Folksy (that’s the Etsy of the UK) has very recently undergone something of a makeover. Now I’ve got over the initial surprise at the change in appearance, I think I’m decided it’s quite a clean and funky new look. What’s tedious about that? Nothing! The tedious part is that alongside the makeover there have been all kinds of tweaks to product listings – so there I was earlier today, wondering what I would do with my evening – and now here it is, gone! I have been into each of my listings to add minor extra details such as materials used, colours (not especially relevant to most of my stuff), my location (um, could that be made a fixed field, please?) etc. 
Yes, those were the tedious bits, and it took forever going into each listing to change everything. But the interesting addition they have made is a huge space for each listing headed ‘inspiration’ . This sits just next to the product description beneath the photo on the item page, so there is the appearance of columns (yes, like a newspaper; yes, that’s one reason why I like it). Hmm. Yes, it was probably this which took up my evening…
I found it interesting that when I was pinpointing the inspiration for a particular project, I found that in some cases I was providing information that I wouldn’t have included under the product description. I doubt anything I’ve written will be the deciding factor for somebody browsing the store (sarcasm alert: “oh, I must buy this now – she says it was based on a project she took part in! Wow!”); but on a personal level, I’m always interested in the ideas behind projects, and an item with a story is always more interesting to me than one without. And also on a personal level, it was a bit of a trip down memory lane figuring out what was my jumping off point or starting brief for some of the older projects. I’d totally forgotten some things until I set my mind to it.
So anyway, if you’re like me & curious about where an idea began, take a browse around the Folksy TangleStore*, and while you might not learn anything earth-shattering, you might learn a few ir/relevant and/or random extra details that you otherwise might never have known.
I apologise for the overuse of the word ‘interesting’ (& its derivatives) in this post…
P.S. If you are not in the UK & feeling excluded by all this Folksy talk, don’t! I’ve decided to go through & add the international shipping option to all the Folksy listings, so they will soon be available to you, too. Give me another couple of days, though, because I don’t think I can face all that editing again tonight… :S
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