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I would by this bolster. I was gong to, then ecided to sleep on it and when I decided to order it the next morning it was no longer available.

Actually, I've thought about all three suggestions. I still want to find a purse though, but they don't seem to have much. Maybe a new yellow table cloth. I really have no idea.

Since Etsy started out as a place where crafters and artisans could sell their wares, it doesn't tend to have name brand items, though it's no longer the domain of creators.

What a nice and generous gift! You should have fun with this!

Personally, I have had the best luck on etsy with artwork ... Sue has found some great jewelry but I've not been as lucky. Ive been disappointed with all I have purchased.

Sue IS the etsy queen! She finds the best stuff!

I do have some felt crossbody bags saved but never purchased one. I'd love one for fall but I really don't need one.

or maybe something in a Rifle Paper print?

I was really happy with this watercolor print (from an artist Sue-the-ebay-queen recommended in the past). It was for a gift but I think I'd like one myself ..

I buy custom pillows on Etsy quite often. I even found a seamstress for custom shower curtains. She has made me two so far - excellent work! I buy antiques (small items) also. I've even bought plants!

I just looked at my buying history. There's a seller I buy my iphone cases from. I bought my mother-in-law a beautiful wreath last year for Christmas. I've bought fabric (one piece i forgot I have!) and a vintage framed print. I collect vintage Christmas ornaments and have bought quite a few of those, along with vintage transferware and ironstone and yes, even a few pieces of jewelry. I also find unique Christmas gift tags and old Christmas postcards (another collection).

So many great things on Etsy!

Love that art piece Oakley!

LOL Funky…I have gotten a lot from Etsy!

I bought this wooden bowl for a wedding we’re going to next weekend. Will give them a check but I wanted to add something a little more personal.

I would buy jewelry from StameyCreekCreations, I love her stuff !

I would get a new wedding band, yellow gold, in a modern flat style. I've wanted one for years but haven't pulled the trigger.

It's kind of scary to buy such expensive jewelry on Etsy. I bought my husband a gold wedding band a few years ago, and it was a much better price (and design) than anything I could find at local stores. I chose the vendor based on the tons of recommendations on Reddit, plus the fact that they have an actual brick-and-mortar store in the jewelry district in Los Angeles (giving me confidence that they're not just some random person selling junk from ali express). I had it checked out by my own jeweler and it's the real deal. Plus the fact that my credit card and (hopefully) Etsy would back me if it was a fake.

Funky, I saw those purses but I need serious organization, so I probably won't get one on Etsy. If I went out a lot I'd buy jewelry, that's for sure.

This is interesting. When I bought the print I had no idea who the artist was and I didn't care because it reminds me of myself. When we got newspapers and now I drink coffee and read the news on the tablet. Plus it's vintage, just my style.

I enlarged the pic and found out it's This Guy

DH saw the pic on the pc and asked why I bought it and I told him why. In the article it said he "..... pioneered both symbolism and social realism." The pic is of his wife and his paintings were about his humble beginnings.

A sheep footstool like Allison has! (anyone know Allison’s screen name so we can tag her?)

Bb, I'd love to have a stool like Allisons! Except my dogs would think it's real and try to eat it.

DS told me to spend the card on myself but I'm going against his wishes. I just found out his very serious girlfriend is half Irish, and her name is a shortened version of of the historical name for Ireland. Easy to guess. :)

She loves Belleek china and only has a couple of pieces found in antique stores. Below is what DS gave for her bday yesterday and I found some goodies on Etsy. It has to be the classic clover pattern. I'm shooting for the older markings & it will be a Christmas present.

Made from a broken piece of Belleek china.

It would be plants, hands down. I've gotten a couple of plants from Etsy and then were finer and cheaper than the big mail order nurseries. Plus the nurseries around here don't have nearly the choices.

Norar, that is a great idea! Never have I thought to look on Etsy. I do a lot of mail order from nurseries and although I've never been disappointed, they are pricey. A couple of years ago in the dead of winter I ordered two Orchids from Home Depot at low costs. Never knew they sold them. It was freezing here. They were shipped from Florida and I kid you not, their blooms lasted around 8 months.

Only thing I've purchased on Etsy so far is a cute semi-custom "No Soliciting" sign that also says "See dog for details" with an outline of a white shepherd. The seller makes them herself and they seemed like a reasonably nice looking "No Soliciting" option with a reminder that there's a big dog that lives here.

I was recently eyeing vintage barometers on Etsy for my husband. He would like a baramoter in the house and I thought a vintage/antique might be fun. I never found one that was quite what I wanted, but there were a lot of unique options.

I was also looking at vintage/antique book ends and and door stoppers. Lots of vintage salvage items on Etsy.

Antique bookends is another idea. I'm getting ready to look at vintage books. Just bought some essential Lavender oil. Woo.

Lovely necklace, Oakley. I would have no problem spending it quickly! Bookends are a great idea.

@bbstx Now you can what it is. I'm not sure myself since this is my second account since I started on GW in 2006. Didn't tihnk about loosing access when I got rid of an email account. :-/

My sheep still brings me happiness. He no longer sells on Etsy, just his website.

@Allison0704, what do you like to buy on Etsy other than jewelry?

While searching for vintage civil engineering things for DS to give at Christmas, I struck gold for only $3.25. These are the original stamps in like new condition, package of ten. I plan on putting all of them in a matted frame.

He's a member in the civil engineering group of the society and has to go to their conferences every year. Last month he spent a week in Atlanta for their meeting.

The only jewelry I have purhased on Etsy was a necklace for DGS to give DD2 when he was little. I never saw her wear it, so I guess she did not like it. LOL

Besides sheep and feral cat bulidings (LOL), mostly decorating accessories, vintage European etchings, horse items and pottery pieces (mostly lidded jars to use as urns for deceased pets - weird, I know, but I left two buried at our first house I wish I could not have left).

Regarding the wooden bowl I posted earlier…

That was what I ordered. There was no note about ”appearances may vary” or anything like that, so I expected the bowl to, uhhh, look like the photo (multiple photos, all with the same look/color/variation.

And this is what I received.

Not happy.

I would buy something extravagant beautiful and spend all the money on it..

I just replenished my handmade soap supply from Heavenly Soap Company on Etsy, and thought I would pop in here to recommend. I dicovered them locally at a craft fair and am a huge fan. The goat milk soap and Dead Sea salt soaps are particularly fabulous. Maybe soap is too pedestrian to spend a gift card on, but this stuff turns your bathroom into a spa.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/HeavenlySoapCo

Do you craft at all? I buy fun zippers, pacifier clips, vinyl for Cricuts, fabric, Christmas ornaments, etc. I second looking at jewelry or something fun for yourself although I get it is fun to buy the prefect gift for someone else.

A couple of years ago I bought this hand quilted throw on Etsy. I have really liked it, it adds a bit of color to my sofa.

I have also bought some small pieces of art, pottery and jewelery. Not a lot of anything, but overall I have been happy.

@Sueb20 - Understand your disapointment. The bowl is very different.

That is disappointing, Sueb20.

Oakley, I spent several hours today on Etsy looking for my sister pottery pieces for her living room. She will be shocked at the number of boxes she receives. LOL

Sue, did you contact the seller? I'd be LIVID. Allison, I can't wait until the Beleek pitcher gets here. I've got more than several items coming and I can't wait to get them.

Huge brag but relevant to what I just ordered from Etsy. My 9th grader DGS sent me an email this morning and this is what he wrote, "At Quizbowl a few days ago I got a question about the English king who was most involved in the Crusades, and I answered Richard I because you talked about it! " I've been smiling all day because I'm obsessed with that era, & DGS is really into history just like his dad and DH. I never thought anyone in my family paid attention to my babbling over medieval times. DGS was listening.

Over the years I've bought miniature metal knights off Ebay & DGS still has them on the windowsill next to his bed. Awww. I'm looking for a Richard I knight to add to this gift.

Honestly, buying meaningful gifts for my family to remember me by means more than buying myself a big bauble. Maybe if I were younger, but not now. It's the little things that makes my world go round.

This is a picture from a 1933 book, and I know people shouldn't tear pictures out, but it's what I needed. Richard I during the Crusades. Total was $35.

Yes, I contacted the seller but I need this gift for next weekend so there is no time to get it replaced. I explained that to the seller and she basically asked me how to make it right. Umm, so I said I thought a partial refund might be appropriate. She responded saying she’d refund the price if I ship it back (she would provide a shipping label). Aggh I am not shipping it back, I will give it to the couple and it is still a nice item (and it isn’t their main gift, just thought it would be a cute addition to the $$ gift) it is just Not What I Ordered. Just annoying. Otherwise, I have had really good experiences with etsy and have only had to return something once, and it was an easy process.

Sue, to “make it right” would she FedEx a bowl like the one pictured? If need be, perhaps you could agree to pay for the new bowl and she can refund your money for Bowl #1 once she receives it.

Sue, that is when a review counts.

Allison, exactly.

Bb, I just don’t care enough at this point…not to be a whiner but I think I have covid blah blah just gonna take to my bed and hope it’s not!