New members introduction

[#1]

Ok, let me start...

Hi, I'm Stefi. I'm originally from Italy and I live in London with my husband and 2 children (a babyboy and a toddlergirl). I've always loved art, craft and learning to create new things... I just love the satisfaction of "I made it"!
I've got a passion for african art and style in generalm as you may have guessed looking at my shop...
Nice to meet you all!!

X

[LittleObservationist]

Hi everyone! I'm Steph, originally from New York but have been in London since 2007 apart from 6 months in Colombia in 2011. I'm currently based in West London. Photography is a huge passion of mine and I'm looking forward to building up this new shop. You can also find me on my blog http://www.littleobservationist.com. Looking forward to contributing to the team!

[CorsetsandCostumes]

Hello Everyone

I'm from East London and I've lived in the London area all my life. I've been on Etsy for about a year now. I think its a fantastic site.

I have always loved sewing and always had an interest in period clothing. Only now its turning into a sort of obsession! I leave and breathe it! If I'm not actually making something then I'm either thinking about it, or I can be found hanging around local fabrics and trimmings shops.

I am always learning and teaching myself to make items I've never made before. I'm never happier than when I'm planning a new item and dealing with the challenges that arise, including juggling domestic stuff, social life, and trying to fit it all into 24 hours!

An Etsy meet up would be great but I know how hard that would be to organise.

[Former_Member]

Hi everyone!

My name is Mel & I love chocolate! Check me out on:

http://www.fortheloveofchocolate.co.uk

http://love-of-chocolate.blogspot.co.uk/

http://love-of-chocolate.tumblr.com/

https://www.facebook.com/loveofchocolat

https://twitter.com/LoveOfChocolat

[Former_Member]

Hello!
I'm Roxi, I'm from East London and I opened my Etsy shop a couple of weeks ago - hi everyone :)

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/157381044/sterling-silver-fallen-feather-necklace?ref=shop_home_acti...

[Former_Member]

Hey im Lucas and i have just recently opened my shop selling womenswear fashion garments, i am a student at Central Saint Martins on a gap year at the moment, i live in south east london and look forward to becoming a regular etsy seller : )

[Former_Member]

If you have a moment to check out my shop please do

http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LucasJoyce?ref=si_shop

[Former_Member]

Hi,
I'm Shigure and I'm from north-west London. I've lived in Harrow all my life, and I'm starting college in september. I've always liked art and crafts but only for fun (I did art GCSE but hated the rigid-ness of it all, so I'm not doing it for A-level), and I love videogames and other fun stuff. My etsy store is pretty new (a month or so) and I look forward to becoming a proper part of the etsy community, and this team :)

[Former_Member]

Welcome everyone!!!
Your shops are great and I hope you'll find Etsy a great place to trade!!!

[Former_Member]

Hello! I'm Jen and I live in North London with my fiancé and work part time while running my Etsy shop.
I've always loved drawing and painting and studied Illustration at university, graduating in 2010.
I'm hoping to keep learning how to run my business and grow with it!
Eek x

[Former_Member]

Hi Jen and welcome to thew team!!!

[Former_Member]

Hello I'm living in North London and am very excited to be part of this Etsy community, I've just started posting listings and am a photographer/ graphic designer but really hope by pursuing my Etsy shop I can devote more of my time to photography.

[Former_Member]

Welcome Samantha, really gorgeous pics :)

[Former_Member]

Hello! I've been doing stalls at markets round and about for a while. I sell clothes and hand made jewellery... I've just started selling online as the other place that starts with E... take too much money to make it worth my while! So I have finally gotten round to listing here.
I live in North London up in Barnet now, but spent 4 years in Shepherd's Bush and have lived in Russell Square for a few years as well. I moved to London when I was 19 and I don't think I could live anywhere else now!

[Former_Member]

Hello I have just very recently moved to London from Australia. I live in North London in a very small flat with my partner and we are loving it here. I just opened my Etsy store yesterday and I've only 1 thing listed at the moment but rest assured, there will be more!

I've always been a creative person and back at home working as a fashion buyers assistant I found this was taking up too much of my time. I felt my everyday life wasn't as creative as I wanted it to be. So I decided to open an Etsy store, so that it would give me the motivation to keep on creating.

I love that this team exists, I've been reading through all the posts and looking at your stores and am feeling very inspired by so much talent!

[Former_Member]

Hello Claire and Seeta, gorgeous items in your shop, I'm sure that you both will do well on Etsy :)

[PaperPomsUK]

Hello everyone...
Newbie mum here from Tulse Hill, lived here for 13years. I've got a 6week old boy, and 2 girls running my company whilst I stay at home for a while...

Any others from S.London? I'm finding business on Etsy very slow and need a boost. Do you all.ever meet up?would like a bit of mentoring on getting my listings right so.that I get included on the wedding directory.
Juliet x

[PaperPomsUK]

BTW, the 2 girls aren't my daughters... They are freelancers!

[jael001]

Hi all. I live in Borehamwood in Hertfordshire and make jewellery from my bedroom. I'm a single mum to a 12 year old daughter who also loves to make jewellery. I have a part time "real" job, also from home, which makes it easier for me to keep doing what I'm doing, although ideally I'd love to be doing this full time.

I've set up my Etsy shop today and just listed a few things to start with. It's all new to me here so it's going to take me a bit of time to find my way around but I'm sure I'll come to love it.

[Former_Member]

Hi everyone!

I've just joined this great team, although I've been selling on etsy for a few years now. I'm a graphic designer living in London, originally from Cambridge.

It's very nice to meet you all, and I look forward to hanging out here more!

[Former_Member]

Hello Everyone.

Im Tizzy from Tizzy buttons. Serious button fetish turn etsy shop. I make lots of things from buttons but my time is taken up with making things for other people at the moment (I am a freelance textile designer) so my etsy shop has turned into selling off some of my hoarded suppliers for the time being until I can get back to making myself. Couldn't help playing around with some packaging ideas tho to keep it fun.

Thanks for the invite to the group - loving being in the company of such fine folk. :)

[Former_Member]

Hello everyone, I am a new team member! I live in South London and design and make (or sometimes have products made by small UK producers) cards, prints and homeware.

I've not been on etsy very long and am still learning how to make the most of it, really looking forward to sharing tips and experiences through this group.

[Former_Member]

Hi,i'm Carin, new to online but have had our shop in Romford for 23 years,i upcycle lots of the secondhand bits that we buy in in the shop as well as selling vintage

I am always on the look out for anything different we can sell in the shop and am always up for a swap/trade

[Former_Member]

Hi, I am Colin from London. As a job I am an astronomer and science writer but I recently got married and caught the crafting bug when we made a lot of the little touches ourselves and they looked awesome. So I thought I'd try my hand at bringing vintage and geek chic together.

[Former_Member]

Hello! My name is Niki, I am based in South London and I got involved in Jewellery Making 6 years ago. I started off with beadwork but only found the type of jewellery I wanted to sell when I moved to London and discovered glass resin jewellery which I love! I am also hoping to do some more silver clay jewellery in future! x

[Former_Member]

Hello,
My name is Kelly, I'm 24 years old and recently started a small design company called Taluna Designs, trying to make something that I love doing into a career. I'm based in East London and recently finished a degree in Film. :)