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You Are One Crafty Ninja

13 Aug 2010 1 Comment

by barbedlotus in Finds, Gift Guides, Rambling, Written by Meghan Tags: art, carft, crafts, etsy, feature, gift, guide, handmade, pick, supplies, supply

You know I don’t think supply sellers get as much credit as they should. There are thousands of supply sellers on Etsy, both commercial and handmade, as well as a ton of crafters getting rid of extra supplies through destashing. I get tons of our bead supplies from destash sales and you save SO much from it. So much so that it’s hard to limit yourself sometimes, leaving you to need to destash yourself.

: Bruised Plum Yarn – $23

: Blue Ribbon Destash – $10

: 6 Green Half Apple Ceramic Fruit Beads – $6.25

: 6 Red Epoxy and Swarovski Flower Charms – $3

: Sweetheart 10 Piece Silver Charm Set – $5

: Carved Bone Moon Face Clasp – $30

: Antique Silver Owl Design Necklace Watch – $7.50

: Pegasus Flying Horse Download and Print Image – $4.50

: Five Metal Gears – $2.95

: Yard of Ivory Passementerie – $2.75

: 10 Czech Glass Owls – $4.60

: Alphabet Stamps with Wooden Trunk Case – $32

: 5 Antiqued Vintage Brass Sewing Machine Charms – $3.50

: Vintage Bird Cab Cameo – $3

: 20″x 20″ London Soldiers Lovel Cotton Fabric – $3

: 4 Pretty Grass Green Round Wooden Pendants – $3

: Pack of 50 3D Butterflies, Dragonflies and Ladybugs – $38

: 25 Small Garden Mix Clear Lucite Bell Flower Beads – $1.59

: 2 Vintage German Lucite Blue Owls – $3

: 24 Raw Brass Bee Charms – $4.25

: Fairy and Crystal Stitch Markers Set – $9.50

: Sage Knitmare Needle/Hook Organizer – $30

: 6.25mm Crochet Hook – $10

: Spring Green Yarn Bowl – $40

The Etsy artists and suppliers in this article are:

auntifranni, BareNakedFindings, beadbarnsupplies, BellaNoelle, clearcutcrafts2007, colorhouse, dorothydomingo, felicitysiu, greenkitten, happysupplies, karaku, littleappleton, MaryNotMartha, MermaidTreasures, room29, shareliving, sistermaide, skstudiojewelry, slippedstichstudios, Stashable, SunBijoux, TheCraftyBead, TheFrontHouse, theopalescence, and violaviola

Elvis Week

11 Aug 2010 1 Comment

by barbedlotus in Finds, Gift Guides, Rambling, Written by Meghan Tags: elvis, etsy, feature, gift, guide, handmade, music, pick, vintage, week

When I was a kid I had this baby sitter that was obsessed with everything Elvis. I remember his songs constantly playing. I think that’s why I don’t like many of them (with the exception of Hound Dog and Blue Suede Shoes). I do however love the references to Elvis in sci-fi. The mention in Men in Black and Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and stories like Elvis in the Attic show how one charismatic personality can become pretty much immortal. What are future cultures going to think when they dig up piles of Elvis memorabilia and find him mentioned in such stories? Ten bucks says with as often as his name and Oprah’s come up and the tendency for us to believe our predecessors are more religious than ourselves, the future archeologists will probably speculate they are gods or something >_<.