which, along with some of the top picks, will be featured in the Members' Choice Gift Guide and here on the Etsy blog. Show your favorite sellers some love and get out the vote! Voting …

Tracychong Wins the Holiday Card Vote

Congratulations to tracychong whose Red Nosed Rudolph Pop-Up Card was chosen as the community favorite! Are you inspired to send handwritten cards this season? Check out the Members' Choice Gift Guide where this winning card and runners-up will be featured. Thank you to everyone who voted! Get …

Keep it Weird: Wishlist

For as long as I can remember, every holiday season with my family has relied on two unwavering traditions: countertops slick with grease from latkes gone astray, and my father weighing each gift-wrapped box assessing that this time, he's positive, it must be a pastrami sandwich. Like a surprise birthday …

Vote! Which is Your Favorite Holiday Card?

We asked our readers to nominate their favorite holiday cards. Now it's your turn to vote.Next Monday we'll announce the winner, which, along with some of the top picks, will be featured in the Members' Choice Gift Guide and here on the Etsy blog. Show your favorite sellers some love and get out the vote! Voting …

Loveartworks Wins the Vote for Best Thanksgiving Hosting Item

We asked our readers to nominate items that would inspire us to host family and friends for the holidays. You voted and now we have a winner. Congratulations to loveartworks, whose Change bowl reminds us of the beautiful changing foliage, as well as getting my tummy a'grumbling in anticipation of …

Keep it Weird: The Canon

  In the discipline of art history, there is a rich legacy of challenging social norms aesthetically. I think the iconic heavyweights of the Pop Art or Renaissance movements would wholly approve of the off-center homages on Etsy. Looking for inspiration? This week's Keep it Weird is a crash course in the …

Vote! Which Thanksgiving Item Would Get You in the Kitchen?

We asked our readers to nominate their favorite items for hosting family meals for the holidays. Now it's your turn to vote! Next Monday we'll announce the winner, which, along with some of the other top picks, will be featured in the Members' Choice Gift Guide and here on the Etsy blog. Show your favorite …

VintageConfections is Sweeter Than Candy & Wins the Vote!

Did you overindulge this weekend? Or are you still dipping into your kids' Halloween stash? Get ready for some more, my sugar-fiend friends! We have a candy-coated winner from last week's poll:  VintageConfections with her Jupita Caramel Espresso Truffles. Thank you to everyone who voted in this …

Keep it Weird: Three-Ring Circus

Walking around the streets of New York tends to feel like a circus regardless; on Halloween, this is merely more apparent. The lurking figure in the distance who sends fear into the hearts of children and adults alike is not the headless zombie mother-in-law, but rather the colorful, bouncing, grinning …

About Us: Neelam Hasni a.k.a. Neelam12

Neelam, a.k.a. Neelam12, is our web analytics guru. Neelam dives into the numbers and helps us make sense of what is happening with site traffic and activity on Etsy.com. She works on the Marketing Team and is a relatively new hire at Etsy, having starting in the spring of 2009. Let's welcome her to the fold! Fun …

Vote! Which Candy-Themed Item Gives You a Sugar High?

We asked our readers to nominate their favorite candy-themed items, and now, my sweet-toothed friends, it's up to you to pick a winner! Remember when you and your siblings would come home after trick-or-treating? I want to know what candy you'd swap and what you'd swap for. Post in the comments below! Nom nom nom …

SeaPinks Wins the Vote for Your Favorite Autumn Decor

We asked our readers to nominate their favorite autumn decor on Etsy. You voted, and now we've got a winner! Congratulations to SeaPinks whose Flora and Fauna Decorative Pumpkin is a superb example of the handmade touches that make a house a home. SeaPinks, along with some of the top favorites shown below …

Keep it Weird: Bone Thugs

  With Halloween a week away and Dia de los Muertos swiftly following, there's no better time to celebrate the internal structure of our bodies. When I come back from the dead, I hope I'll be pop and locking my fleshless limbs 'til they grind to a nice soft powder. The skulls and skeletons on Etsy must have drunk …

Vote! What is Your Favorite Autumn Decor?

We want to know which item gets you in the mood for food — I mean, for the fall holidays. A plush pumpkin on the stoop or a fall wreath on the door, a quaint quilted table runner or a cornucopia of acorns, find all this and more in this week's community vote.Every week we ask our readers to nominate items for this …

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