How to make a wallet out of a juice carton
DIY

How to make a wallet out of a juice carton

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Transform the act of taking out your MetroCard, cash or whatever else you keep in your wallet into a showcasing of your DIY creation.

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6 cool Brooklyn-made things on Etsy
Shopping

6 cool Brooklyn-made things on Etsy

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Six Brooklyn-made Etsy items that go beyond Scrabble tile cufflinks, things with owls on them, and stuff made out of tree bark.

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Sell your jolly wares at Greenpoint holiday market
News

Sell your jolly wares at Greenpoint holiday market

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Instead of yelling at 2 Broke Girls for blowing their hard-earned startup cash on a revenge fantasy, you could be doing something […]

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Want to do something good with old fabric? Totes!
Outings

Want to do something good with old fabric? Totes!

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Oh, hey, you love The Strand? Us too! While it’s hard to argue with the merits of reusable tote bags — something […]

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Don’t vacuum cat hair, turn it into a necklace
News

Don’t vacuum cat hair, turn it into a necklace

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Flora Davis of San Francisco is selling a surprisingly beautiful line of necklaces on Etsy – all made of a cat-hair “felt” she created by rolling the fur between her hands.

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Who’s crafty? Free Etsy labs return Monday
Brooklyn Heights/ DUMBO

Who’s crafty? Free Etsy labs return Monday

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If you’re a fan of the Etsy Labs, get excited: not only do Monday’s Craft Night resume next week, the labs have […]

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How to make the most of BKLYN DESIGNS
Brooklyn Heights/ DUMBO

How to make the most of BKLYN DESIGNS

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Marty Markowitz blessed the 8th annual BKLYN DESIGNS event this morning at St. Ann’s Warehouse in DUMBO, kicking off a weekend homage […]

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How to: a street peddling primer
Careers

How to: a street peddling primer

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Stroll down Bedford Avenue on a nice day and the life of a street-vendor can look pretty appealing. So free, so independent, […]

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Enter to win our tote-bag giveaway
Handmade

Enter to win our tote-bag giveaway

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How cool is this? To demonstrate the many things that can be made from a plain old t-shirt (in this case, an […]

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Etsy’s strangest items get their own blog
Shopping

Etsy’s strangest items get their own blog

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Via Thrillist we discovered the cleverly titled Regretsy blog, a catalogue of items like amputated pigeon feet, soap that looks like a corn-doodie, a cuddly plush teddy bear with lady business (um, what for?) and this “birth education” crochet pattern.

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