Posts tagged “folksy”
Maker Faire Competition Winners
We’re only a week away from the Maker Faire and here in the Folksy office we’re getting pretty excited. Running along side the sponsorship of the Maker Faire has been an exciting competition to win the chance to be featured on the Folksy homepage. Our closing date was yesterday and it was a difficult choice [...]
Shop Promotion :: Stumble Upon and How to get Stumbled
Stumble Upon has become one of the ever growing list of icons that pops up on websites all over the internet… but what is it and how can ‘stumbling’ help increase traffic to your handmade products available on Folksy? Hopefully this article will explain why you should join in and start stumbling around yourself. What [...]
Guardian says hello…
There was a nice full page piece in today’s Guardian magazine on Folksy, to quote: Homespun, recycled wares are a byword for cool in these straitened times. So right now we love folksy.com, an online collective of designers and craftmakers selling everything from knitted egg cosies to felt-covered journals – all oozing handmade charm. And [...]
Dawg gone…
I’m finding it really interesting how the term ‘Folksy’ has been used recently especially around the current Presedential election campaign in the US. Just look on twitter for who’s talking about Folksy, it’s kinda interesting. Sarah Palin has become the flag bearer of a Folksy ‘way’ She is a Folksian! Maybe we should make her [...]
Interesting
We were at Interesting2007 today, the day were were hoping to launch a beta beta or rough, rough or half-baked or whatever version of the service. However, we had a few teething problems and the beta beta [or... ] will have to wait a week or so. Still, ‘Interesting’ was excellent. Freakish weather meant Rob [...]
In a name…
One or two people have asked about where the name Folksy originated. I really don’t know. There were a few other names knocking around at the time – zakka [after the Japanese home craft craze] being one and stitchy being another. Now, having dug around a bit I see that it has a pretty broad [...]