About the Authors

Kate Gatski: Kate is a handmade entrepreneur. She and her husband Ben make sculpture and furniture full-time in their rural shop. Their business, Gatski Metal, is celebrating its tenth year. They enjoy working with a growing group of fantastic customers via their Etsy shop at www.etsy.com/shop/shopgatski. Kate is also a handmade educator and consultant, helping others establish and grow their own successful enterprises. Her recipe is revealed in a self-published e-book called All Craft: A Recipe to Make It Pay. Kate was born into craft; raised by a full-time rag-rug weaver, she has hidden behind many a craft show booth. Kate is mother to three children who keep her from going all crafts, all the time. She finds peace in the kitchen and the woods.

Kate Shoup: During the course of her career, Kate Shoup has authored more than 25 books, including Not Your Mama’s Beading, Not Your Mama’s Stitching, and Rubbish: Reuse Your Refuse (all published by Wiley), and has edited scores more. Kate also co-wrote a feature-length screenplay (and starred in the ensuing film) and worked as the Sports Editor for NUVO Newsweekly. When not writing, Kate, an IndyCar fanatic, loves to ski (she was once nationally ranked), read, craft, and ride her motorcycle. She also plays a mean game of 9-ball. Kate lives in Indianapolis with her lovely boyfriend, her brilliant daughter, and their dog.

Allison Strine: By day, Allison Strine is a happy artist who takes unreasonable joy in her Etsy shop feedback comments. She is also the author of LadyBirdLand! (StoryPeople Press), a colorful book that brings her irrepressible creations to vibrant reality. At night, Allison is a not-very-good cook; wife to a right-brained hunk (or is it the left? — the one that's all about math and not really about art); and tucker-inner of two perfectly behaved, well-groomed children. Allison writes in the third person and hawks her wares at www.etsy.com/shop/allisonstrine.

Dedication

Kate Gatski: To all of you — crafters, artists, makers, designers — who ­quietly labor away, creating something beautiful to share with the world. May this make some part of your efforts a little easier.

Kate Shoup: For Heidi, as always.

Authors’ Acknowledgments

Kate Gatski: Thanks foremost to my brilliant co-authors. It was a snap, thanks to both of you! Thank you to Elizabeth Kuball for her steadfast work and to Lindsay Lefevere for making the process simple and smooth. Thanks to Ben for playing with the kids while I typed away; and to Ivan, Hazel, and Evelyn, who are eager “to do Etsy” now, too. You’re my inspiration!

Kate Shoup: The publication of any book is an enormous undertaking, and this one was no exception! Thanks go first to my excellent co-author, Kate Gatski, who — figuratively, at least — pried more than one razor blade from my fingers. Thanks also go to Allison Strine, whose work on the first edition of this book was second to none. Thanks, too, to Lindsay Lefevere for giving us the opportunity to tackle this exciting project, and to Elizabeth Kuball for her dedication and patience in guiding this project from start to finish. Thanks to technical editor Caroline Colom Vasquez, who skillfully checked each step and offered valuable input along the way. Thanks to the Composition Services team at John Wiley & Sons, Inc., for their able efforts. Thanks to the Etsy sellers and talented photographers who graciously allowed us to feature their gorgeous photographs. Finally, thanks to Etsy itself for enabling craftspeople the world over to make a living by selling their work online.

On a personal note, many thanks and much love to my beautiful and brilliant daughter, Heidi Welsh; to my incredible parents, Barb and Steve Shoup; to my wonderful sister, Jenny Shoup; to my brother-in-law, Jim Plant; to my nephew, Jake Plant; and to mon ti lapin, Francois Dubois. I love you all so much, it chokes me up sometimes.

Publisher’s Acknowledgments

Executive Editor: Lindsay Sandman Lefevere

Project Editor: Elizabeth Kuball

Copy Editor: Elizabeth Kuball

Technical Editor: Caroline Colom Vasquez

Project Coordinator: Patrick Redmond

Cover Image: © iStockphoto.com/artvea