
As you may know, one of my very favorite topics around here is the feeding frenzy that kicks in on Etsy whenever someone of note dies. I call it, TragiCrafting™.
But let’s be clear about one thing: TragiCrafting™ is not fueled by the desire to make a buck off a dead celebrity. That would be so very cynical and wrong, and not at all steampunk and upcycled and covered with mass produced octopus pendants.
No, TragiCrafting™ is different. TragiCrafting™ is all about healing.
It’s beautiful, isn’t it? Yes. Yes, it is.
And yet, TragiCrafters™ can be so very fickle. They’ll tag a cake dish with “Steve Jobs” faster than you can download another iTunes update, but Thomas Kinkade dies and no one even plugs in their glue gun. And only one person bothered to put together a treasury for George “Goober” Lindsay.
So when Donna Summer hustled off her mortal coil, I didn’t know what to expect. Would the sensitive crafters of Etsy come through? Or would we keep refreshing this page to no avail?
Well, I’m sad to say that the TragiCrafting™ I’ve been hoping for on this one has not materialized, aside from the obligatory shitty plastic wall clocks with unlicensed photos:
It’s not much, but the important thing is, CRAFTERS BE GETTING THEIR HEALING ON
BONUS: It’s hard to believe that someone actually used “Last Dance” as the name of a treasury, but God love them, they are made of stronger stuff than I am.
Extra points for the inclusion of Doc Martens, which as you know, were a staple of Donna Summer’s wardrobe in the ’70s.

ROCK ON
SUPER BONUS: TRAGI-TAGGING: This is the act of taking a completely unrelated piece of crap that’s been mouldering in your Etsy store for months, and finding some pathetic connection to the recently deceased.
I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, HOT STUFF
BEEP BEEP
More Tragicrafting™:
- Amy Winehouse
- Davy Jones
- Steve Jobs
- Whitney Houston
- Dick Clark

































