It’s no secret that my fellow editors and I are mildly obsessed with eyeballs. From the all-seeing eye hand amulet that sits on Alison’s desk to the removable bright eyes wallpaper in Valerie’s favorites, we’re fans of all things optical. Heck, we even published a tutorial about how to make handpainted eyeball tights last fall!
So, when the time came to brainstorm our next batch of editors’ picks, it made perfect sense to focus on the ever-popular eyeball. Scroll on for our collection of visionary finds from Etsyland.
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Debbie Krusen from TwinAntiques said 6 years ago Featured
Some neat finds! In many cultures and countries the evil eye is symbolic of protection against evil and bad things. My friend is from Turkey and she has brought me a pendant and a chain bracelet that I wear every day. I feel very safe!
June from isewcute said 6 years ago Featured
Wonderful to see such variety on the same subject matter! That's one of the reasons I love etsy...you're just not going to find this kind of creativity anywhere else!
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Toile La La from ArtFashionCreation said 6 years ago
"Eye" love this editor's picks story featuring wearable eyeballs! I just added a very cool eye sculpture to a treasury. It makes sense that Etsians would love eyes - we use them so much everyday to create and to find such great treasures.
Megan from MegansMenagerie said 6 years ago
Very creepy and neat at the same time :)
Jillian Carmine from JillianReneDecor said 6 years ago
Fun finds!
Clare McGibbon from cfrenchie said 6 years ago
Theres no wondering why this article caught my eye!
CheriTrendy from CheriTrendy said 6 years ago
EYE see you! >-< lol
Hana Kratochvil, HK Silk from HanaKratochvil said 6 years ago
great!
Natalia from Nikifashion said 6 years ago
Great collection! I love the coin purse :O)
Lala Jewelry from Laladesignstudio said 6 years ago
I too am totally obsessed with the all seeing eye! Love this collection!
Erifili Panagiotou from InoriCreations said 6 years ago
Great! We just keep an eye on them ! :)
Shawna Fosket from NorthshorePrints said 6 years ago
I love it!! Eyes might just be the newest print (like chevron was and now plus signs are). Very cool!
kristin from blackmoonsky said 6 years ago
love this collection!!
Pauline Paul from PaulineandPaul said 6 years ago
One of the best fashion/accessory trends!! I love it when something that has a long historical root in many traditional cultures takes off and becomes a global fashion/pop culture phenomenon. Great picks! :)
Jennifer Juniper from PoleStar said 6 years ago
I've been noticing this all seeing eye and evil eye ward trend. Love it!
Hey Chica from HeyChica said 6 years ago
Eye love these!
Marta DQ from tribomo said 6 years ago
Love this! And the comments are the best! :)
kelly hickey from edieandglo said 6 years ago
Fantastic! You just inspired me to come up with an Eye I Spy.
Leda Design from LedaDesign said 6 years ago
Wonderful finds!
Laurie Hannegan from greendivadesigns said 6 years ago
Great collection! I use eye imagery in my own work all the time!
blingblingfling from blingblingfling said 6 years ago
great tradition……'evil eye' to keep bad spirits away…..
Tagetes from lovemyskinsoaps said 6 years ago
Great between cross tradition and contemporary art! Nice article.
Cristy Ramos from ArtisanBathandBody said 6 years ago
Awesome picks, love them all!
MyChouchou from MyChouChou said 6 years ago
Love the Olle Leksell eye print! that exact print used to be on cacao packages in Sweden in the 60-70s. I think it was Mazetti Kakao : ) How fun to see the design again! Best wishes : )
Chiarasole from Chiarasole said 6 years ago
Cool!
Matejka Max from NattyMatty said 6 years ago
Nice!
Divine Hammer from UncommonFolk said 6 years ago
LOVE this feature! I love eyeballs myself. What is it about them..? SO symbolic of so many different things.
Anne Maa Designs from AnneMaaDesigns said 6 years ago
Great feature. Love eyes!!
Natashja from JannysGirl said 6 years ago
Very cool collection, perfect for Halloween!
Elif Ustunel from elifus said 6 years ago
my favorite symbol, absolutely love these pieces <3
TenderVeal from TenderVeal said 6 years ago
I love this so much.. I have every single one of these things already Favorited haha
Tay Zul from Tayzul said 6 years ago
so kool!!!
Nur Cirakoglu from metalmorphoz said 6 years ago
Such a lovely theme and adorable collection!!
Barbara Peterson from Moosemom said 6 years ago
Hmmm, that's all I have to say.
Valena2011 from PeraMantica said 6 years ago
Thank you for post!
Sherri from ButterflyFeetDigital said 6 years ago
Interesting. I guess the "eyes" have it.
k d from kd15 said 6 years ago
It's a good "eye"dea!
Yael Berger from TheJoyofColor said 6 years ago
Great :) such cool finds Like k d said a good "eye"dea :)
SmartStylish from ChicGemsPlus said 6 years ago
Very cute items and interesting idea for endless designs!
Mitsi and May from mimaidesigns said 6 years ago
Symbolic and cute! Eye'll keep an eye on this collection.
renee and gerardo from GTDesigns said 6 years ago
cool theme!! eyeballs have never looked so trendy and chic! awesome...
Gwynne Collins from DaysLongGone said 6 years ago
Great eyes! :)
Deborah from AntMablesAttic said 6 years ago
traffic way to express your art!
Gulabo from Cooldesires4u said 6 years ago
Beautiful xx
IKA PARIS from ikabags said 6 years ago
Great finds ;)
PaperAltar from PaperAltar said 6 years ago
Fun collection !
Joanne Hague from GlobalBrights said 6 years ago
Eye love your picks also.
Allofyou from Allofyou said 6 years ago
WOW this is so COOL it's CREEPY COOL....
Bangkokpants Pants from bangkokpants said 6 years ago
Great collect !!! It's awesome
Rhiannon Macbeth from GarbOhVintage said 6 years ago
surreal
Eliza Stein from elizasteindesigns said 6 years ago
Just my style!
Betoul from EccentricApparel said 6 years ago
What a unique idea!! Eye love it!!
Even Howard from nadene said 6 years ago
Love the jewelry choices!
Arianna Featherstone from HerbNLiving said 6 years ago
wow, i love ALL of these picks. they are eyeresistable, furreal though
L Fox from Foxcultvintage said 6 years ago
I want that kid's scarf for myself! Cloverhunter bags are the best.
Keely Van Order from KeelysUniverse said 6 years ago
ay ay ay, as they would say down south ;)
Colleen from DazeyMaeTreasures said 6 years ago
Eye love these!
Georgia from JewelMeShop said 6 years ago
Gorgeous collection! This porcelain eye pot is fantastic!
Wirat J. from SkylaBoutique said 6 years ago
As a fan of eye items myself, I adore this article. :)
Irene Bellan from Nivarts said 6 years ago
I want all these things!!! GORGEOUS!
bm from MackinacIslandInk said 6 years ago
Interesting pieces !
ACR from WoodsyWools said 6 years ago
Love the porcelain pot! Yes very interesting art here !!
Zoui from XZOUIX said 6 years ago
Scary Awesome! :::-)
Veronica B. from VeryAndVery said 6 years ago
Cool collection!
Dara K. from DaraDecor said 6 years ago
Great feature!
Libivee from Libivee said 6 years ago
Gorgeous collection!
Julia D from BeHappyJewelry said 6 years ago
Everything is so pretty! Love it
ACR from IntoTheBluePaintShop said 6 years ago
great items !
kathy johnson from ShoeClipsOnly said 6 years ago
Eye Love it!!! Great post!
Mark Lam from Markfabric said 6 years ago
All eyes are looking at me. Great!
Hillary Mitchell from rationsofwonder said 6 years ago
these pieces are divine! eye too use eyes ;)
Kirsten Hadley from PomLove said 6 years ago
Oh, I love this!
Pebble Ripearls from RIPEARLS said 6 years ago
interesting theme to pick!
I Will Fly design from IWillFly said 6 years ago
These are Very Fun Designs. I'm sure they would be appropriate to wear to the next meeting of any secret organizations you might be a member of.
Mahrukh Niazi from MahrukhNiazi said 6 years ago
Love it.
Janine from IndependentReign said 6 years ago
such a fun and quirky mix!
Emi said 6 years ago
Beautiful selection!
isCraFT from isCraFT said 6 years ago
WOW! I L O V E it!!! Awesome!
M. S. O'Donnell from Emuzings said 6 years ago
The "eyes" have it!
Jillian Abernathy from jillybeanvintage said 6 years ago
I love the collar picture! Great collection.
Johanna White from joyoustreasures said 6 years ago
The ring and the necklace are pretty awesome.
Olivia and Abby from TinyForestPrints said 6 years ago
So eclectic and awesome! love it
Blue Bella Beads from BlueBellaBeads said 6 years ago
awesome!
nielander from AmyNielander said 6 years ago
Great theme throughout all projects!
Fruitfly Pie from fruitflypie said 6 years ago
Super fun, love it!
Diana Williams from worstwestern said 6 years ago
This is a good one
Debbie Krusen from TwinAntiques said 6 years ago Featured
Some neat finds! In many cultures and countries the evil eye is symbolic of protection against evil and bad things. My friend is from Turkey and she has brought me a pendant and a chain bracelet that I wear every day. I feel very safe!
Ksenia Volodina from tricksterlis said 6 years ago
Favorite topic! love it
Kristian Jessie Jessie from KristianJessie said 6 years ago
Nice finds !
B. Thomas from KuriosaTea said 6 years ago
Eye agree....nice article :)
Joyce and Elizabeth from TheBusyElfWorkshop said 6 years ago
This is a great collection! Awesome picks.
June from isewcute said 6 years ago Featured
Wonderful to see such variety on the same subject matter! That's one of the reasons I love etsy...you're just not going to find this kind of creativity anywhere else!
KatsKube from JamellaDaisy said 6 years ago
I love the eyes too, but eye don't think eye could have eye wall paper. To many eyes watching. lol
Stella Melgrati from theYarnKitchen said 6 years ago
some funny finds!
Austeja Square from HalfSquares said 6 years ago
Superb finds and conception! Thanks for sharing.
Shelley McElhiney from shellseye said 6 years ago
Lots of cool stuff, thank you for sharing!
peppermintponies810 from AnimalArtDecor said 6 years ago
Eye see what you mean. Lots of creativity and eye catching ideas!
queenfrieze21 said 6 years ago
I love eyes But you want to keep eyes on JackyStyie a company under esty.
Ritz from Designsbyritz said 6 years ago
Beautiful collection and creation here :)
Kashuen Collectibles from Kashuen said 6 years ago
Love those eyes earrings. So much fun. Thanks for sharing!
Becky and Kurt Knudsen aka Piggy and Dirt from KurtKnudsen said 6 years ago
Smart pupils! We made a stained glass star with a glass eye center.
Diane Troyer from Baublemaniac said 6 years ago
Love the theme, quirky but cool!
kathi roussel from 5gardenias said 6 years ago
Love!
CM from SPUNKbyCM said 6 years ago
Wonderful theme, and unique products!
Nicole from KarmaCodeOne said 6 years ago
This is a great theme ! I enjoyed the featured artists and found new favorites !
madonavintage5060 from Antiquevintage60s said 6 years ago
Nice Love!
Khum Wieng Kham from KhumWiengKham said 6 years ago
❤
Koren Kwan from GarasuWonderland said 6 years ago
Cool designs, love this shop!
Molín Solitario from MolinSolitarioShirts said 6 years ago
We love eyes!
candice beaty from IRENESVINTAGEBLING said 6 years ago
Eye love it
Marina Astafyeva from marinaasta said 6 years ago
Cool ideas! Thank you!
7east from 7east said 6 years ago
Never really thought about getting into eyeballs! This blog and collection is great! Really enjoyed it.
Pepitas House from PepitasStudio said 6 years ago
Great theme
FeltWoolSlippers S from FeltWoolSlippers said 6 years ago
Very Nice Finds!
accentonvintage from accentonvintage said 6 years ago
Great selections!
kitkateden from Kitkateden said 6 years ago
Love the eyes!!! Good find
Nerrissa W from RecycledWares said 6 years ago
Thanks for gathering some wonderful pieces that I can add to my favorites. I've had my eye on that patch for some time, no pun intended.
Autumn Rose from ArtbyAutumnRose said 6 years ago
love
Liss from PeachPillows said 6 years ago
Unique things... that's Etsy to me. Where you can find something that is Unique.
Kathy Read from DixieVintageShoppe said 6 years ago
Great finds!
Cindy Ellison from CindyEllison said 6 years ago
Eye love those eyes, too! You have such great ideas ... keep up the great work!
Sujata from TreasuredMemoryLane said 6 years ago
Creepy but different. Love these eyes.
Michelle from twobloomsds said 6 years ago
Great finds. :)
Dilani SK from Especially4UHandmade said 6 years ago
Will keep on eye....:-)
Pamela Hiltunen from CVCVintage said 6 years ago
SOo Much Fun! xoxo
Lauren Maki from NorthernAuthentic said 6 years ago
EYE really like this theme. Pun totally intended! <:)
elifinedesign from elifinedesigns said 6 years ago
I like it alot, very nice finds :)
Iron Eater from Miniversal said 6 years ago
Hmm, might do some eye-themed EYE-tems soon (sorry for the pun, everyone else was doing it!).
Jennifer Presler from IlluminativeHarvest said 6 years ago
very fun article!
Deborah from AntMablesAttic said 6 years ago
Very unique and different
Krista Pastecchi from kristapastecchi said 6 years ago
All eyes on this page! Hehehe such a fun use of pattern!
Jade Wilkinson from JustJadess said 6 years ago
This is great!
Ludy from ludysan said 6 years ago
I have mugs and bowls with eyes too.
Koren Kwan from GarasuWonderland said 6 years ago
Great finds~
Kerime Sevilen Mustafaoglu from ASHYL said 6 years ago
Great selection! Love them :)
Katrina Dzerkale from Dominna said 6 years ago
Love the ring !
Owl Streets from OwlStreets said 6 years ago
Magical!
LaraineRose from LaraineRoseHandiWorx said 6 years ago
Now I know where the saying comes from, "The eyes have it."
Givon Nissan and Sons from GivonJewelry said 6 years ago
Looks great! ;-)
judy reno from HisHeartMyArt said 6 years ago
Very creative! Thank you! (His eye is on the sparrow...)
Jamie Schools from ShesaScrapper said 6 years ago
Love the earings.
Jackie Dickinson from dinosaurdrygoods said 6 years ago
Love these picks. Good job!
Craig Neukirch from Turns2art said 6 years ago
If the eye is the window to the soul, then we have some pretty creative souls here in our Etsy family, huh?
Linda from FlirtyDivaTees said 6 years ago
I'm getting this uneasy feeling....someone is staring at me
Sue Mowrer Adamson from AroundTheBlockVT said 6 years ago
As an art teacher, whenever I teach portraiture, students always struggle with their eyes-I'll take them to Etsyland and let them see the directions they can go in. "Eye think I can, Eye think I can....."
Karen M from SpecialKreation said 6 years ago
this reminds me of ancient Egyptian art. very exotic and chic at the same time. I love it
michelle hur from michellehurjewelry said 6 years ago
awesome!
Print Arms from Printarms said 6 years ago
OK now this is really a great slant on the eyeball. Love it.
allwood1 from AllWoodToo said 6 years ago
Gotta love the eyes!!!
Amber from BambuEarth said 6 years ago
Gorgeous jewelry!
Jen from BirkaLexiaJewelry said 6 years ago
Freakin´love it!
meary.k jewelry from MEARYK said 6 years ago
Very unique finds !!
TheBoutiqueJewelry from ParakeetsPerch said 6 years ago
So cool!
Second Skein from SecondSkein said 6 years ago
Reminds me of Elsa Schiaparelli
Jan MacNeill from Jazzbydesign said 6 years ago
Wow what an awesome article! Thanks for sharing:) Jazzbydesign Charms
Melanie Wu from shopkokoro said 6 years ago
Great article! I love all the patterns and colors these items have! So diverse~
flordehikuri from flordehikuri said 6 years ago
Very unique post. Beautiful eyes!
Andrea Gilletti from KillinMeSoftly said 6 years ago
eerie and beautiful.
mad4modvintage from mad4modvintage said 6 years ago
glad we see eye to eye...
Lika Ramati from Likasvision said 5 years ago
cool
Dan from GraphicGuyDesign said 5 years ago
cool stuff!!