Etsy Trashion in the Handmade Olympics!!!

We've been selected to be on the 'shortlist' for voting in the Handmade Olympics!
Please GO VOTE for the Trashion Team and spread the word!
Here's a part of rikrak's post:



thanks so very much for all of your fantastic nominations in the 2010 Handmade Olympics. what a wonderful celebration of handmade!
without further ado, i'm thrilled to present our judges' shortlist for event #5!


thanks so much to our wonderful judge for this event, the inspiring + always encouraging artist Mitsy of Artmind: the beautiful shop + amazing hands-on blog.






what our judge had to say about the nominations: "Here is my shortlist for the Handmade Olympics 2010. What a joy it was to find out more about all the nominations. I tried to get a diversity of nominees together. It's a gathering of people who do things just because, who share their live and love for handmade through their blog, who are an inspiration to others, who volunteer to make this world a better place through their craft, who raise money for people and creatures in need, who are caring & sharing,... There are so many people out there who forward kindness of all sorts. I'm happy to present the following ten people/organisations (in random order) ."


Etsy Trashion team
People that turn trash into treasures is what this team does. The Trashion Team is a group of artists that create art, jewelry, fashion and objects for the home from materials that were leftover, discarded, or found, and sell them on Etsy.
I think it's fantastic that objects get a second life and get recycled or re-used and the amount of creativity involved is amazing.

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Please see the original post for the additional nominees!

new widget

How would you like to have a shopping cart on your blog that links directly to your Etsy shop?


johnwgolden

I received an email from Etsy Team Superstars by Celeste Meyeres of Crickets Creations.


cricketscreations

"One of my teamies on another team just told me about this and I'm so excited...
visitors to your blog see scrolling photos of your etsy shop items
and can buy directly from your blog....a kind of shopping cart for free!
I deleted my flickr widget, my Etsy widget,
and a few other widgets and now just have this.
See how it looks here: http://cricketscreations.blogspot.com/
(they mention that they're planning on adding a multi-item widget
and I'm sure the look of the original widget will improve, as well):
Here's where to download:
http://cr8tivity.com/ (type in your shop name and then click "Widget")
A new set of tools to share with fellow Etsians!
This has got me excited enough to find time to blog again, lemme tellya...."


LarkStudio

So what do you think?
Let us know if you are going to use it and what sort of results you get!

Interview with Andria from You've Been Upcycled

Shop name: You've Been Upcycled
Shop address: www.youvebeenupcycled.etsy.com


What draws you to using trashion materials?
I love to recycle and I love to do my “arts and crafts” as my husband calls them. My kids drink Capri Suns every day and I thought it would be a waste just to throw them out, so I started making things with them. I have a 2 year old and would recycled his baby food jars and have a lot of those left over as well, so I let my older kids make snow globes out of them and help me make colorful candle holders.



What trashion materials do you use?
Capri Suns, gift cards, vinyl records, baby food jars, buttons, magazines, and vintage belt buckles.



Do you remember the first thing you made using the trashion concept?
My baby food jar candle holders. I made them for my wedding as hanging lanterns in the trees.

Where do you find your inspiration?
I see something that someone created and think - "I bet I could do that, let me figure out what they did" and come up with my own new creation. I'm a "learner" and love to make new things.



What creative ways do you come by your trashion materials?
Well, I usually use them and save them. I did come across my large collection of vinyl records through an auction at a storage facility, but other than that – I just use them and then reuse them!



What are your current projects and what is on the horizon?
I’m always looking to make new things that I haven’t already tried. Right now I’m starting to make new things with my Capri Suns (like pencil holders and change purses) and designing new vinyl record bracelets. So far, that’s my favorite thing to make. I also have around 200 chip/snack bags that I'm looking to turn into something...

Anything else you'd like to add?
I just want to thank you for requesting an interview! I love the Trashion Team and have been following the blog since I started selling on Etsy – it’s such an honor to be featured.