Thursday, May 24, 2007
Another Link-a-liscious post
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I want to thank everyone again for coming out on monday to our etsy shop
I also want to tahnk everyone for your comments and great compliments on the kits. I want to just say a few things so some of you can just “let it go”. Please don’t ask for a kit. They are gone. There aren’t anymore. Please understand the exclusive nature those kits were and they were a limited run. We made them limited to make them extra special. We will not be making pouches out of those fabrics to sell alone. The whole point for us was to offer something exclusive, something not everyone can get. Also this was a special thing and as we hope to do it again, i’m hoping to do it on a little bit larger scale next time, but seriously folks. Do you even KNOW how much time this whole project took me? Do you know how many weekends i gave up to sew all those bags? How much ironing my sister did when it was hot out? Plus we have jobs, families, and lives......so yes i hope to do another round if meg is up for the challenge again. But that won’t be for quite some time.
Thanks for letting me get that off my chest. But also note...neither I nor Meg got a kit either...so you KNOW it was super exclusive.
so today the mail carrier came to take them off...goodbye sock kits! off into the big world you go!

So i’ve been picking up a few little things here and there over the past few weeks..i wanted to share them with y’all cause well...all y’alls know you should be buying handmade!
First up I hit up amy of miss good to be girl fame. she ALWAYS has such great stuff. (must be something to do with the name amy..cause there are a many of you so talented witht he name amy out there!) i bought this little ice cream cone necklace and a marker of pancakes!

next i also saw that a fellow blogger, Robyn, had an etsy shop of her own. I always enjoy her mirror self portraits with her little son, sean. Anyways, check her shop out! I bought some of these for fun. They are markers spelling out jennifer. When would i ever need my whole name i dn’t know..i just thought it’d be funny.

I also asked her politely if she would send some samples so i can attach them to bags. So you guys are lucky she sent some along! yay!

So please if you’re looking for something cute for a swap pal..markers are always a cheap and creative answer.
Next up my awesome friend Bethany. She makes the seriously cool, but way way waaaaay too cheap jewelry. Her stuff is really pretty and very swanky, please check it out.
Here’s the pendant i got.

She’d sent along another one, but i couldn’t find it when i had my camera out. Just know it’s brown and large, but very pretty! go shop there now!
and last but certainly not least! I went to this flea market with my mom and sister the other day out in Amish Country. I happened upon this silversmith who specializes in all things with silver spoons.
there website is here.
Anyways they had the MOST. AWESOME. THING. EVER. Meet the FORKTOPUS!

He is made from a silver fork and has a magnet on the back. So he’s recycled AND cool. I bought him for Nat. I also picked up a spoon ring i didn’t take a picture of. Apparently the guy said they don’t have the FORKTOPUSES! up ont he site but if you emai them and ask about them, they will show you a selection. i just love to say FORKTOPUS!...out loud...with gusto...!!
Also have you seen erin’s blog yet? did you see what i gave her the other day at lunch? Meet Sigmund.
Apparently only *I* could find something as rad as that. I hope y’all have a good holiday weekend. I’m doing nothing special, just sewing and sitting around. Have a good one!
Posted by Jennifer on 05/24 at 09:11 PM ♥ Comments (12)
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2. left this comment on 05/24 at 11:13 PM:
I love the Forktopus! Hilarious!
3. left this comment on 05/25 at 06:36 AM:
Oooh - I covet your forktopus!
4. left this comment on 05/25 at 06:47 AM:
ok - I don’t know what to comment on first - Forktopus or the bobble headed squirrel!!!!
(I can’t believe people seriously complained that there were no more kits - do people know what “exclusive” and “limited” mean any more?)
5. left this comment on 05/25 at 09:33 AM:
i love the forktopus! octopuses are one of my favorite things, i am going to have to get me one of those. :)
6. left this comment on 05/25 at 09:45 AM:
forktopus! tee hee hee! also, i just ordered several pieces of bethany’s jewelry. so pretty! so thanks for the link :)
7. left this comment on 05/25 at 12:23 PM:
O gosh. I don’t think I asked for one but if i sounded like I was I only meant to show enthusiasm for how beautiful they are, and not to demand more sewing and ironing torture.
8. left this comment on 05/25 at 02:56 PM:
Thanks for sharing the links! I’ve been on a tiny etsy jewelry buying spree this week, and I love discovering great stores.
9. left this comment on 05/25 at 07:13 PM:
Ok, I’ve been a total slacker and not keeping up with your blog.. I blame tax season and two jobs so that is a good excuse. Oh and that damn cute kid that lives in my house.
Anyway - just wanted to let you know that I’ll be in Chicago with the same girls again the first week of August.
Liselle sends lots of smelly dog breath kisses!!
xoxo
10. left this comment on 05/27 at 03:39 PM:
I absolutely ADORE the “Forktopus”!!!! That is the cutest thing I have seen in a long time!!!!
11. left this comment on 05/28 at 09:04 PM:
forktapus totally rocks!
12. left this comment on 05/29 at 03:16 PM:
I think that the forktopus might just be the best thing I’ve seen all month! He’s *WONDERFUL*!!!! (and yes, I am yelling - I’m just that excited...)
Anyhow…
is it too late for me to get one of them there kits???
;)
1. Another Night Owl left this comment on 05/24 at 10:27 PM:
OMG! That forktopus is about the coolest thing I’ve ever seen! I wonder if my dad could help me make one...but like with a loopy on top so it could be a fan pull...hmmm…