etsy fool
So, Jenny has been doing a lot of good work lately and has been posting her work on a website called etsy. Looking it over, it’s a pretty neat site, where lots of craftspeople sell various things that they’ve… well, crafted. Etsy serves as a middleman, making life easier for the artists, allowing them to focus on making work, and abstracting out the more annoying aspects of commerce, such as handling payments, etc.
Good idea, but the problem with Etsy is that a) no one’s ever really heard of it and thus b) most of the trade consists of artists selling to other Etsy artists.
With that in mind, and having recently read Gladwell’s The Tipping Point, here’s my attempt to connect Etsy to a wider pool of consumers.
If you’re looking for art to give as a gift to yourself or your loved ones, or are looking for some home decor that isn’t mass produced schlock that any schlub can buy from Target, check out Etsy. While the work is of varying quality, all of it is unique and one-of-a-kind, and you’ll feel good about yourself for supporting a real starving artist.
And if you’re looking for a unique piece of jewelry, designed with sensible and creative aesthetics, take a look at Jenny’s work — it’s your chance to own an original Windler piece before she blows up and it starts costing $5000 for a pair of earrings.
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i looked… i saw one i liked from jenny… and it wasn’t on etsy… i did like the site though and may be tempted to try it again. However, if jenny had the bluebie available, i would have picked it up…
i’ll keep checking it out to help out the chiang clan
enjoy europa.
essen kartofelpuffen!
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I’ve been checking her blog quite often waiting to snag my very special Windler before it’s all over hollywood. I’ve shopped Esty a bit too for unique home decor stuff. I also considered selling my items on it if my shopping cart plugin doesn’t work so well on my lvoebaby.com blog. we’ll see.