Etsy Craft Night re-cap
Feb 2nd 2010 10:12:07 am
Whew. What a wonderful time I had last night! Hosting Etsy Labs Craft Night was such a great experience. All of the matchboxes seen above were created by the attendees of the event. They were all so sweet and creative! Swap-bot loves Etsy forever!
There were about 30-40 attendees at the in-person event at the Etsy Labs and about 50 people watching the Virtual Labs video tutorial. Thank you to everyone – especially Swap-bot members – who came and watched. Lisa (Swap-bot username luluvision) came to the in-person event early and helped set up, and I know I saw at least one Swap-botter (thanks, VJP!) and my mom in the Virtual Labs! Were any other ‘botters there that I missed?
In addition to the Swap-bot peeps, I met a ton of new people at the Craft Night, like Amber, Lydia, Colette, Rachel, Elaine, and so many more. I wish I had taken more time to remember everyone’s names and ask them more about themselves. Alas, I was caught up in trying to explain the matchbox procedure clearly and pushing treats and Swap-bot swag on everyone! I hope they forgive me. Above is a photo of me and Julie, the super-cool organizer of Etsy Craft Nights. She does a great job and she really made the night go smoothly. Travis and our friend, Emily, also came by at the end of the evening and helped me close up shop. Everyone was so helpful, friendly, and supportive. It was a great night.
If you want to know more about the event, some of the attendees have already posted about it here, here, and here. You can also watch the full video of the Virtual Labs tutorial here – it is about 15 minutes long. (I didn’t think it was going to be available after the fact, so I am excited.) You can see my photos from the event here. That is me and Lisa below…
And, I know I have linked to these a million times, but if you want to make a few Matchbox Valentines like the ones we made last night you can use my free matchbox templates and matchbox enclosure card template. Have fun crafting!
5 Comments » Categories: Swapper Report
rachel on 02 Feb 2010 at 4:00 pm #
[...] the graphics I made for Craft Critique (the one above is an example). But, I also wrote a nice write-up of last night’s Craft Night on the Swap-bot blog and I put together this photo matchbox tutorial on the Etsy blog. It was a busy [...]
Lisa on 02 Feb 2010 at 4:06 pm #
woohoo! It was a great night and you are a great host! All the matchboxes look fabulous! And I’m totally digging the top view photo! I’m doing that from now on!
Amber on 02 Feb 2010 at 11:21 pm #
That was a great night! Thanks again Rachel!
Days 1 & 2 from rachel « Unofficial-Thing-A-Day 2010 on 03 Feb 2010 at 8:39 am #
[...] I would like to count the workshop I hosted at Etsy Labs as my creation. You can read all about it here. It was a really fun night and all the ladies who attended were super-nice and creative. This is [...]
v.2 » Thing a day, week one on 08 Feb 2010 at 6:35 am #
[...] the theme was Valentine’s day. These are what I made. Super cute! She wrote a re-cap on the swap bot blog and you can see photos of me there too! Sunday I went to Heather’s meetup where she was [...]