Twelve #InstaSFETSY Days in October

#InstaSFETSY 12 Days in October

 Its the Craftobergram

Instagram Photo Challenge!

SFETSY Team

We LOVE Instagram and Seeing Your Pictures So We Selfishly Decided to 

Challenge You to Share Your Pictures! 

October 20 - 31

Instagram Team Challenge Rules

• Must have Instagram account and follow SFETSY on Instagram

• We highly suggest a Facebook Fan Page, Pinterest and Twitter Account to extend your reach.

• Follow the SF etsy Fan Page and @SFetsy Twitter Account to see everyone's #InstaSFEtsy posts!

• You need to post a photo daily from list below using the team challenge hashtag #InstaSFetsy in your Instagram posts. The tag encourages everyone to go see and share your pictures. To increase your traffic -  we have also included popular tags you can choose from for the individual topics - Use them to reach a broader audience if applicable.

• You need a cell phone or tablet that allows for an Instagram App Download to participate.

• Sign Up - (See Link Below) October 12 - Sign Up Deadline

What We Will Do:

SF Etsy will tweet and promote all the photos using the hashtag #InstaSFETSY on Facebook and Twitter. We want your images to go viral. Our goal is to gain some momentum with this contest online and get you some new likes and follows for you. We want to see your insights and your influence online grow. Plus we think it will be super fun and creative.

We encourage non-participating and participating members from the SF Etsy team to promote and share favorite images on their own personal social media venues.  We want to see the team post comments, heart and tweet their experience. Let's Go Viral! All shares, likes, comments and RTs  count towards your exposure ..  get friends and followers to help!

At the end of month we will review the images that were tagged in the 12 days in October and see what the most popular photos were based on its Instgram popularity (number of hearts). Your social media platforms like Instagram, Twitter , Pinterest and Facebook are the tools you have and we encourage you to use them to engage your audience.

Instagram is an amazing way to brand yourself and your Etsy shop. We want to share how creative the team is and we look forward to what you share.  

If you don't have Instagram yet - Start an account - its a free app --> Instagram

Note: Your images may be used in the promotion of the Instagram contest on SFEtsy but photo credit will be given to photo and uploader.

Each day you have an Instagram mission!  

Here is the list for each day of the challenge in October

with its photo topic goal and the suggested popular tags.

• October 12 - Sign Up Deadline
• Sign Up Here ---- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1L2bme9YKNDM5CeOK9LwOpJSSO53GuJZXYIuAfdT8cTo/viewform

• Oct 20.  SFetsy WIP  #Art #Maker #IMadeThis #Crafty
• Oct 21. Selfie #FollowMe #Igers #InstaDaily
• Oct 22. Tools of the Trade  #MakerGear #SFMaker #tools #handcrafted #handmade
• Oct 23. Where You Create  #Art #UrbanArt #Studio #MakerSpace #ShowYourArt #SmallBiz #EtsyShop #CraftMess #WorkSpace
• Oct 24. Vintage Style #Fashion #Retro #InstaFashion #Heels #LoveIt #OOTD
• Oct 25 Bay Area Moment #BestOfTheBay #Mode #WestCoast #SanFrancisco #YayArea #StreetPhotography #Architecture #BuildingPorn #510 #415
• Oct 26. Seasonal #Fall #Autumn
• Oct 27. Outfit of the Day #OOTD #Fashion #InstaFashion #Model #Style
• Oct 28. What Is SFEtsy To You #Friends #Mentors #BayArea #SmallBiz #LocalMakers
• Oct 29. Share your Shop #WorkDay #IMadeThis #ShopEtsy #ShopLocal #SFMaker #SmallBiz #Art #ShopEtsy
• Oct 30. Bay Area Love #SF #SanFrancisco #WestCoast #StreetPhotography #510 #415 
• Oct 31.  Halloween #Art #WestCoast #StreetPhotography #StreetArtistry #Halloween

Here are Some Photos from the 2013 Craftobergram

InstaSFEtsy and the Craftobergram

#Halloween In The City - Day Thirty One
KellyDrive

#Autumn - Day Fourteen
Kim Lucian Photography

The Craftobergram Instagram Photo Contest 

#FavoritePeople - Day Twenty Seven
Oh Abby Day 

WOW! 31 Days of InstaSFetsy!!!

I must say, chronicling the Craftobergram Instagram contest and watching the momentum build this past month was epic from the moment the first photo was uploaded. I was astonished watching the increasing visibility of the team as the photo contest evolved, starting from Day 1 - SFETSY WIP ( Work In Progress). As one of the contest monitors, and with each introduction to each post and description -  I developed a fondness for each of my team members, their works and soon began rooting for each of them - celebrating their brand.

#Autumn - Day Fourteen
Thrifted And Made
First Place Winner

#SFETSYWIP  - Day One
LouBelleDesign

Why A Contest? Well the short answer is: The SFetsy Team is an Inspiration. We are 1000+ Members of handmade, DIY, small business talent and we want everyone to know about your inevitable awesomeness. We thought why not do this using the tools we have - and Instagram and social media is our hammer! With 100+ million people using Instagram on their phones and tablets daily its pretty easy to engage with potential customers now. Instagram gave us a distinct and effective online presence and comradery and momentum soon emerged. 

#OOTD - Day Sixteen
Fleurette Seven - Glass Artist

#UpInTheSky - Day Eleven
One Odd Gerbil

#UrbanStyle - Day Twelve
Making Jiggy 

Team members that had not signed up for the contest and absolute strangers to our team even participated in the fun using our hashtag and theme to further extend their reach too! That's how we go viral!
SFEtsy featured through out the month the team’s photos and daily top pictures on the SFEtsy's Facebook wall, Instagram, Pinterest Board and Twitter account. All social media efforts were to spread the word about the individual team member and this crazy photo contest #Craftobergram that all these creative people from this great community are participating in.

#Monsters - Day Thirty
Entropy The Shop / Entropy Kitchen 

#Urbanite Day Twenty Three
ForeignSpell

#Coffee Revelations - Day Three
Lori Delisle Salt and Light Jewelry

#Chevron - Day Twenty
Poppy Peach Goodness

The frequency of these #InstaSFETSY uploads and updates created familiarity and momentum for the team members and the Instagram application. The contest then became it own visually branding, and a developing Instagram event began to spread wildly through the magic of the internet. We recapped weekly the top photos, gathered daily by MsAmandaJayne and Tickleandsmash, and posted the count on the SFETSY team Blog on the Sunday Morning Mimosa Recaps written by team members MsAmandaJayne and AshleyRenee Haak - both of whom contributed so much of themselves, time and enthusiasm to make this contest as amazing as it was.

#Landscape - Day Twenty One

               JewelryByMaeBee

After the first week, the SFEtsy Team's reach on the teams Facebook page was up 180 percent! Our last week we were up 226 percent! We realized quickly that our visual presence on Facebook gave a new and old audience an environment to browse the contest photos and futher promote the contest if they wanted. And people loved it. At the highest point we reached out to 12,529 people on our Facebook fan page in one day!

#WhereICreate Day Five
Philanthropic Panda

By the end of the contest the Craftobergram had over 12,500 photos posted on Instagram that were tagged #InstaSfetsy in the month of October and the hearts for the team were plentiful. That was an astounding amount of photos and we so appreciate everyone who stuck with the commitment and made this contest so much fun.


We reviewed the hearts on Instagram every day to decide the top photos. We combined those numbers together to find your winners.

#Inspiration - Day Twenty Six
Katy Atchison
Second Place Winner 

#Romance - Day Fifteen
 Nadene / Even Howard

Congratulations to Our Winners,Thrifted and Made and Katy Atchison Illustrations -   both clear inspirations and Instagram mentors for the SFEtsy Team.... And to all of you whom participated, even remotely, thank you for taking the time to introduce yourself to us and giving us some amazing insight into your brand and your life.

#Chevron - Day Twenty
Acts of Craftiness

#Circle - Day Twenty Eight
Kacey Schwartz Illustrations 

#Selfie - Day Three
Sunset Shutterbug

First Prize WInner is Thrifted And Made with a total count within the daily top photos of 405 hearts, plus was featured for 19 days in the months top photos.

First Place Prize  - 30" Square Gallery wrapped Gallery Wrapped Canvas  with one of your Instagram images from the contest OR Iphone Camera Cover with one of your Instagram images from the contest from Twenty 20.

Second Prize WInner is Katy Atchison with a total count within the daily top photos of 335 hearts and was featured for 15 days in the months top photos.

Second Place Prize - A 10 Pack 5" x 5"   Cards  with one of your Instagram images from the contest from Twenty 20.

Easter Egg Hunt CONTEST!

Happy Monday, Folks!

Well, all the clues are out there! If you haven't started already, go get looking for all those "hidden eggs"!

They could be in any 5 blog posts from March 18th until yesterday, March 24th.

Clue Recap!:

Once you find all 5 of the "eggs", email them to sfetsyteam@gmail.com with the Subject reading "Easter Egg Hunt". Contest will close on Sunday, 3/31, so all participants must enter their answers by then! To entice you  even further, here are the 5 prizes again!

sincesass, mamasmagicstudio, kellydrive, francesmarin, embergrass

Good luck, have fun, and Happy Hunting!

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If you're an Etsy seller in the San Francisco Bay Area, contact Our Team Captain about joining SFEtsy!

Easter Egg Hunt CONTEST!

Happy Monday, folks! 

     In honor of the Easter festivities, your SFEtsy blog team is holding an "Easter Egg Hunt" contest!

Staring today, we will be leaving 5 "hidden eggs" in 5 posts, ending on Sunday the 24th.  These "eggs" will be 5 particular words or phrases that can be found by following the clues left on our Facebook, twitter, and instagram.

Starting Monday the 25th, once you find all 5 of the eggs, email them to sfetsyteam@gmail.com with the Subject reading "Easter Egg Hunt". Contest will close on Sunday, 3/31, so all participants must enter their answers by then!

     Oh! And the prizes! Five of your blog team authors have donated prizes that will be given (in no particular order) to the first 5 lucky winners!

Good luck, have fun, and Happy Hunting!

upcycled fabric ring from mamasmagicstudio

slouchy snap hat from kellydrive

zipper pouch from sincesass

beaded long earrings from embergrass

art print from francesmarin

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If you're an Etsy seller in the San Francisco Bay Area, contact Our Team Captain about joining SFEtsy!

SF Etsy & Rickshaw Bags Design Contest

About a month ago, Rebecca Saylor strolled into Rickshaw Bagworks to collect some heavyweight fabric scraps that they were donating to Fabmo - along with some bags they made for volunteers.

Little did she know...she would spark a partnership that could very well go down in SF Etsy history.

Meet Mark Dwight...Founder & CEO of Rickshaw Bagworks. He's also the Founder of SFMade.

He's a completely talented and creative individual who really knows what it's like to start something from a small seedling of an idea - into something really special.

Read all about Rickshaw Bags and tell me you're not already feeling inspired by these people.

He heard about us through the SF grapevine and he said to Rebecca - I want to team up with SF Etsy and wanted to see if we would like to work together on some fun projects....and Rebecca said "I'll connect you!" The excitement was in the air.

I could hear the smile in Rebecca's voice when she called to tell me about partnering with them.  Shortly after, she connected me with Mark and the three of us started to coordinate a series of partnerships with Rickshaw Bagworks for SF ETSY MEMBERS ONLY :-)!! Yay'

The First partnership starts now...

THE DESIGN CONTEST!

I personally am completely thrilled by this contest...and I just know you all will be, too. Bag makers, embroidery artists and painters/illustrators will LOVE this project.

Basic Concept:

Design the front flap of a Rickshaw Bagworks Medium Zero Messenger Bag.

Materials You Can Use (limitations on material usage):

• For Illustrators/Screenprinters/Painters - use 10 oz. weight canvas & screen printing paint. Make sure you waterproof it also just in case it gets caught in the rain when it's made into a bag
• Bag Designers - heavy-weight upholstery fabric or anything that is 10 oz. weight or more. You can do a quilting technique or use your sewing machine to patch on different pieces to the front flap...the world is your oyster. You can even add a pocket to the front also (sorry, no button though)
• For Embroidery: see above. :) You can embroider on any heavy-weight fabric 10 oz. weight or more.

NO GLITTER - NO SEQUINS - NO FEATHERS - NO EXTRA PARTS

Nothing that could get stuck in a machine when being cut or assembled. 

Bag design should lay flat and be easy to fold up... nothing too thick, sticky or messy.

If you use any of the restricted materials, your submission will be disqualified.

The Pattern:

Download and view the pattern below

http://www.katyatchison.com/messengerBag_rickshawZero_medium_SFETSYFLAP.jpg

your submission will be is 20" by 15"
Keep your main design in the safe area shown below

PLEASE DO NOT CUT IT INTO A FLAP SHAPE

(that way, if you want to make this into a bag yourself later,
you can still do that and have them cut it for you)



Rebecca Saylor's flap design and the color swatches

Designing your one-of-a-kind flap...is really fun!



Mark of Rickshaw Bags hard at work with Rebecca's flap design

Here's a photo Astra Brinkmann took of me working on my bag design

How to submit your flap design:

Send a scan or a take a photo of your bag flap to me (Katy) by September 15th.

I will create a mock-bag with your design for voting.

Make sure you send in the best quality photo to get the most votes!
ONLY ONE DESIGN PER SF ETSY MEMBER

BAG EXAMPLES:
Here are the two bags designed from the flaps that Rebecca and I made. Notice that she used a quilting/sewn technique and I used a painting technique on my flap.

You can really individualize your design to suit your artistic style.


Flap design by Rebecca Saylor using heavy-weight upholstery

Detail shot of Rebecca's Bag - all photos taken by Rickshaw Bagworks



Detail shot of Katy's finished bag



Flap design by Katy Atchison - later assembled and built by Rickshaw Bagworks



This is what the mock design will look like for voting

Voting & How You Win:

Voting will begin on September 18th and will end September 24th on our Facebook Page. The winner will be announced at a September 25th event (see below). To win: you must have the highest COMBINED total of likes and comments for your bag design.

What you win:

You get your one-of-a-kind bag made - for free 
by Rickshaw Bagworks

Valued at over $89. You'll get to completely customize the color combination of your bag by choosing the final colors for the inside, outside and piping of the bag.

Why You want to be part of this:

EXPOSURE! Every design submitted will be posted on our Facebook Page with a link to your shop. We will have blog postings about the contest. And a whole event to announce the winner, too!

Not only that - you'll get the opportunity to really show Rickshaw Bagworks what you're all about...and YOU can build this bag later yourself if you want and wear it around to show off your brand and what you're work is all about.

WINNER ANNOUNCED DURING THE

SF ETSY EVENT @ RICKSHAW BAGS

SEPTEMBER 25th @6pm
904 22nd Street – San Francisco, CA
Right next to 22nd Street Cal Train Station

During our exclusive SF Etsy Event at Rickshaw Headquarters

FREE beverages will be provided by Speakeasy Beer! YUM!

All SF Etsy members can come to this free event! If you designed a flap - please, bring it to the event to show it off to Rickshaw and so we can create a pop-up gallery for all of us to talk about and enjoy during the event. We'll be hanging them all up and admiring your work.

Plus! Added bonus for attending: Rickshaw Bagworks wants to talk to YOU about teaming up with them to create limited edition bags. You do the fun part - put your spin on the front of the bag...

and then they assemble bags to your specs! Come hang with us and Rickshaw Bags (drink a free beer!)  and see why they want to work with you - help you expand your business into the art of making bags along side Rickshaw Bagworks via small batch one-of-a-kind bags & in-store consignment opportunities.  Imagine having access to an industrial sewing machine - a team of people to assemble your work - and a whole company wanting to help you ...create something... magical!

Plus, Mark will talk all about SFMade - what it is & how to join!

Questions?

Ask me or Rebecca if you are struggling with any part of this. We want to make this a fun project for each of you! 

HUGE THANK YOU to Rebecca Saylor. This has been her vision and we are so lucky to have her on our team!

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If you're an Etsy seller in the San Francisco Bay Area, contact Katy or Steph about joining SFEtsy!