Friday, March 30, 2007
Vintage Barbie Clothes
Blue Hair Knits herself put together these creations for Barbie and I think my Marie Osmond doll, who still wears the outfits very well. In addition to accessories and dresses and skirts with trimmings, my grandma made *pockets* for the coats and a couple of the dresses.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Place your orders here
I am now a little distracted by the idea of making up our house debt (a.k.a. red dawn) by selling crafts. Please go to my etsy shop and assess my shipping rates. Am I charging too much for multiple purhcases? Should I add shipping to Europe, Africa or Mexico? I only have to sell a little over 700 warshrags to cover the cost of last fall's excavation. A few hundred more and we can buy sod to fill in the mud left behind. SOooooo here's my next project, at what will be around $2.00 a pop, or a set of 12 for $15.00 + shipping -- invitations for kids by kids.
These are your standard "Come to My (3, 4, 5, 6, 7-year old) Party" birthday invitations. I'll let you know how much it costs to make them. As it stands, I've spent close to $70 to make my vintage wallpaper postcards. I only have to sell 23 to break even, and then it'll be like Demi Moore and Woody Harelson, on that bed, rolling in all that cash...
These are your standard "Come to My (3, 4, 5, 6, 7-year old) Party" birthday invitations. I'll let you know how much it costs to make them. As it stands, I've spent close to $70 to make my vintage wallpaper postcards. I only have to sell 23 to break even, and then it'll be like Demi Moore and Woody Harelson, on that bed, rolling in all that cash...
Friday, March 16, 2007
Blue Hair Knits ON SALE
It's official. Blue Hair Knits has its own ETSY.com shop. I have knitted dishrags for sale that my Grandma (a.k.a. Blue Hair) and I have been working on since last summer. I'll be adding bibs and vintage stationary. Go to www.etsy.com and search for my username: jayteedoubleyou (get it?).
Thursday, March 15, 2007
New Kicks
I've been telling people about my recent shopping experience in-world (SecondLife.com) and how I spent an entire day and only $3.00. Now that's a cheap day at the mall. So I thought I'd show you my newest outfit - my own gosh darn design.
Before I am condemned for being superficial enough to care what I look like in a virtual world, be very clear that this kind of attention is required for any kind of higher level interaction with others. If you are wearing the "newbie" white Tshirt and jeans, you stand out like a sore thumb in a crowd. Check out this newbie scene:
Imagine this: people have been living in-world for at least a couple of years - I don't know how many - but for awhile, and suddenly the number of new users increases at an exponential rate - from Nov 06 to March 07 alone, the number of people in this world rose from 800,000 to 4.6 million. Now the system lags, there are people who all look alike running around bumping into you as they learn how to walk in a crowd, every schmo is walking up to you wanting to chat. Imagine New York when the Italians arrived. I can say that (maiden name Turri), but can only imagine. There's got to be some truth in it. So I had to change my clothes fast to distinguish myself from the newly arriving multitude. If I really want to get my game on, then I'll start to buy some more realistic skin.
Speaking of realistic skin, its a very human phenomenon to see a stranger and be reminded of someone you know. I guess it's not any less human to find an avatar who looks like someone you know. Any guesses on this spitting image...?
Before I am condemned for being superficial enough to care what I look like in a virtual world, be very clear that this kind of attention is required for any kind of higher level interaction with others. If you are wearing the "newbie" white Tshirt and jeans, you stand out like a sore thumb in a crowd. Check out this newbie scene:
Imagine this: people have been living in-world for at least a couple of years - I don't know how many - but for awhile, and suddenly the number of new users increases at an exponential rate - from Nov 06 to March 07 alone, the number of people in this world rose from 800,000 to 4.6 million. Now the system lags, there are people who all look alike running around bumping into you as they learn how to walk in a crowd, every schmo is walking up to you wanting to chat. Imagine New York when the Italians arrived. I can say that (maiden name Turri), but can only imagine. There's got to be some truth in it. So I had to change my clothes fast to distinguish myself from the newly arriving multitude. If I really want to get my game on, then I'll start to buy some more realistic skin.
Speaking of realistic skin, its a very human phenomenon to see a stranger and be reminded of someone you know. I guess it's not any less human to find an avatar who looks like someone you know. Any guesses on this spitting image...?
Monday, March 5, 2007
Someone Else's Words
If you have ever worried about what's around the next corner, read this blog entry honoring the ninth anniversary of an awful accident by the best craft blogger ever.
She writes: "I don't remember many, many things about the hospital, but I remember that moment, when we laughed. I had a vision about the world when I was there. It came to me one night as if a little door opened and I looked through and eavesdropped on the truth. I saw that the world was constantly falling apart, it was always in a state of little things always falling apart, and then there were these brigades of individual human angels, with kind eyes, apples and stitches, repairing, fixing, mending, patting, bandaging the wounds of the world, and putting it back together, piece by tiny piece."
Here words are worth a 1000 pics.
She writes: "I don't remember many, many things about the hospital, but I remember that moment, when we laughed. I had a vision about the world when I was there. It came to me one night as if a little door opened and I looked through and eavesdropped on the truth. I saw that the world was constantly falling apart, it was always in a state of little things always falling apart, and then there were these brigades of individual human angels, with kind eyes, apples and stitches, repairing, fixing, mending, patting, bandaging the wounds of the world, and putting it back together, piece by tiny piece."
Here words are worth a 1000 pics.
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Growing Up Together
It's nice to watch two kids grow up together, get along and like each other. Kyra painted this picture on the computer of she and John. Little royals with boogers.
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