NEWS: Etsy Labs in Brooklyn!

DIY Heaven. Etsy—the site for buying and selling all things handmade—is establishing a HQ and communal creative space in Brooklyn. Etsy Labs hopes to offer resources, support and classes to the DIY community:

It will be home to parties, trunk shows, seminars, workshops, a lending library, and all other sorts of fantastic things. It will have a silkscreen press, a letterpress, film, music, and video production facilities, jewelry making stations, sewing machines, sergers, and so, so much more.

Also, the Etsy Labs will be accepting donations of DIY supplies...

Got extra fabric sitting around? Just upgraded your sewing machine? Have too many cans of paint cluttering up your workspace? Send them to us, and let others put them to good use. Certainly this is better than having them end up in a landfill. Furthermore, we will document all donations that come on and thank you (and your Etsy Shop) on our soon to be launched Etsy Labs website.
Please send or drop off your goods:
Etsy
Attn. Anda Lewis
325 Gold Street, 6th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
If you have any questions or have something to say us about the Labs (As I’m sure you do), please feel free to write to Anda at anda@etsy.com

This is great news—Via Homestead.—aaron

Comments (6)

wow, i am surprised to see the labs mentioned here. i guess i forget that people other than etsyers read those posts. i don't live in bklyn anymore, but i'm around there enough that i was really excited about this news, too!

posted by mfm/ papertrail on 2007-01-19 13:15:04

ooooh! i love etsy and etsyers... I'd be more than happy to donate time & supplies in support! thanks for letting us know of the announcement.

posted by saya on 2007-01-19 13:18:30

Oh maaaaaaan. I wanna be in Brooklyn. I can't think of a more fun thing to have around and be around that type of community. How COOL!!

posted by Dana on 2007-01-19 14:24:24

Sweet....I don't get it though...is it an Etsy affilation or is it really Etsy? and who is the real Etsy? love it all for it as i am in Red Hook!

posted by amy lou on 2007-01-19 20:52:46

it's the real etsy. etsy has offices in brooklyn, and they have space for crafting there, too. it's on the etsy blog.

posted by mfm on 2007-01-19 23:29:16

i was an avid etsy fan until etsy refused to delete the positive feedback i initially left for a vendor once the product fell apart.
a reminder to read the fine fine print and trust very few, etsy is not going to help you out.

posted by dakini30307 on August 28th 2009 at 1:24pm
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