The First NewNew Monday Giveaway!

Today starts the first of many Monday Giveaways. Each and Every Monday Stop by to enter to win something fabulous from members of The {NewNew} York Etsy team.

This Monday we are proudly giving away the brand new hardcover book: Complete Embellishing: Techniques and Projects


The {NewNew}'s very own Hip stylist, fashion expert, and crafter, Kayte Terry presents a totally-cool wardrobe of garments and accessories, together with gorgeous home accessories in a technique- and project-packed volume filled with fabulous ideas for transforming store-bought "blanks" into must-have handmade wardrobe pieces and home furnishings using practically every embellishment and craft technique imaginable. 25 brand new projects with step-by-step instructions and over 170 beautiful photos.

In addition to being a member of The {NewNew} York Street Team, Kayte Terry has worked as a contributor to Adorn, Craft Stylish, Parents and Cutting Edge. Kayte was also a Visual Manager at Anthropologie in New York City. You can keep up with Kayte's creative adventures on her blog, thisisloveforever.com/blog.

How to Enter:
1. To enter to win, tell the world  why you want the Complete Embellishing Book. 
Post about your love of the book on Myspace, Facebook, livejournal, wordpress, blogger, or your own personal blog or website.
2. Post a link to your personal post right here in the comments section.
3. Entries can be submitted through 10pm Saturday, September 6th, 2008.
4. Winners will be selected randomly and will be announced the following Monday with the New contest item.

5. To see the full legal contest rules click here.

Can't wait to see your posts! And stay tuned for next week's giveaway.

~jen pepper

peppersprouts.etsy.com

August Team wrap up!

Our August blog promotion was Crafting with kids which brought some crafty projects as well as some touching sentimental stories from members and good reasons for crafting with kids. WabisabiBrooklyn gave us a nice top ten reasons to craft with kids taken from our own member's experience, EcoKate showed us a nifty how-to finger knit, FineArtist shared memories of encouraging her daughter to draw and paint, and MayLuk showed us a great quicky way to transform lonely gloves you might find without a matching pair into great finger puppets and even pen cozies! Our blog traffic has been great - continuing to increase - keep those tutorials coming!

Also - Go check out our Team Members submissions's into Etsy's Handmade Kids Sweapstakes - You can vote for KarensMonsters in the Toy category and LittleLoveBlue in the Eco-Friendly Category - go show your support for the frog and elephant!

Press
Great Month for press for us - remember when you are in the press email it to the Team flickr account to be included on the press page
August 26 - Craftzine picks up MayLuk's project ideas of what to do with one odd glove.
August 19 - The Brooklyn Flea blogged about our Supply sale!
August 18 - The{NewNew}'s Supply sale on NY Newsdays shopping blog Cheap Thrills
August 15 - Pulp Sushi on Absolutely Delish
August 15 - LoveForever's on DesignSponge for her new book Complete Embellishment.
August 14 - LoveForever's new book reviewed on NotMartha.
August 12 - Craftzine picks up EcoKate's tutorial on finger knitting
August 4 - MetalSugar on Modish!
August 4 - Craftypod reads Kayte's book of LoveForever on embellishing.
August 1 - The Brooklyn Indie Market did a nice write up about us on their blog.

Live + In Person!
We integrated more new sellers into our Brooklyn Flea Rotation: Wishbyfelicity, DHdelectable, and knitknit.

Our own KMStitchery's design were featured at the 7th Street Fashion Show on August 3.

A small group of sellers made a road trip down to the Philadelphia Independent Craft Market! CharlieandSarah, KarensMonsters, KimmChi, Fubabee all made it down for one day of bands, beer and crafts.

MShoelace was in an exhibition called Cherry Bomb by Sadie magazine.

Also we had a very successful supply booth at the Brooklyn Flea Aug 24 - look for more on that in future.

HowTo's!

Our own KnitKnit did a video tutorial with the Etsy Labs - awesome!
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Check back in September 1st for our First Team Monday Giveaway.

On September 13 - we'll be driving up to Beacon for our Handmade Cavalcade Craft Fair.

We have also secured a date for a shared Virtual Trunk Show with other Regional Etsy Teams for November 10-14 - mark your calendars!

And keep an eye out for a sock monkeys for Charity event at Etsy on October 25.

-Kimm
KimmChi.etsy.com

July Team wrap up

Though it was HOT and this summer is 3/4 over we still remained busy as every - being active in the New York markets and looking ahead to fall.

All of July our blog promotion fit a loose theme of Indie*Pendence which members interpreted in different ways. Posts by KimmChi, BeadScarf and WabisabiBrooklyn gave recommendations to shop indie - supplies, coffee AND designers. PulpSushi reviewed a recent Indie craft book she enjoyed. Fubabee gave us some great marketing tips for your independent business and KarensMonsters stressed why it's important to support Indie designers. LoveForever reported on surviving being a freelancer while MayLuk interviewed Indie Designer Mommies. And CollectiveElements was inspired to conduct a whole series of interviews with several popular Indie design blogs who all gave us some insight into their businesses and tips on getting noticed.

Team Member Press
July 2 - MetalSugar on Cupcakes Take the Cake!
July, 2008 - ThirdFloor on Handbag Designer 101.
July 9 -MetalSugar on WHAT!, reviewed for her great puzzle piece necklace.

July Meeting
Our July meeting was hosted by the lovely Cakehouse where we started our fall event planning for a Team Event in Beacon NY as well as discussed opportunities at the South Street Seaport and got updates on our presence at the Brooklyn Flea and printing of our Team catalog. Dates to put in your calendars - SEPT 13 - Handmade Cavalcade in Beacon - DEC 13 - {NewNew} holiday Event!

Live! And in Person
We continued our rotation at the Brooklyn Flea, including AlmaStoller, SpinachNPeace, RedBridge, and Peppersprouts into our regular vendor rotation.

And we also look to expand our presence in other NY venues and perhaps plan some markets of our very own.

Published!
Our very own LoveForever published Complete Embellishing! You can take a look at her recent crafty projects in her flickr pool.
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In the coming months look for The {NewNew} to take it on the Road! organizing trips to Philadelphia, DC and hosting our very own event up in Beacon - The Handmade Cavalcade comes to you September 13. Email handmadecavalcade@gmail.com to be kept up tp date with event information.

Also you can look for us on August 24 to be selling supplies in an extra space at the Brooklyn Flea thanks to the driven Karen of KarensMonsters who is organizing the one day sale of fabric, paint, beads, yarn and other crafting supplies.

Fall is right around the corner!

-Kimm
KimmChi.etsy.com

June Team wrap up!

June's blog promotion saw a week of father's day and grad posts by WabisabiBrooklyn, KimmChi, LuxSugar and YoursTrulyxoxo, with stories of crafty dad's and crafty gifts for dad. The rest of the month, we focused on crafting on the go and travel inspired crafting from KimmChi, WaiSze, WabisabiBrooklyn, Collective Elements, Luckx4 and KartDesign. Also with a great Gocco tutorial from FadingFlowers.

The Team, Live and in Person
We continue our rotation at the Brooklyn Flea in June, with new tents and happy hearts. We have added new members into the rotation including PresenceOfColor, KMStitchery, LuxSugar, Beadscarf, HelenFitz, Kopah, KreatedbyKarina, BeaconBookmarks and FadingFlowers.

Cakehouse, Metalsugar and BetterThanJam all participated in the Renegade Craft Fair on June 14 and 15 in the Williamsburg handing out some team promos for us and selling their wares in the hot hot sun and intensely crazy rain.

KimmChi, Fubabee, Beadscarf, KMSitchery,NordeaSoaperie, Yaniamor, KarensMonsters, WaiSze, Fofolle, and wabisabiBrooklyn all participated in The Seventh Heaven Market down 7th Avenue in Park Slope where they were in a series of blocks designated "Handmade".

Team Member Press

On June 27 and 28 Meredith of Fashiontary blogged about KimmChi at the Brooklyn Flea.

On June 16, Craftzine featured MetalSugar in their wrap up of the Renegade Craft Fair.

Mayluk was featured on Shine on June 1 on in Junior Society on June 10.

On June 3, staff writer, Marilyn Perez of VenusZine picked The {NewNew} as her staff pick of the week.

The {NewNew} cares!
Team members KimmChi, Cakehouse, BShorr, ArtByIris, Fubabee, Honorata, Jantar, Loveforever, and MiraArtz all got together to create and donate a charity gift basket full of productions from their shops to the Third Annual Juice Box Auction Fundraiser.
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Coming up - look for the {NewNew} on the road - going out to Philadelphia to The Philadelphia Independent Craft Market and possibly planning our own event up in Beacon.

-Kimm
KimmChi.etsy.com

{NewNew} Members

Our members span a wide variety of disciplines. Browse the categories below to see our shops in those categories.
ACCESSORIES - belts, cases, cuffs, gloves, ties, pins, scarfs, wallets
ART - drawings, illustrations, collage, mixed media, paintings, prints, photography
BAGS & PURSES - clutches, totes, back packs, purse, pouch, wristlet
BATH & BEAUTY - lipbalm, lotion, soap and scrubs
BOOKS & ZINES - albums, books, bookmarks, comics, journals, zines
CANDLES - pillar, scented, shaped, soy, taper, tart, tea light, votive
CHILDREN - baby, clothing, furniture, toddler, toy
CLOTHING - dress, hoodie, jacket, pants, shirt, shoes, shorts, skirt, sleepwear, sweater, tshirt
CROCHET - afghan, bags and purses, clothing, cozy, doll, hat, housewares, scarf
FURNITURE - bed, bench, bookcase, chair, desk, dresser, mirror, shelf, storage, table
GLASS - bead, bottle, bowl, coaster, dish, glassware, jewelry, magnet, mirror, ornament, sculpture, stained glass, vase
HOUSEWARES - bowl, clock, coaster, cozy, frame, home decor, lighting, magnet, pillow, rug, serving, table, vase
JEWELRY - anklet, bracelet, brooch, earrings, necklace, pendant, piercing, ring
KNITTING - accessories, bags and purses, blanket, clothing, cozy, doll, hat, scarf, sweater
PAPER GOODS - bookmark, calendar, cards, gift wrap, journal, notebook, scrapbooking, stationery
PATTERNS - accessories, baby, beading, clothing, crochet, cross stitch, doll clothing, embroidery, knitting, plushie, quilt, sewing
SUPPLIES - bead, button, commercial, fabric, handmade, knitting, pattern, scrapbooking, yarn
TOYS - amigurumi, baby, bear, children, doll, game, miniature, plush, pretend, puppet, puzzle, sports

View our shops that ship internationally


View our shops having sales

{NewNew} Slide show

So with all of the Storque How-To's from Bre Petis about creating videos, he subliminally got to me. But one problem, I don't have any video to work with, though I think we do have a video camera somewhere around here. Well, you gotta work with what you have, and I had some photos from our team flickr account, and I'm on a mac so I have imovie. Voila! Introducing The {NewNew} York Etsy Street Team - well at least those of you I had good photos of with your merch.

It's mostly of us from the Brooklyn Flea, as that's what we have photos of, but there are some other ones thrown in, like Josh of Dripstick from BUST (sorry Josh, I didn't have one of just you! send me one) and Karen of KarensMonsters at the Habana Outpost market.

-Kimm
KimmChi.etsy.com

The {NewNew} May - wrap up!

Another busy month for the {NewNew}!
We branched out in our advertising and promotional efforts, wrapped up a solid month of indie wedding posts, had our May meeting, discussed things going forward, and some of us got a bit of press.

The {NewNew} Weddding Blog Promo
The whole month of May we targeting our blog posts and tutorials to preparing for a wedding - giving personal anecdotes and creative ways to solve some standard bride problems. WabisabiBrooklyn, KimmChi, Cakehouse, WaiSze, JoanneTracyDesigns, LoveForever, Bubolina, DewOnAPetalHome, Fubabee, Citybitz and Ikyoto all reviewed some great local gifts solutions, as well as gave some great insight and how-to's.

The {NewNew} is getting the word out!
About 17 members pooled their resources together to participate in the MTV Lounge Sampler and donate items for distribution to celebrities and the media.

The {NewNew} Live and in Person
We continued our presence at The Brooklyn Flea at 176 Lafayette Ave in Fort Greene Brooklyn 10am to 5pm. Taking on some more members into the rotation, bringing it up to 25 participants adding WaiSze, CharlieandSarah, Fofolle, BeadScarf, BirdInHandYarn, Loveforever, Ikyoto and KPetuck to the existing rotation of cakehouse, Citybiz, DewOnAPetalHome, Dripstick, EmilyEJewelry, Fubabee, JTSTitches, KarensMonsters, Kimmchi, MetalSugar, MTLopez9, NordeaSoaperie, Vyphuisdesigns, and Wabisabi brooklyn .

The Brooklyn Indie Market is back for the summer - each Saturday from 11am to 7pm Under the red and white striped tent on Smith and Union Street, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. WabisabiBrooklyn and Fofolle host a revolving roster of Indie designers.

May 17 and 18 was Etsy weekend at Artist's & Fleas at 129 North 6th Street between Bedford and Berry.

The second Brooklyn Homeshow happened on May 18. Several {NewNew} members; BetterThanJam, Dripstick, Fubabee, KreatedbyKarina, FadingFlowers, CharlieAndSarah, EmilyEJewelry, NewYorkClocks, JoanneTracyDesigns and KarensMonsters participated, selling a wide range of handmade goods.

The {NewNew} in the Press Karin of BetterThanJam was featured on ThreadBanger to promote the Brooklyn Homeshow, on May 9 in a segment where she demonstrates silkscreening with freezer paper.

MTLopez9 was reviewed on Rare Bird Finds on May 12.

Modish features Cakehouse's handmade space on May 27.

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Coming up in June we've got Cakehouse and MetalSugar at the Renegade Craft Fair both Saturday June 14 and Sunday June 15.

Also on June 15 will be Park Slope's Seventh Heaven Craft Fair.

And look for Kayte of LoveForever's new book coming out June 1st, it's called Complete Embellishing: Techniques and Projects (available through Amazon).

And check back with us in June for a slew of Dad's and Grads posts as well as travel inspired crafting.

-Kimm
KimmChi.etsy.com

The {NewNew} In April - wrap up

The {NewNew} York Street Team has been very busy this spring combining their resources to promote Earthday, sell together at the new Brooklyn Flea market, donate team gift baskets to two local schools and meet up on April 14 for the team's first ever Team SWAP.

The {NewNew} live and in person!
Kristen of Cakehouse has done a fantastic job of leading the team's Brooklyn Flea efforts. Coordinating tables and tents for the 14 or so vendors that will be rotating participation throughout the month of April. Despite freezing cold weather the first Brooklyn Flea group sold on April 6, with more participants rotating in and out on April 13, 20 and 27. The Brooklyn Flea is located in Fort Green Brooklyn at 176 Lafayette Ave. Rotating shops include: cakehouse, Citybiz, DewOnAPetalHome, Dripstick, EmilyEJewelry, Fubabee, JTSTitches, KarensMonsters , Kimmchi, MetalSugar, MiraArtz, MTLopez9, NordeaSoaperie, Vyphuisdesigns, and wabisabi brooklyn.

Besides the shared table at the Flea, the team had a shared table with Etsy at the inaugural BUST Spring Fling Craftacular where Kimm of KimmChi and Josh of Dripstick manned a table full of Team and Etsy goodies, some giveaways and an eclectic mix of handmade merchandise - necklaces, tee shirts, tote bags, wristlets, art and jewelry.

Ania of Honorata and Danielle of CollectiveElements did the first ever Handmade Faire in Waretown, New Jersey on April 20th.

The generous Joanne of JoanneTracyDesigns kindly opened up her house to the April team meeting which was designated a supply, clothes and merchandise SWAP. It fit right in with the theme of recycling and conserving for Earthday with members bringing everything from ribbon to wine bottles [empty of course *wink*]. http://www.flickr.com/photos/joannetracy/

The {NewNew} loves the Earth
To promote Earthday and Green living in general the team filled their blog during the entire month of April with various tutorials, tips, and products that emphasized green living and materials. YoursTrulyxoxo, BeadScarf and Cakehouse featured their product's green appeal and KimmChi, BrooklynSoul, Hamsa Custom Crafts , MTLopez9, PulpSushi and Cakehouse gave us tutorials on re-using materials like junk mail, scrap fabrics or aluminum cans and transforming them into something new and totally usable. And NordeaSoaperie, WabisabiBrooklyn and Cakehouse all gave us great natural solutions for kitchen and personal cleansers.

The {NewNew} hearts Schools
Kristen of Cakehouse, Kimm of Kimmchi, Wai Sze of WaiSze, Iris of ArtByIris, MaryAnne of wabisabi brooklyn, Ania of Honorata, Karen of KarensMonsters all joined together to create a donation basket of their products that was included in as silent auction to benefit Hannah Senesh Community Day School.

The {NewNew} in the Press
Craftzine picked up Kimm of KimmChi's tutorial on paper making that highlighted the group's Earthday promotion on re-using materials on April 3.

10 Days later, they picked up Angie of BrooklynSoul's craft tutorial on turning aluminum cans into elegant jewelry.

9 Days after that they featured wabisabi brooklyn's tips on using making green cleaning agents.

And then 3 days after THAT they picked up PulpSushi's great tutorial on re-using old magazines and bottle caps to make magnets.

Kristen of Cakehouse was featured on DesignSponge which made me realize that DesignSponge, like Kristen, does not use capitals.

wabisabi brooklyn was mentioned in a Brooklyn Flea review by Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn on April 28.

Kristen of Cakehouse was reviewed on Docce.

And Lisa of of Fubabee's notecard's were listed under Mother's Day Gifts in the Chicago Tribune.


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Beth Shorr of bshorr has volunteered to learn the ins and outs of code copying and keep up our myspace presence.

MaryAnne of wabisabi brooklyn has volunteered to be a blog admin, doing general maintenance, adding tags as well as helping to organize blog promotions.

Marilyn of PulpSushi will be helping out with web graphics to advertise the group and promotions, like our great "We Ship Internationally" badge.

Stephanie of Bungaloe has offered to help with any hand drawn graphics as well as the mailing out of press releases.

And Jen of JTStitches has assumed more new member responsibilities; checking the team email as well as sorting their Etsy Minis into the appropriate categories.

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For May, look for the {NewNew} at the new May Brooklyn Homeshow on May 17 at 170 Tillary Street, Suite 706 as well as Sundays throughout may at the Fort Green Brooklyn Flea. As well as at the Hoboken Art and Music Festival on May 4 and Spring Crafts at Lyndhurston May 2, 3 and 4 and the Village Crafts and Small Artwork Fair on May 17 . May 16 and 17 mark this summer's Etsy Weekend at Williamsburg's Artist's and Fleas, so check us out there as well. Check back for our month-long wedding promotion with lots of tips, tricks and personal stories, as well as our match up the the California Crafters of Etsy for a nice little mash up.


-Kimm
KimmChi.etsy.com

The {NewNew} at the Brooklyn Flea April 20

Come out and say hi to the {NewNew}

We'll be at the Brooklyn Flea this Sunday from 10am to 5pm at 176 Lafayette Ave in
Fort Greene Brooklyn

Our vendors for this Sunday's Flea will be:


citybitz
cakehouse
NordeaSoaperie
DewOnAPetalHome
MetalSugar
Adornments by MTL