The Experts Agree

Etsy Schmetsy: eat your veggies

February 24th, 2010 by samanthatroy

Row 1: Organic Cotton Hand-Printed Produce Bag from paintedapple; Vegetable Print by Stockton; Emery Pincushion – Felt Peapod by dottyral
Row 2: Eat 5 A Day print from pixelandpost; Radicchio block print by drenculture; Hand Carved Carrot Stamp by EnchantingStamps
Row 3: Green Veggie Recipe Cards by DingbatPress; Eat Your Veggies – pinback button by BarrelOfMonkeys; Happy Veggie Magnets and Crate by vrielle42
Row 4: A Happy Eggplant from nataliemae; Hand Printed Fruit and Veggie Paper Gift Bag Set by silkoak; Veggie Alphabet – Learning Base Set by evgie

Etsy Schmetsy: Year of the Tiger

February 17th, 2010 by samanthatroy

Happy Chinese New Year, everyone. It’s the Year of the Tiger, so now you have a great excuse to adorn your walls, desk, head and so forth with the orange and black striped paragons of predatory cuteness. Here are ten handmade tigers (and one vintage one) from Etsy.

Row 1: Tiger Screenprint from milkbunnie; Baby Tiger Note Cards from FloatingPalace
Row 2: Tiny Tiger Baby from violetpi; Vintage Midcentury Tiger Planter from NiftyVintage; Year of the Tiger hat from Jackthemanabouttown
Row 3: Eye of the Tigers from dailyode; Sleepy Tigger from zime; Tiger Twins print rom WildLifePrints
Row 4: Year of the Tiger letterpress print from dutchdoor; Year of the Tiger Kitty from novarhyme; Nola the White Tiger from nonesuchgarden

Etsy Schmetsy: Handmade for Each Other

January 27th, 2010 by samanthatroy

Valentine’s Day is coming up in a few weeks, and already we’re feeling the love in the air. Or maybe that’s just the incessant rain. While we have some great ideas for cards for your honey, here’s some other delightful valentine’s ideas from Etsy.

Row 1: Bears in Love from kgrandey; Ellen Navy and Red Silk Garter Belt by Hopeless; Mirabelle lace necklace by whiteowl
Row 2: XOXO Kisses and Hugs Letterpress Prints by YeeHaw; Mustache Cups Set by JaekieLou
Row 3: I Love You – Chic Message Bearer Bowl by lovegrowsbygiving; cross my heart. yo-yo from somethingshidinghere; Heart Skeleton Key Pendant in Sterling Silver with Diamonds from michellechangjewelry

Etsy Schmetsy: Rain Rain Go Away

January 13th, 2010 by samanthatroy

Here are a few lovely finds from Etsy to brighten your rainy days.

Row 1: Rainy Day Letterpress Card by Letterpress; Teeny Rainy Day Studs by joannarutter; Marie Collection buttons by fashionfucsia
Row 2: Sewn paper raindrop garlands from kategreiner; Stag / Umbrella pinback button/badge set by PinkParakeet
Row 3: Bumbershoot Keyring from clevergirl; Birdies in the Rain Print by joom; Little Black Raincloud from damestarbaby
Row 4: Mademoiselle under the rain print by blancucha; Two Puddle Jumpers by 3LambsGraphics; Girl and Umbrella — Limited Edition Print by cabin

Etsy Schmetsy: Magnificent Merriment

December 16th, 2009 by tiniestj

‘Tis the season for holiday parties aplenty, so this week’s Etsy Schmetsy is dedicated to festive functions and swinging soirées!

Row 1: Vintage Scalloped Fabric Garland by Sweet Jessie; Vintage Silver Rim Numbered Glasses from The Sunday Times Market

Row 2: Moroccan Mint Tissue Poms by Prost to the Host; Dancing Limited Edition Print by Matte Stephens

Row 3: Origami Kusudama as a Lighted Lantern by Orange Guppy; Cherry Blossom Cupcake Stand by Whitney Smith; Snowflake Slip-On Coasters in Holiday Colors by Dimmalimm Home

Row 4: Snowflake Place Cards by Timeless Paper; Pretty Papercut Lanterns by Hannah Nunn

Etsy Schmetsy: Counting the days

December 9th, 2009 by samanthatroy

With 2010’s imminent arrival, it’s time replace your calendar. These beautiful handmade finds from etsy — ranging from classic to conceptual — are sure to be a great addition to your desk or wall.

Row 1: VikDesign; catseto; curiousdoodles
Row 2: katemajoie; mooninjune
Row 3: pistachiopress; ilsahan; bheuer
Row 4: sefora; girlingearstudio; niseemade

Etsy Schmetsy: Tea Towel Time

December 2nd, 2009 by samanthatroy

Row 1: claudiagpearson; MichelleBrusegaard; wonderthunder
Row 2: PataPri; ChezSucreChez
Row 3: inklore; cicadastudio; MrPS
Row 4: juliepeach; kalla; Yunny

Shop Handmade this Holiday Season

November 29th, 2009 by owentroy

Design des Troy will be selling at two craft sales this week. The first is the Handmade Ho Down on Thursday from 6-midnight at 1015 Folsom. The event is being sponsored by Etsy and the Museum of Craft and Folk Art (among others). Raffle and gift wrapping proceeds will benefit DrawBridge, an artistic program for homeless youth in the Bay Area. It sounds like it will be a pretty great event, plus there is a photobooth and drinks. Also, if you have any spare art supplies, you can donate them to DrawBridge at the door for a free gift!

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The second, the RISD Alumni Holiday Arts & Crafts sale, is on Sunday from 9:30-5 at Fort Mason Building A (your immediate left as you enter the parking lot). If you’ve never shopped Fort Mason during the holidays, it’s pretty cool: there’s a bunch of other art and jewelry sales too, nice views, and Greens to Go for lunch.

If you can’t make either, or live far from San Francisco, all of our cards on Etsy have free domestic shipping through Monday! We have new stickers, tags and maybe our awesomest card ever that we’ll be listing later tonight (and will of course be available at the sale). Edit: The cards (our “Jolly Old Saint Roger/Yo Ho Ho Ho” design, which we just finished printing this afternoon) and gift stickers are up, yaay!

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