Thanks for your interest in Etsy West Michigan. I ask for your patience in processing membership due to the Holiday season and family health matters. I may not be able to process requests weekly but will get to them as I can. In the meanwhile, please get to know us in the forums by searching the forum titles for "Etsywmi".

West Michigan is known for its inland lakes and rivers, and beautiful Lake Michigan sunsets. You’ll see many items that come from West Michigan artists are inspired by water and nature.

The West Michigan team has become quite active in recent months. Members meet monthly, whether at local coffee shops or at craft shows. The team has a weekly chat thread in the forums and a Yahoo group for posting important information about team news or shows looking for artists. We also have a blog as well as a Facebook group and fan page.

There are some simple requirements to maintaining membership. We want all members to be as active as time allows. This can be in the form of participating in the weekly team forum thread, creating team treasuries and letting the team know about them, clicking & commenting on team treasuries created by team members, etc.

Find our items or chat threads by searching for "etsywmi team."

When requesting membership in this group, please answer the following:

1) what is your Etsy store address? (please give a direct link to it)
2) where in West Michigan do you live? (please be sure you are in West Michigan)
3) what is your name

Once you've sent all of those, we'll get things started. If you forget to answer all of these, we won't be able to get you approved this time around. If you've been denied, it's probably because one of these questions wasn't answered. If that happens, feel free to apply again!

Thanks for your interest.