A fun Etsy Meetup in Hilo - and a resulting treasury by Cheryl

Yesterday was Kamehameha Day, otherwise I probably wouldn't have made it. Etsy announced that this was the Etsy Craft Party 2011 day, and thanks to Tanya and Connie it took shape. We met in Downtown Hilo at Broke Da Mouth. Yummy coffee and I later had an ahi salad on greens which was also very good. Several people had baked stuffs which also looked very good but I had breakfast before I went. I think most of us had never met in real life before, I only knew Tanya in real life and PK by a bit of on-line communications. We're a rather diverse bunch from vintage through fabric artists and jewelry makers to a candle maker, Cheryl, who put together a treasury that illustrates the large variety:

'Hilo Etsy on the Big Island of Hawaii' by doublebrush

A diverse, creative, and down right nice group of crafters met on June 11, 2011 for the first ever Hilo Etsy meetup! Anyone who lives on the east side of the Big Island is welcome to join us next time. Etsy is alive and well in Hilo!

Hilo Envelope Clutc... ManilaExtract $40.00	Vintage Hawaiian Ea... redemptionart $10.00	NEW Spring 2011 - S... PalmTreePrince... $44.95
Choctaw Blue Turquo... stoneandbone $25.95	CARLY Triple Knobby... smittenforyou $22.00	Ornela seed beads, ... hilobeads $8.50
Hand Made OOAK Hawa... MaiAloha $40.00	Cheeky Monkey Rubbe... nikoart $5.00	Pineapple Candle Or... doublebrush $5.20
NEW - Cotton Candy ... PalmTreePrince... $32.00	Vintage and Retro P... redemptionart $15.00	Tangorine, Orange a... stoneandbone $15.95
Mushroom Rubber Sta... nikoart $5.00	Magnolia Orchid Hai... smittenforyou $42.00	Brown Hawaiian Job&... hilobeads $12.00
Office/ Laptop Mess... ManilaExtract $80.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

RIP Sooz Hara

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but:

Another friend passed away this week. Sooz Hara was an integral part of rec.crafts.beads when I got there.
While rec.crafts.beads was more or less full of spam the last time I looked before, this time it was full of real posts by real people, most of us being sad for Sooz passing away.