Etsy fun!

Hello hello, happy sunday! Feeling slightly guilty today since I spent rather too many hours messing about on Etsy getting to grips with the site and making a couple of treasury lists........

In case you're not familiar with Etsy, or its Treasury feature, the lists are basically an online wish list which you can either keep to yourself or share with the etsy community (much more fun to share I say!). You can create a list on any theme and my head is already full of ideas so this could become a regular feature....

You simply copy the url of each item you want to add to your list and paste it into a little box, and hey presto, an image of your chosen item appears!

Speaking of 'hey presto' - I decided to create one treasury list inspired by my lovely James Brown print which graces my living room wall.

Entitled The Magician's Assistant, its a selection of magic show inspired items  - I had so much fun making the list - its like playing personal shopper for an imaginary character! Here are just a few of the gorgeous items I selected; 

I want this dress!  Image from Violenza's etsy shop

Print by Blanca Gomez  - click here for her etsy shop

Image from belle and boo etsy shop

Image from susieandlillie etsy shop

Although happymarket blog is NOT all about shopping, I must admit, this could become an addictive new pastime - its a bit like being personal shopper/magazine editor and window shopper all in one go and does somehow manage to reduce the temptation to splurge on the high street (although I have seen a good few things I could happily purchase!)


So, fun times on etsy and although there's definitely a guilt factor, I'm just going to consider it as business research time in the run up to launching my own happymarket etsy shop! I can't wait..... wonder if anyone will put my stuff in their treasury??


More soon!
L. x