Imagine you own a brick-and-mortar shop. You sell craft supplies and you’ve spent a good deal of time carefully selecting your inventory and arranging the shelving system. Your shop looks great and you’re really proud of it. It’s a Saturday afternoon and there’s a good crowd browsing and shopping. A woman comes up to…
Archives for September 2013
3 Interesting Soft Toy Books from the 1980’s
I collect vintage soft toy books. I have about two dozen titles and I acquire new ones when I find them. A new-to-me softie book is like a new-to-me sewing blog. First I spend some time doing background research. Who is this author and how did she get into designing toys? Then I read the…
What Does “Handmade” Mean?
*A week after this post Etsy changed its definition of handmade. I wrote a second post about the new policies which you can find here. **After I wrote the post about Etsy’s new policies, Etsy got in touch with me and that led to a podcast interview with Etsy which you can find here. It…