A yeti premiere

Check out my little interview on the Crafty Bastards blog. I just finished up all the new yeti ringer onesies and plush and you can read more about them over there. The plush is amazing. I'm super happy with how they turned out. They're a bit bigger than Zadie's head and extremely soft.

The ringer onesies also turned out better than I expected. They come in tan, pink and blue and they all have chocolate piping. I have 3 - 6, 6 - 12, and 12 - 18 months. Now that I have a wee one of my own, I feel that these onesies run slightly small (or maybe I just have an enormous child). The fit is similar to Old Navy stuff or American Apparel.

Here's the extra dilly-o, G: I'm having a sale at the show where you can get both the plush and the onesie for $40. Also pair a romper or ringer tee with a bean plush and get them both for either $36 or $42 depending on the size of the bean.

If there's something in the Etsy shop that you want and you don't want to pay shipping, you can buy it online and pay for it then (I'll refund your shipping when you come to collect the goods) OR pay me at the show. As you know, many of my items are one of a kind or have limited sizes available so this is the best way to get what you want before everyone else does. Just make sure you let me know your plans via the "message to seller" box during checkout. Also do this before midnight Friday or I won't know what you're talking about by the time we get to D.C.

The beans are famous!

After struggling for months on what to make for promo items, I developed the bean stickers (that you all know and love so well). They are little bean guys made out of felt, run through the xyron sticker maker, cut out, and then finally stuck to a postcard with a nice big glob of purple gluestick.

I love the little beans and have grown fond of making them. My friend Sandi has become a good felt bean cutter while my mother in law has gotten quite proficient in helping glue them onto the cards (she makes cards that she sells in her Etsy shop so she came well-trained).

Thanks to Tina Seamonster for giving them a little nod in her piece for the Washington City Paper Crafty Blog. That one there on her cell phone is looking a bit nappy. Time for an upgrade!

In the news...

This week I've been lucky enough to be featured in two blogs: a new one to me called Optimist and the Washington City Paper's Crafty Blog, written by Etsy's own TinaSeamonster.

The Optimist blog is stunning. It's written by a new mom living in Toronto. Her design is amazing and her taste in baby stuff is impeccable. I'm really excited to be in such great company. I added it to the links list on the left so I'll remember to access it more regularly.


Also, Tina, owner and chief desinger of the i like seamonsters' Etsy shop often writes blogs for the Washington City Paper Crafty Blog. She did a review of Art Star and writes that I won for best booth presentation. How cool is that? I work really hard at making the real-world shop look good so it's great to be noticed for that.

Finally, I was doing some poking around and found that Rebecca of Bake Sale Designs mentioned me in her blog post reviewing the Squidfire's show in Baltimore. She is the proud owner of a pair of yeti panties and raves about them online. Rebecca was also a vendor at Art Star and told me that although she isn't following the washing instructions, the panties are doing very well and still as cute as new.