Would you give Carrot Girl $1 to move to Brooklyn?
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Would you give Carrot Girl $1 to move to Brooklyn?

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This is Laura Zamora, an art-school grad, printmaker and apparent crudité enthusiast who has been trying since last summer to scrape together […]

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$25 and under gift No. 17: Circa 1900 subway signs
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$25 and under gift No. 17: Circa 1900 subway signs

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Before the Helvetica Bold invasion of the 1960s (and even before Mad Men), New York’s subway system directed travelers with an eclectic […]

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Brooklyn Etsy queen opening DIY jewelry school
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Brooklyn Etsy queen opening DIY jewelry school

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Success can come in many ways these days: a promotion, a new job, finally paying off your roommate for dropping her blowdryer […]

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The dos and don’ts of holiday DIY gifts
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The dos and don’ts of holiday DIY gifts

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So You Think You Can DIY?  When it comes to handmade holiday gifts, here’s the deal: I don’t want a popsicle-stick gingerbread […]

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Etsy’s strangest items get their own blog
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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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Is this really a ‘kid-friendly’ fan?
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Is this really a ‘kid-friendly’ fan?

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At the top of yesterday’s Etsy email blast of “kid-friendly” vintage finds: an electric, metal-bladed fan from a time long ago, when […]

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