November, 09 08

me and my etsy

who frequents Etsy?
Etsy is a massive meetingonline-fleamarket’esq place, where you can shop for exquisite handmade things.

I’m not so much a sucker for ‘handmade’, but I AM a sucker for odd knicky-knack’y things, and uhm… weaponry. made into jewelry.

I got my Robot necklace in the mail just yesterday, and thought I’d highlight some of the stuff I’ve gotten from Etsy.

clicking on the picture takes you to Downabove's Etsy shop

clicking on the picture takes you to Downabove's Etsy shop

This is Mr. Robo, by the Etsy seller Downabove. I saw a stylized photo of him on another bloggers website and decided I needed to have one. I originally thought he was a metal robot, but Downabove’s Etsy shop is all polymer clay. Vcky loves robots.

clicking on the picture takes you to BOTOCE's Etsy shop

clicking on the picture takes you to BOTOCE's Etsy shop

Everyone balks when I tell them how much I spent on my knife earrings, but I don’t regret a single penny. It’s a pair of hand-carved hand-painted wooden knives, and they’re soooooooooooooooo cool.

wii-mote, meat cleavers

On the left are a set of Wii-Mote earrings by TheClayCollection. If you have time to check out one site and want a blast of nostalgia, go see the shop. There’s Nirvana CD-cover earrings, floppy disk cuff-links, and pac-man stuff.

On the right is my almost favourite pair of earrings by HushHush. Meat cleavers. Yep.

Until my next etsy find!!!

Comments
  • rott3nbanana
    Posted November 9, 2009 at 2:12 am | Permalink

    zomg. i never ever wanted my ears pierced til i saw those cleavers! maybe buy them anyway lol!

  • selenium
    Posted November 9, 2009 at 9:22 am | Permalink

    i used to browse etsy, but i had to stop myself since there were so many things that i wanted to buy. however, seeing that robot necklace that you got, i’m tempted to go visit again…

  • lorets
    Posted November 9, 2009 at 12:07 pm | Permalink

    i have never heard of etsy and it might be a dangerous thing that i did now :P the robot necklace is the cutest and coolest thing ever!!

  • vcky
    Posted November 9, 2009 at 11:25 pm | Permalink

    haha etsy is a beast :) a marvelous one haha.

    @rott3nbanana, the ONLY reason i got my ears pierced (well, besides this streak of mom-rebellion), was to wear funky earrings :) i have so many, and they’re the best ice-breaker conversation starters :)

    @selenium, i really did stop my etsy’ing – until i saw that robot on a random blog :) now i am on downward spiral…

    @lorets i’ll show you it :)

  • selenium
    Posted November 10, 2009 at 8:26 am | Permalink

    lol…dearest vcky,

    not that i’m blaming you or anything…but you’ve sparked my etsy frenzy again! after reading your post yesterday, i bought a total of five items (well, seven, if you count two chains)! this can NOT be good for my wallet…XD

  • LT
    Posted November 10, 2009 at 9:59 am | Permalink

    those knives are killer…

  • rory
    Posted November 16, 2009 at 4:16 pm | Permalink

    holy crap, that stuff is awesome. too bad i don’t wear earrings…