I do hereby decree this week Etsy week on Modish! I've recently discovered a vast array of wonderful handmade goods made by Etsy artists and crafters. I've long since known about Etsy, which is kind of an "ebay for crafters," but have never really taken the time to fully peruse the site. Have you seen the new search features on there? With eye-popping, colorful, fancy flash delicacy, you can search through all the listed goods by color, a sample array of the top sellers or random ones, or take a little trip in the time machine and see what items were listed today and every day past.
There's also a new contest called Etsy + Craft in which the people behind MAKE Magazine are releasing a new mag called CRAFT, and sponsoring a contest for an Etsy artist to re-interpret CRAFT magazine's logo using any medium they like. Contest entries are due next Monday, Aug 21st. Go here for all the rules and info.
I've featured some Etsy shops on here before, but found that there's so many talented people on Etsy, they deserve a whole week dedicated to them! (I could probably fill a whole month up, but we'll start slow...) So, every featured site this week will be an Etsy shop to help bring exposure to lesser know designers/artists who don't have a large web presence, and to help prove that you don't need a fancy site to make great stuff! Hurray for Etsy!
Great idea. Etsy has some really cool features - like the time machine and searching by colour - which are well worth exploring.
Posted by: atelier455 | Aug 14, 2006 at 12:37 PM
Cool idea - I love searching Etsy by color, it's just fun that way.
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Posted by: Tsoniki | Aug 14, 2006 at 07:13 PM
Please maybe do a bit on BlossomLuxe on etsy? She's an amazing Australian based jewelry designer who has been shortlisted in the Swavorski contest. I found her on etsy and she has made the most beautiful custom designs for me in the past. (She's also at blossomluxe.com)
Posted by: Jenn | Aug 15, 2006 at 06:12 AM
Jenn...ask and you shall receive!
Posted by: modish | Aug 15, 2006 at 07:36 AM
Thank you Modish! She is so deserving of it!
Posted by: Jenn | Aug 15, 2006 at 10:43 AM
thanks for the heads up on the contest...looks like fun!
Posted by: posy press | Aug 15, 2006 at 02:16 PM