Extreme!

I have rad news! My band The Extreme Unicorns just released our first EP. All the songs make for excellent crafting background music- tested and approved by yours truly.

Check it out!

Here’s the new music video for the first song on the EP:

Scam Alert

This website is stealing copyrighted photos and descriptions of my work. And it’s not just me. The work of several other designers is also being stolen.

Rest assured that I’ve summoned all the bad karma possible and sent it their way, hoping they come down with a raging case of syphilis, but let’s digress from that for a moment. Someone asked  if this was another (yes, sad that we have to use the word ANOTHER) Chinese company stealing a designer’s work and then reverse engineering it to sell cheap knock offs. This site is actually worse, at least in terms of the customers, because they don’t even have knock-offs to sell.  Scammers love to steal pretty pictures, add a price tag, and let the money roll in (or your credit card number). Anyone that buys from this site can kiss their money goodbye, because that dress you just paid for doesn’t exist.

It’s only a matter of time before Paypal shuts this site down, and while I’m sure the doucheballoon that runs it has a million other scam sites out there, spread the word and make sure your friends know to avoid this site:

thegothicwear.com

P.S. Hey, TheGothicWear… asphinctersayswhat?

What’s cookin?

All moved in and (mostly) unpacked! Party time!

One of my first projects for the new house is kitchen curtains. Maybe I should specify SEWING projects, as the non-sewing projects we’ve already done on this house are innumerable. Yesterday I drew some mockups and picked out fabric. I still haven’t decided between the two designs.

Try to look past the weird graininess- I was using picture of the kitchen from the online listings and they are teeny tiny and crap quality. But I’m too lazy to take my own, plus the kitchen has lots of boxes stacked all over the place, so it wouldn’t have been a very helpful photo anyway.

My dilemma right now is that bottom curtain – bows or scallop top? I’m kinda leaning scallop. I like the idea of the bows, but I’m scared they’ll look a little too… precious. A precious kitchen I shall not have!

I did decide on the fabric. Michael Miller’s Fifties Kitchen and Dumb Dots:

Michael Miller Fifties Kitchen

Michael Miller Dumb Dots

This was my runner up… I don’t know how I resisted the little anthropomorphic dishes. In fact, I think I’ll probably wind up using it for cushions on the Future Kitchen Bench Project I have planned.

Michael Miller Any Cup Will Do

Happy New Year!

We hit some big milestones this year.  Over 86,000 unique visitors, 125,000 total visits, and 1.25 MILLION page views in one month!  Thank you all for the feedback, ideas, and comments that keep me motivated and inspired.

Things might be a bit quiet over here for a few days, as I am armpit-deep in fabric while I move my studio (and the rest of our house) to the NEW house. But rest assured that I have lots of awesome in store for WhatTheCraft in 2012!

Smarmy Sale Time!

I was having a Halloween sale over at SmarmyClothes, but I’ve decided to extend the sale because we have a tentative closing date on our new house! Yayyyyyy!
All ready to ship clothing is 31% off for the next few days! Check it out and help me clear some of this stock out before the move!

http://smarmyclothes.com

Evil Kittens

I know, I’ve been promising a new video tutorial on Twitter, but it’s kind of a long one and is going to take FOR-EV-ER to upload on our crapass internet connection. I bring a peace offering of kittens.

One of our cats, Saxby, died in the middle of July. His brother Zelda was getting pretty lonely, so we adopted two kittens from the country animal shelter in August. This is a quick video of them right after we got them.

They’ve grown so much in almost a month, it’s crazy!

Craftastic auctions on Ebay

I’ll be moving sometime in the not-so-distant future, and thus the pile of sewing machines in my house must be thinned. My Singer CE-200 embroidery / sewing machine combo is up on Ebay right now, so go check it out if you’re interested! It’s a great machine and the ONLY reason I’m selling it is because I have 8 machines and taking them all with me is really not an option. I know some crafty person out there will give it a good home!

It comes with lots of extras, like a boat load of thread, so you’ll be ready to embroider right out of the box.

I’m also attempting to thin out some of my SmarmyClothes stock, both because of the move and to make room for Halloween stock, so I’ve got a few one of a kind clothing auctions up as well (ahhhh, listing on Ebay makes me feel nostalgic!).

My new projects

Here are some of the goodies I’ve been sewing this week.

 

 

 

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Shake Your Handmade Moneymaker

The holiday shopping season is upon us- I know, I know, I don’t want to think about it either. I’m a last minute shopper, so all of you super organized people that get your shopping done before December even rolls around make me feel like a lard ass. I’m use to it, though, so I won’t hold it against you.

Anyway, if you’re a seller of handmade wares, now is the time to start thinking about advertising for the holidays! WhatTheCraft to the rescue!

We have flexible advertising plans that can fit pretty much anyone’s budget. We’re currently getting over 43,000 unique visitors and 760,000 pageviews per month, and that number continues to grow! That’s 43,000 people that have a true appreciation for the quality and uniqueness that only handmade can offer!

Our regular Sponsor ad spots that are on the righthand side of every page are available throughout the holiday season, so jump on them before they’re gone! Ad spots are available by the week, with discounted rates if you purchase by the month and year, so even if you’re only looking to spend a few bucks, there’s a spot for you.

More information about WhatTheCraft Sponsor Ads is available here.

Additionally, theWhatTheCraft Holiday Handmade Showcase is back! The showcase will feature 8 handmade items and will be smack dab at the top of the landing page, in place of the Featured Content box, from November 1st through December 31st.

Each showcase spot will feature one item listing from your Etsy shop and will include a 140 x 140 pixel image, the item name, and your Etsy shop address.

It’s the perfect spot to feature an eye catching item from your shop that you think would make a great gift this holiday season. AND it’s super easy. All you need to do is select a date, enter your item URL, and pay through Paypal.

Showcase spots start at just $3.99 per day. They are first come, first served and are available for immediate purchase here.

SQUEE! Video Tutorials coming soon!

I am super excited to announce that video tutorials will soon be a regular feature here at WhatTheCraft.com!

I know some of your have been asking for this for a while now, and I finally invested in a video camera. I will soon be the proud own of a Creative Labs Vado HD.

I also thought I’d share a little secret… I bought the camera with money I made from SponsoredTweets! If you have Twitter, I suggest you give SponsoredTweets a shot, because you’re basically being paid to Tweet! You name a price and get paid to tweet ads. You have complete control over what ads you accept and what ads you don’t want AND you get to write your own ads, so you don’t have to worry about your Twitter feed looking like it’s been taken over by a spam bot.

Just think of all the fabric you could buy with a little extra free cash from something like this….

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