Lost in the craftiness
I love the drifting, the random connections and weird explorations, ending the pleasure in finding something you didn’t know existed but can’t live without.
The Internet. I spend a lot of time looking at the same things every day. And some of the coolest things come from cooler people than me posting stuff on sites I visit regularly. It also amazes me to think how many cool and creative people there are out there, and makes me feel a little guilty about how I’m not stretching myself more.
I came across this site, Etsy: Your Place to buy and sell all things handmade. It features a direct way for people who handmake everything from yarn to shirts, jewelry, dolls, purses, and … well, I dunno. I got lost in some of the site’s other features.
Like being able to find items by mousing over a beautiful color picker. I could spend a long time playing and never buying. The site’s designers clearly had more fun by allowing you to toss the item away if you’re done looking. There’s another time travel function, which I admit I still don’t understand the point of, but it’s fun.
I spent probably a half hour just looking at purses (not that I bought any), insanely driven by the need to have something different, that I couldn’t buy in the store. And handmade. And the money going to directly someone who put a lot of time and effort into it.
And for the most part, the prices were very reasonable.
The Internet marketplace. The best thing invented since … sliced cheese. Or bagels.