How-Tuesday: Pair of Bears From Felt Me a Smile
One thing I always find worth celebrating is anything that merits a warm, cozy bear hug. Flipping through the pages of Felt Me a Smile by Toyoko Sugiwaka was an inspiring reminder to appreciate all that I hold near and dear, make time to dream up heartfelt handmade creations, and uncover the joy in the …
From Etsy's Merchandising Desk: Sprouting Up in March
It's that time again, and those of us behind the scenes at Etsy would like to share our merchandising plans for March. As we continue to plan Etsy’s calendar for the year ahead with thematic merchandising, we will be incorporating many of the concepts you shared in response to February's report and continue …
Top 10 Tax Time Tips From Outright
Here in the U.S., we're coming up on that dreaded time of year: tax time. In the past few months, our bookkeeping partner Outright.com has added a host of features, streamlining your bookkeeping and lessening the hassle that comes with running an indie business and doing your taxes. We asked them to provide some …
Seven Steps to Understanding Online Advertising
This guest post is by Amanda Steinberg, founder of DailyWorth.com. DailyWorth is a daily email about money for women — delivering practical tips, empowering ideas and the occasional kick in the pants. You've started your business. You're selling the cutest organically sourced, hand-crafted baby teethers …
How-Tuesday: Matchbox Valentines With Rachel Johnson
Whenever I encounter paper lace, glitter, rosy patterned paper, and all the trappings of a classic handmade valentine, I am immediately transported back to my elementary school days. I would sit at the kitchen table with my mother, armed with a bottle of glue and a pair of scissors, and methodically and …
Ecouterre's Tips for Snagging a Feature on Design Blogs
As the managing editor of Ecouterre, a leading online magazine about the future of sustainable fashion design, I get a lot of email, from random press releases that have nothing to do with the environment or fashion (think Jon Gosselin's latest whereabouts) to announcements about budget vacations in the …
Handmade Comments: How Not to Spam While Being Active Online
You're at a gallery opening, discussing the paintings with the artists and other attendees. Someone bursts into the room shouting, "I MAKE PAINTINGS TOO!" and tosses a fistful of flyers on the floor and leaves. This is what it feels like for many readers when a seller comments on our blog with just a link to her …
How-Tuesday: Blue Ribbon Bourbon Ginger Pecan Pie
New Year's resolution #1: Eat. More. Pie. After having the great honor to be on the panel of judges for the 1st Annual Brooklyn Pie Bake Off Benefit at Spacecraft and sample over thirty handmade pies, I realized that making and eating homemade pie is truly at the top of my personal priorities for the new year, and …
Handmade Code: BigCrumbs
As part of our Handmade Code series, we're bringing you news and how-to's about the innovations emerging from the Etsy Developer Community. Located at developer.etsy.com, the Etsy Developer Community serves as a hub for third-party software developers who are making programs for Etsy shoppers and …
The Etsy Seller Handbook: All Our How-To's About Selling
Sellers! Below you'll find a handy index of all the useful how-to's about selling on Etsy. We're calling it the Seller Handbook, and we first posted it on The Storque in September of 2007. We add every new how-to's for sellers to this index and bumping up the post when we do. In this way it's a living document. You can …
Etsy Success Tips: Increasing Your Item Views
How do you get your Etsy items found by many? I started a dialogue to help answer this question in the Etsy Forums. This thread took on a life of its own so I decided to post my suggestions here and add in a few of the clever responses my thread received. For example, Etsy seller, shalana suggests, "The more items in …
Being Safe on Etsy: Spotting and Avoiding Advance Fee Fraud
It's important for us at Etsy to ensure our community is safe while using the site. Unfortunately there is no foolproof way to ensure safety online at all times. Sometimes all we can do is give information and hope that well informed users will be able to protect themselves. As the Etsy name spreads …
From Etsy's Merchandising Desk: February's Love Story
It's that time again, and those of us behind the scenes at Etsy would like to share our merchandising plans for February. As we continue to plan Etsy’s calendar for the year ahead with thematic merchandising, we will be incorporating many of the concepts you shared in response to January's report and …
Studio Envy: Tips From Our Community's Inspiring Spaces
There's no time like the present to stop, look around your workspace, and try something new. Combing through our Etsy Open Studios group on Flickr, I've seen everything from expansive solo studios to cramped crafting nooks in the corner of the living room. Either way, you have to make it a space that inspires …
How-Tuesday: Swing Cardigan From Haiku Knits
Stumbling through brutal wind tunnels on my trek at the end of an evening, hair frozen and fingertips blue, I must remind myself to escape to a mental place of otherness, a realm of zen that will bring me home. Tanya Alpert's Haiku Knits is filled with sweaters and shawls that would wrap me not only in cozy …
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by LittleCritters00
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LOVE the french toast ones!
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Really amazing. All so lovely.
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yeah! welcome amity! (really cool name by the way). excited ...
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These are so adorable! Lovely! I would not have the ...
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Thanks for sharing all the great ideas - I'll be ...
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AHHAHA loved the suck on this card too! cool! Its ...
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