Shopping inside the confines of Etsy is like letting a 4 year old loose inside a candy store — with money! Handmade items are usually inexpensive and made with lots of love, so we tend to roam around and point while saying, "Mine! Mine!" So come take a little shopping trip with us and check out 10 of our favorite colorful Etsy finds.
We like to think of our Etsy finds like shopping with a good friend. Roaming around a store, picking up different items and holding them above your head to show off your new found treasure. Come on a mini shopping excursion with us and see what our Etsy travels discovered this morning. We focused on color, since today is, after all, the kickoff of our Room for Color contest at Apartment Therapy!
Here are a few delicious ways to bring some handmade color into the kitchen.
• I Love Your Egg Beaters: for $20. Great for yourself or as a gift! 8"x10"
• 4 Handmade Washcloths: for $14. They're the perfect thing to add an earth friendly pop of color!
• Petal Links Wall Clock: for $60. A modern styling for any home.
• Reusable Paper Towel Replacements: Set of 12 for $9.99, make going green easy!
• Vegan Bowl: $16. Now your afternoon lunch can make a statement!
• 12 Recipe Cards: for $9. Keep track of your family favorites with these cards out of Ohio.
• Stoneware Spoon Rest: for $12. Catches drips and looks good while doing so.
• 3 Egg Cups: for $30. Handmade and perfect for holding your breakfast treats!
• Temptation Photograph: for $20. Is it wrong that we just love this? ... although now we're hungry!
• Blue & White Salt & Pepper Shakers: for $12. You can never have too many and this little set is just precious.
Do you have a favorite colorful Etsy kitchen find? Let us know in the comments below! There's so many things to choose from, we often feel like kids in a (brightly-colored) candy store.
Related: Etsy Find: Felt and Fabric Fruit Bowls
(Images: Individual Etsy store owners listed above)
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How many of these kitschy items do you really need or use regularly. I don't have the space to store knickknacks. The mulitfunctional tools I have work just fine and don't need replaced. Save your money for important things.
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http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=8005875
Seller makes beautiful Pepper mills/grinders from reclaimed American Black Walnut, Yellow Poplar, Ash, cherry, and mahogany. I have purchased several as gifts and one for my kitchen table.
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http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25556799
I'm just waiting for the right moment to pounce on these adorable salt and pepper containers.
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http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=17457035
I bought these supercute S&P shakers but my kitten knocked them off the table and they broke. I almost cried.
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http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31089828.
This is a beautiful mug by one of my favorite sellers. (And I don't think there's anything wrong in having a few special items in the kitchen, even if they're not multifunctional - they're what give a home character!)
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Kitschy? Really? Handmade may not be to your taste, but everything I see here has a definite purpose and I would certainly use most of them on an everyday basis. What's wrong with decor in the kitchen?
I'm racking my brain trying to imagine how on earth salt shakers and washcloths are useless items that could be replaced with something "multifunctional."
Kudos to AT for the plug to Etsy. Buying handmade is great!
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Uncle! Boy am I getting torched regarding the "kitschy" comment. Sorry. If you have the financial means and freedom to purchase what you want and kitchen space to put them, then have fun.
I'm grateful to have enough for food on the table.
view lona's profile
I find that my fellow Etsy sellers like me sale items made with love, orignal and a lot of times one of a kind.
I love Etsy = hand made the only way to go!
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