christmas from australia

Inaluxe deluxe christmas card pack: printed on eco friendly 100% recycled card by inaluxe

We all know Christmas is super duper close - and in fact those of us who make holiday or gift items have probably been preparing for months!

These are a few of my favourite Christmas things found using the neat-o new Local Items search - I did a search for Christmas, with Local Items from Australia - see what you can find!

Candy Cane Christmas Handmade Good Will Bunting in Small by heidiadnum

Christmas Stocking by tigesandweince

HAPPY HOLIDAY GREETING CARD, set of 3, eco-friendly, cute garden scene, for christmas new year by littlemoandfriends

Card Pack - 3 Christmas Cards - Post Consumer Recycled by PocketCarnival


Hopefully you can find something perfect for your Christmas on on Etsy! Why don't you try a search for Christmas, with Local Items from Australia - see what you can find!


xx Penny, Pocket Carnival

local items search: gold

Hello! I'm Penny from Pocket Carnival - I'm so pleased to be a part of the Australian Etsy Blog team!

Storms can be Dark and Angry-Baby Onesie Bodysuit by minienvy

Today I'm sharing a new search tool Etsy has just released - Local Items. Before this tool was released, a search for an item (today I'm using 'gold') could be refined only by items that shipped to your country. Now, there's a neat little 'Local Items' button - if you click this, your search will show you items only in your geographical region, based on your IP Address (like Melbourne, Australia).

Round Circle Disc Necklace by littleobywolfbrother

For sellers: to set this up so your items will appear in the Local Items search, you need to follow these steps!

Sellers location in the Local Items search is based on the location of the red pin on the google map in their public profile.
Click here to visit your public profile, and if there's no little red pin, add one!
It'll take about 15 mins for the search to update, and then voila! Happy local buyers can find your goodies.



Vintage Gold Bunting by madeleinesargent

View more about this search change in this forum thread on Etsy. And have fun in the (golden) sun!

xx Penny, Pocket Carnival

The NEW Sydney Etsy Team!!

Due to popular request, we now have a brand sparkly new Sydney Team on Etsy!!

If you'd like to join the team, you can join here. All Sydney and ex-Sydney buyers and sellers are welcome to apply, as well as etsians from surrounding areas. You can check out our new blog here if you'd like to keep up-to-date with 'etsy in Sydney'.

If you're not from Sydney/NSW or would like to join the Australia-wide DUST team, you can browse the Australian teams on etsy here or visit these links:

Down Under Street Team (DUST)

WA Team - Made on the Left

Brisbane Team- BrisStyle

Melbourne Etsy Street Team

Handmade in Melbourne Team

Kookie Kids


(there was an Adelaide team but I don't know whether or not it's still active)


The Australian Etsy Blog now has bloggers who are members of most of the location-based Aussie teams, and we'll soon be adding a lovely Melbourne guest blogger :) So hopefully we'll get to see many more features of Aussies and team news from all over Australia!

Bloggers:

Morphologica (Sydney Team)

Angelene (BrisStyle, DUST)

LittleMoAndFriends (Made on the Left, DUST)


Update: Penny from PocketCarnival is our guest blogger from Melbourne :)

Hello from windy Perth!

Hello! I'm Helena from Little Mo and Friends. I live in Perth, Western Australia and I like to draw! I'll be doing a few guest post every now and then on The Australian Etsy Blog. I'll also be updating any art events, exhibitions and markets from our part of the town. If you're a Perthian and interested in the arts and anything Etsy, keep a look out for my posts!

This weekend Saturday 13th November - Sunday 14th November, we have some awesome Designer markets happening. If you're in town, you should head down to these venues for some handmade retail therapy! It's Christmas shopping time!



Made On The Left
Showcasing the works of Perth's talented designers
Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th November (different stallholders each day)
Upstairs at The Saint, Innaloo (no lift access) 2 Morris Rd
10-4pm
Free Entry
You can check out the stallholders page to see who is selling on which day!



Junior Upmarket
A cute little boutique market for the little ones!
Sunday 14th November
Edith Cowan University, The Pines
1-5pm
Free Entry

This should hopefully keep your weekend busy and creative! Have a good one! XOXO