Archive for October, 2007

Boo to you!

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Unfortunately, I’ve been in a wintery mood for the past month. That’s retail for ya!
 November promises to be insane. I’ll be sewing my fingers off in anticipation of holiday sales. Against my better judgment, I’ll also be participating in NaNoWriMo for the fifth year in a row.  Fire & Air and Margarita Society were both […]

Star Brothers

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Sometimes I crack myself up. Look at these faces:

I’ve dubbed them the Star Brothers; they remind me of wonderful things, like the 1980s and original Nintendo.

Moo!

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

I resisted ordering MOO MiniCards for as long as I could. They’re sooo cute, and they’re popular, but at $20 plus shipping from the UK for a box of one hundred, they’re a little too pricey for my promo budget. I go through piles of promo items, and one MOO card costs more than a vinyl […]

Yellow + Blue = Fabulous

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

I was hoping KupKup’s gorgeous yellow and blue treasury would make it to Etsy’s front page, and not just because one of the featured items was my very own Xavier. The treasury did get some front page exposure this afternoon:

The front page has seldom looked so snazzy!

When Monster Fur Attacks

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Remember when I explained how the synthetic furs I work with end up everywhere? Here’s proof, fresh out of the shipping box:

Carnage! Explosion! CSI-worthy splatter! The floor was clean before this bright red fur arrived today. The worst part? The fur was packaged with two yards of plain black cotton, which came out of […]