Christmas Lookbook AND a contest? Crazy talk!! Crazy good!!

Monday, November 27, 2017

As you know, the Christmas Lookbook is out, and now we're doing a giveaway in conjunction with City of Craft, Makeology and Noble Craft House!

Check it out! You need to be on instagram to win!! Free money! Who doesn't love free!



W I N • We have teamed up with some of your favourite markets to give you a chance to win a $25 at each market to spend on your favourite treasures! How do you win? 
1- Like this photo on instagram
2- Tag your date below for a chance to win $25 to spend at TEST Christmas Marketplace.
3- Do the same for each of the markets you plan to attend! 

@cityofcraft is happening December 8 to the 10th 
@torontoetsystreet and @noblecrafthouse December 16th
@makeologyca December 17th

Certificates are only redeemable at each individual market, you must be present to redeem. Certificates are not to be combined. Winner will be announced December 4th. Good luck! 




Toronto Etsy Street Team Christmas Marketplace VENDOR LOOKBOOK IS HERE!

Sunday, November 26, 2017


The Vendor Lookbook is finally here!!
Click the image above or click the link below:
https://sites.google.com/view/torontoetsyxmas/home

The Toronto Etsy Street Team is happy to present our 4th annual Christmas Market!

Featuring:

  • Free swag bags to the first 50 shoppers!
  • Handmade & vintage wares of over 30 local makers!
  • Selfies with Santa!
  • And a visit with Krampus for the naughty boys & girls!

See you all Saturday December 16th, 11AM St. Stephens-in-the-field Church, corner of College/Bellevue

DINOVEMBER at the Toronto Etsy Street Team Gallery

Saturday, November 11, 2017


Fossil amonnite ring by Slashpile Designs
Join for the second weekend of DINOVEMBER at the Toronto Etsy Street Team Gallery! Find a celebration of all things dinosaur - and in fact all extinct life of the Mesozoic - at the Toronto Etsy Street Team Gallery, 906 Queen St W, from 12 to 6 this weekend or 10:30 to 2:30 on Tuesday.

Fine art: painting, printmaking and scupture; jewellery, housewares, cards and toys and some great gift ideas for dinosaur-lovers young and old! Here's a little peak at items in the show.
Terra Incognita by PaperParadigm
Dinosaur planters from
Sonic Bloom

Watercolour whimsical dinosaurs from Deirdre Wicks of Water in my Paint
Screenprinted T. rexes on paper and as stuffed animals by sunandstarsco

Dinosaur heart multimedia sculpture by the vexed muddler

Linocut dinosaurs and other Mesozoic creatures from minouette



Vendor Call: Bloor West Village 2nd Annual Christmas Market

Wednesday, November 1, 2017


CALLING ALL VENDORS, CRAFTERS AND ARTISANS!!!
BLOOR WEST VILLAGE 2ND ANNUAL CHRISTMAS MARKET is looking for 10 Vendors/Crafters/Artisans to Participate mixing in with our local BIA members to sell their product! It will be a fun filled family day! Over 3,000 attendees last year! 
Date: November 25th 2017 Time: 9:30am-4:30pm
Cost: $80 for 10x10 space including table, including 2 chairs, covered tent, and additional signage you get to keep! 
Contact: Mary Isaacs - mary@shopbloorwest.com for more information!

Vendor Call - Holiday Market December 2nd at Tokki!

Friday, October 13, 2017


Calling all local makers!!
Tokki is holding their first annual Holiday Market on December 2nd and we are looking for local makers who make cute things for kiddos.

If this is you please email info@tokki.ca and introduce yourself and provide 3-5 photos of the awesome things you make and a link to your website and socIal media platforms.

The fee is $45 for the day and we have limited spots available.
We look forward to seeing your amazing stuff.
Deadline to apply is Oct 22

October Workshops at the T.E.S.T Gallery Space

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Join Jaycow Saturday, October 21st at the Toronto Etsy Street Team Gallery space for a workshop in working with Thermoplastic!
This material has incredible potential. A high tech material used in the medical industry, this form of Thermoplastic is just now being explored
by artists/makers looking for a new material that can yield fairly instant organic shapes, sculptural forms. It can be spray painted, brush painted
sewn/wired onto other materials, cut, rolled. Worked into weavings, paintings, jewellery, sculpture, and unique headwear.

Saturday, Oct 21st 12pm start - $155pp  
Seats are limited, reserve yours here (short link):http://wp.me/P3U9AI-14a

Jaycow started her millinery journey in the London College of Fashion in 2004. She also trained with Rose Cory, Royal Milliner to the late Queen Mother.
With a great passion for millinery, Jaycow has travelled the world attending millinery events; The International Millinery Forum, Hats of to Melbourne, Hats off to Brisbane and Millinery Meet Up to learn from well known, experienced milliners.
Considered a pioneer of millinery in Hong Kong, introducing the craft of bespoke millinery to the Hong Kong fashion scene in 2005. Jaycow was one of very few milliners to work in Hong Kong, creating bespoke hats for a city where one might not expect to find so many millinery enthusiasts. Such an unusual profession in an unexpected city meant that Jaycow achieved a kind of industry status as the go-to person for hats. Her designs have crowned the heads of famous pop music icons,
actors, socialites, brides and fashionistas in Hong Kong, Japan, USA, China and the UK.
Now based in Toronto, Jaycow enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience with other like-minded enthusiasts through special workshops.
She has taught workshops in Hong Kong, USA, Australia and China and now in Toronto!
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Wilder Duncan's Bat Skeleton Articulation Workshop

Reserve your seats with a deposit of $135 (class fee $270)  
In this class, students will learn how to create an osteological preparation of a bat in the fashion of 19th century zoological displays. A cleaned bat skeleton (Pipistrellus abramus), a glass dome, branches, glue, tools, and all necessary materials will be provided for each student, but one should feel welcome to bring small feathers, stones, dried flowers, dead insects, natural elements, or any other materials s/he might wish to include in his/her composition. Students will leave the class with a visually striking, fully articulated, "lifelike" bat skeleton posed in a tall glass dome. The class will focus on teaching ancient methods of specimen preparation that link science with art: students will create compositions involving natural elements and, according to their taste, will compose a traditional Victorian environment or a modern display.
Workshops taking place:
Thursday evening, Oct 12 6:30pm start
Saturday afternoon, Oct 14 12pm start
Sunday afternoon, Oct 15 12pm start 
Reserve your seat here with a deposit-  http://nanopod.tv/skeleton-articulation-workshop

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Elvis & Frida sugar skulls by, Rio Valdez 

Dia De Los Muertos Sugar Skull Making Workshops!

October 28 & 29th come make and decorate sugar skulls for Halloween and our                      Day of the Dead ofrenda!  $20pp 13yrs on up! $10 per child 12 – 5yrs*
Everyone is welcome to join the fun! Learn how to make and decorate Mexican sugar skulls. Learn about Dia de los Muertos festivities and the Ofrenda. How to construct sugar skulls will be demonstrated. Adding foils, paper flowers & icing will be demonstrated. Participants will then decorate their sugar skulls using Royal icing, metallic foils and more!  Fun for the whole family!  Workshops start at 12pm Saturday and Sunday. Green chile/corn tamales, tacos, chips & various salsas, churros, horchata and more (so, don’t eat lunch beforehand!) * children 12 & under must be accompanied by an adult.


Halloween may be on Oct. 31, but there’s another spooky date on the calendar directly after: “Dia de los Muertos.”  -from ibtimes.com
Now celebrated in countries around the world, Dia de los Muertos, or “Day of the Dead,” is a two-day holiday which originated in Mexico to remember deceased loved ones. It’s a Mexican national holiday and the country’s largest celebration of the year, but Dia de los Muertos extends well beyond to Guatemala, Brazil, Spain and Mexican-American communities in the United States.
The observance is Nov. 1 and 2, coinciding with the Catholic All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. Typically, the two-day celebration is divided into separate days to honor deceased youth, Dia de los Inocentes (Day of the Innocents) or Dia de los Angelitos (Day of the Little Angels) on Nov. 1, and adults for Dia de los Muertos on Nov. 2. In some beliefs, it is a three-day holiday beginning on Oct. 31, All Hallows Eve, when some believe the souls of young children arise at midnight.
Not to be confused with Halloween, this holiday has a rich history and involves more than dressing up in costumes or trick-or-treating.
On Dia de los Muertos, families gather to celebrate those who have died as well as build altars in their homes, schools or other public places to pay homage to the deceased. Many honor the dead with gifts of sugar skulls, chocolate, marigolds (the Mexican flower of death), sweetbreads and trinkets. Families also typically visit graves to deliver the ofrendas, or “offerings,” and hold vigils with candles and photos.
Dia de los Muertos can be traced back to the Aztecs who celebrated with a festival for the goddess of the underworld, Mictecacihuatl, and the Catholic Spanish conquistadors’ All Saints’ and All Souls’ days. Scholars have noted the indigenous cultures of Mexico honor the Lady of the Dead, the modern La Catrina, which many recognize today as a skeleton woman wearing a fancy hat.

The Toronto Etsy Street Team's Christmas Marketplace Vendor Call!

Friday, October 6, 2017

In case the form above doesn't work for you here is a link to the application form: https://www.cognitoforms.com/TorontoEtsyStreetTeam/TheTorontoEtsySteetTeamChristmasMarketplaceVendorApplication

Vendor Call: Found: Holiday Edition

Thursday, October 5, 2017



Found: Holiday Edition
Found is a collective of designers, artists and makers who would like to educate and build the maker community while encouraging the Toronto community at large to discover and explore who they are. It's a place where non-makers can participate and be enabled to start making for themselves. Packed with guest speakers, affordable workshops, interactive games and a swanky curated bazaar - this magical one day festival is a first of its kind.

We’re seeking Makers from the Greater Toronto area for the first edition of Found. If you have never sold any of your goods through a market before, this is a great time to be seen and showcased!
Event Date: November 25, 2017

Location:
The Costume House
165 Geary Ave, 2nd Floor, M6H 2B8, Toronto
*No elevator access to venue
To Apply:
Visit https://foundfest.com/application to fill out the application.


Preliminary Details: Makers will be provided a table and be required to be onsite to sell their items on the day of the event. We will be advertising this event to the broader community, and throughout social media.
Minimum of 5 good quality images of your items. Items must be produced and designed by you. If chosen to participate we will require one high resolution professional image of your products for promotional purposes. Applicants will be chosen based on a juried selection and notified by October 24th if they have been chosen to participate.

Application Deadline:
October 21st, 2017

Vendor Fee:
$115 per table, includes one 6’ table and two chairs. Table sharing is allowed. Full payment of your fee will be due by October 27th in order to secure your table at the event and ensure that you are included in all promotional materials. Use promo code TIGER40 to save $40 off the table price. Offer ends Oct 15, 2017.

Due Date Timeline:
October 21, 2017 – Application Due
October 24, 2017 – Invitation to Participate

Marketing Campaign:
Poster Distribution throughout the GTA
Facebook/ Instagram Exposure
Press Releases to various outlets

Questions? Email us at gotfound@foundfest.com

Vendor call: Wychwood Barns Holiday Market

Tuesday, October 3, 2017


Wychwood Barns will be hosting a very special two day holiday market occurring on Saturday December 9th (Night Market) 5pm – 11pm and Sunday December 10th (Day Market) 9am-6pm. A unique event that will animate both Barn 2 and the Covered Courtyard at Artscape Wychwood Barns with an exciting variety of elements. 

The Holiday Market will include: 
- SATURDAY NIGHT MARKET: With special performances. 
- BAR: A full bar in Barn 2, operational 5 pm – 11 pm Saturday and 11 am – 6 pm Sunday. 
- GREAT FOOD: Wonderful things to eat for our guests – food and dessert vendors, curated by The Stop in the Stop Classroom and also around the bake oven, available throughout the event. 
- PERFORMANCES: A central live performance stage in Barn 2 programmed with continuous entertainment including choir performances, bands, singers and perhaps even some holiday storytelling! 
- DECKED HALLS: Festive holiday décor throughout, trees and more, under the string lights.

Inquiries can be directed to brad.tr.stevenson@gmail.com - deadline is October 31

Deadline Extention: Still a change to apply to Dinovember!

Monday, October 2, 2017

The Toronto Etsy Street Team gallery is hosting a group art celebrating all things dinosaurs!
This exhibition will feature art in all media and handcrafted items about everyone's favourite extinct behemoths*, the dinosaurs! For Dinovember we are seeking dinosaur items from imaginative artworks to scientific illustrations to handmade toys and other goods.
Other non-dinosaur Mesozoic creatures are also welcome! We love flying and marine reptiles, prehistoric fish and more.
*Diminuative dinosaurs are also welcome.

This is a juried show. We will be seeking completed ready to hang artworks and craft of all media.


Vendor Call: An Artisan Intervention at The Gibson House Museum

Friday, September 29, 2017



Gibson House Museum: Artisan Intervention
November 18th, 2017, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Vendors wanted to participate in the annual Artisan Intervention at Gibson House Museum.  This is a weekend of crafts and local, handmade wares featuring the Toronto Etsy Street Team.  

This year access to vendors will be free for guests, while the museum will charge a holiday rate for guests who wish to explore the historic house.  Historic demonstrations of crafting and baking will be taking place with tea and tastes for guests.  

The historic house will be decorated in festive Victorian fashion for the holidays. Vendors who make items using historic techniques, or that can demonstrate a link to historic Toronto or Victorian-themes are preferred.

The museum can provide tables, chairs and limited free parking to vendors. Email gibsonhouse@toronto.ca to apply by October 20th. Participation in the Artisan Intervention is free; however, Gibson House Museum reserves the right to screen applicants based on suitability.

An UnNatural History Exhibit, Bat Skeleton Articulation, Dia de los Muertos & more!

Tuesday, September 26, 2017



An UnNatural History Exhibit:

Oct 5-Nov 2 2017
T.E.S.T Gallery Space: 906 Queen Street West @Crawford, Toronto

An unNatural History draws inspiration from a fascination with the artistic representation of natural history and the creation of fictitious places in literature.
A documentation of something newly discovered; but for instance, whereas it is claimed that some of Ernst Haeckel's embryo drawings of 1874 were fabricated, for example, an UnNatural History starts in the opposite direction, from a conjecture of the imagination grounded with elements that - although bizarre - are quite real, to try to give it verisimilitude.

Artists were asked to explore the past and future through: Hybrid organisms, fictional fungi/botany, distant imaginary worlds, unusual geometry, otherworldly life, geography, animals, minerals, astronomy, genetic mutations. Tell us their story, what they do in their environment, including interactions with other organisms if applicable. 

Work by:

Kathryn Bell
Kristen D'Aquila
Wilder Duncan
Lavinia Hanachiuc
Mar Hester
Holly McClellan
Judith Pudden
Kest Schwartzman
Rosemary Stehlik
Tosca Teran
Pati Tozer
Elaine Whittaker
Ele Willoughby
Cynthia Winters

Opening reception/Halloween costume party:          

Friday, Oct 13, 7pm - midnight  Check out our Facebook event here! https://www.facebook.com/events/1635268766497835

Tarot readings with Alie Tarot- 8pm-midnight

Best costume prize

Spin the wheel raffle- 10pm

Cash bar

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BAT SKELETON ARTICULATION Workshops • Reserve your seats with a deposit of $135 (class fee $270)  


In this class, students will learn how to create an osteological preparation of a bat in the fashion of 19th century zoological displays. A cleaned bat skeleton (Pipistrellus abramus), a glass dome, branches, glue, tools, and all necessary materials will be provided for each student, but one should feel welcome to bring small feathers, stones, dried flowers, dead insects, natural elements, or any other materials s/he might wish to include in his/her composition. Students will leave the class with a visually striking, fully articulated, “lifelike” bat skeleton posed in a 10″ tall glass dome. The class will focus on teaching ancient methods of specimen preparation that link science with art: students will create compositions involving natural elements and, according to their taste, will compose a traditional Victorian environment or a modern display.

Workshop dates: 
Thursday evening 6:30pm start
Saturday afternoon 12pm start
Sunday afternoon 12pm start
Reserve your seat here
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Create with Thermoplastic

Saturday, October 21st, 12pm start $155pp
Have fun creating freeform, organic, one of a kind shapes! Use it for a headpiece , mask or for display. 
Create unusual forms and shapes for head-pieces, masks, jewellery and more! 

No experience necessary, all materials included! 



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Dia De Los Muertos Sugar Skull Making Workshops!

October 28 & 29th come make and decorate sugar skulls for Halloween and our                      Day of the Dead ofrenda!  $20pp 13yrs on up! $10 per child 12 – 5yrs* 
Everyone is welcome to join the fun! Learn how to make and decorate Mexican sugar skulls. Learn about Dia de los Muertos festivities and the Ofrenda. How to construct sugar skulls and animals will be demonstrated. Adding foils, paper flowers & icing flowers will be demonstrated. Participants will then decorate their sugar skulls using Royal icing, metallic foils and more!  Fun for the whole family!  Workshops start at 12pm Saturday and Sunday. Green chile/corn tamales, tacos, chips & various salsas, churros, horchata and more (so, don’t eat lunch beforehand!) * children 12 & under must be accompanied by an adult.
Everyone can participate and put something either traditional or symbolic on the altar. The altar is where people can express their feelings for those loved ones being honoured. Americans (and non-Catholics) are beginning to adopt this tradition and now altars are becoming popular in private homes as well as in public places.  In Mexico, the traditional family altar explodes with colour during Day of the Dead when many special items are set out as offerings to the returning spirits. The entire family will work together in the decoration; similar to families who decorate their Christmas tree together. Many families spend up to two month’s earnings on the food & decorations for their ofrendas.  Halloween may be on Oct. 31, but there’s another spooky date on the calendar directly after: “Dia de los Muertos.”  -from ibtimes.com
Now celebrated in countries around the world, Dia de los Muertos, or “Day of the Dead,” is a two-day holiday which originated in Mexico to remember deceased loved ones. It’s a Mexican national holiday and the country’s largest celebration of the year, but Dia de los Muertos extends well beyond to Guatemala, Brazil, Spain and Mexican-American communities in the United States.
The observance is Nov. 1 and 2, coinciding with the Catholic All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. Typically, the two-day celebration is divided into separate days to honor deceased youth, Dia de los Inocentes (Day of the Innocents) or Dia de los Angelitos (Day of the Little Angels) on Nov. 1, and adults for Dia de los Muertos on Nov. 2. In some beliefs, it is a three-day holiday beginning on Oct. 31, All Hallows Eve, when some believe the souls of young children arise at midnight.
Not to be confused with Halloween, this holiday has a rich history and involves more than dressing up in costumes or trick-or-treating.
On Dia de los Muertos, families gather to celebrate those who have died as well as build altars in their homes, schools or other public places to pay homage to the deceased. Many honor the dead with gifts of sugar skulls, chocolate, marigolds (the Mexican flower of death), sweetbreads and trinkets. Families also typically visit graves to deliver the ofrendas, or “offerings,” and hold vigils with candles and photos.
Dia de los Muertos can be traced back to the Aztecs who celebrated with a festival for the goddess of the underworld, Mictecacihuatl, and the Catholic Spanish conquistadors’ All Saints’ and All Souls’ days. Scholars have noted the indigenous cultures of Mexico honor the Lady of the Dead, the modern La Catrina, which many recognize today as a skeleton woman wearing a fancy hat.

And the winners are...

Sunday, September 24, 2017

This year we were happy to partner with SickKids Foundation as our community partner for Etsy: Made in Canada. During the show we sold over 250 raffle tickets to eager supporters trying to win one of two swag bags complete with $25.00 Etsy Gift Certificates!

The winning tickets are:

Winner #1: 2135715
Winner #2: 2135685

If you have one of the winning tickets please contact us: torontoetsyst@gmail.com
Good luck!

Vendor Call



Where: Queen Street West, at Noble St
When: Ongoing
Rate: They are offering FREE tables for the first year.

The space is located right on Queen, and will include the covered driveway to the back of the building, under a covered parking lot behind the building. The owner said that they are willing to pull out all the stops in order to make it a great event, ie, they will buy and supply the tables, lighting, heat lamps for the colder months, onsite representation and upkeep, and whatever else is required.

Sabir is waiting to hear from you at 416-876-8008 or email him at marspropertyz8@gmail.com

Etsy: Made in Canada, Toronto 2017 - Sat. Sept. 23rd

Thursday, September 21, 2017

The big show is THIS Saturday! Are you coming out?
Why not? What to see what its all about?
Here's a video of 2016!

Etsy: Made in Canada 2016 from Etsy on Vimeo.

Etsy: Made in Canada Toronto 2017 maps!

Monday, September 18, 2017



We have 125 displays at this year's Etsy: Made in Canada show in the airy, MaRS Discovery District Atrium! This year's show features a new Fashion Foyer with direct access from College St, where you will find contemporary and vintage fashion and accessories. The Vintage Nook is returning this year for all you great vintage finds. Stretching from the University Avenue entrance in the west, through the Heritage Atrium to the east end of the building which can be accessed via Elizabeth St, you'll also find your favourite, local, handmade bodycare purveyors, fine artists, food vendors, graphic design and stationary, housewares, jewellery, vendors of items for kids and babies, items for pets, knit and crochet ware, fashion accessories, photography and the show's sponsors and partners.  

Plan to come early for a chance at one of the fabled Etsy: Made in Canada swag bags! Plan your route today and make sure you visit all your favourites.

A note, on finding your way: In general, the odd numbered tables and displays are on the north (College St) side, and even numbered ones on the south (TGH) side. There are multiple entrances from University Avenue, College St, Elizabeth St and directly underground from Toronto General Hospital and the Queen's Park subway station! The building is accessible, with wheelchair lifts, multiple elevators and ramps on the outside of the building any of which can be used to negotiate the one stairway between west side (tables 1 through 44) and east side (tables 45 through 125) of the Atrium.

Etsy: Made in Canada - WORKSHOPS ARE HERE!

Friday, September 15, 2017


THE WORKSHOPS ARE HERE!

Sign up now! Tickets are limited!
Workshops, as always, are FREE!
All materials provided!

11AM-12PM - Make a Monster with Heather of Corbin Creative

11AM-12PM - Wooden Cactus with Lily Kao Designs

12:30-1:30PM - Knit a Neuron with Tahani of Purple Lilac Amiguri

12:30-1:30PM - Beginner Embroidery with Ketzia of KK Illustrations

2-3PM - Rug Hooking with Bookhou

2-3PM - Fall Embroidery with Michelle of Kirkiki Press

3:30-4:30PM - Leather Coin Purse with Robin of Fitzy Designs


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