$1,000,000 Etsy Shops from Home

Tuesdays have a bad rap. The Cure said they were grey. Sugarland said they were broken. Cat Stevens said they were dead. David Bowie said he'd love till Tuesday.

Oh well, we're eternal optimists. Tuesdays mark the end of the dreadful Monday blues and this Tuesday is more special than the rest. It's National Peanut Butter Day! 👀

We love this celebration a little more than the others. It was 1884, when Marcellus Gilmore Edson sold his patented, roasted, blended peanut paste to pharmacies for people with dental issues. Enter John Harvey Kellogg, who added some sugar and got us hooked.

So, enjoy this day with a delicious PB&J, bake some cookies, or just have it straight out of the jar! Go nuts. 🥜Speaking of nuts, our team is growing again. Hey Rebekah is really coming out of its shell. Raquel will be joining us soon to blow our partner goals to Reese's. 🔥🔥🔥

A couple of years ago, design icon Stefan Sagmeister held an exhibition at a gallery in NYC. He's known for taking on big subjects in unique ways. He found inspiration for Beautiful Numbers while discussing politics with a lawyer. It must have gone better than we thought because...Just when we thought the world is spinning out of control, Sagmeister spins it in a different direction. 

He gathered data from society and politics over the past century and put it into simple visualizations. Then, in true Sagmeister fashion he dropped them in completely new places, like 19th century paintings and hand-painted water glasses from his family heirlooms. 

It's one of the most creative data visualizations we've ever seen. Write us back and tell us what you think.

Stay-at-home mom Staci Pompey's Etsy store was collecting dust since 2015. Then the pandemic hit and she decided to put that sewing machine to good use.

She made her first mask on Mother's Day in 2020 and her needle has been bobbin ever since. Staci hasn't lost sight of what's important though.

She has two daughters who her Etsy store is named after. She wakes up at 5:00 am, sews for a few hours, goes on with life, and then sews for another few hours at night.

Her husband helps her with the business. While Staci's busy creating her handmade masterpieces, he helps with listing and marketing the products online. #partnergoals

Since they started, their business has exploded to a catalog of 421 items. From masks, they've expanded to dog bandanas, candles, bag tassels and a ton of other hand made accessories that her customers swoon over.

AvaReignHandmade has sold more than 21,000 items with an impeccable rating. It's estimated that they've grossed over $1,00,000 from home, in just two years. 👏🏽

How many times have you released a simple feature and then it went something like this? We know that users are experts at finding loopholes in our UX flow so we laughed hard at this.

Via Reddit.com | u/Progractor. 🤷🏻‍♂️

"I am inevitable. I am forever. Meow. Hehehehe." That's how Mittens—Chess.com's AI bot—roasts players just before annihilating them.

Instead of chasing laser pointers, the game's latest villain is a fearsome genius who quotes French cinema and has played millions of games in just a couple of weeks. 

Since being introduced on January 1, 2023, the obsession with playing her has been off the charts. Mittens has broken the regicidal interwebs. Pretty impressive for a steamy eyed, cat faced bot.

The launch has helped drive more people to play chess than even The Queen's Gambit. Who'd a thought that a 😸 would set the chess scene on 🔥 the way Mittens has.

Have you played her yet? ♟️

We're just in love with this creator Maria Skog from Finland. Her story was featured in Colossal earlier this month and we were like, YAAAASSS please!

Its a heartwarming tale. She started creating for her daughters after a breast cancer diagnosis. It helped her cope and we're in awe. She's a genius artist and a survivor. 

Head on over to her profile and scoop up the freshest produce we've seen in a long time. What an absolutely delicious find!

Megumi Ikeda is a TikTok creator. Her profile's been blowing up for a while now with almost 2 million likes and over 100K followers hooked on her mad projection mapping skills. 🤯

And in case you're scratching your head, wondering projection what? 👇🏾

🤖 The gist by ChatGPT: Projection mapping is a technique used to project video or still images onto surfaces that are not flat, such as buildings, sculptures, and other irregularly shaped objects. This allows for the creation of dynamic and immersive visual experiences that can be used in a variety of settings, including live events, architectural installations, and advertising. The technique involves using specialized software to align the projected image with the contours of the surface it is being projected onto, in order to create a seamless and realistic effect.