Etsy: Made in Canada Toronto RAFFLE, SHOW DOLLARS & WORKSHOPS

IT'S TOMORROW! ARE YOU EXCITED?

Please join us tomorrow, Saturday, September 28th at MaRS Discovery District in the Atrium, at 101 College St (at University Avenue, and the Queen's Park subway) from 10:00 to 6:00! The show is completely FREE for all visitors!

NEW THIS YEAR: The first 20 people to arrive at the large 101 College Street entrance will receive $10 SHOW DOLLARS (good for purchase from vendors at the show, during the show only). These will be handed out when the show opens at 10:00 am.

101 College St entrance for MaRS Discovery District

This entrance will lead you right to our Fashion Annex, and the centre of the show! In there, you can find our TEST & 416Hustler Team Raffle Table, #127. Buy raffle tickets for chances to win free handmade goods and help support or partners POGO Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario for kids with cancer!


The FREE Workshops are held in the Collaboration Centre (marked on the map above, the Collaboration Centre is in the middle of the show, directly south of the Fashion Annex and Security Desk). A few last minute spots have opened up! Check here for a chance to register for a few last FREE Workshop TICKETS!

Etsy: Made in Canada Toronto LOOKBOOK is HERE!

ARE YOU READY? 

BECAUSE THIS IS SNEAK PEEK YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!

THE 6th Etsy: Made in Canada Toronto is just 3 weeks away!
Saturday September 28th - 10AM to 6PM!

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LOOKBOOK!

We have some amazing handmade artisans lined up!

Enjoy our

VENDORS LOOKBOOK

Click on each photo to head directly to their Etsy shop!

We have 130 vendors spread throughout the lovely and airy MaRSDD atriums! 

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 and vintage vendors. Once again we have handcrafted soaps and body-care items, food, fine art, cards, stationary, graphic design, housewares, jewellery, toys, fashion for all ages, items for pets, textiles, fashion accessories, and the show's sponsors and partners!  

HAVE YOU SEEN OUR AMAZING LOOKBOOK YET?

It's pretty awesome, you should check it out! Since image is linked to our vendor's shop so you can shop the show online any time and really plan your visit.

We have a full slate of FREE WORKSHOPS for attendees, so stay tuned for your chance to snag a free ticket and reserve your spot and other announcements coming. 

Vendor Call: DECAF Danforth East Arts Fai

September 14-15, 2019

DOZENS OF ARTISTS
HUNDREDS OF YOUR NEIGHBOURS
ONE VENUE

The Danforth East Arts Fair is a free event held in East Lynn Park, located on the south side of the Danforth between Coxwell and Woodbine.

The application is now open: https://deca.to/danforth-east-arts-fair/for-exhibitors/arts-fair-exhibitor-application/

The Deadline is MAY 1. 

Vendor Call: Santa in the Village

Call to Vendors!

A family friendly opportunity for mixed vendors/artisans/crafters at the Bloor West Village - Santa in the Village Christmas Market

November 24th 2018 from 10am-4pm in Bloor West Village.

$100 Fee includes 10x10' space, 6' table, 2 chairs and coordinating linens.

Application deadline extended to November 1st 2018.

Please contact Mary Isaacs or mary@shopbloorwest.com or feel free to fill out our online application for more details!

https://goo.gl/forms/KBunpxTCoUy13S9q2

Our 5th Annual Etsy: Made in Canada Toronto Show at MaRS!

A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who helped make our 5th Etsy: Made in Canada a success!

Vendors and visitors in the west Atrium, Saturday, September 29, 2018 (photo: Peter Power)

Vendors and visitors in the Heritage Atrium, Saturday, September 29, 2018 (photo: Peter Power)

Thank you to all our wonderful visitors and shoppers! We think 12 thousand of you came through to shop the show, support handmakers and vintage sellers and take part in our workshops! Such a pleasure to meet you in person. Your support allows us to do what we do.

Diana Waters Handmade booth (photo: Peter Power)

Customers checking out a NathalieRoze upcycled hat (photo: Peter Power)

Lichia with Gotamago cards (photo: Peter Power)

Vistor matching magprint's graphic red, black and white prints (photo: Peter Power)

Natalie of Clay Girl Ceramics (photo: Peter Power)

Young fashionistas in the Fashion Annex (photo: Peter Power)

Thank you and congratulations to our amazing vendors! We get the most wonderful applicants that the jurying process is a great challenge. We are very happy to welcome these 130 great Toronto Etsy sellers who make the show what it is.

Collage Poetry with Nat Very B. (photo: Peter Power)

Lorraine and Chris from The Maker Bean teach laser design (photo: Peter Power)

LDH Scissors (photo: Peter Power)

Special thank you to our workshop teachers and our amazing staff and volunteers; we couldn't do this without you! Thank you to all our partners, Etsy Canada and our hosts at MaRS Discovery District!

We hope you all had a fabulous time, vendors and visitors alike. Please share any pictures using #EtsyMICToronto and we love to hear your feedback here and at TorontoEtsySt@gmail.com


On behalf of the whole team, the Toronto Etsy Street Team and 416 Hustlers, thank you all and see you again soon!

Call for Vendors - Glow Gardens Barrie

Call for Vendors - Glow Gardens Barrie

Online Application Form: https://goo.gl/forms/TS8exOmlhUjPso9B3

Glow Gardens is Canada’s favourite indoor light show and Christmas market! Located just outside of Barrie, Glow will transform over 2 acres of “high-roof” greenhouse at Bradford Garden Gallery into a massive light garden, with interactive light installations, market vendors, live music, kids activities, and a selection of food trucks from November 22 to January 6.

Last year's first event in Langley, BC attracted 120,000 visitors. In Barrie, we are expecting a minimum of 50,000 visitors over 39 days, with a goal of 100,000.

We are seeking vendors of artisanal or handmade products, arts & crafts and gifts. For example: candles, soaps, jewelry, prints and other unique items.

Glow runs 39 days. Vendors can table the entire festival or choose the first 19 days (Nov 22 - Dec 13) or the second 19 days (Dec 14 - Jan 6).

Vendor Fees: Full Festival (39 days)

10x10: $1800+HST

10x20: $3000+HST

Vendor Fees: Half Festival (19 days)

10x10: $1000+HST

10x20: $1650+HST

Glow Gardens Venue

Bradford Greenhouses Garden Gallery

4346 County Road 90, Springwater, ON

(Just outside Barrie)

Glow Gardens Dates

November 22 - January 6

Closed Mondays, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Eve and New Years Day.

Glow Gardens Hours

Tuesdays - Thursdays 4PM - 9PM

Friday 4PM-10PM

Saturdays 3PM-10PM

Sundays 3PM-9PM

Please email tanya@glowgardens.com with any questions or for further information. Please note that we will be accepting vendors on a rolling basis and will close applications when the spots have been filled. Applications are open now; apply by October 12 for the best chance at getting a space. Because of the length of the show and the distance from Toronto, we are open to vendors sharing tables. 

www.glowgardens.com

https://www.facebook.com/GlowBarrieON/

Toronto Etsy Street Team 8th Annual Mid-Summer Market

The Toronto Etsy Street Team are hosting our 8th annual Midsummer Market - handmade & vintage! This promises to be our best show yet!

Our awesome team members will be selling at the amazingly fabulous Campbell House Museum on the corner of Queen & University! 

The Campbell House Museum: http://www.campbellhousemuseum.ca/

There will be goods both indoors and outdoors, demonstrations, music, workshops and delicious foods to eat, and tours of the museum all day! 

Applications open until May 1st, 2017. No exceptions!
https://www.cognitoforms.com/TorontoEtsyStreetTeam/MidsummerMarket2017AtCampbellHouse

WUNDERKAMMER: Cabinets of Curiosity Art Show at Toronto Etsy Street Team Gallery

The Toronto Etsy Street Team gallery are curating a science art show inspired by the eccentric, encyclopedic, natural history collections gathered since the Renaissance.

Cabinets of Curiosities featured treasured zoological, botanical, anatomical, fossil and gem specimen. Art and craft work depicting these specimen, cabinets of curiosity and the wonder of natural history are sought. Artists are encouraged to consider how their art might be displayed in ways which allude to the wunderkammer.

Artists will be charged a hanging fee of $50. The Toronto Etsy Street Team will retain a 10% fee to cover any processing fees of any sales and then all proceeds of art sales will go directly to the artist.

This application is open to Toronto artists and handmakers, in all media, with preference given to members of the Toronto Etsy Street Team. We especially encourage our team members to apply!

READ MORE AND APPLY HERE.

Also, we're very excited to announce a series of planned art shows on our newly revamped Toronto Etsy Street Team Gallery page. We will be opening up more applications soon.

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/.)

Etsy: Made in Canada Media Event

Etsy Canada hosted a sneak preview of our Etsy: Made in Canada show, an intimate media preview cocktail reception in the Atrium of MaRS. The evening of Friday, September 25, from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Etsy invited 20 MIC sellers (juried and selected by a panel) to join the media, bloggers, and our MaRS building tenants the opportunity to shop the event early!  Etsy: Made in Canada sellers included: BookhouDesign, A Mischievious Marriage, Handsome and Lace, Lisa Dene Artist, The Teeny Tiny Bakery, Green Bean Things, Sprouts Press Designs, Carolyn Draws, Akai Ceramic Studio, Senay Studio, Fold It Creations, Honey Thistle, Thorn and Needle, Lee Meszaros, Kiriki Press, Little Bellwoods, Ponchies for Kids, Tiny Brushstrokes, CG Monsters, refluff.

Countdown to Etsy: Made in Canada

This Saturday, September 26th, from 10 am to 6 pm is our second annual Etsy: Made in Canada pop-up market in the MaRS Centre Atrium, 101 College St at University Avenue, and we couldn't be more excited!

We have 140 of the best Etsy handmakers and vintage sellers. Check out the beautiful goods that will be on offer!

We have 100 utterly unbelievable free swag bags for our first 100 customers of the day. We honestly wonder how our lucky swag bag winners will haul away their loot!

We have 8 free workshops for our visitors. We will be offering :

Learn to Make a Hand Stitched Leather Coin Pouch with Robin Fitzsimmons of fitzy

Learn to Make Paper Tree Ornaments with Erin MacKeen from Salt Cellar Paper Co

Learn to Sculpt Paper Flowers with Arounna Khounnoraj from etsy shop bookhoudesign

Learn to Crochet an Amigurumi Doll or Keychain with Tahani Baakdhah of The Purple Lilac Amigurumi

Learn to Make Vintage Map Pendants with Emma of Landfill Designs

Learn to Make a Macrame Bracelet with Carmai Seto of Etsy shop Mai's Jewelry,

the

Big Magic Bookbinding Workshop: Hand Bound Journal with Carolyn Eady from Sprouts Press

and

Learn Vintage from the Experts with Ian and Marla of Ian Drummond Collection

 

 There are still some spaces available. Sign up on-line to reserve your spot!

You don't want to miss this show!