# Etzy confusion **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etzy-confusion/543469 "2010-06-16T21:22:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etzy-confusion/543469/1 "2010-06-16T21:22:05Z")
I figure this goes here, since it’s about crafts (or something like it) I’ve been browsing Etzy recently, and the same stuff keeps popping up in a lot of peoples work. First, this particular octopus, in different [metals](http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_query=metal+octopus&search_type=handmade&ref=auto) and a [=tags&includes=title"]cameo]([This item is unavailable - Etsy](http://www.etsy.com/listing/49577641/shop-exclusive-40x30mm-octopus-cameo?ref=sr_list_1&ga_search_query=octopus+cameo&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&includes)[) one. Then this [skeleton cameo](http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_query=skeleton+cameo&search_type=handmade&ref=auto). Where are people getting this stuff? Is there an american craft supply I don’t know about? If so, can anyone link to it? It’s seems to be mostly kitschy stempunk/gothic victorian stuff, for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etzy-confusion/543469/2 "2010-06-16T21:30:23Z")
They’re getting their jewelery making supplies from the same source, or their suppliers are getting them from their sources (it’s [del]turtles[/del] octopuses all the way down.) And yes, there are lots of craft supply sources, many of them online. [alibaba](http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/octopus-jewelry.html), a popular site for cheap Chinese made crap, has dozens of metal octopuses. Why? I dunno. I suppose it’s a popular thing in steampunk. But you can buy them by the case, take 'em off the chains if you like, and use them to make stuff you sell on etsy. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etzy-confusion/543469/3 "2010-06-16T21:31:17Z")
I don’t have the answer, but a friend of mine was just wearing one of those metal octopi the other day. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etzy-confusion/543469/4 "2010-06-16T21:35:33Z")
I’m guessing it’s a popular casting for the steampunk / Victorian stuff because it looks vaguely Cthulhu-esque.