Bridal Possibilities...

The Etsy Options for a bride or groom are endless, you can find wedding favors, cake toppers, engagement and wedding rings, veils…you name it. It’s there. Here are just a few picks from the Philly Team (both individual items and shops) for bride and groom!

Let's start with the engagement:

Athena’s Disciple White Marble and Sterling Silver Ring

….and perhaps matching rings for the bridal party??

For the Bride…

Becky Augustine’s Botswana Agate and Silver Earrings

C Beauty’s green deep sea pearl necklace

Sue Lynn in the City – beautiful crystal jewelry

Glamorosi's beautiful jewelry for the bride

 

Lisa Kathryn Designs – fabulous headbands for the bride and the bridal party!

….this one is particularly great for a bride!

For everything Bridal…

The Bridal Dreamteam

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Nothing beats original art as a wedding gift....

gifts for bridal shower and the happy couple:

Make 14 Me's very special and unique wedding vases

Be sure to visit Make 14 Me's Etsy site to read the wedding vase story...

Boto Designs - unique and fun paintings

Allison Ostertag - photographs for a new home 

Miss Pigeon’s Attic 

SewFragrant

Girls Can Tell - printed pot holders and other must haves

Say Hi Beth - unique and fun magnets & more! (I actually just bought some myself...they are excellent!)

Wedding favors and gifts for the bridal party: 

Lilith's Apothecary

For after the wedding….

Great for thank you cards, photos by Allison Ostertag

Just an idea....

Link your Etsy finds through Wish Pot!

At Wishpot you can compile a registry from a variety of sources…even Etsy!

Philly Etsy Team Sews Goody Bags...

On Sunday, the Philly Etsy Team met up at Mew Gallery to sew goody bags, which we will be giving away for FREE at Swap-O-Rama-Rama* on October 19th. The goody bags will be filled with handmade, independently designed items from our team members. So far we have about 50 sewn, but we're hoping to make as many as 300.

[*Swap-O-Rama Rama (SORR) is being held at the Old Pine Community Center: 401 Lombard from 12-5pm. SORR is a clothing swap and series of do-it-yourself workshops in which a community explores creative reuse through the recycling of clothing. ** Please bring clean clothes to swap as part of admission. Admission: $20, $10 for seniors ** This event is being held as part of Design Philadelphia, the largest annual celebration of design to be found anywhere in the U.S.]

Sewing Promo Bags!

In preparation for this year's Design Philadelphia, we've started working on promo bags, which we'll be giving out at the Philadelphia Sewing Collective's Swap-a-Rama-Rama on Sunday, October 19th. Mew Gallery was kind enough to donate space for us to work, and supplied us with sewing machines...joy!

Class: Starting Your Own Etsy Shop

~ Wednesday, 5/21 from 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Instructor: Sara Selepouchin of the Philadelphia Etsy team and Girls Can Tell
Location: Coral Street Arts House
By now, if you’re a crafts lover, then you’ve heard of Etsy. But what about turning your love into $$ by opening your own Etsy shop? In this class, students will learn the basics of setting up an Etsy shop and a general primer in selling and marketing online. Class topics will include: item naming and descriptions, getting involved in the Etsy community, promoting your Etsy shop, photographing for online selling, pricing your work for internet (retail) sales, creating a consistent brand and visual consistency for your shop, and much, much more!
Cost: 35.00 For more info and registration details, please email Megan.

Sara will be covering a pretty wide range of topics on how to really rock your shop, including: * photo tips * tagging tips * a bit on branding / consistency throughout your shop * how to write effective item descriptions * information on how to set shop policy * best ways to promote on and off of Etsy * using flickr to promote your shop * building a customer base * information on a blog as a promotional tool (if a blog is right for you...) * ideas and links / sites for great promotional items for your shop * any questions or topics you'd like to discuss

There are a few spaces left in the class, which is listed on the PSC site: http://www.phillysewing.org/classes.shtml

In case the email link there doesn't work, the contact through the Philly Sewing Collective is Megan: needlethrea...@aol.com.