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New Amethyst Jewelry
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I just finished several new necklaces and earrings featuring amethysts. Although they come from different strands, all the beads have a fantastic deep grapey purple color. Here they are:
Amethyst Arrowhead Earrings
Real Handmade vs. Fake Handmade on Etsy, part 3
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The Etsy protest, in which more than 4,200 shops went dark, is over – but the problems remain. Continue reading
Going Dark: the Etsy Protest
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The big Etsy protest begins May 10th at midnight. Protesty has more than 4,100 Etsy shops(including Natural Gorgeous) signed up to go dark for 24 hours.
Here’s why. Continue reading
Real Handmade vs. Fake Handmade on Etsy, part 2
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A Wave of Resellers Threatens Etsy
When Etsy loses its reputation for authenticity, it loses its competitive advantage, it loses its customers’ trust, and it loses its raison d’etre. Will Etsy survive the deluge of resellers – and the exodus of artists, craftspersons, and sellers of genuine vintage?
Real Handmade vs. Fake Handmade on Etsy.com, part 1
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Is Etsy’s reign as the home of handmade at an end?
Last weekend, Etsy featured a seller who buys her wares wholesale from a company overseas and resells them on Etsy. Etsy is known as the home of unique handmade items, but the items Etsy featured are also sold on Overstock.com. What does this mean for the future of Etsy… and “handmade”?
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Update
We’re three hours into the protest… and not being able to check my shop stats is giving me serious withdrawal symptoms. Continue reading
Fire Chad.
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Fire Chad
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Credits:
[top photo: Giant Squid]
[bottom photo: Diana Walker for TIME]
[original concept creators: http://textsfromhillaryclinton.tumblr.com/]
Protest, preserved
A Message to Etsy
Protest Gets Creative on Etsy
This adorable donkey is included in one of the protest pictograms (click the photo to see the original listing – this awesome photo is for sale)
Today’s hot trend: subversive pictograms….
I have a lot more to say about Etsy, resellers, and the future of the handmade, but I want to point out a subversive little campaign going on at the Etsy website. Audre Lorde said “the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house,” but some creative folk are nonetheless wielding those tools in protest – funny, funny protest.
