Vintage Renewal on Etsy Finds!

Vintage Renewal on TAFA

Vintage Renewal made it on Etsy Finds, a curated and themed email Etsy sends out.  Congratulations, Jeanne!

Etsy's theme for this one was Flea Market Trends, showcasing this piece under Refurbished Furniture.  See it here.

A nice video on Etsy by PBS

Brenda Abdullah recycles sweaters into new garments.

PBS came out with a nice video on Etsy, shown below.  They have several artists talk about the work that they do, giving special importance to recycling or upcycling the old into something new.  They also make a good point in stating that Etsy allows artists access to a broad market, that art does not need to exclude that which is functional or available to the masses.  

Many of our TAFA Team members also have the environment as their agenda.  Garbage becomes the raw materials we forage for in our work.  And, those selling vintage items also extend the life of something old, giving it a renewed purpose in a fresh home.  "One person's trash, another one's riches."  

You will find examples of both upcycled and vintage items in all of our shop categories.  Explore the tabs at the top of this blog to visit our Etsy shops.

Search Improvements: A Chat with Etsy Staff & Engineers

By Barbara Harms, Asian Art and Quilts

PSST..you have got to hear this!

I watched this live stream on ETSY last night.I was really surprised with what I learned, I usually don't utilize ETSY labs as much as I could. This link is heavy from relevant information for anyone selling or buying on ETSY. I'm on a mission to share this with every ETSY shop keeper that I can. Search Improvements: A Chat with Etsy Staff & Engineers

For example...Do you know how the new ETSY relevancy search effects you and your customers? How does it compare with the default search? Do customers use it & what are they saying? What is the criteria for ranking? All this and more, answered right at the end of this link above.