Warren Ellis has put an open call out to Whitechapel readers who have Etsy stores for their crafts to pimp their offerings for early Xmas shopping. So far, we've got wool candy, steampunk jewellery, surreal paintings, paintings of demon cats, handmade jewellery, custom toys, fashion, goggles, felted dissected animals, hand-dyed wool, chainmail, etc etc. Instant clicktrance!
Warren's Pub Table: [Sticky] Etsy People Stand Up (late 2009)
(Image: Knitted Fetal Pig Biology Project)
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Those knitted dissected animals are fantastic!
This is the coolest thing Etsy has ever slung. They have my attention