Showing posts with label host. Show all posts
Showing posts with label host. Show all posts

Sunday, October 26, 2008

What's an Etsy or a Street Team for that matter?

I have a habit of starting jokes with the punchline, and jumping into conversations in the middle...So here's a little backround on these "Street Teams" and "Etsy" that I keep talking about:
Etsy, www.Etsy.com, is a an online community for people to buy and sell handmade items. Since Etsy's launch in June 2005, over 100,000 sellers have opened up shops. A real sense of community has grown among this international group and continues to grow. I am a part of this growing community with my wee Etsy shop: http://fairytalefibers.etsy.com. I have also joined
two street teams, Etsy Trashion, and HOST.

Etsy street teams are groups of organized Etsy members who network, share skills, and promote their shops and Etsy together. Teams are Etsy’s biggest and most creative grassroots engine for support, networking and marketing – for each team member’s shop, for the Teams themselves, and for Etsy as a whole.

Trashion:
We are a Street Team of Etsy artisans dedicated to the Art of Trashion. We create art, jewelry, fashion and objects for the home, made from materials that were leftover, discarded, and found. Trashion is all about bringing out the beauty in unconventional objects and materials.
For us recycling is an art and an ideal. The Trashion philosophy encompasses environmentalism and innovation, and respects the human creative and healing potential. You can discover more about the trashion team at our blog: http://etsytrashion.blogspot.com which I help to curate.

HOST:

Our goal is to give unconditional support to any fellow Estian in their time of need. Support being prayers, thoughts, hugs; a shoulder to cry and lean on; money; sales. We only care about the person, not their race, religion, or nationality... We are a community here of caring hand made artisans who just want to extend a helping hand all year long."I am a new member of this group but I've found the people very friendly and willing to help, often even when they're experiencing emotional or financial difficulties themselves. This is a generous and dedicated group, and worthy of our support!

HOST helps out financially through some individual contribution of team members and also through their team shop that you can find at http://HOST.etsy.com This shop is made up of items donated by HOST members. When the items are sold, 100% of the proceeds go to helping Etsy members in need. Below you can see just a few of the amazing items offered at the HOST shop...you may even see a couple of my hoods that I donated!

Etsy
Buy Handmade
HOST

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

We are doing the Monster Mash



The Trashion Team, www.etsytrashion.com is having it's first annual Monster Mash! We partnered up, palchemy style, to swap unwanted, found, and ready to upcycle materials. Right now, team members are making two plush monsters each. We are listing these critters in two different places. One will be listed in our own shop, the other we are donating to the H.O.S.T. (Helping Others Street Team) Shop. We chose to donate a Monster from each participating member to the Helping Others Street Team (HOST) in order to raise money for fellow Etsyians in need. That is perfectly aligned with the Trashion Team's philosophy of environmentalism, innovation, and embracing creative healing. So be on the look out for Trashion Monsters coming soon!
Search for "Monster Mash" and "Trashion Team" or check out the H.O.S.T. shop! Here's a list of participating shops:

Kiki at http://allthenumbers.etsy.com/
Keri at http://bayousalvage.etsy.com/
Wendy at http://buttercupbloom.etsy.com/
Katie at http://crookedthumb.etsy.com/
Maija at http://davaeva.etsy.com/
Elena at http://elenamary.etsy.com/
Drew at http://fairytalefibers.etsy.com/
Linda at http://fashiongreentbags.etsy.com/
Olivia at http://thefiligreegarden.etsy.com/
Lori at http://fisheye.etsy.com/
Jen at http://jen1kanobi.etsy.com/
Kae at http://kae1crafts.etsy.com/
Jane at http://lilmonsters.etsy.com/
Millie at http://misscourageous.etsy.com/
Carly at http://nectorgirl.etsy.com/
Ashly at http://normalisboring.etsy.com/
Peg at http://peggradyart.etsy.com/
Pam at http://remaker.etsy.com/
Ricki at http://rixiepixie.etsy.com/
Cathie at http://sweetwolf.etsy.com/
Kim at http://theredcan.etsy.com/
Evy at http://thirdhanddesigns.etsy.com/
Kelly at http://tresijas.etsy.com/

Not Too Creepy Bug- Donated to HOST by Fisheye
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=16378679