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All About the Shapez

Repost: Etsy Wins

Image by SteveHarvey.com
6/17/16: Here are some (estimated) statistics:
- Year I first started obsessing about Etsy: 2010
- Hours per week I spend browsing Etsy: 20
- Hours per week I spend writing Etsomnia: 7
- Average number of Etsy-related posts I write per month: 10
In other words, I’ve spent approximately 7,000 hours on Etsy. Personally, I think that number looks a little low, but I digress.
In all my thousands of hours on Etsy, and in spite of all the stellar Etsy sellers I’ve profiled, I’ve never, ever come across something this fantastic. Are you ready? Continue reading
Repost: The Art of the Mask
Repost: Teacup Fairy Gardens
Christmas Recycling
Etsomnia™ 330: He Sees You When You’re Crafting

Etsom·ni·a (/etˈsämnēə/), noun, 1. a sleep disorder caused by obsessive Etsy browsing. 2. The surprising arrival of weird handmade merchandise ordered when one is only half conscious. (True story.) 3. An excuse for me to be an obnoxious, snarky New Yorker once per week.
Continue readingRepost: Paper Pusher
Stamp Collection

Analog Arts and Crafts

Can’t Keep a Good Man Down

Teacup Fairy Gardens:
Virtual Thing of the Day: 4/16/20
In Gourd We Trust (Again)
I was looking through some of my old Halloween posts, and I came across this gem from 2015. I didn’t have a lot of followers back then, so not a lot of people saw it. I thought you might get a kick out of it. Enjoy!
Continue readingEtsomnia™ 224: Feeling Stabby

Where did clowns shop before Etsy?
Et·som·ni·a (/etˈsämnēə/), noun, 1. a sleep disorder caused by obsessive Etsy browsing. 2. The surprising arrival of weird handmade merchandise ordered when one is only half conscious. (True story.) 3. An excuse for me to be an obnoxious, snarky New Yorker once per week. Continue reading
Inspired Threads

Olena Gliboka/AwesomePatternStudio
Chalk Couture

Chalk Couture/Ashley Melchiorre
Steam Pumpkins!
Live NYC Etsy Event on 5/21/17

Photo: Grand Bazaar NYC
Etsomnia™ 139: WTF Volume III

That’s one helluva pre-existing condition.
Et·som·ni·a (/etˈsämnēə/), noun, 1. a sleep disorder caused by obsessive Etsy browsing. 2. The surprising arrival of weird handmade merchandise ordered when one is only half conscious. (True story.) 3. An excuse for me to be an obnoxious, snarky New Yorker once per week.