Etsy Houston Street Team

Austin Craft Riot

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:38:00 +0000

If you are in the Austin area this weekend, you should definitely come out and support our sister organization, Austin Craft Riot :)

metalsmithing with reigruche studio

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:34:00 +0000

reigruche studio

giveaway winner :)

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:31:00 +0000

CONGRATS taryn!! Make sure to contact us with your shipping information :)

Craft Party Materials

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:59:00 +0000

The party date is approaching!

There is yummy food to be had, and fun stations for craftiness!

Station ONE

Pom Pom Monsters!!

Materials:

-Pompoms

-Googly eyes

-Felt

-Glitter

-Glue

-Scissors

*materials will be sold for $1*

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Station TWO

Tissue Paper Pom Poms

Materials:

-Tissue Paper

17″ x 30″ for Medium Pom-Poms

20″ x 30″ for large Pom-Poms

8-11 Sheets per Pom-Pom Ball

(the more sheets, the fuller the ball)

-24 gauge floral or craft wire

-Monofilament or string for hanging

-Scissors

*materials will be available*

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Station THREE

Handmade Earrings :)

Materials:

will be sold for $2

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Please stop by and make a craft or two, or just mingle with the Etsy Houston crown and friends.

Bring as many friends as you like.

See you there!

p.s. don't forget to enter the giveaway before Sunday :)

giveaway #2!

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 16:44:00 +0000

okay so this tradition hasn't exactly gone as planned!

our next giveaway is brought to you by grrfeisty :)

You get a feisty little coin pouch, aaaand
a Professor Fancy Fox keychain :)

This giveaway is only open to U.S. residents - sorry!

but you don't have to be an Etsy Houston member.

The only thing you need to do is leave a comment :)

[make sure to include your email address!]

EXTRA entries!

1. TWEET about our giveaway and make sure you mention "@etsyhouston"

2. Follow etsyhouston on twitter

3. blog the giveaway

4. Mention the giveaway on Facebook.

5. "Like" Etsy Houston on Facebook

6. Follow the Etsy Houston Blog.

Be sure to leave a comment for each extra entry :)

Entries will be accepted until Sunday, June 12th, at 11:59pm.

GOOD LUCK!! :)

p.s. stay tuned for craft party updates!

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:31:00 +0000

lisa chow :)

CRAFT PARTY 2K11 :)

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Mon, 30 May 2011 03:06:00 +0000

Last year, Etsy Houston threw one of the biggest craft parties in the nation! :)

Join us this year, on June 10th, for our 2nd annual Etsy Craft Party!

This year you can find us at Kitchen Incubator in downtown Houston at 7pm.

Stay tuned for more information!

^click to get to the meetup site!^

Austin Bound!

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Fri, 20 May 2011 06:28:00 +0000

There is a handful of Houston folk heading out to Renegade Handmade this weekend.

It'd be swell if you could join us ;)

Renegade Handmade in AUSTIN

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 03:36:00 +0000

If you aren't planning on attending Renegade Handmade in Austin, TX this year, might I suggest you change your mind? :)

I was in attendance last year and had an absolute blast! Along with meeting some bloggers I follow, I bought so many gifts for my friends&family [and of course...myself!].

This year, there will be FOUR Etsy Houston members in attendance!

emilee rose designs and bbags [Renegade veteran!] will be sharing a booth.

Reigruchestudio and grrfeisty [me!] will also be sharing a booth.

Come check us out!

May 21st&22nd

winner winner morning star chik'n dinner

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:20:00 +0000

congrats to taryn!

using random.org we determined a winner from our latest giveaway.

thanks to gamiworks for donating -

stay tuned for our next one!! :D

etsy houston giveaway by gamiworks!

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 03:52:00 +0000

etsy houston is proud to announce the start of a slew of monthly giveaways!

kicking off our new tradition is erin of gamiworks :)

Erin is offering your choice of Zen Pendant of choice with personalized engraving.

This giveaway is only open to U.S. residents - sorry!

1. Follow the Etsy Houston Blog

2. Leave a comment stating your favorite Zen Pendent

EXTRA entries!

1. TWEET about our giveaway and make sure you mention "@etsyhouston"

2. Follow etsyhouston on twitter

3. blog the giveaway

4. Mention the giveaway on Facebook.

5. "Like" Etsy Houston on Facebook

Be sure to leave a comment for each extra entry :)

Entries will be accepted until Sunday, March 13th, at 11:59pm.

GOOD LUCK!! :)

new blog look ;)

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:06:00 +0000

thanks to emily hall's fabulous logo skillzzz, i was able to revamp the blog. woohoo! check us out!

AND her awesome design made it on to our biz cards as well :D

now go give emily a virtual pat on the back :D

hooray!

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:54:00 +0000

Saturday night's event was so much fun!

starting from the back left: andria, emily, valerie, sally.

front row: alejandra, roxy

Can you spot the etsy houston logo? ;)

Sally's valentine's garlands were such a hit!

And Cindy stopped by to help as well. :)

Andria, Emily, and I manned the bar area

[with a LOT of help from a couple of very kind Lawndale Art Center Employees!]

If you came by for a beer you probably met us ;)

Handmade Nation was such an inspirational documentary! I'm not gonna lie - it was my first time watching it. The film was amazingly informative as well as hilarious :)

I think there were about 200 people...I know the chairs filled up and there were loads of folks standing around watching. The wall on the right of the photo below was completely lined with people once the documentary started.

Thanks to everyone that stopped by. I really hope we have more opportunities to volunteer at events like this :)

Find out about more events hosted by the Houston Center of Contemporary Craft

as well as the Lawndale Art Center.

kickin' off 2011!

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:26:00 +0000

In case you missed the previous post, a bunch of us from Etsy Houston will be volunteering at an amazing [and FREE!] event located at the Lawndale Art Center and hosted by the
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.

Please join us Saturday, January 22nd, at 6pm at the Lawndale Art Center for some free St. Arnold's, our super awesome Valentine's Day garland DIY by Sally,
and a Handmade Nation book sale!

At 7pm the movie will play [about 1 hour] followered by a gallery talk by Jenine Bressner, an artist featured in Handmade Nation.

Please repost and share information about this event. We'd absolutely love to see your lovely faces there! :)

byebye 2010 :)

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:39:00 +0000

2010 was a year for growing here at etsy houston. we are still a new-ish group,

and hopefully 2011 will be full of exciting events!

our meet up site is going down for now. it is a tad too expensive to keep up with at this time.

anyone that is currently part of the group, please apply to join our group, officially, by clicking on the tab labeled "application."

upcoming events for 2011 include a member meeting towards the end of the month

[more information will be presented in the form of a facebook message :)]

and a special event open to the public:

Handmade Nation Film Screening / Jenine Bressner Gallery Talk

The event occurs January 22nd, 2010 [Saturday].

Reception, 6:00 – 7:00 PM
Film Screening, 7:00 – 8:00 PMat Lawndale Art Center, 4912 Main Street

"Come early for the film to enjoy a beer from St. Arnold Brewing Company and make a fun paper craft with volunteers from Etsy Houston. Handmade Nation books will be for sale from Domy Books. The screening starts at 7:00 PM and lasts an hour."

"Jenine Bressner, a glass and mixed-media artist who is featured in Handmade Nation, will be present for the film. Immediately following the screening, Bressner will give a gallery talk about her new exhibition, Inverted Harmony: A Handmade Environment by Jenine Bressner, at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (across the street from Lawndale Art Center). "

All information has been pulled from the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.

Please visit their website for more information and events. :)

Come out and support handmade!

we'd love to meet you all ;)

The Sew Craftiest Time of the Year [in photos!]

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:27:00 +0000

First of all - SUCH a big thank you to Sarah and her little elves at Sew Crafty for hosting such a fun night :)

and an ENORMOUS thank you to the lovely and talented Ellen, for photographing the event!

our photographer extraordinaire:

don't see your picture? no worries!

sift through the rest of the amazing photos taken by ellen.

if you use any - please make sure you credit her accordingly!!

thank you to everyone who helped and came out to

The Sew Craftiest Night of the Year! :)

etsy houston meets etsy austin

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:29:00 +0000

a few of us traveled to austin this weekend for the etsy austin craft riot.

it was SUCH a blast!!

allison, roxy, alejandra :)

read more and see more photos of our booths, etc HERE.

and don't forget about our amazing holiday show!!!

more etsy houston ladies doin' their thang

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:03:00 +0000

this past weekend sandy ervin and ana maria were spotted at the artisan market!

way to represent! :)

to read more, see sandy's blog post [ where i stole these photos from :) ]

It's the Sew Craftiest tiiiiime of the year :)

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:55:00 +0000

Get excited!!!

more info to come! :)

once again, big thanks to the lovely emily of emilee rose designs!

etsy houston representing at st. andrew's!

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 04:59:00 +0000

this past saturday was the st. andrew's bazaar - we represented pretty well! :)

kristen of frilled&feathered

erin of gamiworks

patty and ashley of littlebirdboutique

and me! roxy of feisty fabrik

[smelling one of my booth-mate's delish candles :) ]

and we can't forget allison and andria, who stopped by to say hey! [and buy some goodies!]

down the street at 1st saturday you could find lora of bbags and

emily of emilee rose designs!

i was too pooped to stop by - sorry ladies!

coming up on december 3rd.....

etsy houston presents: the sew craftiest time of the year!

stay tuned for more info!

a very fun meeting :)

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 06:07:00 +0000

our last etsy houston meeting was at allison's house. we were supposed to carve pumpkins but got so carried away with ideas and plans that we never got to cutting those pumpkins up...

but it was definitely a blast and we got so much accomplished! i look forward to many more meetings! :)

ana maria and emily enjoyed hanging out with our new mascot, stella :)

andria, our new-member-leader, also enjoyed the company of stella - they discussed some show ideas...it was pretty cute.

notice the winning logo??

thank you to our lovely hostess, allison :)

those of you that didn't make it missed out on a lot of laughs, wine, goodies, and some awesome productivity :)

p.s. stay tuned! the membership requirements are about to get TWEEKED.

Halloween Craftiness

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:02:00 +0000

what's up, houston?

there are lots of shows coming up - and we will be posting some of those dates soon!

until then, here's a little halloween related activity allison and i put together :)

Emily of Emilee Rose Designs

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:17:00 +0000

Name: Emily
Shop: emilee rose designs

Where are you from? Houston, Texas

Where do you live? Houston Heights

What types of things do you make/sell? All things paper...paper dolls, illustrations, and stationery.

How long have you been crafting? I've been mad crafty all my life. Growing up, my mom would always plan craft projects for my brother and me to do. And I've never stopped.

When did you decide to open up a shop? I opened shop in July of 2008 after a friend of mine needed vendors at a craft show she was organizing. After the show, I decided to make an entire line of products to sell.

Do you prefer to sell your crafts online or in person? Or both? I like both, but I get excited for on-line sales. It's fun to see people all over the world interested in your products.

Do you have a second job? If so, what is it? I work full time as a graphic designer for PH Design Shop. It is so much fun and a perfect way to spend my day creating.

What inspired you to start crafting? In college, I worked at a stationery boutique. I always admired the artist and designers of the products that we carried. Many of them started small, just them working away in their living room. While drooling over the greeting cards, I thought "I should do this."

Have you learned anything along the way, as far as your business is concerned? I have learned that it is not as simple to sell your product than it is to make it. Making my dolls and stationery are fun...selling them is work!

What other hobbies or interests do you have? Besides painting and drawing and crafting, I love decorating and redesigning spaces in my house. I also love practicing yoga and going to the movies.

Who inspires you? [blogs, etsy shops, etc] Besides a slew of design/craft blogs, I am mostly inspired by other illustrators. Belle and Boo, Sarah Jane Studios, and The Black Apple are my favorite!

Do you have any tips to share with newbies? Since I'm a designer, I am pretty into the visuals. I think it's important to have a single brand or look to your products and your shop, so that when customer's go to your shop page, they feel like they are in YOUR store, and not etsy's. Even after doing this for 2 years, I still feel like I'm learning and absorbing other tips!

decisions, decisions!

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:21:00 +0000

alright etsy houstonians!

our lovely member, emily rose, created the most beautiful logos!

please do not vote in the comment section.
members will receive an email soon indicating how they can vote :)

Choice #1

Choice #2

Choice #3

Choice #4

wanna see more of emily's work?

she will be featured next monday on the blog - but if you simply can't wait... :)

and make sure you scroll down a little ways to check out this week's Etsy Houston Profile :)

Etsy Houston Profiles - Sharon of ArtL8dy

noreply@blogger.com (grrfeisty) — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:00:00 +0000

Name: Sharon Hendry

my shop: ArtL8dY

Where are you from? Niagara Falls, New York

Where do you live? Houston (Timbergrove Manor)

What types of things do you make/sell?

I'm selling unique mini fiber art which I call "les petites images cousues" (translation: small sewn pictures). I also sell fabric cuff bracelets.

How long have you been crafting? about 10 years

When did you decide to open up a shop?

This summer (summer of 2010)

Do you prefer to sell your crafts online or in person? Or both?

Online

Do you have a second job? If so, what is it?

I teach at HCC. I'm a digital communication professor at the West Loop campus

What inspired you to start crafting?

Houston Quilt Show (held every year at the George R. Brown in late Oct/early Nov)

Have you learned anything along the way, as far as your business is

concerned?

Time, patience, tenacity

What other hobbies or interests do you have?

Anything related to art

Who inspires you?

Teesha Moore

DJ Petiit

Terrie Mangat

Do you have any tips to share with newbies?

There's a lot of helpful hints on the Etsy site. I like the Community link where you can connect on the forums and virtual labs.