By the numbers: arts and crafts

$27.3 billion Amount U.S. consumers say they spent in 2008 for arts and crafts supplies.$2.5 billion Amount spent in 2008 on scrapbook and memory crafts, the largest craft category. $34 The average sale on Etsy.com, an online market for handmade and vintage goods with 400,000 active online shops.Sources: Times research; Etsy Inc.; Craft & Hobby Assn.