New series on Etsy

Today i was looking at all the artists i have hearted on etsy and have decided to start up an etsy treasury that features one artist for an entire treasury, at a time.  I think its allowed.  I know it is not to be abused for self promotion, but i've made it so its not.

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c810ac91a5f6d91840b5265/series-1-introducing-house-of-mouse

Today i have featured House of Mouse.  I found House of Mouse when i signed up to Etsy, some 2 and a bit years ago and they are the very first in my favourites list.  I love the handiwork and the use of popular cultural icons such as Luke Skywalker and The Incredible Hulk.  Even the non-famous mice are great!

House of Mouse shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheHouseOfMouse?ref=top_trail

Sun Dance

Today's Etsy treasury is called Sun Dance and you can see it here:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c798e7010756d910e6f2a4c/sun-dance?index=0

It was inspired by a friend's Facebook status on Friday just gone.  It seemed fitting after the beautiful weather we had today.

Sushi Nom-Noms

Here is today's Etsy treasury:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c77f32671896d9133a13af5/sushi-nom-noms

Many thanks to YAVAglass for featuring my Electrically Blue treasury from yesterday on their Facebook page.

Here is their shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/YAVAglass?ga_search_query=yava&ga_search_type=seller_usernames

Treasured Days

Recently, i have become really interested in making treasuries on Etsy.com.  It is good fun and also helps to get yourself into other people's treasuries which in turn means more publicity for your own shop.  Winner.  Today i was offered free shipping from someone's shop as a thank you.  Nice.

Today i have been featured in this treasury by WeeBindery:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c754d9eb0436d91496e9844/orange-and-raspberry-sherbert
which features my Maisie the Christmas Fairy.

Treasuries i have made today (so far.  There may be more.  I never can tell.):

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c754284344a8eef137deaf4/rude?index=1
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c7555f4344a8eefa27feff4/meet-the-limes?index=0

Here's hoping for a sale.

The mega-mental cross stitch pattern begins...

So i bought a cross stitch from Etsy.com.  Bargain.  Well not really.  True, it cost me equivalent to £3.  For the design.  And half a cartridge of ink.  I was sent four PDF's which amounted to 25 pages of design and a legend page.  I have included photos of all these.  A bit of research tells me that the18 count Aida fabric for the project will measure roughly a metre by a metre (mahoosive!) and that something of this calibre will cost me about £17.  The legend shows a total of 85 separate colours are needed.  At 75p a skein, that is £63.75 (Manic laugh inserted here.)  Oh, but there is more. There is a (2) next to each colour.  I'm not sure but i would say then that it will require two skeins of each colour.  That's £127.50 +£17 +£3=  RIP OFF (£147.50).  Doh.

I'm off to C & H fabrics to get the Aida fabric and 12 skeins of thread tomorrow.  I will pop a picture up of the equiptment tomorrow and i will begin the project thereafter.
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The only 'tshirt' lyrics i can recall are Shontelle's, and they can stay there....

I am now thoroughly addicted to tshirts from this online place.  My top 5 today are as follows:

1.  http://www.threadless.com/product/2233/God_Save_the_Villain/from,th+facebook
2. http://www.threadless.com/product/2248/Diver_No_12
3.http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=44044990
4. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=44058696
5. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=44097493

Tasty.

Such Beautiful Dignity In Self Abuse

The scales lied to me this morning in a very convincing manner.  I stood on them.  I got off them.  I stood on them.  I giggled and got back off them.  I picked it up and checked it was correctly set, then put it down again. When i stood on it again, it flashed the most beautiful 11.11 at me that i sighed and got back off.  I am unsure of how this can be.  Last week it snarled 12.3 at me and nearly bit my feet off in my escape.  This week i have been mostly eating sugar, a dirty burger at midnight, fizzy drinks and chocolate and have done half the amount of excercise i usually do due to driving lessons taking up the time i can excercise. (odd:  the draft of this blog saved at 11.11.)  I can only surmise then, that it must be down to the sheer amount of sweat being lost during my driving lessons.  I am happy for the rest of the day.