Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Monday, April 4, 2011
Etsy Photo Shoot Video
For a behind-the-scenes look at our big Etsy photo shoot and to learn more about Etsy power sellers, watch this video:
Sunday, March 20, 2011
New Glass Product... Green Glass and the Lady bug
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| This Bird feeder is created out of a beautiful hand cut, green glass and hand cut red and black glass for the lady bug.It has yellow glass accents running through the piece. It sits on a 16" fabricated wrought iron stand. The glass it self is 6" in diameter and 4.5" deep. |
Saturday, March 19, 2011
The Baltimore Sun features Kristen Christy from Little Acorn Products
Congratulations to Kristen Christy from Little Acorn Products on Etsy. She was featured in The Baltimore sun!
Check her shop out her Birdhouses are beautiful. Great decor for children s rooms.
Check her shop out her Birdhouses are beautiful. Great decor for children s rooms.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
ABC news/GMA features another Etsy Shop...harvest Moon By Hand
CHRISTINA CARON
March 17, 2011
Leprechauns, those mischievous elves of Irish folklore, are notoriously hard to catch. But as legend goes there's a handsome monetary reward if you manage to capture one.
Ann Rinkenberger, mother to Olivia, 8, and Sophia, 10, said her daughters have been making "leprechaun traps" for the past five years. But there's just one problem.
"It is rather annoying," Olivia said. "We never catch them."
There are many different ways to imagine a leprechaun trap, they require only a few supplies and a lot of creativity. The Rinkenberger family uses a cardboard box with unsealed flaps at the top.
Next, they paint most of the box green, but they sponge paint one side grey to make it look like a rock wall. That's because leprechauns love stones, Rinkenberger says. And they dislike following rules, so her daughters add signs that read, 'Do Not Climb!'
Then they create a stone pathway, sprinkled with coins, meant to lure the leprechauns all the way to the top of the box where they'll, hopefully, fall right in. Nearby, there's a tiny tea set with a crumb of bread -- just in case the leprechaun is hungry.
"At the bottom of the box, the girls put some wool or paper towels to 'cushion' his fall," said Rinkenberger, 44.
But the Scandia, Minn. family doesn't just make crafts during the holidays. They also make art for a living. Rinkenberger's business on Etsy.com, Harvest Moon by Hand, sells handmade products and toys. Her daughter Sophia also participates by creating beeswax molds, and Olivia is now eager to help out too.
So far they haven't outsmarted the crafty leprechauns, whose overnight visits are marked by golden glitter and gold one dollar coins. But Olivia says if she ever does succeed in trapping a leprechaun, the first order of business would be to "ask where the money is."
The Leprechaun Trap
Leprechauns, those mischievous elves of Irish folklore, are notoriously hard to catch. But as legend goes there's a handsome monetary reward if you manage to capture one.
Ann Rinkenberger, mother to Olivia, 8, and Sophia, 10, said her daughters have been making "leprechaun traps" for the past five years. But there's just one problem.
"It is rather annoying," Olivia said. "We never catch them."
There are many different ways to imagine a leprechaun trap, they require only a few supplies and a lot of creativity. The Rinkenberger family uses a cardboard box with unsealed flaps at the top.
Next, they paint most of the box green, but they sponge paint one side grey to make it look like a rock wall. That's because leprechauns love stones, Rinkenberger says. And they dislike following rules, so her daughters add signs that read, 'Do Not Climb!'
Then they create a stone pathway, sprinkled with coins, meant to lure the leprechauns all the way to the top of the box where they'll, hopefully, fall right in. Nearby, there's a tiny tea set with a crumb of bread -- just in case the leprechaun is hungry.
"At the bottom of the box, the girls put some wool or paper towels to 'cushion' his fall," said Rinkenberger, 44.
But the Scandia, Minn. family doesn't just make crafts during the holidays. They also make art for a living. Rinkenberger's business on Etsy.com, Harvest Moon by Hand, sells handmade products and toys. Her daughter Sophia also participates by creating beeswax molds, and Olivia is now eager to help out too.
So far they haven't outsmarted the crafty leprechauns, whose overnight visits are marked by golden glitter and gold one dollar coins. But Olivia says if she ever does succeed in trapping a leprechaun, the first order of business would be to "ask where the money is."
Great news article in Las Vegas Review Journal ...Artist from Etsy
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By Xazmin Garza
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Posted: Mar. 17, 2011 | 2:04 a.m.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2011 | 7:27 a.m.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2011 | 7:27 a.m.
When you go to a concert for a singer who once used a meat locker for her closet, the dress code is anything goes. It's not unusual for Lady Gaga's "little monsters" to take a look around their houses and decide something like a rotary telephone, teacup or raw rib-eye will provide that perfect final touch to their outfit.
That might explain why local artist Jennifer Henry has kept herself busy lately designing cellophane dresses for Lady Gaga concertgoers nationwide. Not only do they make for a loud fashion statement, but they also make for a loud fashion statement. The crackle and crunch of the artist's latest creation gets louder with every layer she adds.
"The reason I haven't added zippers," she explains, while crumpling a sheet of cellophane, "is because there's a magical quotient to it. You don't know what it is or how someone got into it. (No zippers) adds to the sense that this is something really special."
It also means customers have to strategically tape themselves into the dresses. Henry does them the favor of including step-by-step instructions, something she'll probably be doing a lot of in the next week since Gaga comes in town March 25.
While she carefully pleats cellophane against the long strip of packing tape hanging from the dressing room door of Flockflockflock, her vintage boutique inside Emergency Arts, a young Lady Gaga fan in Louisiana patiently awaits its completion.
Henry just needs to add a layer of tissue paper for a barrier between the sweat-inducing cellophane and her customer's skin. Then she'll begin working cellophane around a bra she purchased at T.J. Maxx (based on measurements she requested before getting started) to make a corset for the party dress.
By day's end Henry will stuff the finished $60 party dress into a tiny 9-by-9-by-9-inch cardboard box for a jack-in-the-box unwrapping and move onto her next order. It could come from her Etsy shop, one of her more than 1,300 Facebook fans or a Flockflockflock passer-by who takes an interest in one of the shiny, intriguing dresses on the mannequins in the hall.
And, it isn't just teenagers going Gaga who are wearing the dresses. Henry has designed for educators' educators and medical administrators attending everything from costume parties to charity benefits.
For cellophane, it's quite the sophisticated system. Especially considering it all started by accident. In November 2009, Henry and a friend put together a Christmas-themed photo shoot that had their model posing in gift wrapping paper. Henry couldn't find any rolls of gold paper, so she settled on cellophane and taped her subject into the design minutes before her photo session.
Henry took a liking to the ballerina look she created that day and made another cellophane dress for another friend to wear the night of New Year's Eve. It was a hit. Strangers marveled and several asked to be photographed with the woman in the cellophane dress.
Several months passed before Henry made another one. She collaborated with Susan Tosches-Deneau -- owner of Altered Nations, also inside Emergency Arts -- to produce fashion shows using alternative materials. Henry naturally turned to cellophane. The first show celebrated a candy theme which resulted in the artist's first cellophane ball gown. The skirt, a voluminous bubble of purple and blue cellophane and the bodice, a corset of Good & Plenty boxes.
Not long after the candy fashion show, Henry cellophaned local band members Melissa Marth of The Big Friendly Corporation, Aily Iglesias of Jacuzzi Hi Dive and Tracey Miravite of Tracey Hope.
Once she launched the Etsy store, the Gaga orders rolled in. The way Henry puts it, the correlation makes sense.
"The dresses are so bizarre and sort of otherworldly -- the same reason Lady Gaga is so appealing to people," she says.
Angie Scaduto, 26, ordered a green, gold and purple party dress from Henry last August to wear to Lady Gaga's concert here in Las Vegas. Scaduto went with her cousin and a friend, who also ordered dresses from Henry. The three of them considered the concert a "big deal" and wanted to commemorate it with a "big moment" of their own. That's where the cellophane dresses came in.
Aside from a girl with beer cans rolled into her hair, Scaduto says they were indeed the standouts. Fascinated, people pointed and stared and a few snapped photos. Removing the dress left rip marks on her abs, but it was all worth it for Scaduto. Even getting taped in.
"(Henry) wrapped us up pretty good," she says. "It took way less time than it would've taken to find an outfit."
Log onto www.flockflockflockmade.etsy.com for more information on Jennifer Henry's cellophane dresses or to place an order.
That might explain why local artist Jennifer Henry has kept herself busy lately designing cellophane dresses for Lady Gaga concertgoers nationwide. Not only do they make for a loud fashion statement, but they also make for a loud fashion statement. The crackle and crunch of the artist's latest creation gets louder with every layer she adds.
"The reason I haven't added zippers," she explains, while crumpling a sheet of cellophane, "is because there's a magical quotient to it. You don't know what it is or how someone got into it. (No zippers) adds to the sense that this is something really special."
It also means customers have to strategically tape themselves into the dresses. Henry does them the favor of including step-by-step instructions, something she'll probably be doing a lot of in the next week since Gaga comes in town March 25.
While she carefully pleats cellophane against the long strip of packing tape hanging from the dressing room door of Flockflockflock, her vintage boutique inside Emergency Arts, a young Lady Gaga fan in Louisiana patiently awaits its completion.
Henry just needs to add a layer of tissue paper for a barrier between the sweat-inducing cellophane and her customer's skin. Then she'll begin working cellophane around a bra she purchased at T.J. Maxx (based on measurements she requested before getting started) to make a corset for the party dress.
By day's end Henry will stuff the finished $60 party dress into a tiny 9-by-9-by-9-inch cardboard box for a jack-in-the-box unwrapping and move onto her next order. It could come from her Etsy shop, one of her more than 1,300 Facebook fans or a Flockflockflock passer-by who takes an interest in one of the shiny, intriguing dresses on the mannequins in the hall.
And, it isn't just teenagers going Gaga who are wearing the dresses. Henry has designed for educators' educators and medical administrators attending everything from costume parties to charity benefits.
For cellophane, it's quite the sophisticated system. Especially considering it all started by accident. In November 2009, Henry and a friend put together a Christmas-themed photo shoot that had their model posing in gift wrapping paper. Henry couldn't find any rolls of gold paper, so she settled on cellophane and taped her subject into the design minutes before her photo session.
Henry took a liking to the ballerina look she created that day and made another cellophane dress for another friend to wear the night of New Year's Eve. It was a hit. Strangers marveled and several asked to be photographed with the woman in the cellophane dress.
Several months passed before Henry made another one. She collaborated with Susan Tosches-Deneau -- owner of Altered Nations, also inside Emergency Arts -- to produce fashion shows using alternative materials. Henry naturally turned to cellophane. The first show celebrated a candy theme which resulted in the artist's first cellophane ball gown. The skirt, a voluminous bubble of purple and blue cellophane and the bodice, a corset of Good & Plenty boxes.
Not long after the candy fashion show, Henry cellophaned local band members Melissa Marth of The Big Friendly Corporation, Aily Iglesias of Jacuzzi Hi Dive and Tracey Miravite of Tracey Hope.
Once she launched the Etsy store, the Gaga orders rolled in. The way Henry puts it, the correlation makes sense.
"The dresses are so bizarre and sort of otherworldly -- the same reason Lady Gaga is so appealing to people," she says.
Angie Scaduto, 26, ordered a green, gold and purple party dress from Henry last August to wear to Lady Gaga's concert here in Las Vegas. Scaduto went with her cousin and a friend, who also ordered dresses from Henry. The three of them considered the concert a "big deal" and wanted to commemorate it with a "big moment" of their own. That's where the cellophane dresses came in.
Aside from a girl with beer cans rolled into her hair, Scaduto says they were indeed the standouts. Fascinated, people pointed and stared and a few snapped photos. Removing the dress left rip marks on her abs, but it was all worth it for Scaduto. Even getting taped in.
"(Henry) wrapped us up pretty good," she says. "It took way less time than it would've taken to find an outfit."
Log onto www.flockflockflockmade.etsy.com for more information on Jennifer Henry's cellophane dresses or to place an order.
Monday, March 14, 2011
From Auction bytes:Etsy owner changing analytics
| Auctionbytes-NewsFlash, Number 2498 - March 14, 2011 - ISSN 1539-5065 | Founder Says Etsy Is Working on Analytics, Product Attributes By Ina Steiner March 14, 2011 | ||
 Etsy founder Rob Kalin told users that browsing by category is "remarkably unpopular" among shoppers and has been decreasing in popularity for a couple years. Etsy is working to provide sellers with analytics to help them understand where traffic to their listings comes from - it currently supports Google Analytics for individual shops. In the meantime, Kalin shared some overall data with sellers. Some data on how people arrive at listing pages on Etsy: 30% - from a shop's homepage 30% - from another listing page 22% - from search results 9% - from outside of Etsy.com (external referrer) 5% - other pages on Etsy (Treasury lists, activity feed, blog posts, etc.) 4% - from a category page Kalin also said Etsy is revamping the listing process, and a key part of this is getting better (more structured) data about items. "For example: what size is it? who is it for? what colors? what style? We will then use this data to improve search. Etsy Insights from this data | ||
Monday, March 7, 2011
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