December 2-4, 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend

Welcome to the December 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend Event Post.

Every month we create a thread over on our Art Walk Etsy Team page where members of our team can add items from their shops so people can visually scroll through this online art walk.

Click to hop to the December 2016 Team Event Thread

Please make sure to stop back throughout the month to see what is being added!

Members are also welcome to add their Etsy shop link and business FB page to our monthly profile photo update on our First Friday Art Walk Weekend page. 

Have a wonderful weekend and month of December and Thank You for supporting handmade and local artwork!

November 4-6, 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend Event Post

Happy First Friday!

Please join our Artists from our Art Walk Etsy Team (AWETeam) in the monthly celebration of handmade creativity by clicking over to our November 2016 Etsy Event Thread where members of our team will be adding items from their Etsy shops.

Here are a few items from our members:

Handmade Pewter Cat Earrings by BayMoonDesign

PATTERN to make these Crystals on the Edge Hoop Earrings by TrixiesJewelBox

Cedar Twig Brooch in Sterling with CZ stones by DixSterling

Oval Porcelain Shawl Pin by ClayworksNH

Needle Felted Gnome Bottle Topper by MarshaNealStudio

Please check back through the month to see if other artists are adding new work to their shop for your handmade holiday shopping treasures.

And don't forget to look around your local town to see if there are any First Friday Art events happening in your area. Help support your local art shops, galleries and artists!

September 2-4, 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend

Welcome to the September First Friday Art Walk Weekend!

Hop on over to our Art Walk Etsy Team page for September 2016 to see the artists from our team adding items from their Etsy shop for this months Art Walk Weekend.

And check out some of our AWETeam Treasuries (curated collections of items found on Etsy).

It's an AWETeam Autumn by Dix Cutler

September Art Walk by Barbara Hanselman

Hope you have some time to get out this weekend and see some local art in your town!

Thank you for supporting handmade!

August 5-7, 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend

Welcome to the August 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend, hosted by the AWETeam (Art Walk Etsy Team).

This monthly online event is a meeting place for our team members to add items from their Etsy shop to our "Event Thread". Please check out the August 2016 Event Thread.

Here are just a few items that some of our members have added:

Unique Handmade Felt Hats by Feltthink

Red Gold Blue and Teal Stoneware and Porcelain Pendants by Clayworksnh

Handmade Solid Bronze Earring Components by TrixiesJewelBox

DIY Wrap Silk Bracelet or Cord Kit by MarshaNealStudio

Here are some AWETeam treasuries to check out:

August Greens AWETeam First Friday Artwalk by Lisa Boucher

Coffee with Cream Please by Kathy Lindemer

Thanks for stopping by and checking out these wonderful artists shops.

And remember to get out and support your local Art scene. Happy First Friday!

June 3-5, 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend

Welcome to the June 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend, hosted by the AWETeam (Art Walk Etsy Team).

This monthly online event is a meeting place for our team members to add items from their Etsy shop to our "Event Thread". Please check out the June 2016 Event Thread.

Here are just a few items that some of our members have added:

Turquoise Starfish Earrings by BayMoonDesign

Original Watercolor Painting by KarenFaulknerStudio

Handmade Ceramic Mint Green Serving Bowl by RisingStarPottery1

Brass Hair Slide Barette by actionLove

Make sure to click HERE to see the rest of the shops for June.

There are also Etsy Treasuries curated for our team by our members, which are really wonderful to see:

June Trends by BayMoonDesign

AWETeam's Everything Old is New Again by BHClaysmith

Rain Beauty by actionLove

Horsin' Around by DreamOn

For Dads and Grads by BayMoonDesign

And you can always check out more shops all month long through our AWETeam Member Shop Page here on our blog

For those of you on Facebook, we have a First Friday Art Walk Weekend Page, where our team members can link up their shops and FB pages to our monthly profile image update.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out our monthly post and we hope that you are able to get out locally and see artists showing off their work where you live or are visiting.

Thanks for supporting handmade, vintage, and supplies for handmade making fun!

May 6-8, 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend

Welcome to the May 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend, hosted by the AWETeam (Art Walk Etsy Team).

This monthly online event is a meeting place for our team members to add items from their Etsy shop to our "Event Thread". Please check out the May 2016 Thread.

Moonlit Saguaro Pendant by Lisa Boucher

Mint Green Serving Bowl by RisingStarPottery1

Handmade Copper Earring Components by TrixiesJewelBox

Handmade Earrings by MarshaNealStudio

Etsy Treasuries curated by our team members for our AWETeam can be found HERE.

May First Friday Art Walk on Etsy by Lisa Boucher

Please check back through this weekend, and the rest of the month to see what other items our members are wanting to show off.

Please take some time to look and see what events your local art scene may be doing this month.
You may find some great artists and shops that like to support handmade.

Please consider joining our Art Walk Etsy team if you have items that you make, are made for making handmade, or are vintage, and add a couple of items into the monthly event thread.

April 1-3, 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend Event Post

Welcome to the April 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend blog post!

Every month we ask members of our Art Walk Etsy Team (AWETeam) to add a few items from their Etsy shop to our Team Event Post over on Etsy so we can help promote each others work through social media. Please hop on over and take a look to see what people are up to!

Etsy Treasuries played a large part of the startup of this team, and a few of our members are quite good at coming up with collaborations of team and non-team members.

Take a look at some of these AWETeam Treasuries.

Thanks for stopping by!

We hope you get out and see some local art in your area.

March 4-6, 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend

Happy First Friday!

We hope that you are able to get out and explore local art this weekend for First Friday as a lot of local galleries traditionally host an opening of month long new work on this evening.

Over on our AWETeam (Art Walk Etsy Team) we have a monthly "event" post where artists selling their work on Etsy can join our team and list items from their shop in this monthly thread.

Here is the link for the March Event Thread (check back through the month as people will add new items).

We have team members that like to make treasury collections on Etsy that help support team members and our event. Please click HERE to see the most recent ones.

Ah, Spring by Dix Cutler

Easter Gift Guide by Kathy Lindemer

February 5-7, 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend

Welcome to the February First Friday Art Walk Weekend Blog post for the AWETeam (Art Walk Etsy Team).

Each month we ask members of our team to share their new work, seasonal work, or anything else they would like to promote in our monthly Event Thread over on Etsy: February Event Thread.

Nautical Whale Card by BayMoonDesign

Sunset at Cabo by JanetsArt

Handmade Glass Hearts by PLJohnsonGlassArt

December 4-6, 2015 First Friday Art Walk Weekend Event Post

Welcome to the November 2015 First Friday Art Walk Event Post.

Every month the members of the Art Walk Etsy Team get together to add items from their Etsy shops to our AWETeam (Etsy Team) page to show off their seasonal, holiday, and cool new items!

CLICK HERE to visit the Event Post!

Here is a preview of some of the items from December:

Table centerpiece decor by SewCoiled

Flaying Angel Wall Decor by DeepSilence

Fingerless Gloves by SurpriseDesignsDE

Handmade rustic pottery mug by TallPinesPottery

And many more...

Here are a couple of our AWETeam Treasuries:

Colors of the AWETeam by Anna of MyFunBeads

Winter Wonders by Dix Cutler of DixSterling

And anytime during the month you can shop our team members shops through their Etsy minis!

Thanks for stopping by.

Make sure to jump over to the event thread and we hope that you stop by next month as well!

December Art Walk Weekend Team Preparations

Every month our AWETeam (Art Walk Etsy Team) gears up for about a week ahead of the Art Walk online event.

It sometimes feels quite like a game trying to navigate how people can find artists, vintage sellers and quality suppliers of goods to make more handmade items.

Technology is constantly changing and people are viewing the world in different ways.

So in our latest attempt to get our team member shops seen, we are creating new square image Profile Photos that we upload to our public Team Facebook page.

There on our First Friday Art Walk Weekend FB page our members are asked to add a link to their Etsy shop and to their FB business page that is associated with their Etsy shop.

Even this can be tricky if you are copy and pasting, but the format is simply:

https://www.Etsy.com/shop/YOUR SHOP NAME

https://www.Facebook.com/YOUR BUSINESS PAGE

We are open to suggestions on how to better help promote our team members - and to get those team members participating every month and helping to share our team and promote this mostly event.

Please leave suggestions in the comments!

Our December team blog post will be live on Friday, December 4, 2015.

If you are an artist, vintage seller, or a supplier for making more handmade items, please join our team and add items to our event thread on our Etsy Team page AND public First Friday Art Walk Weekend Facebook page!

October 2-4, 2015 First Friday Art Walk Weekend Event Post

Welcome to the October 2015 First Friday Art Walk Weekend Event Post.

This monthly online event is hosted by the AWETeam (Art Walk Etsy Team) where we try to help support other artists selling their handmade work, vintage items, or craft items intended to make more handmade.

You can jump over to our Etsy Team Thread to see all of the unique items our team members are offering.

Here are some fun AWETeam treasury collections celebrating this event:

Earthy Fall Gift Guide by BayMoonDesign

Welcome Autumn by TouchofSilver

Make sure to stop by the October thread to see more shop items.

And you can always window shop our team members Etsy Minis too!