I do hereby decree this week Etsy week on Modish! I've recently discovered a vast array of wonderful handmade goods made by Etsy artists and crafters. I've long since known about Etsy, which is kind of an "ebay for crafters," but have never really taken the time to fully peruse the site. Have you seen the new search features on there? With eye-popping, colorful, fancy flash delicacy, you can search through all the listed goods by color, a sample array of the top sellers or random ones, or take a little trip in the time machine and see what items were listed today and every day past.
There's also a new contest called Etsy + Craft in which the people behind MAKE Magazine are releasing a new mag called CRAFT, and sponsoring a contest for an Etsy artist to re-interpret CRAFT magazine's logo using any medium they like. Contest entries are due next Monday, Aug 21st. Go here for all the rules and info.
I've featured some Etsy shops on here before, but found that there's so many talented people on Etsy, they deserve a whole week dedicated to them! (I could probably fill a whole month up, but we'll start slow...) So, every featured site this week will be an Etsy shop to help bring exposure to lesser know designers/artists who don't have a large web presence, and to help prove that you don't need a fancy site to make great stuff! Hurray for Etsy!
