I just got through listening to an NPR report on hand making and crafting. One gentleman being interviewed postulated that people DIY because of some lack of trust in corporations in general. Now, while I have a lack of trust, faith and respect for a lot of corporations, that’s not really why I love to [...]

I recently completed a write-up that the EcoEtsy and Trashion street teams collaborated on. Five of us from both teams brainstormed article ideas for Earth Day and divvied them up between us. Click the image below to view my article which was posted on Etsy’s news page, the Storque, yesterday. It was very interesting to [...]

[Photo credit: Robert Rijkhoff] You know you hate it…the annoying credit card offers, the billion letters you get requesting donations (and when you do donate to them you get a billion more requests), and all the other insane offers that get delivered to you daily. I’d say this makes up about 90% of the mail [...]

Might as well feature Etsy sellers as a regular fixture on the blog considering I do it so often! Today I’d like to share a very cool seller who is a fellow member of the EtsyBloggers street team: Stormy Designs I found this polymer clay necklace deep within the shop which is surprising. It’s very [...]

I’ve come up with a neat little accessory that I’m really digging: My crocheted wrist cuffs with appended crochet flowers! I like the idea of using these as corsages too. I think they’re a neat alternative to normal floral wrist corsages. K, that’s enough of me patting myself on the back and self promoting for [...]