Etsy Craft Night re-cap
Feb 2nd 2010 10:12:07 am
Whew. What a wonderful time I had last night! Hosting 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 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 ) came to the in-person event early and helped set up, and I know I saw at least one Swap-botter (thanks, !) 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 , , 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 , 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, , 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 , , and . You can also watch the full video of the Virtual Labs tutorial – 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 . 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 and . 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 [...]