Update? YES!

hey gang! i just finished adding a few FINGS to the shop tonight. being snowed in has it's benefits...i didn't have to work tonight!...but cabin fever is starting to set in...boo!

anywho, there's what's in ye ol' shop!

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade PrettyLittleFings.etsy.com

even if you aren't in the mood for buying, you should still check them out. some of the pretties have pretty funny background. i think it will at least give you a good laugh!

a small shop update!

here's a sneak peak at some of the items added to the shop today! i'm hoping to get the Pangquins ASAP!

SHOP!

a Pretty Little Fings Cookie made a Chocolate Chip treasury today. YAY!

mini update

i am terrible at updating...my plan is to add a couple of new things
to the shop throughout the week. let's cross our fingers, K?

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade PrettyLittleFings.etsy.com

oh yea, i added a few things to the shop today. enjoy.

working hard!

i've been working really hard to build up my inventory for December since i will now be doing two shows: Holiday Shop-n-Stroll and Rock-n-Shop. i decided to do Rock-n-Shop again at the Black Cat because it was my VERY first show. it certainly opened some doors for me and i met some really great people that have become my good friends (Oh Ginger & This Chickadee).

ok, so no more sappy stuff, lets get to the photos!



don't get your hopes up guys! some of these are actually custom orders!



big cookies that will be sold individually



and of course the bacon ornaments. it wouldn't be a Pretty Little Fings Christmas without these guys!

i am still thinking about putting some of this stuff up on ETSY, it's just a matter of making some time to do so. hopefully i can update the shop sometime next week. i'll keep you posted!

buttons!

after shopping around for a button maker, i realize i just couldn't afford one at the moment with Christmas coming up and all. i decided to have them made for me instead. Meaghan suggested i go with Modbuttons, which i did at first, but then i had some uploading problems (sometimes i am computer challenged)...so i went hunting on Etsy and found The Buttonhouse. it was super simple and took about a week. i got my buttons in the post this morning and i am in love! now i wish i would have ordered more than a 100 (i thought more = a little excessive at the time). anyway, take a gander...


(i absolutely love this logo designed by my friends at This Paper Ship)


(even made one for the ol' bloggeroo)


(detail)

i feel so official! i know, i know, i'm a huge nerd (i mean, i even took nice photos of them). everybody else and their mothers have buttons, but seriously, i feel legit! WOO! am i overreacting?

October Update!

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade PrettyLittleFings.etsy.com

hurry, I will be leaving for Seattle next week, so any orders after Monday, October 5 will be shipped when I get back on the 13th. have a great Friday!

three best friends that anyone could have

ok, so i've never sold anything right after i've updated the shop before until yesterday. these three cuties are going to repeat customers in Maryland and good ol' Georgia (both states i once called home). sending them off with love!

Update...finally!

i don't know why i don't update the shop as often as i should. the studio is crawling with Fings!! tonight i buckled down and finally added a few things to the shop. enjoy!

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade PrettyLittleFings.etsy.com

Foto Fun Friday

the other night, i decided to dress up like J.

#120 from my 365 self portrait project

Erin made me a beard!

ETSY faves: jewelry

i was browsing ETSY today and found lots of new things
to add to my favorites list. i thought i'd share with you some
of my absolute faves! how exciting right?!?!

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade PrettyLittleFings.etsy.com

Untamed Menagerie is a mother/daughter jewelry making duo
how lovely are these pieces?! my absolute favorite has to be
"Couture," the elephant!

Schmutzerland's vintage inspired pendants are so great!

i'm a big fan of the long chain/big pendant combo,
so these are right up my alley! i wants one...but i love all four!!

what do you think about these you shops?

ETSY UPDATE!!!

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade PrettyLittleFings.etsy.com

hey friends!!!

my friend Lauren of Jerseymaids is having a giveaway!!! the only problem is, i've neglected to blog about this until almost the very last minute!! the giveaway ends tomorrow! ...so get on it! (so many exclamation marks!) read the rules here. post your pick on facebook...and if you tweet or blog, you get an extra pick, like me!

this one was my first polariod original pick. how pretty.

this is my second polaroid pick (since i wrote a blog about it)...hmm, see a familiar face?!? Lauren, Lacey, and i had a field trip last week. what an adventure!! anyway, i hope i win this one, it would be perfect for my momma's birthday! what do you think?

now go out there and enter the giveaway!

giveaway winner from Handmade Mart!!!

to keep it really random, i chose to use the Random Number Generator out of 71 players
(71, seriously?!?)...

...#8! (Abby Berns) you are the lucky winner of a Pretty Little Fings secret prize!!!
thanks for playing everyone!

Giveaway Prezzies!!!!

i was so lucky to have won two giveaways as of late.

first, was a pomander from Frances in celebration of her 200th post. (if you recall, Frances won a pickle from my blogaversary giveway)


this thing smells so good!! now i just have to wait until it shrivels up. thanks Franny!

and second, a beard inspired by J's beard from the lovely Erin Dollar from I Made You a Beard!! whoO! i was so inspired i used it for my 365 today!

...now for my giveaway...at Handmade Mart on Sunday, i collected emails and business cards for a random drawing. i will be picking the winner of an undisclosed prize and announcing it tomorrow. stay tuned!!

CHANGE IS HERE!!!

Pretty Little Fing's Etsy shop had a face lift! thanks to the incredibly talented duo of This Paper Ship!!! i met Ashley and Joel a while back at the restuarant i work at and now wished that i had gotten to know them better (cause now they live all the way in NC!).

choosing them was a no brainer. i mean, check out how beautiful their blog is!! because i have a love for quirky hand drawn illustration, i knew that this was a match made in heaven. and i was right when they sent me a proof of the banner and nothing had to be changed. thanks Joel & Ashley!! you guys are the boss!!

that's tight!!


stop by their shop to say hello!!

what an honor!...how did this happen?

Pretty Little Fings' Mr. Pickles was in Etsy's Treasury on May 31st!
check out who else is there!!
thanks Meaghan!

Handmade Mart!!

wow! how amazing was Handmade Mart? if you said pretty freakin amazing, then i would have to agree with you!










i had a blast sharing a booth with the lovely Miss Meaghan of Oh Ginger (she had one of the cutest displays there!!!) and meeting other crafters (like my booth neighbors Craftgasm & Sugar Paperie...and of course, This Chickadee).

thanks to Debbie & Kim for making it happen!!

more pictures here!!

...what do you think? do you want to see more of Pretty Little Ginger?

Foto Fun Friday

i played HidenSeek with Eloise about a week a go and finally got my
beautiful package from the UK!

i can't wait to frame my print and show you!

Happy Friday!!!

Questions with Melissa

(Tootsie Monster...my fave!)

isen't this the cutest face you've ever seen?!? if you said yes, then you should meet the artist behind this loveable creature, Melissa Stanley. recently, i had the privilege of interviewing this talented lady crafter, so here goes nothing!

PLF - Melissa, I got the impression that you started your off as a painter (please correct me if i'm wrong)...how did you blossom into a crafter (in other words, what started it off for you?)

MS - Hmm, I have always painted and drawn, and I still do - although that has taken a back seat to my new 'buisness' as a sewer/crocheter/embroidery person. I don't know about any labels, I mean I don't think I'm a "craft artist" or a "fiber artist" or really anything, I just like to say that "i make things" and leave that up for other people to interpret. Anyway, I started crocheting a while back, and at the same time I was doing a lot of watercolor paintings. Then I started embroidering on the watercolor paintings, then I started watercoloring on embroidery pieces, and then I started sewing in December '08. Everything does come from the 2-d drawing and sketching though. I start with a drawing or sketch and then try to wrap my brain around how to build it out of fiber materials.


(painted bug watches)

PLF - Ok, so lets get down to it, cause i'm sure everyone has been wondering... where the heck does the inspiration from your pieces (i.e the Tootsie Monster) come from?

MS - Hahaha - yea, these come from all over the place. Usually the inspiration is simply I want to show someone something - I just want these little things to exist. The Tootsie Monster was just something I wanted to show my friend Joe.

PLF - If you could be any of your monsters (is it ok if I call them monsters or would you prefer something else), which would you be?

MS - They are little monsters! They are mischevious bastards, all of them. But for me... I dunno, I am partial to the one I am working on now, it's an Undine, a water spirit, she's creepy but I like her. (she'll be done tonight). Or the yellow portal-monster, "wonder". Or a crochet cat-cow, that'd be pretty great.

(the Undine)

PLF - I know you have a soft spot for Vietnamese food, if you could sit around the dinner table with some Pho, who would you invite to join you (living or dead) and why?

MS - I really love eating in southeast asia - the food is so fresh and colorful and flavorful and amazing. For dinner company I suppose I could list some interesting celebrities or authors or people like that, but honestly I'd rather chow down with my Vietnamese friends Thiet and Mein and Ly, and their families, and a lot of 333 beer. I guess if I had to pick someone famous I'd say Anthony Bourdain, because he'd enjoy it a lot, and he knows the good stuff.

(PLF - hey! i'm from southeast asia! we would probably get along!)

(sometimes, she makes cute plushies too!)

PLF - I noticed that you have a ton of blogs. How do you manage? are there any super powers involved?
MS - I do have a few, that is true :) I just do it all really for my own amusement, I don't have any audience in mind - just like, talking to myself. So that makes it easy and fun for me.

PLF - Alright, last question. Early bird or night owl?

MS - Both! I get up at 5am every morning. I work all day, take a couple food breaks, and then work all night until 11pm. Except Saturdays. Saturdays I try to sleep all day.

(Melancholy Amigurumi)

now, if you can't get enough of Melissa, you can visit her personal blogs, Art + Life = Love,
Eat Steak, Canned Culture, & EdandMel_Travel. (see! i told you she has a lot of blogs!) if you still haven't had enough, you can visit her via Flickr, or say hello through ETSY! whew!!

thanks so much Melissa!! it was so nice getting to know you!

...now, who's next?!