a new friend i want you to meet

I am very excited to introduce you to a new friend of mine! We just met through the website I sell my artwork, etsy.com. I first saw her shop about 3 weeks ago and was instantly impressed with her artistic flare and creativity. Ever since then, I wanted to share her shop with you, but didn't get around to it until now. After conversing a bit, I realized that not only do I love her shop....I love her too!

Evita's shop is called ET AL., ETC. and it is filled with handmade clothing and wonderful found objects. Each piece is photographed beautifully. It's scary because it makes me want to buy them all. Here is my favorite clothing piece

















And I can't get over this clock
















Here's a little bit about Evita in her own words.

How long have you been on etsy?
I have been on Etsy since mid-August of 2008.

Is this a full time gig or part time.
Etsy is part(icular)-time.

If part time, what else do you do for work.
I've done all my work for the year, so I am currently in play time mode away from home, visiting all the people who'll likely stay in my life forever. I worked for RISD Arch. Dept. in Florence, for two architects on the East Coast, and one in Magicland/New Mexico. The work that is left are ET AL., ETC. dealings: making the plainclothes for the Etsy store, making bags and objects for a collaborator, making bri-collaged graphics that appear in some publications here and there, finding places to travel come the last day of the year, looking for someone to water the plants when I leave the country. I suppose I'll work when I've exhausted play time.

What did you pick the products you sell - why do you love them?
I make the products I sell partially out of necessity; I've never liked seeing accumulations of things, so I try to make clothes (perhaps a collection) from the remnants that I've about. I like the clothing I make and sell because a) the clothing is simple and I think most people can find a place for them in their daily wardrobe, b) I make every effort to make them affordable for people who want to support handmade, and c) they're pattern and colorblock. I like the objects I sell because I have good memories (of finding and/or of having housed them once) attached to them.

Has artistic creativity always been apart of your life? What are some of your earliest memories?
Yes to the first question, but nothing fluffy or romantic with which to expand my answer. Blame the parents that were a perfect combination of creative, skilled, detail-oriented, supportive.
My earliest memories -- I've far too many of those. Alphabetically: being hidden behind the couch by my cousins when kissing scenes overtook the movies they watched, waiting for my sister at the beach after she walked back from having walked and walked the shorline (the tide had drawn her further and further away), walking the beach in San Francisco and becoming distracted by the evergreens that stretch the hill when facing away from the water and getting my feet cut on the rocks, chasing a yellow Tupperware ladel into the ocean while making a sand hole and (I could go on about ocean memories) ... and, planting a dwarf juniper with my father in Southern California. Those memories are a pretty fair explanation of why I turned out how I am.
There are more, but those are secret.

Anything else you want to tell people about yourself or your shop.
I,
think I've shared too many secrets.
would love to design your studio, renovation or small home.
would love to put you in our handmade.

Find out more about Evita and her shop
etaletc.org
facebook.com/etaletc
twitter.com/etaletc