Saturday, November 29, 2008

More Promotion

Free shipping on all of my knit and crocheted items through Monday.

Need to make some money to buy more audiobooks ;)

Friday, November 28, 2008

Whew!

Just spent about 3 hours listing new items in my shop! 14 new tatted items including Christmas ornaments, pendants, and even a brooch! Take a sec and check it out!

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Love for the Frogs!

I've been selling Frogs and Flies hats almost as fast as I can knit them lately! I'm so happy that people are liking this quirky little design of mine. I had no idea there were as many frog lovers out there! Hooray!

Maybe I should start making some in other color combos . . .

Monday, November 10, 2008

Sale!

Having a sale on pendants! Buy one tatted pendant, get one free! Just purchase any two pendants from my shop and I'll send you an adjusted invoice through Paypal! Help me make room for new stock.

http://www.etsy.com/search_results_shop.php?search_type=user_shop_ttt_id_5252351&search_query=pendants

Friday, November 7, 2008

New Pretties!

I've spent the past few days sorting through a big assortment of vintage buttons I ordered from a fellow etsian. I got some really interesting pieces! So far, I've made three new pendants which I've photographed and listed and four Christmas ornaments which I haven't. Here are the listings for the new pendants:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_3&listing_id=17034969
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_2&listing_id=17035747
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_1&listing_id=17036202

Off to sort more buttons!

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

My new theory

I was patrolling the etsy forums last night and ran across a thread that made me think. A woman was questioning why after she'd done all the work printing, embellishing, addressing, etc all her wedding invitations, her fiance took a nap rather than feeling lead to help her with the envelope stuffing. I was thinking about it this morning, and this is what I've figured out about why men don't feel the need to help out with things like this:

They figure it's a lot easier to get us to forgive them for not helping than for screwing it up.

They know that if they don't help, we'll be upset, but we'll move on eventually. If they mess up something for the wedding, they will be reminded of it on every anniversary until they die. Besides, they know they'll most likely do something that isn't up to our standards, get yelled at about it, and then we'll take on the task of doing it ourselves so that it's done properly. They're really just skipping a few steps in the process.

This is not a conscious decision by any means. Men do not realize that this is the thought process. They simply avoiding doing things that they might make mistakes at because we women have conditioned them that way. It's not that we aren't grateful when they help, it's just that they don't help "right" and we're tired of cleaning up the mess. What they don't understand is that, while deep down we may not really want their help because they will inevitably screw it up, we still want them to want to help. Maybe they do, but they just hide it very well.

So, ladies, next time you feel frustrated that your sweetie isn't lifting a finger, just remember that he's actually saving you the time you would have to spend chewing him out for getting it wrong. Be honest with yourself, you know he won't do it right. Save everyone the resentment and frustration. Thank him for not screwing it up by not trying and move on.