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Folksy Blog Badges
We’ve recently updated our logo as part of the site redesign project and since the launch we’ve had a few requests from Folksy sellers for blog badges. I’ve added a couple of options (in two sizes) to this post that you can use to publicise your work on Folksy. After each badge graphic there is [...]
Temporary outage update
We had a problem with the search engine we use which brought the site down temporarily earlier today. We’re re-architecting the site and our search application so this issue is less likely on the future, as we scale. As always, there is more information on the Folksy status blog. If you do experience any problems [...]
Frankly – the new Folksy blog is here!
Hello, Frankly, the new online magazine from Folksy is here! frankly.folksy.com. Celebrating making in all its glory, Frankly will bring you interviews with the best makers and designers from Folksy.com, will discover new and emerging talent and share with you stories that inspire creativity in all it’s forms. For tips on how to make the best of [...]
Featured Sellers – Ladysnail and EmmaJoy
From the Imagination of Ladysnail – illustrator and printmaker bringing cute little doodles to life. EmmaJoy – delicately hand drawn greetings cards by graphic designer Emma Holton. See more of Folksy’s fab featured sellers…
Featured Seller
Jools Yasities is a multi media artist working with watercolour, acrylic, charcoal, ink, stitch and collage to create bold designs inspired by nature. Jools lives in Widnes with her youngest daughter, Natascha and her “amazing, patient, supportive and long-suffering husband, Jay”. Her other two children, Dominic and Hannah have flown the nest but I’m told [...]
Clarification to Handmade on Folksy
This week has seen Folksy make some clarifications to its terms around our definition of “handmade”. In 2008 we stated that items which could be sold on Folksy must be “majority handmade” using the craft skills of the maker. Although this definition has not changed, it has not been sufficiently enforced and has been interpreted differently by makers [...]
Featured Sellers
Print For Love of Wood – a design & letterpress studio dedicated to vintage wood type and tree hugging paper. All Things Ottoline - pretty hand embroidered dolls using vintage fabrics. See more of Folksy’s fab featured sellers…
My Essential Kit
I’ve always had a bit of geek love for the tools used by designers in any craft. I’ve spent a good few hours transfixed by the various paraphernalia in my local craft supplies shop. Classic wooden handled palette knives, bone folders, paper piercers, rifflers, rasps, afghan crochet hooks, double ended needles, thimbles, air guns [...]
Introducing Emily
Hello. My name is Emily. I’m a little giddy with excitement over my new role as blogger at Folksy.com so, sensing that, the Folksy gang have let me loose and asked me to introduce myself. I come from a long line of artists and crafters and have an insatiable passion for all things handmade. It [...]
Featured Sellers – Sally Boyle and The Turnist
Sally Boyle: Applied Graphics – lovingly designed prints, wall stickers, canvases and stationery. The Turnist – Unique works of art and practical items hand-made using some of the most interesting and beautiful wood native to the UK. This is sourced from windfalls, lightning strikes and even old agricultural farm buildings and fence posts. See more [...]