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Featured Shops | Style

Featured Shop: Kapelika

Unsatisfied by the flimsy barrettes sold in big box stores, this metalworker created a line of functional, hand-hammered hair accessories all her own.

Featured Shops | Style

Featured Shop: Buffalo Lucy

Oregon-based jeweler Julie Morris spends her days sawing and soldering unique silver and gold treasures in her plant- and music-filled home studio.

Creativity | Inspiration

5 Ideas for a DIY Ice Cream Party

Swap the cake and candles for a breathtaking DIY ice cream bar at your next summer birthday party.

Featured Shops | Home and Living

Featured Shop: WAAM Industries

Minneapolis-based makers Hanna and Andrew Vomhof put an elevated, handmade spin on everyday items ranging from lunch bags to milk crates.

Creativity | Inspiration

Crafting Inspiration: The Story Behind Etsy Studio

Introducing Etsy Studio, a new market for inspiration and unique craft supplies.

Featured Shops | Style

Featured Shop: Jilly Atlanta

From her Atlanta dining room studio, lifelong seamstress Jill Coppock dreams up timeless kids clothing and DIY patterns designed for modern childhood.

Featured Shops | Weddings

Featured Shop: Polly McGeary Wedding Antiques

Delicate, beautiful antique wedding crowns for the romantic bride—sourced, cleaned, and repaired by this Berlin collector and accessories designer.

Home and Living | Shopping Guides

Can’t-Miss Home Ideas for Every Astrological Sign

We looked to the stars to find unique home ideas, and the result is a Zodiac-inspired shopping guide with just-right pieces for every sign.

Featured Shops | Style

Featured Shop: Dariami

From her Florida studio, Ukrainian designer Daria Miroshnychenko crafts colorful, wearable jewelry and accessories that celebrate the natural world.

Featured Shops | Home and Living

Featured Shop: Kabinshop

Self-taught ceramicist and jewelry designer Carol Morley found her niche making delightfully irregular treasures by hand in her London live-work flat.

Inspiration

Inspiring Workspaces: La Lisette

This leatherworker transformed an abandoned elementary school in Amsterdam into her dream studio space.

Featured Shops | Home and Living

Featured Shop: Bird and Feather

With her line of air plant terrarium kits, Michigan maker Marianne Gardner combines her love of the natural world and a passion for entrepreneurship.

Shopping Guides | Weddings

The Top Creative Wedding Trends for 2017

Etsy’s in-house trend expert shares five fresh wedding trends for creative celebrations.

Featured Shops | Style

Featured Shop: Eried

This Athens-based architect-turned-jewelry-designer approaches both disciplines with the same appreciation for clean lines and irreducible ideas.

Shopping Guides | Style

Shop the Trend: Porcelain Jewelry

In natural white or accented with neutral hues or metallics, porcelain jewelry feels incredibly fresh right now—as these three designers’ lines prove.

Featured Shops | Home and Living

Featured Shop: Crea-Re Design

Barcelona-based Maria Fiter and Marco Migliorisi transform unwanted bits of newspaper and plastic into upcycled lamps and musical instrument cases.

Featured Shops | Style

Featured Shop: Royal Caballito

Learn how Spanish designer Diana Saldaña draws on her art-historian past to produce a forward-thinking—and sustainable—fashion line, Royal Caballito.

Creativity | Inspiration

Dried-Flower Designs to Buy or DIY

From botanical art made from real plants, to jewelry with flowers preserved inside, these ideas (to make or buy) deliver natural beauty that lasts.

Featured Shops | Style

Featured Shop: Metalicious

For gemstone-loving metalsmith Stephanie Maslow-Blackman, jewelry is more than a means of adornment—it’s a platform for celebration and storytelling.

Featured Shops | Home and Living

Featured Shop: The Basement Potter

An attempt to make friends in a new town led Jennifer Nolan to discover her passion for pottery and planted the seed for her basement business.

Creativity | Inspiration | Occasions

Make a No-Sew Felt Easter Bunny Basket

Dunking hard-boiled eggs in dye isn’t the only way to get your Easter crafts fix. This no-sew felt bunny basket is as cute—and easy—as can be.