Home sick from work today. Eye infection, a cold, and something thats making me puke. Lovely combination. Anyway, thought I'd take the opportunity to mention that I've lost two of my guinea pigs since the last time I posted. Tanuki passed in December, and Costanza just a week and a half ago. So I just have the two furry girls now, Maci and Chrysanthemum. The whole situation has made me not bvery eager to work on piggie beds for the Etsy shop. So whats there is there, and I have no idea if I'll be adding anything.
I have still been knitting of course. I've finished the back of an intarsia vest that I bought the yarn for probably three years ago. It was my first giant yarn purchase, when I went to Jo-Anns in Niagara Falls (the American side of course. We don't have Jo-anns here. I was extremely excited). Anyway, so I'd bought piles of Lion Brand Wool-Ease just like the pattern called for (also the same time I bought the wool-ease for Craig's poncho, which I actually knit right away when I got the yarn). Meh, not my favourite yarn, but its alright. At least its not totally acrylic. And it's on Ravelry if you'd like to have a look. The head throbbing eye blurring is getting a little worse now so I'm not going to try to link it. Just going to go lie down and drink some tea.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Good bye piggies
Friday, December 5, 2008
Etsy store is live!
Check it out!
There's six beds in the first update. Next update is coming next week. I just got a new shipment of fabric, so I just need a little time to turn it into beds! Here's a sneak peek of the fabric:
If you see fabric there that you absolutely love, head on over to etsy and convo me. I'll put up the listing as reserved for you!
Monday, December 1, 2008
Etsy does some cool stuff
I am still waiting on a shipment of fabric for my guinea pig beds, but I do have a few of them ready and waiting, and I may list a few of them later this week. I'm working out shipping, and may list a few as a test, and just need to get the pictures all pretty for your viewing pleasure!
In the meantime, I've created an Etsy treasury. It's a handpicked list of items available on Etsy, and the theme of mine is wind power. Have a look!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Change is on the way
I have a whole pile of guinea pigs, as you might already know. Well, four of them to be exact. And I like to make beds for them. Little soft and comfy ones, that look like miniaturized dog beds. I first learned how to make them when I used to frequent a guinea pig forum, and since then have experimented and tested out different techniques and fabrics. Now I'm an old pro at making these cute little beds. So why not share my creations with you?
Well, now I will! I used to take custom orders if you contacted me through those guinea pig sites, but that system never worked too well for me. While browsing Etsy for some holiday gifts for this year, it hit me! This would be the perfect place to offer my beds for sale. So I did a quick search, and to my surprise, no one at all had listed any beds like mine. The closest thing I could find were sets of toys for ferrets.
So I have been hard at work behind the scenes getting ready for shop opening! I still have a few things to work out, and want to make sure I have enough stock for a great grand opening. You can have a look at my shop now, although it is currently empty. Soon it will be filled with adorable beds! And soon this blog will have a makeover to match the shop, so be on the lookout!
I can't give you an exact opening date right now (still waiting on some supplies to arrive in the mail), but I'll give at least a week's notice before the opening, right here on my blog.
For now, here's a sneak peek for my blog readers of the beds! The first one will be available, the second one is Costanza modeling a bed of his own.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Yet Another Meme
I got an email forward from my friend Paula that very well could have been traveling between blogs, so I decided to post it. So the point is to answer each question with only ONE word.
2. Your significant other? working
3. Your hair? bobbed
4. Your mother? social
5. Your father? intelligent
6. Your favorite thing? crafting
16. One of your wish list items? puppy
34. Four people who e-mail you regularly? Jordan, mom, martha, burners
Monday, November 24, 2008
Another meme
Two in a row! Lifted from the same place too!
1: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says:
peacefully and start
2: Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?
a blanket
3: What is the last thing you watched on TV?
Jon & Kate plus 8
4: WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what the time is:
noon
5: Now look at the clock; what is the actual time?
11:32am
6: With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
TV, heater
7: When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
a few minutes ago when I was checking the mail
8: Before you came to this website, what did you look at?
9: What are you wearing?
pyjamas
10: Did you dream last night?
Not that I can remember
11: When did you last laugh?
Yesterday when Craig and I were doing crazy dance moves around the housse
12: What is on the walls of the room you are in?
Painting of Buddha on silk, really cool artist rendition of sandy gas jets on Mars, a framed mirror, speakers, abstract cubey painting, wooden elephant carving, satellite image of Central Park from space, feathery Mardi Gras masks, and a tinsel garland.
13: Seen anything weird lately?
Costanza, one of my hairless guinea pigs, is totally weird, and I see him every day. His nicknames are Costanzoid and Weirdo.14: What do you think of this quiz?
So far, its ok. The names one was better.
15: What is the last film you saw?
Strange Wilderness. Way funnier than expected.
16: If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?
A hobby farm or a house on land zoned agricultural.
17: Tell me something about you that I don’t know.
I am going to open an Etsy store for real and it is way more work than I'd thought!
18: If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
Its really hard to think of just one thing. I think I would want to solve the problem of unwanted and homeless pets. Make it illegal for shelters to kill due to overpopulation and make rescues the very first place everyone would go to find a new pet.
19: Do you like to dance?
Yup,.
20: George Bush: is he a power-crazy nutcase or someone who is finally doing something that has needed to be done for years?
Nutcase for sure, but I wouldn't call him power-crazy. How bout nutcase with daddy issues?
21: Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
Violet.
22: Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
Sage.
23: Would you ever consider living abroad?
Yep.
What's in a name?
A meme, lifted from my twitterfriend knittybob's blog.
1. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names)
Neither of my parents have a middle name, so if I were in witness protection, I would be nameless.
2. NASCAR NAME: (first name of your mother’s dad, father’s dad)
Irving Fischel
3. STAR WARS NAME: (the first 2 letters of your last name, first 4 letters of your first name)
Krsari
4. DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)
Teal Otter
5. SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you live)
Beth Hamilton
6. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite alcoholic drink, optionally add “THE” to the beginning)
Fuchsia Gin
7. FLY NAME: (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name)
Saer
8. GANGSTA NAME: (favorite ice cream flavor, favorite cookie): Black Cherry PC Decadent
9. ROCK STAR NAME: (current pet’s name, current street name)
Chrysanthemum East (but I have four furry beasts so I just picked the most recently adopted one)
10. PORN NAME: (1st pet, street you grew up on)
DJ Castleridge
