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RegrETSY: 3 of the Worst Items on Etsy.com

BY Cliff KuangWed Oct 7, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Regretsy catalogs some of the worst pieces to found on Etsy.com, the online makertplace for would-be craft mavens

The last time we caught up with Etsy, it was to praise how the start-up has created an online marketplace for crafty geniuses--small-time makers of beautiful objects who'd otherwise remain unknown.

But not everything on Etsy is great. Not by a long-shot. And that's why there's Regretsy. Tagline: "Handmade? Looks like you made it with your feet."

Here's just three of the gems they dug up, and their comments, in italics.

placenta

What exactly do you do with a handcrafted placenta? Do you leave it out on the coffee table? Do you put it in a shadowbox? Do you spray Endust on it and run it over the piano? I mean you can't even really play with it. At least put some googly eyes on it. Then you can put it in a tree on Halloween.

fish squirrel

I rest my case.

plug rug

"Unused thrift store wool" sounds like the least sanitary thing in the world to store a tampon in, short of a used coffee filter. Not to mention the fact that it attaches to your keys and sits in the bottom of your purse all day, which greatly increases the possibility of getting a piece of Dentyne in your uterus.

For the best, most NSFW, check out Regretsy.

[Via Quipsologies]

Topics:

Design, craft, Etsy, Regretsy, handmade, Innovation, Technology, Etsy Inc., Dentyne


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October 10, 2009 at 4:57pm by Carol VanderKloot

Who ever said that ETSY was only a place for those with happy thoughts is sorely mistaken! It seems that damien hirst, kiki smith and karen finlay may be among the crafty, crocheted and decoupaged. ETSY is no longer for the warm and fuzzy...but definitely the fuzzy (eew)!