Pop-up this weekend! Sat April 8th & Sun April 9th!

POP UP THIS WEEKEND!

Sat April 8th & Sun April 9th

Featuring the wares of: 

ToneTextiles

Hand-made items for you and your home.

https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/ToneTextiles

WunderbarSoap

High quality vegan bath and beauty products.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/wunderbarsoaps

FabriArts

Quality Quilts and Fun Fabric Designs

https://www.etsy.com/shop/FabriArts

As well as the wares of; The Toronto Etsy Street Team

Prints, Fabrics, Jewellery, Miniature Foods, and Plushies!

Landfill DesignsMaking something out of Nothinghttps://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/LandfillDesigns

Pikelet WorkshopBeautiful Australian design handmade in Canadahttps://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/pikeletworkshop

Minouette

Things from secret minouette places

https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/minouette

ThunderpeepIndependent publisher for the adventurous at hearthttps://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/thunderpeep

CandiWare JewelryHandmade Scented Miniature Food Jewelryhttps://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/CandiWareJewelry

Art That MovesOM for your home - original art, printmaking & textileshttps://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/ArtThatMoves

May 2016 #TESTaroundtown

Find our talented Toronto Etsy Street Team members selling their handmade and vintage wares in person when you shop locally at these May 2016 events in Toronto and St. Catharines:

Event	Date & time	Location	TEST Shop(s)
Crafts for a Cause	Sun. May 1 1pm-5pm	Sandman Signature Hotel Toronto Airport 55 Reading Ct Toronto, ON	attn2detail Designs
Blossom and Bloom	May 6–7 Fri. 12pm–8pm Sat. 10am–4pm	Union Station 65 Front St W Toronto, ON	HeavenleeDays
Spring HandMade Market	May 6–7 Fri. 11am–7pm Sat. 9am–6pm	13th Street Winery 1776 Fourth Ave St. Catharines, ON	The ChemistTree DesignedToLife
Made with Love	Sun. May 8 12pm-6pm	Scaccia Restaurant 55 Bloor St W Toronto, ON	attn2detail Designs
Bellwoods Flea @ Dundas Video	Sat. May 14 11am-6pm	Dundas Video 831 Dundas St W Toronto, ON	HeavenleeDays
Artfest Toronto	May 21-23 11am-6pm	Distillery District 55 Mill St Toronto, ON	Clayshapes
Roncy Flea	Sat. May 21 10am-6pm	Emmanuel Howard Park Church 214 Wright Ave Toronto, ON	Torched Studio HeavenleeDays
Pedestrian Sunday @ Kensington Market	Sun. May 29 12pm-5pm	Fresh Collective 274 Augusta Ave Toronto, ON	Torched Studio

April 2016 #TESTaroundtown

Find our talented Toronto Etsy Street Team members selling their handmade and vintage wares in person when you shop locally at these April 2016 events in Toronto, Pickering, Mississauga, and Hamilton:

Event	Date & time	Location	TEST Shop(s)
MAKE IT! Fair	Sat. Apr. 9 11am-3pm	Bowmore P.S. 80 Bowmore Rd Toronto, ON	Lynn's Lids
East End Expo	Sun. Apr. 10 11am-4pm	Pickering Recreation Complex 1867 Valley Farm Rd Pickering, ON	Namaste Freund
Green Living Show	Apr. 15-17 Fri. 12pm–9pm Sat. 10am-8pm Sun. 10am-6pm	Metro Toronto Convention Centre North Building 255 Front St. W Toronto, ON	Rong Designs
The Mamas & the Papas Craft Show	Sat. Apr. 16 10am-4pm	First United Church 151 Lakeshore Rd. W Mississauga, ON	Namaste Freund
Makeology Spring Craft Fair	Sat. Apr. 16 11am-6pm	The Cotton Factory 270 Sherman Ave N Hamilton, ON	Art That Moves carolyndraws Clayshapes Erin McMom jarred Kiriki Press Light & Paper Pikelet Workshop Sprouts Press Designs
Wayzgoose Book Arts Fair	Sat. Apr. 30 9am-5pm	Grimsby Public Art Gallery 18 Carnegie Ln Grimsby, ON	Sprouts Press Designs

Are you a T.E.S.T. member with a May 2016 event to add to our listings? Drop Lynn a line through her shop Lynn's Lids, with the Etsy Local event link to the event, along with your shop link. (No Etsy Local event for your show? Go ahead and create one with all of the details at www.etsy.com/ca/local/.)

March 2016 #TESTaroundtown

Find our talented Toronto Etsy Street Team members selling their handmade and vintage wares in person when you shop locally at these March 2016 events:

Event	Date & time	Location	TEST Shop(s)
Toronto Comicon	Mar. 18-20 Fri. 4pm–9pm Sat. 10am–7pm Sun. 10am–5pm	Metro Toronto Convention Centre 255 Front St. W. Toronto, ON	CovenSK Neverwares
Bellwoods Flea	Sat. Mar. 19 11am-6pm	Dundas Video 831 Dundas St W Toronto, ON	HeavenleeDays Sudsatorium
Leslieville Flea	Sun. Mar. 20 10am-4pm	Fermenting Cellar 28 Distillery Lane Toronto, ON	Ellen Evered Designs JBplusDG Lisa Young Design Sudsatorium
One of a Kind Spring Show & Sale	Mar. 23-27 Wed. 10am-9pm Thu. 10am-11pm Fri. 10am-9pm Sat. 10am-9pm Sun. 11am-6pm	Enercare Centre 100 Princes Blvd Toronto, ON	Aren't You Fancy carolyndraws The Chemist Tree Clayshapes Cubit's Pip Robins

Are you a T.E.S.T. member with an April 2016 event to add to our listings? Drop Lynn a line through her shop Lynn's Lids, with the Etsy Local event link to the event. (No Etsy Local event for your show? Go ahead and create one with all of the details at www.etsy.com/ca/local/.)

February 2016 #TESTaroundtown

Find our talented Toronto Etsy Street Team members selling their handmade and vintage wares in person when you shop locally at these February 2016 events:

Event	Date & time	Location	TEST Shop(s)
Cabin Fever Feb Sale	Feb 3-Feb 29 W-F 12pm-6pm S-S 11am-6pm	Arts Market 1114 Queen St E Toronto, ON	Lynn's Lids
Naughty and Nice Fair	Sat. Feb. 6 11am-6pm	Camaraderie 2241 Dundas St W Toronto, ON	Namaste Freund
#MuchLOVE	Sat. Feb. 13 11am-7pm	Arta Gallery 14 Distillery Lane Toronto, ON	Art That Moves Lynn's Lids
Bellwoods Flea	Sat. Feb. 13 11am-6pm	Dundas Video 831 Dundas St. W. Toronto, ON	Sudsatorium
Sacred Lifestyle Valentines Mkt	Sun. Feb. 14 11am-5pm	The Great Hall 1087 Queen St. W. Toronto, ON	attn2detailDesigns
Trinity Bellwoods Flea	Sat. Feb. 20 11am-6pm	Studio Bar 824 Dundas St. W. Toronto, ON	CovenSK Sudsatorium
Leslieville Flea	Sun. Feb. 21 10am-4pm	Fermenting Cellar 28 Distillery Lane Toronto, ON	Sudsatorium Lisa Young Design

Are you a T.E.S.T. member with a March 2016 event to add to our listings? Drop Lynn a line through her shop Lynn's Lids, with the Etsy Local event link to the event. (No Etsy Local event for your show? Go ahead and create one with all of the details!)

Instagram #WeBeTEST 29 day intro challenge

Teammates, I've been trying to come up with a way to connect all of us TEST members via social media, for the team itself and for our audience, and the night before last I got it...

Let's do a 29 day (for the full month of February - yes, starting tomorrow) challenge together on Instagram. The idea is to let your audience get to know you over the month - a bit of #meetthemaker for the Toronto Etsy Street Team. So there are 29 prompts. I know a few members are not going to be here for the full month of February so they will either schedule their posts for those days or just skip them. Whatever you can do, do, but please don't stress about it, it's meant to be fun!

If you have an Instagram account, please join us by downloading one of the attached images with the prompts (to the right and below) and post it before your first post on Monday, and INCLUDE THE HASHTAG #WeBeTEST WITH EVERY ASSOCIATED POST.

If you are not on Instagram, this is the perfect way to get started - just interpret the prompt and join in (be sure to include that hashtag: #WeBeTEST ). Creating an account is easy, just download the app on your phone or tablet. https://www.instagram.com/

When you're finished the month, you should have enough material to create your blurb video on your About Page in your Etsy shop!

Clarifications

There should be a few images of you in there, including day 1, day 10 (you working on your amazing products), and a video of you making on day 16. People want to get to know you and love to see your process!

There are a few that are scheduled for Thursdays and could be #tbt (throwback Thursday) images including day 11: my first Etsy listing or sale, day 18: my display (at a show or in a shop), and day 25: My Hometown.

On Day 14 (Valentine's Day) let's share the love and post our favourite product from a teammate! (Or do several throughout the day if you can't choose one!)

Days 6, 13, and 26, My Unique, Colour, and Textures should really be of your products - we want to see your work!

Be sure to include some comments with your photos including the prompt, #WeBeTEST and a bit about you photo/interpretation.

Let's do this thing, TEST peeps!

~ Lynn (Instagram: @lynnslids Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lynnslids)

Vintage vendor call: Toronto Vintage Clothing Show & Toronto Antique and Vintage Market on March 5 & 6, 2016 at QE Building Exhibition Place

Calling all Etsy vintage vendors!  The Toronto Vintage Clothing Show & Toronto Antique and Vintage Market is happening this March 5 & 6, 2016 at the QE Building, Exhibition Place.

Catherine Knoll, the show organizer, has nicely offered any TEST vintage members interested in vending at the show a discount of $25 off the booth fee when they book online via the show Shopify site. The fee covers both Saturday and Sunday.  You can split a booth with another vintage seller if you'd like (arranged on your own). Load in for vendors will be Friday, March 4th. Vendors are required to participate both days of the show.  They can set up an Etsy vintage area if there is a good number of Etsy vendors.

More details about the application and discount are below.  Please contact Catherine Knoll directly and she will send you the show information and discount code.

If you are interested in sharing a booth, you can leave a comment below and another vintage vendor might like to share with you to split the show fee.  This is a great vintage show with lots of foot traffic and shoppers to both the Vintage Clothing Show and the Antique/Vintage Market all happening under one roof!

The Toronto Vintage Clothing Show returns to the QE Building at Exhibition Place on March 5 & 6, 2016.

To register online, follow the link below:

http://www.torontovintageclothingshow.ca/show-information

We are offering a $25 discount to ETSY vendors – use the code ETSY25 at checkout.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call or email.

Looking forward to having you join us!

Catherine Knoll

Affiliated Showsales

613-521-1970

www.torontoantiqueandvintagemarket.ca  March 5 & 6, 2016

www.torontovintageclothingshow.ca  March 5 & 6, 2016

December 2015 #TESTaroundtown

Apologies for the delayed December post! It's a busy time for all of our team members!

Find our talented Toronto Etsy Street Team members selling their handmade and vintage wares in person. Shop for the holidays locally from your favourite Etsy shops at these December 2015 events:

Event	Date & time	Location	TEST Shop(s)
The One of a Kind Christmas Show & Sale oneofakindshow.com	Nov. 26 - Dec. 6 Mon-Sat 10am-pm Sun 11am-6pm	Enercare Centre 100 Princes Blvd. Toronto, ON	Art That Moves CandiWare carolyndraws CGMonsters Cubit's gotamago Green Bean Things Handmades by Rovena Made in Brockton Village Pip Robins Queenie's Cards Sprouts Press Designs
CSI Holiday Pop Up Market	Thu. Dec. 3 12pm-9pm	Centre for Social Innovation 720 Bathurst St. Toronto, ON	Rong Designs
Toronto Fan Days Holiday Show comicontoronto.com	Sat. Dec. 5 11am-5pm	Metro Toronto Convention Centre South Bldg - Hall F 222 Bremner Blvd. Toronto, ON	Veelightful
Crafternoon Tea facebook page	Sat. Dec. 5 11am-4pm	Queen Street Presbyterian 947 Queen St. E. Toronto, ON	Heart's Haven Lisa Young Design Nathalie-Roze Papermuse Designs
Mid Day Mrkt	Sun. Dec. 6 12pm-6pm	2nd Floor Event Space 461 King Street West Toronto, ON	Rong Designs
City of Craft	Dec. 11 - 13 Fri: 6pm–10pm Sat: 11am–6pm Sun: 11am–5pm	The Theatre Centre 1115 Queen St. W Toronto, ON	Rong Designs
Annex Flea: Holiday Edition	Dec. 12 - 13 11am–6pm	Centre for Social Innovation 720 Bathurst St. Toronto, ON	FoldIT Creations Papermuse Designs Rong Designs Sudsatorium
Christmas Gladstone Flea	Sat. Dec. 12 10am-4pm	Gladstone Hotel 1214 Queen St W, Ste 2, B Toronto, ON	Rong Designs
TEST Christmas Marketplace	Sat. Dec. 12 11am-5pm	Church of Saint Stephen-in-the-Fields 103 Bellevue Ave. Toronto, ON	BonnieClydeVintage CuriousBirdPottery Dot Handmade FashionelleStudio filthyrebena FoldIT Creations Heart's Haven HoneyThistle RitualistSkincare stitchandspoke thunderpeep Torched Studio
Winter Folk Fair facebook page	Sun. Dec. 13 11am-5pm	St.Vladimir Institute 620 Spadina Ave. Toronto, ON	Torched Studio
Trinity Bellwoods Flea	Sat. Dec. 19 9am-5pm	Bathurst & Dundas Toronto, ON	Citchen Candle Co FoldIT Creations jool Rong Designs Sudsatorium TerraSoapCo
Trinity Bellwoods Flea	Sun. Dec. 20 9am-5pm	Studio Bar 824 Dundas St. Toronto, ON	FoldIT Creations I.M.Wyred Rong Designs Sudsatorium

Got a January 2016 event or TESTy to add to our listings? Drop Lynn a line through her shop Lynn's Lids.

November 2015 #TESTaroundtown

The second in our new monthly series, and it's jam-packed with places to find our talented Toronto Etsy Street Team members selling their handmade and vintage wares in person. Shop locally from your favourite Etsy shops at these November 2015 events around Toronto and much further afield. And if you're looking for something to do today (Oct 25), then head to the Evergreen Brick Works for the Farmers' Market, Cask Days and Etsy Marketplace, where you'll find many TEST members and their wares.

Event	Date & time	Location	TEST Shop(s)
Artisans Holiday Market at Sick Kids	Fri. Nov. 6 10am-5pm	The Hospital for Sick Children 555 University Ave. Toronto, ON ON	Purple Lilac Amigurumi
Craftstock craftstock.weebly.com	Sat. Nov. 7 10am-4pm	White Oaks Secondary School Oakville, ON	Lisa Young Design
Toronto Urban Collective Pre-Holiday Pop-Up Market urbancollectiveto.com	Sun. Nov. 8 11am-6pm	Glass Factory 99 Sudbury St. Toronto, ON	Station Toronto
Christmas Handmade Market handmademarket.ca	Fri. Nov. 13 11am-4pm Sat. Nov. 14 9am-4pm Sun. Nov. 15 11am-4pm	Honsberger Estate Micro Winery 4020 Jordan Rd. Jordan, ON	bijouxbead Lynn's Lids
Toronto East Rotary Annual Arts & Crafts Sale	Sat. Nov. 14 10am-5pm	Eastminster United Church 310 Danforth Ave. Toronto, ON	Heart's Haven I. M. Wyred thunderpeep
Holiday in the Hood facebook page	Fri. Nov. 20 3pm-8pm Sat. Nov. 21 9am-4pm (check website to see if shop is there for 1 or 2 days)	Earl Beatty Public School 55 Woodington Ave. Toronto, ON	Clayshapes Lisa Young Design
Trinity Bellwoods Flea trinitybellwoodsflea.com	Sat. Nov. 21 11am-6pm	824 Dundas St. W. Toronto, ON	Heather Hird Design
Toronto Art Crawl Christmas Market torontoartcrawl.com	Sun. Nov. 22 11am-7pm	The Great Hall 1087 Queen St. W. Toronto, ON	Station Toronto Enfys Photography
Mistletoe Market	Mon. Nov. 23 10am-9pm	Royal St Georges College 120 Howland Ave. Toronto, ON	Lisa Young Design
Make It Edmonton! makeitproductions.com	Thu. Nov. 26 11am-9pm Fri. Nov. 27 11am-9pm Sat. Nov. 28 10am-6pm SunNov. 29 10am-5pm	Edmonton EXPO Centre 7515 118 Ave. NW Edmonton, AB	Lynn's Lids
The One of a Kind Christmas Show & Sale oneofakindshow.com	Nov. 26 - Dec. 6 Mon-Sat 10am-9pm Sun 11am-6pm (check website to see if shop is there for the first 5 days or the full 11 days)	Enercare Centre 100 Princes Blvd. Toronto, ON	bubyNoa Handmade Toys & Accessories CandiWare Jewelry carolyndraws CGMonsters Clayshapes Cubit's Gotamago Handmades Rovena Made in Brockton Village Queenie's Cards Sprouts Press Designs things from secret minouette places
The Sassy Little Craft Show facebook page	Thu. Nov. 29 2pm-8pm	Victory Cafe 581 Markham St. Toronto, ON	Veelightful

 
Got an December event or TESTy to add to our listings? Drop Lynn a line through her shop Lynn's Lids.

November 2015 #TESTteaches

Many of our talented Toronto Etsy Street Team members teach workshops around town. We hope to post their upcoming classes on a monthly basis here. Come learn something new with T.E.S.T.!

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Crochet for Adults (all levels) from Monica of Kydz Lydz
Learn to crochet in this ongoing program, open to men and women over age 16. Bring your own yarn and crochet hook.

Date: Every Thursday 6:30pm-7:30pm
Cost: free
Location: East End Community Health 1619 Queen St. E. Toronto, ON
Registration: Call Jackie Carruthers 416-778-5805 x220
More info: eastendchc.on.ca

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Needle Felting 101 from Lynn of Lynn's Lids
Learn to make an adorable love penguin from wool roving (the stage after shearing and before spinning into yarn) using just a barbed needle! Quick to learn and fun to do, come learn to sculpt with wool using the dry sculpting technique that is needle felting. No experience necessary, and all materials are provided.

Date: Thurs. Nov. 5 7:00pm-9:00pm
Cost: $55 (includes all materials)
Location: The Purple Purl 1162 Queen St. E. Toronto, ON
Registration: (416) 463-1162
More info: thepurplepurl.com

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Being Creatively Fit from Christine of Art That Moves
Join us in this safe and beautiful environment as we explore fun right brain exercises and meditative art practices to open up your creative spark. Then – you create your own inspirational painting. Don’t worry – no painting experience necessary. That fearfulness you may feel is normal. It’s your soul’s way of letting you know – something exciting is just around the corner for you.

Dates: 6 weeks: Mondays Nov. 9 - Dec. 14 10:00am-12:00pm
Cost: $200 (includes $40 materials fee)
Location: Lucsculpture School and Studio 663 Greenwood Ave., Toronto, ON
Registration: http://lucsculpture.com/contact-us/ or artthatmoves@rogers.com
More info: http://www.artthatmoves.ca/2014/02/creatively-fit-5/

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Mandala Workshop from Christine of Art That Moves
Mandalas have been described variously as sacred circle, container of essence, engines of change, doorways, portals, mirrors or maps. This class is an invitation to explore Mandala as a way of connecting to your creative spirit. In this 3 hour class you will be introduced to the idea of personal Mandala making. We will work to create several basic Mandalas using different mediums — paint, inks, markers and pastels — in different styles and with different intentions. A beautiful and fulfilling opportunity to express your creativity with this ancient craft!

Date: Sat. Nov. 14 1:00pm-4:00pm
Cost: $50 + hst (all materials included)
Location: Rowan Homespun Market, 2196 Queen St. E. (at Balsam Avenue), Toronto, ON
Registration: (416) 694-8888 or dominique@rowanhomespun.com

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Candice from CandiWare Jewelry does weekly tutorials on her youtube channel.


Got a workshop to add to our listings? Drop Lynn a line through her shop Lynn's Lids.

T.E.S.T. around town! October 2015

This is the first post in what we hope will be a regular monthly series featuring our amazing Toronto Etsy Street Team members and where they are selling their handmade and vintage wares in and out of the city over the next month.

Come and check out your favourite T.E.S.T. sellers in person at these October 2015 events:

Event	Date & time	Location	TEST Shop(s)
Craft Ontario Show craftontario.com	Fri. Oct. 9 12pm-5pm Sat. Oct. 10 9am-5pm Sun. Oct. 11 11am-5pm	Wychwood Barns 601 Christie St. Toronto, ON	Heart's Haven JB+DG Lunata Felt Sprouts Press
Bazaar of the Bizarre plastikwrap.com	Sun. Oct. 11 11am-8pm	Pia Bouman School 6 Noble St. Toronto, ON	Veelightful Namaste Freund Black Currant Jewelry
Trinity Bellwoods Flea trinitybellwoodsflea.com	Sat. Oct. 17 11am-6pm	824 Dundas St. W. Toronto, ON	Handmades Rovena FlowerPot Designs
Port Credit Art Tour portcreditarttour.ca	Sat. Oct. 24 & Sun. Oct. 25	Port Credit, ON	Eyespot Designs
Etsy Marketplace evergreen.ca	Sun. Oct. 25 11am-3pm	The Pavilions Evergreen Brick Works 550 Bayview Ave. Toronto, ON	Aren't you Fancy Black Iris Design CovenSK Enfys Photography Handmades Rovena Heather Hird Design I. M. Wyred Inspired Art Prints Lynn's Lids Papermuse Designs Son of a Woodcutter Wild Whimsy Woolies

 
Our apologies to our members who were out and about selling at the Toronto Antique and Vintage Market and The Baby Show last weekend since we didn't get this up in time to include you.