random numbers and some other quick notes

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Yesterday I sold two of my new Felt Bead Pendant necklaces :) And this one was featured in treasury the morning after i posted it. Go Me!

I will probably doing some "black friday sale" type thing...

oh and I did some quick thinking packaging that I was quite proud of:


And I got a really nice printer:



Today I:
-got some beautiful Hobbledehoy batts in the mail.
-won a gift certificate from Daniel Smith for following them on twitter. They are pretty much the best art supply store in the land...I miss working for them sometimes...

Lately we have been moving the apartment furnishings around. Since we rarely have people over, we decided to move our bed into the living room, because it's warmer and it's nice to sit in bed and watch movies on our gigantic projection tv instead of falling asleep on the couch while doing so. (ps...my arms are still aching from moving that couch) So all of our clothes will be in the living room, and I will have...drumroll.......
A room for knitting & spinning!!! We already moved my yarn/fiber shelf and I reorganized everything. It looks so lovely :) And I'm sure i will be able to get a lot of spinning done this winter and will probably put a few things up on my Etsy shop.

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finally some up to date updating

New Etsy items posted in the shop today!
Some lovely recycled and felted wool pendants:


These are affordable as well, only $12 plus Free Shipping if you are a blog/twitter subscriber!
Canadian shipping is only $10. I will also be posting some earrings as well.

Oh and since I've been lax on the blog posting lately, here is a update from the last couple of months:
-spun up a few hanks of yarn from some Cosy and Hobbledehoy roving.
-had a wonderful time at the Handmade Market:


- was in an Etsy Treasury and made the front page a few weeks ago:
-made a few sales :)
-didn't get the fiber art grant that I applied for, but there is always next year, and you never know unless you try, right?

Special Shipping Offers...

$10 shipping to Canada until Christmas! (going to test the waters)

FREE US shipping for twitter/blog followers through the November 30th :)

Toasty knits to keep you warm.

Accessories to be posted soonish.

I take requests :)

Actual content coming soon, I promise...until then here's a fuzzy photo of me with long hair singing in Indy...

a stick up! and FREE Shipping :)

The first of the Bus Stop Bandits are now up in my shop



These are so nice, because they don't get all bunched up if you are wearing a hooded coat, like a scarf would...and they are incredibly warm. Plus, you can wear them like a hat, too.
I'm hoping to get some good photos of the felt bead necklaces and earrings soon...maybe tonight...and i still have a ton of knits to put up...so much to do.
I'm also offering Free USPS Priority shipping to all my blog & twitter followers through Nov. 30th.

In other news:
-finished the hats for Sarah & Amy...this one is Sarah's:

now just got to start Katrina's...and knitting for family people.
-frank and i are going to be rearranging out furniture again...so i will be getting my very own knitting room yay! :)
-have to wait another couple of weeks before i find out who got the grants that i applied for
-have to start working on the Sketchbook Project
-hoping the winter won't be too bad...looking for a new(used) car
-still thinking about writing a book...

bits of strings

going to be adding these beauties to my Etsy soonish.
for now, they might help me get the grant that i'm working on :)
they are made from leftover pieces of string too small to card and spin again or overwashed (ie starting to felt already) bits of roving:

the handmade artists and a sweet giveaway...

The Handmade Market is this Saturday @ the Beat Coffee House in Uptown (MPLS)
9am-5pm
I'm very excited to meet all of the wonderful artists.
Chuck Burton: BurtonArtStudios.etsy.com
Wendy Peterson: Clairemonet.etsy.com
Duckie Uglings (sorry for misspelling the name): beccajo.etsy.com
Heads Twogether-Maren & Dena: headstwogether.etsy.com
Ryan& Molly Blauer: mnartists.org/hoodies. lifeanddeathbrigadeart.blogspot.com
Lynne A. Nelson Photography and Design: lynnanelson.etsy.com
Laura Whitney-Uptown Urban Craft: www.uptownurbancraft.com
MountGigantic-mountgigantic.etsy.com

Unfortunately, Miche Mailloux and Waist2Wrist won't be able to show at the market, but you should check out their work. There will also be a couple more artists who are not mentioned here. It will probably be a rainy fall day...perfect weather for a good hot coffee.

And now for a giveaway!!
A handknit hat in your color/style choice could be yours.
All you have to do is share the event on your facebook page, post it on your blog, tweet about it, post a myspace bulletin, etc about the Handmade Market and the give away. (if you have a private profile, you will have to add me so that i can see it).
Then come back to this blog post, and add a comment with the link to where you posted it and your email.
On Friday evening, I will pick a winner (using a random number generator).

(since the hat will be knit specifically for you, it will take approximately 1-2 weeks to get it to you)
Here are some links for you to post:
Facebook
Myspace

Thanks everyone!

the final show poster

Yay! It's done :) Frank was a big help with the layout and whatnot.
I wanted to put his website on the poster as the designer, but he would not let me.

Now to get crafty!