May
12
Paint and Ink on Etsy has such great fantastic wonderful fun maps! I’m so in love!
The style is so easy and recognizable.. if that makes sense. It makes me feel like a kid and reminds me of the maps I drew…
Jan
22
Oh the macabre cuteness! It slays me with it’s vacuous round eyes and coy little curvy smile!
I came across this monster illustration by the small cat club on flickr. Do…
Jan
14
Okay, Now I’m obsessed with crafts from video games. My brain is flashing back to my commador 64 and the bloop bloop bloop of space invaders and pong.
16Bit has some ear flap knit hats with the space invaders guys on…
Jan
12
I have to admit it *prepares to duck* I don’t like sock monkeys all that much. I KNOW! But they’re so cute, everyone loves a sock money.
But could you really truly in your heart of hearts choose…
Dec
22

There are so many cool and useful promotional third party tools for Etsy cropping up it’s hard to keep up!
Own The Hour (http://etsy.ownthehour.com/) is the most recent one I’ve noticed.
The Own The Hour home page is a 12 spot showcase and…
Dec
10
A while back a friend of mine (Hai MamaPajama!) sent me a link to these cute pillows by Joom. I really like these, the designs are original and the prices are perfectly reasonable. She has a…
Nov
29
I stumbled on this little shop called Swankety Swank in the Western Addition of San Francisco a few months ago with a friend. It is filled with amazing arts and crafts by local artists but the crowning glory is the…
Nov
5
Spoonflower is officially out of beta! With five months of beta testing under their belt Spoonflower has decided to open it’s doors to everyone!
If you haven’t heard of Spoonflower it’s a service that let’s you upload a design for printing…
Oct
7
No matter which side of the fence you’re on, DIYorDIE has you covered with hand-made political jewelry bearing the smiling mugs of the U.S. presidential hopefuls.
Wear the laser-cut wooden Obama lapel pin or the shrink-plastic McCain earrings with pride while you watch the…
Oct
2
Now that it’s October, I can officially start thinking about my favorite holiday: Halloween!
Not only is it the season for costumes and candy, but it’s also a wonderful time for crafts of all types, from cuddly to creepy.
Jodi Cain’s Zombie…
Oct
1

Craftster.org member Hollistercobabe whipped up these cool and colorful Tape Measure Bracelets with some scraps of measuring tape and jewelry fixtures.
Perfect for the punk rock crafter who finds herself in need of her trusty measuring tape on the go (you know, for measuring…
Sep
8
Kimberly, a Toronto based artist and former chef whips up cute polymer clay food charms in her indie shop Monster Kookies. I don’t know if it’s the heat wave we’re having here in SF, but these snow cone charms look so…
Aug
8
I have been falling in love with the jewelry made by UK artist Joanna Rutter! Her use of simple shapes and holes make the cutest whimsical bird designs. You can find her work for salet at her Etsy shop Joannarutter.etsy.com
Jun
20
New Brunswick designer Jane Murphy loves to come up with new ideas, so when she was cleaning out her closet one day and came across some old wool sweaters that didn’t fit anymore and were too tattered to send to…
Jun
18
For all those Etsy shop owners out there, this just came in from Etsy News:
Dear Etsyians,
To the delight of our engineers and (hopefully) our sellers also, we are very pleased to let you know that view tallies should be functioning…













