Etsy Journal

Journal

Creativity | Inspiration

The Ultimate DIY Birthday Party Playbook

Mix and match your favorite handmade ideas—from a sweet (and easy) dessert station to favors guests will treasure—for a more personalized party.

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Shopping Guides | Style

Are You Pro-Pineapple or Team Watermelon?

Discover what your favorite trending fruit motif says about you.

Inspiration

How a Mother’s Etsy Shop Saved Her Family From Eviction

When her family was two weeks from losing their home, this mom opened a business that fulfilled her creative calling and changed their lives forever.

Featured Shops | Weddings

Featured Shop: Magaela Accessories

Make every day a special occasion with accessories designer Michaela Durisova’s bold floral creations.

Creativity | Featured Shops

Featured Shop: Tamar Nahir Yanai

For illustrator and kit maker Tamar Nahir Yanai, introducing makers to embroidery is the ultimate joy.

Home and Living | Shopping Guides

Seven Hot Outdoor Decor Trends to Try Now

The minimalist birdhouses, lush summer wreaths, and one-of-a-kind wind chimes to give your outdoor space a chic seasonal update.

Featured Shops | Style

Featured Shop: Omi Woods

Toronto-based designer Ashley Alexis McFarlane reimagines traditional African textiles to create her line of modern, playful, multi-purpose garments.

Creativity | Inspiration

Make an Easy Upholstered Bench

Create a bench that’s just your style with this upholstery DIY from Honestly WTF.

Featured Shops | Style

Featured Shop: forestière

Inspired by the palette of the Pacific Northwest, this fiber jewelry designer lets the materials guide the way when creating her sustainable line.

Featured Shops | Home and Living

Featured Shop: Vegetabowls

For this husband-and-wife ceramicist team, inspiration for their produce-shaped pottery is only as far away as the closest farmers market.

Creativity | Inspiration

A DIY Wedding Favor That’s Just Your Taste

Create a signature tea blend your guests will love with aromatic ingredients like rose buds, dried vanilla bean, and black tea leaves.

Featured Shops | Weddings

Featured Shop: Clare Vacha

When this illustrator designed a custom comic book-style invite for her own wedding, she never dreamed it was the beginning of a booming business.

Home and Living | Shopping Guides

The Top Home Decor Trends for 2017

The five most exciting interiors trends we spotted at top design fairs this year.

Featured Shops | Home and Living

Featured Shop: Mighty Paper

Calling all pencil perfectionists, eraser aficionados, and general office-supply obsessives: Your new favorite shop is here.

Shopping Guides | Style

Beauty Buys for Every Astrological Sign

Let the stars guide you to the beauty buys destined for your makeup bag.

Featured Shops | Style

Featured Shop: Industrial Jewellery

This designer expertly combines industrial materials (think: springs, ropes, and rubber) with natural elements in her contemporary jewelry line.

Home and Living | Inspiration

Crafting a Community

As an artist, then a gallery owner, and now curator of the shop Golden Rule, Erin Duininck has always found magic in the connections between makers.

Inspiration

Celebrating Pride With Tate Britain

This year, we’re proud to celebrate Pride in partnership with Tate Britain at the Etsy You Belong Here pop-up market.

Creativity | Inspiration

Make Cute and Colorful Rainbow Soap

Make your next celebration a memorable one with these easy DIY party favors.

Inspiration

Welcome to the Etsy Journal

We’ve got a new name and we’re embracing new mediums to tell Etsy’s story—including a digital magazine.

Featured Shops | Home and Living

Featured Shop: The Letter Loft

After a series of business flops, this designer teamed up with her dad to create the successful home and event venture of her dreams.