I've never been to a flower festival. It's something that the super single can't enjoy.

Poo pendants?! I hope this is a joke.

I'm in the storque again. Related items:peppermint cell charm.

Maybe it's because I told them about the commercial appeal piece?

Oh, I have a twitter now too.

I just started on twitter though.

I have to admit that even though I am an etsy seller and my work is in the etsy aesthetic, I tend not to be a typical etsy person. I tend to love extra income. If I have to go on ebay to get buyers, I'll go there. I'll go where the buyers are. Also, I am an internet person. A lot of the sites that other folks are just learning about in the context of promotion[livejournal, stumbleupon,etc], I've been on for years. Of course, this is because of my handicap. The truth is that I don't have the brute force stamina required for real life selling, but over a long time, little by little, I can get my products into your hands by doing a bit every day.

I'm going to spend all today watching tivo, stocking my ebay store, and shipping my items. I may use tonight as jewelry night too. I guess it makes up for the fact that I won't be going to the board gaming convention today. I'm waiting for my new big mailers to come in because I am mailing a lot more different things lately.

Etsytools closes because of idiots. Forums react to the news that we can't have nice things.

inside ds cozy
Originally uploaded by cassowaryjewelry

My DS looks plenty warm. It looks like a makeup bag from the outside, but gaming goodness on the inside.


I love being able to request custom orders because I've been looking for a cozy for months!

the outside

the outside
Originally uploaded by cassowaryjewelry

I chose mushrooms for the outside of my DS case because it seemed fun and in keeping with a Nintendo theme. Not shown here: the bright blue zipper

My first alchemy order!

Many pictures to follow.

...*is shocked that this is considered positive* You know, if you have gotten to the point where you're writing lists of folks you hate on etsy, it's time to step awaaaaay from the internet.

rants: are they allowed on alchemy?

posted so that people can see it when they take it down:

I don't need anything made, but I have a request for those of you would like a custom piece:
I've been looking through Alchemy at the disrespectfully low prices people want to pay for CUSTOM HANDMADE clothing. You're asking someone to make you something because you can't find it anywhere else, be it an artistic vision, or something to fit your personal body type.
Here's what us sewers have to pay out of pocket:
Fabric costs (quality fabric is expensive!)
Thread costs
Time and Gas to drive to the fabric store.
Water and electric to wash and pre-shrink fabrics (So your finished piece doesn't become too small the first time you wash it)
Electric to run the machines and the iron
Rent/mortgage for the space we work in
Internet so we can take your orders
Time and gas to the post office
TIME to work with you to figure out what you want
TIME to design the piece
TIME to measure, cut, pin and sew it all together.

Thanks for taking the time to consider everything we put into our art. ~Peace~

I want to make jewelry soon, even though my brain has turned into ashes.

Ok, I failed at my challenege. But my failure gave me new strength to explain how the internet works!

Why is my item on oodle, thefind, google products,etc?

Search engines search the internet using computer programs. Certain content shows up based on the search engine- like oodle aggregates classifieds postings. Malicious people aren't coming to your site and stealing your pictures.

Why is my stuff on stylehive,stylefeeder, thisnext?

Someone found your item and decided to show it to the whole internet. You can email your fan and hope they delete it.

Mintd only allows 3 items on the free plan now? Well, I just quit! I've been giving it a good go, but it's buggy and really, 3 items?! That's barely any. I can't afford to pay $20 for a year just to park items, you know.

I'm having an amazing challenge this week! It's the anti etsy forum challenge! I'll stay off the forums for a full week. Wish me luck.

Pros: I will not be inclined to go for the jugular when someone says something ridiculous, I can spend the time watching Invader Zim, I won't be tempted to buy other people's stuff

Cons: I can't advertise my blog or items in the forums.

I just realized

more tulips
Originally uploaded by cassowaryjewelry

that I went nearly 2 days without listing or relisting items on etsy. I started to list my new stuff again, but that was pretty unusual for me. I think I'll have all the new items I made up on various sites by Sunday.

Alchemy is back and is causing controversy Pricing is tough, not only because of differences in skill and material price, but because people are coming from very different parts of the country and with very different standards of living. I mean some people can buy $200 jeans like that, but for me, that's what I make in a whole month. [I'm in grad school and scrape together part time earnings with online sales]. But I will still make alchemy requests- maybe not for expensive items, but I'll do what I can to support other artists.

Alchemy comes back. I nearly pee my pants.