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Etsy's Alchemy -- a Craigslist for Custom-Made Stuff

by Evan Shamoon on September 26, 2008 at 10:49 AM



In case you've been too busy LOPDIFY (Letting Other People Do It For You), online DIY marketplace Etsy has become the go-to Web site for the artisans and craftsmen (and craftsladies) of society to sell their self-made productions. Now, the site has opened up an area they're calling Alchemy, where users can request custom-made items, and sellers bid on the opportunity to fulfill them.

The folks at Urlesque have dug up this gem:

Toilet shaped stud earring
posted 9/24/2008 , expires 10/15/2008

My mom has wanted a toilet-shaped earring to put in her cartilage (ear) piercing to signify that her ear is "in the crapper". (She is deaf in her left ear due to a surgical mishap.) Her birthday is in mid-November so I would like it to be done by the beginning of November so I can give it to her in time.
Thank you very much for your help!

No, young earring-seeker, thank you. [From: Urlesque]

Tags: diy, etsy, gifts, shopping, web

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