Our Puffin is on holiday, so I - Purls - am posting this week's crop of Etsy Ireland treasuries. Everybody involved is elfing away for the Etsy Ireland and Toejam Market, but still managed to create some beautiful treasuries of creatures, markets, and all things spooky:

'Crafty Creatures' by thewoodnstuf

Some lovely animals from the Etsy Ireland team

Caora - cute white ... KnitSpinFelt $6.00	Comet Cat's Voy... Meluseena $18.00	Set Of Three Wall M... DarcyWoodCraft $15.00
Squirrel Beret byathreadhats $90.00	Needle Felt Sheep K... AnSnagBreac $15.00	Moose head with col... ForgottenPages $8.00
Silk Butterfly Neck... namoa $165.00	Christmas owl ornam... PuffinPatchwor... $22.50	Hand-made Stuffed F... DoireannCody $3.50
Vintage Lace Solder... HomespunIrelan... $25.00	Owl Personalized Cu... designbirdie $20.00	Baby Red Dragon Boo... Emsicles $32.00
Linen Table Runner ... SimaPrints $30.00	Gold Feather dangly... ABoxForMyTreas... $14.00	Robin - PRINT of an... tanyabond $12.00
Sleeping Rabbit Wo... PerDozenDesign $65.00

'Going to the market' by purlsofcolour

The Etsy Ireland team is running a market in Dublin on 27 October. If you are in the fair city, do visit us! These are some of the Etsy sellers who will be there (picked at random).

Nest. Dublin, Irela... CandyMountainP... $16.00	Leaf bag HeartfeltBySab... $36.00	Birch Burr Tasting ... thewoodnstuf $20.00
Pure wool age 8 ha... quirkyapple $30.00	Copper celtic penda... AlchemyIreland $15.00	Treasure clutch pur... strombolitwo $25.99
Bright Eyes - One o... Soapiculture $5.50	Earrings Gothic Cop... TheCrystalCave... $8.00	Squirrel Nutkin 100... MarkreeWoolCra... $17.25
Attractive Eye-Catc... MadeHappy $22.00	Wedding Favor Sheep... Scentcosmetics $4.75	Ladybird cushion in... HandmadeByVero... $14.50
cuckoo clock and sw... WhimsyJig $14.00	Crochet Owl Appliqu... AnnieDesign $4.20	Cars and Butterflie... sweensie $8.00
Rapunzel Felt Finge... BebeBoulevard $17.50

'Samhain Halloween' by byAMOR

Samhain is the Irish word for Halloween. Samhain was originally a pagan, Celtic holiday to celebrate the end of Harvest and literally meant 'summers end'. The ancient Celtic year began in November just after this festival.

Pacifier Clips/ Soo... Baibieshop $4.50	Halloween Bat Frien... SeriMarea $12.00	Jule - felted witch... LivelySheep $28.00
Thunder Storm Cloud... SilkstoneDesig... $52.00	Red wool brooch coa... ShinyJane $22.50	Cats Whisker. Orang... NoFlysOnYou $2.00
Aracne - A4 PRINT -... makissima $16.00	Spooky night Croche... BohemianHooksJ... $16.00	Pumpkin set small a... FEANOR1 $13.00
CROW NO 14, Limited... clockworkchild $40.00	Halloween Pumpkins ... SimaPrints $25.00	Bottle Pendant Boo ... TheSpiralGodde... $16.00
Illustration Yarn H... designbirdie $11.00	Beaded Pumpkin Earr... rosiesrecycled... $15.00	Black Cotton Thread threads2000 $5.00
Black and Orange Ha... DoireannCody $5.00