{Thoughts on Shops} Tinkan Designs – unique, recycled ring pull jewelry and more!

February 17, 2012 by Polarity
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Tinkan Designs is the amazing upcycled shop of metalworker, blacksmith and artist Annabel from the UK.  Annabel is a self-taught jewelry maker and general maker of ‘things’! She has used a variety of recycled materials over the years, mainly because she hates waste (a true eco-etsy girl) and she finds it hard to throw anything away if it still has some life in [...]

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{Thoughts on Shops} Magpie Tree – the ultimate jewelry and accessory upcycler!

June 30, 2011 by Polarity
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Magpie Tree is the wonderful shop of Indianapolis artist and repurposer of all things repurposable Nichole Hall-Permell. Nikki is drawn to the beauty of the old and its potential to be created into something new (we love that!).   Her banner is adorable (and I read something new is in the works). Naming her shop after one [...]

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{Thoughts on Shops} – Juani1 – Crocheting Plastic Bags & More

June 23, 2011 by Polarity
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Juani1 is the wonderful plastic bag recycling shop of Juanita Rivas-Raymer of Los Angeles. Juanita is not only an artist- she also teaches prenatal and Hatha yoga and is a Birth Doula. Her amazing  La Bolsa Chica includes some adorable crocheted fish and an octopus (recycled from plastic bags!), crocheted plastic shopping bags (recycled from plastic bags!) and some [...]

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{Thoughts on Shops} Earnest Efforts Gives Natural Woodworking Their Earnest Efforts

June 16, 2011 by Polarity
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Earnest Efforts is the amazing natural woodworking shop of Earnest, Ellie and Myrtle (AKA Rick and Heather .. and Myrtle) of Winston, Oregon where they create the most amazing boxes, baby rattles (their baby rattles are currently sold in over 75 stores in 4 countries), drawers and shakers. Their gorgeous pieces are created with sustainably [...]

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{Thoughts on Shops} Greener Frog Gets Your Gifts Wrapped Up EcoEtsy Style

June 9, 2011 by Polarity
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Furoshiki is the ancient Japanese art of wrapping square pieces of beautiful cloth for gift giving and carrying items. It is a wonderful eco-friendly practice and alternative to throwaway gift wrap and lunch bags. Greener Frog is the wonderful Etsy shop of Doris from North Vancouver, Canada. Doris offers stunning furoshiki wraps in two sizes. Her work is [...]

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{Thoughts on Shops} Natural Grace Has a Passion for Creating Organic Lotions!

June 2, 2011 by Polarity
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Natural Grace is the wonderful organic and vegan lotion shop of New York’s Heather McCoy. Heather creates amazing creams, facial and bath products, baby products, herbal oils and green home care items. She has a passion for creating organic lotions! The first thing I see is her shop banner which is beautiful and works very [...]

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{Thoughts on Shops} – a question from Picky and some minor tweakings

May 26, 2011 by Polarity
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Thoughts on Shops is back! For this week’s tweaks and peeks we take a look at Picky the amazing old fashioned french children’s boutique of Canadian seamstress Elsje Boer. Elsje has the specific question of whether to have 2 shops for her 2 different lines and wanted a second opinion on branding, adding DIY patterns, made to [...]

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{thoughts on shops} Stella saves the Day

April 28, 2011 by rikrak
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Welcome back, lovelies! Today we’re visiting my fourth and final (thoughts on shops) for April: the gorgeous handmade jewelry store of Stella saves the day! I just love this unique shop. It’s filled with gorgeous, one of a kind, limited edition, keepsake locket necklaces, charms and delightful earrings. { Great storytelling } Right away, I [...]

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{thoughts on shops} curb appeal with Darryl Black

April 21, 2011 by rikrak
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  Welcome back lovelies!  It’s another fun shop visit! This week we’re headed to the fabulously unique handmade eco friendly apparel shop: Darryl Black. I just love the gorgeous upcycled designs here. I think the look is edgy, fashion-forward, well-constructed  and just brilliant. I’d love to help Darryl take these beautiful creations to the next [...]

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{thoughts on shops} a trip to Un Lieu Sur Terre

April 14, 2011 by rikrak
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  Hi again cuties!  It’s another exciting shop visit! Welcome to the wonderful whimsical world of Un Lieu Sur Terre.  The shop announcement promises *handmade storytelling* and so begins our delightful trip. What lovely work you do, Lila! Translated, un lieu sur terre means “a place on earth” and I love the way the shop [...]

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{thoughts on shops} eyeing the 5seed shop

April 7, 2011 by rikrak
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  Hi nicies! I’m so excited to be here, sharing the April {Thoughts on Shops}. As we all know, there are so many important elements to crafting a fabulous business. Each week we’ll look at a few ideas that help to make our indie business shops as great as they can be! Today we’re visiting [...]

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{Thoughts on Shops} – Some New Stitches for Artistically Stitched

March 31, 2011 by Polarity
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For this week’s Thought on Shops we are looking at the wonderful hemp clothing shop of Artistically Stitched. Wendy is a work at home mama and artist creating one of a kind pieces from hemp and other materials – her work is gorgeous and definitely made to last! Let’s start with the visuals because it is hard [...]

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{Thoughts on Shops} – Some Shop Tweaks for Natures Art Melbourne

March 24, 2011 by Polarity
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For this week’s Thoughts on Shops we take a look at Melbourne sustainable jewelry shop – Natures Art Melbourne. Martina is the amazing maker behind this wonderful little piece of Australia. Martina spends every winter in Australia’s Outback  – slowing down, walking the land, reconnecting, starting to see …  receiving gifts from nature – how incredible [...]

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{Thoughts on Shops} Some Tweaks for Betsy and Bess

March 17, 2011 by Polarity
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For this week’s Thoughts on Shops we visit upcycled purse and accessories shop – Betsy and Bess. Betsy and Bess is an Etsy shop owned and operated by maker Elizabeth in Tennessee. Her shop profile begins: I am a poet, A daughter, a sister, a wife. An artist, A sewist, a woman, a life. (totally [...]

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Thoughts on Shops – A Marketing Tweak with Herban Lifestyle

March 10, 2011 by Polarity

This week for Thoughts on Shops we will focus on some marketing tweaks for consumable products (products that get used up) – tweaks that will attract the right customers to shopkeepers that create handcrafted consumables and tweaks that will keep them coming back for more. I have never made soap or any lotions or potions, but can guarantee you that soap making is [...]

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Thoughts on Shops – A Visual Tweak for Remaine Wicked

March 3, 2011 by Polarity

A new series called Thoughts on Shops kicks off today! Every Thursday we will take a peek at a different team member’s shop and do some public (these are some brave shopkeepers, folks) critiquing and tweaking and try to offer them some tips to help them sell more of their makings. For this week’s shop tweaks we are going [...]

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We are getting better and better

February 17, 2011 by ecokaren
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We are excited to announce some great changes to our humble abode here on Eco Etsy’s site. We have added some new tenants and moved the furniture around a little so that you can appreciate the comforts of our home better. As you have probably noticed, we’ve added a new feature called, {Tuesday Treasury} where [...]

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