The Etsy Market is a series of virtual shopping events that pop up across different cities around the world. Some events are run by groups of Etsy sellers, directly sharing their creativity with their community. Others are run by us, with the goal of celebrating incredible makers. Either way, you’re sure to have an incredible, inspiring time!
Welcome to The Etsy Market Explore a one-of-a-kind world of Team We ReCreate on Etsy. We are a global Etsy team whose interests are as wide as our reach. The one common thing that draws us together is our desire to create using sustainable materials, provide eco-friendly options to everyday items or encourage reuse. In other words, we are Team We ReCreate!
The Etsy Market is a series of virtual shopping events that pop up across different cities around the world. Some events are run by groups of Etsy sellers, directly sharing their creativity with their community. Others are run by us, with the goal of celebrating incredible makers. Either way, you’re sure to have an incredible, inspiring time!
The Etsy Market is a series of virtual shopping events that pop up across different cities around the world. Some events are run by groups of Etsy sellers, directly sharing their creativity with their community. Others are run by us, with the goal of celebrating incredible makers. Either way, you’re sure to have an incredible, inspiring time!
Thank you! We invite you to browse each participating Team We ReCreate shop and visit with our shop owners on the remaining pages of our LookBook catalog. On each page, you’ll find the word “Shop” under each shop name. Click on that for links to the individual Etsy shops for lots more than we can fit on each page. Our team member shops would love for you to visit them this summer. Find something new today from Team We ReCreate!
Made By Tyng Shop How long have you been an Etsy shop owner? Since 2018 What’s favorite thing about summer? Summer really doesn’t have meaning for me because our weather is like summer year round. We don’t have four seasons in Malaysia. There is hot, hotter and rainy. Why is using upcycled materials in creating so important to you? Creating eco-friendly versions of common personal care and kitchen items is important to me so we can reduce waste that each of us generate every day. How long have you been an Etsy shop owner? Since 2015 What do you love about being a member of Team We ReCreate? Our team is harmonious and supportive of all its members.
Yi Tyng Lim Malaysia
Sharon Prigan: Co-Captain of Team We ReCreate Israel What do you love best about summer? Summer evenings when it starts to get cool and everyone can relax after a hot day. What’s the best thing about selling on Etsy and Team We ReCreate? Etsy opens a window to the world and our team is full of helpful, supportive and caring people who share knowledge and support one another. Why is using upcycled materials in creating so important to you? One does not have to spend a lot of money to create art quilts or art fashions. Using remnants, scraps and things from your closet can recreate beautiful pieces. How long have you been an Etsy shop owner? Since 2015 Where do you create and what is the main focus of Prigan Art? I create instant downloadable tutorials in my home studio that helps teach others how to create art quilts, clothing, accessories, and crafts using upcycled materials.
Prigan Art Shop
Sley the Dent
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What is the inspiration behind your Etsy shop name? Sley the dent is a weaving term, it means to thread the reed. But, I have an image of myself as Athena, the goddess of weaving, brandishing my shuttle in one hand and my sley-hook in the other doing battle with the goblins that are tangling my warp threads What is your favorite part of summer? Eating tomatoes and strawberries, fresh and juicy, as I pick them. If you could take a summer vacation anywhere, where would you go? Kayaking in Finland where the sun never sets. What do you love about being a member of Team We ReCreate? It’s nice to know other artists who think upcycling and repurposing are important. I also like being inspired by our other members’ creativity. How long have you been an Etsy shop owner? Since 2008
Dawn Forde USA
Voodoo Raggdoll Shop
Kat Szabo USA Where do you create your dolls? In my living room. Why did you choose to create what you sell? I started with belly dance costumes from rescued clothing, I switched to primitive dolls to save my sanity. My art continues to evolve. Why is using upcycled materials in creating so important to you? I hate seeing beautiful and usable materials end up in landfills. How long have you been an Etsy shop owner? Since 2008 What’s your favorite summer song? “Rock Lobster” by the B-52’s What’s your favorite part of summer? Perseids meteor shower!
Sadie Sez
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Diana Harclerode
USA What do you love about being an Etsy shop owner? It gives me the freedom of selling whenever it fits my schedule. I’m a part-timer and it has worked for me. What’s the inspiration behind your Etsy shop name? I named my shop after my very opinionated Catahoula named Sadie. Basically I did whatever Sadie Sez. What’s your favorite summer food? I make a really nice fresh mango sorbet. YUM! Where do you create? I have a designated room in our Florida home, but I kinda end up all over the house. What’s your favorite summertime song? Oooh! Too many to choose from, but I always associate “Dancing in the Moonlight” (by King Harvest) with summer.
Studio Burt Nancy Moon United Kingdom How long have you been an Etsy shop owner? Since 2019 when ill health and a wonderful new fiancé gave me the opportunity to close my bricks and mortar vintage shop and concentrate on the side of the business I enjoyed most. What’s the inspiration behind your shop name? My rescue dog Burt, the best kind of secondhand find! If you could go on a summer vacation anywhere, where would you go? I'd love to take a whole summer to road trip America, thrifting by day and taking in the music of places like New Orleans, Nashville and Seattle by night. What do you love about being an Etsy shop owner? I love being able to create eco-conscious fashion, accessories and gifts without having to worry about the boring IT stuff.
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Jez Designs
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Julie Winnard United Kingdom What is the inspiration behind your shop name? Jez was an old gaming name. Why is upcycling important to you? I work with “unsustainability” in my day job, so I wanted to be eco-friendly in my creativity. Plus it’s more fun to have the challenge to solve instead of working with a blank sheet. How long have you been an Etsy shop owner? Goodness! Since God was a boy! 13 years now. Where do you create? Mostly in my tiny rented spare office studio. What is your favorite part of summer? The intense white light of June when you’re by the sea.
Jez Designs Crafts Julie Winnard United Kingdom
What is the inspiration behind your Etsy shop name? Jez Designs Crafts is an extension of Jez Designs. I opened this shop to separate the two different item categories and to make things simpler. If you could take a summer vacation anywhere, where would you go? Scandinavia! Endless days, good culture and nice and cool! Tell us about your craft supplies. I paint silk so some of my gifts are made from upcycled scraps of mine as well as working with remnants of upholstery or designer silks (we have a silk weaving town in the next county). My sustainable salvaged supply packs come from scraps rom my own upcycling and patchworking or preloved items. I also seem to find vintage beads to clean up and sell on every few years! What do you love about being a member of Team We ReCreate? Loads of inspirational, helpful makers and sellers. My tribe!
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High Hopes Dyes & Gift
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Carol Kinney: Co-Captain Team We ReCreate USA Where do you create? I have an extensive dye studio in my basement and a spare bedroom that’s been converted into my office/photo studio. Why did you choose to sell tie dyes? My husband challenged me to make him some tie dyes and other people seemed to like what I created. I’m also working on adding 60’s/70’s vintage items to match the era of my dye style. I have an eclectic mix of new, upcycled and eco-friendly clothing, art and home goods and specialize in ice dyes and custom orders - something for everyone! What’s the inspiration behind your ship name? Being a tie dyer, I get asked this a lot! It came from a Pink Floyd song, but the name also refers my mission to spread hope and love through my art. I had to drop the “s” for Etsy because it was too long to fit their allotted characters. What’s your favorite summertime song? I could create a whole playlist, but if I had to choose just one, it would probably be the Grateful Dead’s “Sugar Magnolia/Sunshine Daydream” medley. What do you love most about Team We ReCreate? The members have become like family and I’m forever grateful for all the knowledge I’ve learned and keep learning from them all.
From Nina’s Closet Claudia Salter USA What’s your favorite summer food? Hubby's smoke ribs and my homemade "All Day Potato Salad"! What’s is the inspiration behind your shop name? My grandbabies call me Nina. When I first started making upcycled items, many of them started and ended in my closet, hence the name "From Nina's Closet" Why is using upcycled materials in creating so important to you? I feel like there is so much clothing going to waste when it goes out of style or gets damaged. I like the challenge of taking these pieces and changing them slightly or into something totally different. How long have you been an Etsy shop owner? Since 2012. My items have definitely evolved since then! If you could take a summer vacation anywhere, where would you go? I’ve always wanted to go to Alaska since I was a child.
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FeltWerker
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Denise Handwerker USA What is your favorite part of summer? No cold and snow!!!! Why is upcycling important to you in your creative process? I didn't start out with the mission of being an upcycler, but in the process of falling in love with felt - it happened. I am trying to live gently on this wonderful planet How long have you been an Etsy seller/shop owner? Since 2008. Why did you choose the items that you create and sell? I fell in love with making felt from sweaters. I like beauty and functionality. What is the inspiration behind your shop name? My birth name is Handwerker my shop name is Feltwerker, so a mix of my name and the material I create.
Recycled Seams Diane Sladowski USA What do you love best about summer? Long days, sunshine and a break from the kids’ school. Why is using upcycled materials in creating so important to you? I work with denim, and there is so much waste. Denim fabric is made to last longer than the life of a pair of jeans has. Where do you create the items for your Etsy shop? I have a studio in my barn. I’m a homebody and anywhere my sewing machines are is home to me. What is the inspiration behind the name Recycled Seams? Recycling the jeans all the way to the seams. When I started no one could tell it was reusing jeans, so I put it in the name. What’s your favorite summer food? Family picnic. BBQ, potato salad and roasted marshmallows.
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Jaq Dav Handcrafts
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Jackie Davies United Kingdom
What’s your favorite summertime song? Crowded House’s “Always Take the Weather With You” What do you love about being an Etsy shop owner? I love the fact you can have a mix of items and that you can create custom items if requested. My Etsy shop gives me the opportunity to showcase lots of different handmade items and also offer vintage one off items when I come across them. Where do you create your items? At home in my dining room. Why is upcycling and selling of vintage items of interest to you? I love reusing things and also creating with pre-loved items I’ve found in charity shops. What do you love most about summer? The long light days in the UK are my favourite because you have the chance to be outdoors more to enjoy the sights and sound, it’s like a chance to recharge the soul after a long, cold dark winter.
Luanne Seymour Design Luanne Seymour USA
What do you love best about summer? Having family and friends visit. What do you love about creating your items for your shop? Zipper pouches are very handy and many people can use more than one of them. Each one is unique because I use whatever I have from my fabric scraps. Making these bags is like making a small painting or collage which gives me great pleasure What’s the best thing about being an Etsy shop owner? I’ve met some wonderful people I wouldn’t have otherwise. How long have you been an Etsy shop owner? Five years. What’s your favorite summer song? “Dancin’ in the Streets” by Martha and the Vandellas among many others. Where do you create your zipper pouches? In my home studio.
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Walker Lane Design
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Amy Hofmann USA How long have you been an Etsy shop owner? Since 2013 What do you love most about being a member of Team We ReCreate? I love the support of like-minded people and their shops. What’s your dream summer vacation? Summer vacations mean the woods, mountains and a lake. Why did you choose to create what you have in your shop? I love repurposing the parts of denim jeans that are not worn into a new, beautiful product. I think it’s important that the items we make out of previously used items look and feel new in order to give them new life. People who have bought and have been gifted with my bags are tickled to see that little bit of jeans seam and how it’s been incorporated into a new bag. What’s your favorite summer song? Will Farel’s “Happy”
California Backyard Sue Jordan USA What’s the inspiration behind your Etsy shop name? I actually create my tie dyes in my California Backyard! What’s your dream summer vacation? Bicycling through Europe. Why is using upcycled materials in creating so important to you? Upcycling and recycling have always been important to me, but it is more important than ever to make the best use of our limited resources as possible. And when I take an old piece of fabric and turn it into something that still has a useful purpose and is beautiful it brings me joy! The things I create are intended to reduce the negative impact we have on the planet. What’s your favorite summer song? There are so many, but I’ll go with Bruce Springsteen’s “The Girls in Their Summer Clothes”.
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La Belle Maison NY Shop
Meghan B. Estaque USA What’s your favorite summer food? Local corn on the cob. What’s the inspiration behind your Etsy shop name? La Belle Maison means “The pretty house” in French. Where do you create your items for your shop? In my home studio in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region of NY Why have you chosen to work with upcycled fabric? There is an obscene amount of fabric already out there in the world. I don’t want to contribute to putting more out there, so all my fabrics are either thrifted, donated to me or from estate sales. What do you love best about being part of Team We ReCreate? The best thing is that it’s a group of creative like-minded people.
Stalklings Bizarre Nicola Crow United Kingdom What do you love about being an Etsy shop owner? Selling on Etsy gives me the freedom to work at my own pace, being a carer for a loved one is hard, so time to create and follow my own flights of fancy is as good as a rest and if someone else loves what I've made enough to buy it, well that's the icing on the cake. What’s the inspiration behind your shop name? Stalkling is my partners nickname for me, I'm silly tall and since High School have been called Owl, or Big Bird by friends. If you've ever seen an owl get a stride on, you'll know they've got long legs under those feathers, yep me too, in the UK long legs are Stalks and of course there's the bird too, Then my Son said “Why don't you call your shop “Stalklings” and since then I've added the Bizarre, in honor of those of us who are called it and know it's really the best compliment. What’s your favorite summer food? I'm a bit of a fan of picnics and tearooms, so these days sandwiches, homemade cake, strawberries and cream with a pot of tea in the garden
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Passengers of Time
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Nicola Crow United Kingdom What’s your favorite summer song? Janis Joplin's “Summer Time”, it just captures the slow heat of midsummer, with a breeze playing and it brings back memories of my Dad singing it to me as a kid, I could be walking through Corn Fields with the wheat brushing my fingertips. What is the inspiration behind your Etsy shop name? I had an idea in my head of an old railway lost property platform, where all these wonderful old vintage things were just waiting, with their tickets, to travel on to new loved ones. Where do you work with your vintage items? I have a workroom, filled with old curios and inspiration: all the Passengers of Time are actually housed in there, in an antique Welsh Dresser, it's also where I keep all my wrapping and packing materials and take my photographs. How long have you been an Etsy shop owner? A fair number of years. 8 I think. It started as a hobby and now I am full-time. Why did you choose to sell vintage items? I really care about all those old things, I care about who kept them and why, the stories they might tell, the things they have seen, the iconic styles and social history in each one and I think they deserve to go on and on for years to come.
Four Paws Leathers Sharaun Young USA
What is the inspiration behind your shop name? Four Paws (my dogs) and leather. I ride a motorcycle and wear lots of leathers! What’s your dream summer vacation? The Mediterranean! Why is using upcycled materials in creating so important to you? I love the Earth and feel that what I do helps take care of the environment. I also educate pet owners on the importance of reducing their pet’s carbon paw prints. What’s your favorite summer food? All the fresh fruits! Melons, strawberries, blueberries, oranges. How did you decide to create pet items? My skill and decades of working in the garment industry come in very handy and my love of animals were a good fit. I love creating adorable and unique items for pet lovers and their dogs.
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Sari G Creations
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Sara Redzic Austria What do you love best about being an Etsy shop owner? I love being able to show my work to the world. Where would you go on your dream summer vacation? Paris! What is the inspiration behind your Etsy shop name? It’s initials from my, my sister’s and my two brothers’ names. What do you love best about being a member of Team We ReCreate? I love everything about team We Recreate, it’s the best group and most friendly. Where do you create your clothing? In my home in North Macedonia What’s your favorite summer song? Nancy Sinatra’s “Summer Wine”
Our July Market Etsy shop owners thank you for browsing through our catalog and hope you found new items and new shops to follow on Etsy. If you are an Etsy shop owner that specializes in using upcycled/recycled materials, has an eco-friendly focus or who sells vintage items, we invite you to join Team We ReCreate. Find us by searching in the “Teams” section of your Etsy home page at the bottom. We invite all Etsy shop owners and anyone interested in the focus of Team We ReCreate to join our Facebook Group that allows selling and link sharing, and of course all general ideas about upcycling, sustainability and vintage finds. Join us for a fun-filled week during our special Etsy market days July 24 - 30, 2021 (or anytime!). Additionally, we have our own Pinterest! We also have a separate Facebook group for our members to find encouragement and help anytime you need it. Sincerely, Carol Kinney & Sharon Prigan, co-captains of Team We ReCreate
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