For starters, I feel obligated to tell you that I've cheated a little bit on this assignment. You see, Etsy.com and I have been best friends for almost a year now. I first found this site last year when a sorority sister of mine sent out an email naming Etsy as the best place to find cute owl items (owls are our mascot, sort to speak). So of course we all immediately entered the site's URL and whaddaya know? It's like a Chi Omega's heaven. But other than my sorority, there is a tremendous amount of other items.
Since the website mainly sells homemade products, you can find nearly anything. They have cards, artwork, blankets, jewelry, clothing, etc. It's pretty much like your one-stop-shop! And with low shipping rates for U.S. citizens, it's almost impossible to find a reason not to buy anything you love.
Let's talk about homemade gifts for a second. Everyone likes them, right? At least they did the last time I checked. Well, maybe you're not the "sewing material"... or maybe you just don't know how to use a sewing machine. Etsy is here to your rescue! You can easily purchase something and pass it off as something you've done (Yes, I know that's wrong, but hey. Sometimes you have to do what you have to do). I'm sure we've all been in that situation, or at least I have ;) But for those of you that do know how to sew and/or paint, you can search for ideas on what to make. It's that simple. If you're looking for how to make owl cards, just go to http://www.etsy.com/ and type in "homemade owl cards" in the search engine.
Cute, right? Now you can look at them as models for your own project. Websites like these are definitely inspirations for creativity. Students that have to create projects in school can log on and browse Etsy's collections. Like I said before, sellers sell anything on here! And it's wonderful quality because an exact description of the product is listed. If you receive the item and it isn't up to par- guess what. You can return it for a full refund! I mean, it just keeps getting better and better, don't you think? The same concept applies for students that need items for a project. It isn't often that you can find homemade items in stores. Nowadays you have to make them yourself and then compile all of the pieces into one big presentation. But now that Etsy is here with each of her sellers, you have access to over 1,000,000+ homemade objects. How is it that students don't know about this website? Teachers can definitely use it to help give better examples for project ideas. Don't be the last to get on the bandwagon. Help yourself and your future students. As for me, I'll definitely be continuing my online addiction! ;)
Yours,
TPlummer
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