Welcome back to our final Indie Holiday Emporium Meet the Makers post! We hope you've enjoyed the last few weeks of vendor previews, and we'll look forward to seeing you this weekend.

PASSIONandLOVE​: Personalized Wedding Dress Hangers and Accessories

haileymarley: Baby Shower Decoration, Shower Centerpieces and Favors

We're "pre-shopping" now before the show coming up this week! Join us at Pier 35, Saturday Nov. 28 and Sunday Nov. 29, 11am-5pm, to shop these and 200+ vendors in person. 

PassportToPaper​: Upcycled, well traveled, paper goods

cleomade​: Gift Tags, Ornaments, Craft Kits, Paintings, Books, and Postcards

ThePaperPonyCo: Greeting Cards, Stationery, Art Prints & More

Welcome back to our final Jewelry Meet the Makers post! These vendors, along with 200+ independent makers, will be at the Indie Holiday Emporium at Pier 35, Nov. 28-29, 11am-5pm.  Hope you'll join us!

Happy Friday Everyone!!! This week we are featuring RoseKraft. Owner Rose Schubert is a self-employed bookkeeper with many wonderful clients, but when she absolutely need a break from numbers you can  always find her spending time taking care of houseplants or trying to stay on top of garden chores.
Most of the items she creates are inspired in some way by her time in the garden or the lovely seasonal changes in Northern California.

1. What is your Shop Name and URL ?
www.rosekraft.etsy.com

2. To which Etsy Teams do you belong?
Gardens of Etsy
Home for Displaced Victorians
Pacific Postcards Team 
Inspired by Nature
and of course, SF Etsy
are just a few.....
Wish I had the time to be more active in all of them.

​3. Please tell us about the items in your Etsy shop. What do you make? How did you learn your craft? What is involved in your creative process?
I have always loved to garden and arrange flowers and started collecting old seed catalogs and packets at least 20 years ago. My interest in antique paper led me to 19th century Victorian scrap - with its saturated colors and incredible lithographic detail it was a perfect medium for floral imagery.
Victorian scrap was originally intended to be stored and viewed in paper scrapbooks, but I thought there might be another way to preserve and enjoy them by framing them using archival materials.
So I started highlighting individual pieces and promoting them like miniature paintings.
This blending of vintage with new materials is a theme running throughout my shop, like the vintage candy tin overflowing with faux succulents.

4. Tell us two (or more) other interesting things about you.
I've lived in the same house in San Francisco for the past 40 years - it was originally a commune.
We have kept backyard chickens since the late 1970's, and at one point had a beehive.
My husband and I love to garden, and we literally have over 2000 plants - most of them thriving!

5. What inspires your creations?
What's happening out in the garden,
What's available at the farmers' market. 
What the sky looks like in the early evening.


6. What is your biggest challenge related to your Etsy shop?
I think home decor is a tough category to sell in, as your success depends on other people connecting to your style and wanting to have it in their homes.

7. What is your favorite item in your shop (currently for sale or previously sold)? Why is it your favorite?
https://www.etsy.com/transaction/132820205
Sold a few years ago, and I still miss it.
Perfect blending of new and vintage components.....

8. What crafting skill(s) do you wish you had or hope to learn someday?
I bought a floor loom years ago, off of eBay if you can believe it, and I still haven't warped it.
Would love to find a patient weaving instructor to help me get started!
If you had a gift certificate to Etsy for any one item you wanted, what would you buy?

9. If money were no object for just one day, what would you do?
I would give it all to Doctors Without Borders.

​10. Where else can we find out more about you and/or your creations?
Glimpses of how I live are here -
http://www.rosekraft.blogspot.com/
And my personal style here -
https://www.pinterest.com/rosekraft/
​

Friday Features are run by Raji of Red Kerria Designs. To see your own shop featured, please fill out the form here.

Welcome back to our Meet the Makers series! We've got even more great jewelry vendors for you--pre-shop now, then meet them all at the Indie Holiday Emporium at Pier 35, Nov. 28-29, 11am-5pm. 

CanDidArtAccessories: TRIBAL JEWELRY WITH A BOHO TWIST

We've got a great jewelry category, with over 30 vendors for every style! Pre-shop now, and then shop jewelry and 200+ local indie makers on Nov. 28-29, from 11am-5pm, at Pier 35 in San Francisco.

Heart's Desire Jewelry: Handcrafted jewelry made by artist Ann Marie Hodrick

Welcome back to  Meet the Makers, where you get to "pre-shop" the SF Etsy Indie Holiday Emporium! These unique vendors for home and living really inspire for the holidays and all year long! Join us on November 28/29 from 11am-5pm to shop over 200 local, indie makers in person at Pier 35, San Francisco.

Penelope Candles Scented Soy Candles 

Treasured Wares  Custom Made Home Decor and  Furniture

Tina Fossella Ceramics  Handcrafted Ceramics 

Trays4Us Wooden Trays With Nautical, Vintage and Aviation Charts  

​Oakleaf Floral Design  Unique, Naturalistic Floral Designs and Container Gardens

Bon journal   Make - Life - Delicious 

Tamale Grande Design  Laser Cut Paper Art, Jewelry and Home Decor 

Dee's Woodshop  Handcrafted Wood Creations

Bella Jackson Studios Vintage Silverware Repurposed Into Meaningful Gifts

​

Welcome to another edition of the Friday Feature. This week we are Featuring Messy Play Kits. Owner Robin Wilson is passionate about early childhood education. She has degrees in child development and psychology and experience teaching preschool at the UC Davis Center for Child and Family Studies. She is also a Certified Lactation Counselor, infant massage instructor, a Happiest Baby on the Block instructor, and a postpartum doula.  
​Messy Play Kits are an easy way for children and parents to engage in sensory exploration and age-appropriate science activities at home.

1. What is your Shop Name and URL ?
Shop Name:Messy Play Kits,
Shop URL: www.etsy.com/shop/messyplaykits or www.messyplaykits.com
(I also have the shop Barbujas, www.etsy.com/shop/Barbujas)

2. To which Etsy Teams do you belong?
SF Etsy

3. Please tell us about the items in your Etsy shop. What do you make? How did you learn your craft? What is involved in your creative process?
I make Messy Play Kits, which are sensory play activity kits for young children. Each kit includes 3-5 different hands-on activities to help children learn about the world around them. It's a bit of art, a bit of science, and lots of fun! I used to teach preschool and have a background in child development, so this stems from my passion of getting young children interacting and learning about the world. I've always done a ton of messy play with the students in my classroom and kids I nannied for, and now you can do it at home too! I also include education for the parents about what their children are learning from engaging in this type of play. 
I have a blast making my kits. The activity ideas come from my classes, the Internet, and lots of trial and error! I love getting messy, so it works for me. 

4. Tell us two (or more) other interesting things about you.
I also make handmade soaps and bath products on the side. I've also been skydiving 18 times! 

​5. Where else can we find out more about you and/or your creations?
Website: messyplaykits.com
Facebook: Facebook.com/messyplaykits

6. What is your favorite item in your shop (currently for sale or previously sold)? Why is it your favorite?
My favorite item is the Dinosaur Dig Messy Play Kit. It's by far the best seller, because who doesn't love dinosaurs? It's also the first kit I came up with. You get to erupt a volcano, hatch dinosaur eggs, and make dino fossils! 

7.What crafting skill(s) do you wish you had or hope to learn someday?
Felting. I saw someone doing it the other day at a market, and she had young kids helping her. It looked like fun, was very open-ended, and a great craft to involve kids in. I hope to learn how to felt myself so that I can include it as a project in my kits one day!

8. What has been your biggest success and/or proudest moment since opening your Etsy shop?
I recently got accepted into the Etsy Wholesale division, and I'm super excited to see where this goes! It's also forcing me to look more thoroughly at my Etsy shop and make sure it's up to par. 

9. If money were no object for just one day, what would you do?
I would travel. I would book flights and hotels/hostels for random parts of the world, and just get out there. I'd book as many flights and things in advance since it's just one day, but then I could travel for awhile and enjoy it. 

10. What is the craziest gift you have ever received?
My sister sent me a Groupon for a helicopter flying lesson once. I was visiting her in Biston and got to take a 4 hour class followed by a 45 minute private flying lesson (where I actually took over the controls of the helicopter in flight!). It was so crazy!

11. What's next for you?
I'm excited to be joining the SF Etsy Holiday Emporium this month (November 28 & 29). I've been enjoying the Treasure Island Flea Market in recent months so you'll be sure to find me there over the winter and spring. I'm also looking forward to launching Birthday Boxes early next spring, so stay tuned for that!

12. Anything else you would like to add?
I have really enjoyed being part of the SF Etsy team. The forum is a fabulous resource and I love how connected I feel to the local makers!

Robin is currently offering a special discount. You ​can use the code SFETSY for free shipping (a $6 savings), and on her website you can use the same code for 20% off a new subscription ($8 savings)

Friday Features are run by Raji of Red Kerria Designs. To see your own shop featured, please fill out the form here.

265 Design   Furniture, Accessories and Home Decor

Tickle And Smash Home Decor,  Sewn Goods,  Fiber Art and Illustration

Karmalit   Scented Candles and Home Decor

DogoLovesSF  Dog Accessories, Gifts and Home Decor

Dear Indigo  Organic Cotton textiles For Baby and Home

Twine  And Dandy Floral Arrangements and Home Decor 

It's Only You Hand Embroidered Home Decor

The Heated  Screen Printed Goods For Every Day Life 

Dots N Swirls Home Decor, Candles and Glassware 

OodleBaDoodle  Home Decor Pillows and Accessories

Gooseberry Press  Stylish Maps And Paper Goodies 

MAC Cutting Boards  Custom Engraved Wood Cutting Boards

​

Welcome back to our Home & Living preview! Look over these great vendors now, and then shop with them and 200+ makers at the SF Etsy Indie Holiday Emporium, Nov. 28-29, 11am-5pm at Pier 35.