So, I was going to wait until we were firmly into August to start redyeing colorways that have sold out. But, I just made up a list of colorways that I want to redye and as of right now, I have about 15+ colorways on the list. So, with ~50 days until Tat Days...
That means, if I start now, I'll still have to get a batch out every 3 days to get just the redyes done.
WOW!
Here's my redye list so far (in no special order):
Fancy Fields
Serendipity
Little Boy Blue
Rainbowlicious
Macarons
Purple Pansy
Bahamas
Mindanao Gum
Key Lime Raspberry Parfait
Patriotic
Mother of Pearl
Blue Ridge
Queen Anthias
Pink Lemonade
Peacock
Calliope
Am I missing anything, are there any on this list that you think should be bumped up in importance?
I really do listen to these kinds of suggestions, so don't be afraid to speak up.
:o)
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
"Bahamas"
It would be wonderful to be able to say that the title of this post is "Bahamas" because I am planning to go to the Bahamas... but no.
"Bahamas" is the name of the newest colorway, which was inspired by Frivole.
Here is an example of "Bahamas" in size 60. I was just messing around last night and when I got done with this little piece .. I thought it looked like a mask. So, Barbie modeled it for me :o)
"Bahamas" is the name of the newest colorway, which was inspired by Frivole.
Here is an example of "Bahamas" in size 60. I was just messing around last night and when I got done with this little piece .. I thought it looked like a mask. So, Barbie modeled it for me :o)
Here is the same mask beside a small flower that I tatted in size 40 "Genii"
My plan, for the flower, is put a small pearl like bead in the middle and then and a wire, so that it could be put in a little pot... or I may attach it to a hair clip. Either way, it's super cute! (and super easy if anyone wants the pattern-- that goes for the tiny mask as well.)
Here's a reminder of what "Bahamas" looks like on the skein.
I will take some more pictures of these this evening and either list them in the shop tonight or tomorrow morning. :o)
UPDATE!! This week (well until Friday at least)only use the coupon "freeshipping" for free shipping.
OR "percentum" for 10% your total.
Your choice!
I found out today that we are going to be taking an unexpected trip this weekend (family illness),
so I may have to close the shop starting on Friday.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
More Rainbowliciousness!
More Rainbowlicious! Looks good doesn't it??
Here's a sample of the yellow section. As you may see, the one in the middle was affected by the dreaded purple splash. There were a couple of skeins that didn't make the cut, because they actually had a brown spot as a result of the purple splash... but this one, I was able to remedy by smearing it out with more yellow dye.
Together, like above, you can tell that one looks muddy
But here:
An isolated skein (the same muddy skein as above) looks just as gorgeous as any other. :o)
ALL THINGS ARE RELATIVE
This is the newest colorway.
SO pretty. This is an inspired colorway.
However, I am waiting for a confirmation on the name from the inspiring party,
so I will reveal the name soon.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Today was utter frustration.
So, I was going to go on a huge rant about my horrible no good very bad day... but I decided to spare you.
I'll sum it up... I've been frustrated lately trying to make sure that Livi gets in the school that is in my neighborhood so that she doesn't get zoned to a Memphis school. The reason that there is any question about what school she gets "zoned" to is that Chris(her daddy, my "fiance") had me put his utilities (in Memphis) in my name because he doesn't have any identification. So, it's been a real hassle and a headache trying to get my name off the account. And until I get my name off of it, Livi can't go to the "good" school that is a walking distance of maybe 5 minutes, driving distance of 1 minute from the home that I have lived in for~ 20 years.::sigh::
So, as the tension rose today..all I wanted to do was dye up another batch of Rainbowlicious... and me being ole dummy Jess! decided that it was fine to carry a sopping wet cotton ball of purple dye right across the yellow section to get to where the purple should be.... I mean, what could possibly go wrong with that, right? I DID make it through red, orange, yellow, green, light blue, and dark blue without any drops of color landing anywhere unintentionally.
But never the less... now I have skeins of Rainbowlicious that have a dirty yellow section... BOO!!!
On a more positive note
I had wound up 21 (10 of 20 and 10 of 40... plus one 40 for myself)
and since 21 is too much to dye at one time, I only dyed half. So I already have skeins wound up and waiting to dyed.
However, since I was planning on doing them all rainbow... I just grabbed a bunch of random ones to dye. I have no idea what percentage of the messed up ones are 40 or 20. I think they were mostly 40 though.
So,anyway... I am going to bed... Good night all!
I'll sum it up... I've been frustrated lately trying to make sure that Livi gets in the school that is in my neighborhood so that she doesn't get zoned to a Memphis school. The reason that there is any question about what school she gets "zoned" to is that Chris(her daddy, my "fiance") had me put his utilities (in Memphis) in my name because he doesn't have any identification. So, it's been a real hassle and a headache trying to get my name off the account. And until I get my name off of it, Livi can't go to the "good" school that is a walking distance of maybe 5 minutes, driving distance of 1 minute from the home that I have lived in for~ 20 years.::sigh::
So, as the tension rose today..all I wanted to do was dye up another batch of Rainbowlicious... and me being ole dummy Jess! decided that it was fine to carry a sopping wet cotton ball of purple dye right across the yellow section to get to where the purple should be.... I mean, what could possibly go wrong with that, right? I DID make it through red, orange, yellow, green, light blue, and dark blue without any drops of color landing anywhere unintentionally.
But never the less... now I have skeins of Rainbowlicious that have a dirty yellow section... BOO!!!
On a more positive note
I had wound up 21 (10 of 20 and 10 of 40... plus one 40 for myself)
and since 21 is too much to dye at one time, I only dyed half. So I already have skeins wound up and waiting to dyed.
However, since I was planning on doing them all rainbow... I just grabbed a bunch of random ones to dye. I have no idea what percentage of the messed up ones are 40 or 20. I think they were mostly 40 though.
So,anyway... I am going to bed... Good night all!
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Love this pattern!
I've tatted it here in size 40 Lizbeth Purple Md. and one of my Messy Jess!-y's (not one that is available)
Thanks Frivole for designing such an awesome pattern!! It's gorgeous!
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
An Almas Star and some of my Messy Jess!-y's worked up.
You like my new pic?
I hand drew it the other day. I <3 it!
Here is some of my Messy Jess!-y 's worked up. The purple, is the one in the shop (etsy, at least).
The small dark green patch is in the Storenvy shop, but will soon be in the Etsy shop if it isn't already.
Then the bright green isn't in either, but I have quite a few to put in soon.
The work up nice, don't you think?
I love this pattern, this one is tatted in my "Genii" colorway, size 40.
I really like these colors together. I don't like that I messed up in a few places, but that's alright.. at least it got finished, that's got to be worth something. lol
Monday, July 9, 2012
Thanks Jane- The Liebster Blog Award/ Tagged and more HDT
I was tagged by Jane
The Liebster Blog Award is given to upcoming bloggers who have 200 followers or less.
The word 'Liebster' is German and it means sweetest, kindest, nicest, dearest, beloved, lovely, kind, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing, and welcome.
Here're the Rules:
1. Each person must post 11 random facts about themselves
2. Answer 11 questions the tagger has given you and give 11 questions for the people you tagged
3. Choose 11 people and link them in your post
4. Tell them you've tagged them. Remember, no tag backs!
Facts
1. Despite my love of animals, including the dog, cat, and 2 guinea pigs that I own, I am terribly allergic to animals. I get swollen eyes, hives, and have difficulty breathing when I love on them too much.
2. I love tomato and jalapenos on my pizza.
3. I don't like bacon- while everyone else is family loves it.
4. When I see ham or bacon, I think about this picture I saw years ago of a half eaten pig that had been roasted and served with the head attached. The image makes me sick to my stomach.
5. I like to be called "Jess!", when I was younger it was always Jessi or Jessica. Jessi sounds too young, and Jessica is a mouthful and ends with "ick-a". But "Jess" wasn't enough for my free and creative spirit. So, I like my name to be said with enthusiasm. So to pronounce my name, it's "Jess" (plus the enthusiasm) and it's spelled: Jess!
6. I am trying to go to school so that I can become a pharmacist, but everyday life and mothering is making the task very difficult.
7. I have a "Carpe Diem" tattoo on my left ankle. Once, a man I met thought it said Grape Deem and then faked like that was really cool. He looked really dumb. lol
8. I finished high school in three years, I skipped my junior year by going to summer school.
9.I often walk around with messy hands because I never feel like putting on gloves and I use cotton balls when dyeing thread.
10. I have long (ish) hair because I don't want to spend the money to have it cut, nor do I want to cut it myself.
11. I dislike shoe shopping so much that I literally have no shoes. I had a pair of Crocs that I wore for over year, but they started hurting my feet very badly and the skin on my feet actually started peeling... still don't know what that was all about. But I got rid of those shoes. Now I only have a pair of pink flip flops that I am just really hoping will last.... forever.
Q & A
Do you know where Zimbabwe is? I know it's in the southern part of Africa.
Do you have children? Yes, one little Angel named Olivia, or as I call her "Livi"
Do you prefer hot weather or cold? neither. I don't like being too hot or too cold. But I like warm and cool.
Do you think that becoming a vegetarian will save the planet? I don't think that "saving the planet" is as "easy" as that. There has to be a change in overall attitude, to switch from "take-take" and "getting by for the day" to "give-give-share" and "sustainable living/ eating"
What sort of car do you drive? 2007 Chevy Malibu (in red) My daddy bought it for me because when I was 8 months pregnant,(in 2007) my current car brought down when I was on my way to work. He didn't want to take the chance of that happening after I had Livi.
Do you talk on the phone while driving? No, I've tried. Livi gets on to me. How can you say no to "Momma, you are supposed to drive with two hands!" lol
Are you a dog-person or a cat-person? I love them both.
Do you cook from scratch? No, and it's probably for the best.
lol no... I don't cook from scratch, nor do I cook.
What’s your favourite dessert? Hot fudge sundae
Are you a teacher? no
Do you have green fingers? Sometimes after dyeing green thread.
Questions I have
1. You are walking and you come up on a skunk, what is your first thought?
2 2. Did you know that only 5% of the population can touch all of the their top teeth with their tongue?
3. Do you think a picture is actually worth a thousand words?
4. Number 2 is completely false, but did you try it when you read that?
5. What is your favorite scent?
6. How many pairs of shoes do you own?
7. How do you feel about socks?
8. What was the last movie you saw at the theater?
9. Do you have any siblings?
10.How often do you blog?
11. How do you feel about caffeine?
Tagging people I don't know:
Lorene
** This part has yet to be done, but if you would like to be tagged, please tell me... and I'll tag you!**
Sorry I know I am breaking the rules on that one. ;o)
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Now to the pictures that I promised for yesterday:
The Liebster Blog Award is given to upcoming bloggers who have 200 followers or less.
The word 'Liebster' is German and it means sweetest, kindest, nicest, dearest, beloved, lovely, kind, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing, and welcome.
Here're the Rules:
1. Each person must post 11 random facts about themselves
2. Answer 11 questions the tagger has given you and give 11 questions for the people you tagged
3. Choose 11 people and link them in your post
4. Tell them you've tagged them. Remember, no tag backs!
Facts
1. Despite my love of animals, including the dog, cat, and 2 guinea pigs that I own, I am terribly allergic to animals. I get swollen eyes, hives, and have difficulty breathing when I love on them too much.
2. I love tomato and jalapenos on my pizza.
3. I don't like bacon- while everyone else is family loves it.
4. When I see ham or bacon, I think about this picture I saw years ago of a half eaten pig that had been roasted and served with the head attached. The image makes me sick to my stomach.
5. I like to be called "Jess!", when I was younger it was always Jessi or Jessica. Jessi sounds too young, and Jessica is a mouthful and ends with "ick-a". But "Jess" wasn't enough for my free and creative spirit. So, I like my name to be said with enthusiasm. So to pronounce my name, it's "Jess" (plus the enthusiasm) and it's spelled: Jess!
6. I am trying to go to school so that I can become a pharmacist, but everyday life and mothering is making the task very difficult.
7. I have a "Carpe Diem" tattoo on my left ankle. Once, a man I met thought it said Grape Deem and then faked like that was really cool. He looked really dumb. lol
8. I finished high school in three years, I skipped my junior year by going to summer school.
9.I often walk around with messy hands because I never feel like putting on gloves and I use cotton balls when dyeing thread.
10. I have long (ish) hair because I don't want to spend the money to have it cut, nor do I want to cut it myself.
11. I dislike shoe shopping so much that I literally have no shoes. I had a pair of Crocs that I wore for over year, but they started hurting my feet very badly and the skin on my feet actually started peeling... still don't know what that was all about. But I got rid of those shoes. Now I only have a pair of pink flip flops that I am just really hoping will last.... forever.
Q & A
Do you know where Zimbabwe is? I know it's in the southern part of Africa.
Do you have children? Yes, one little Angel named Olivia, or as I call her "Livi"
Do you prefer hot weather or cold? neither. I don't like being too hot or too cold. But I like warm and cool.
Do you think that becoming a vegetarian will save the planet? I don't think that "saving the planet" is as "easy" as that. There has to be a change in overall attitude, to switch from "take-take" and "getting by for the day" to "give-give-share" and "sustainable living/ eating"
What sort of car do you drive? 2007 Chevy Malibu (in red) My daddy bought it for me because when I was 8 months pregnant,(in 2007) my current car brought down when I was on my way to work. He didn't want to take the chance of that happening after I had Livi.
Do you talk on the phone while driving? No, I've tried. Livi gets on to me. How can you say no to "Momma, you are supposed to drive with two hands!" lol
Are you a dog-person or a cat-person? I love them both.
Do you cook from scratch? No, and it's probably for the best.
lol no... I don't cook from scratch, nor do I cook.
What’s your favourite dessert? Hot fudge sundae
Are you a teacher? no
Do you have green fingers? Sometimes after dyeing green thread.
Questions I have
1. You are walking and you come up on a skunk, what is your first thought?
2 2. Did you know that only 5% of the population can touch all of the their top teeth with their tongue?
3. Do you think a picture is actually worth a thousand words?
4. Number 2 is completely false, but did you try it when you read that?
5. What is your favorite scent?
6. How many pairs of shoes do you own?
7. How do you feel about socks?
8. What was the last movie you saw at the theater?
9. Do you have any siblings?
10.How often do you blog?
11. How do you feel about caffeine?
Tagging people I don't know:
Lorene
** This part has yet to be done, but if you would like to be tagged, please tell me... and I'll tag you!**
Sorry I know I am breaking the rules on that one. ;o)
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Now to the pictures that I promised for yesterday:
How about "My Bleeding Heart"
I just came up with that. I love being able to google images.
Love this one! I am so tempted to call this one "Jess!-ilicious" but I happen to know that Etsy won't let you put a "!" in the title... so that won't work.
So, how about "Genii" for the Genii Fuschia flower.
Now, this one already had a name because I've been thinking about it for a little while now :o) "Macarons"
This picture makes these colors look washed out, but really the color is dark and very lovely.
This is Sally's suggestions for "Night Thunder"
I have been working so hard on these but I hope that it will be time well spent. :o)
I am going to add some of these and the Messy-Jess!-y to the shops. I wouldn't want anyone to miss out on these great colors just because they can't make it to Tat Days! Plus, Livi's starting kindergarten this August, so I need to tackle her supplies list and save money for the gas to Toccoa! So, it'll be in everyone's best interest for me to list these now. :o)
Also, colorways that are in both shops are being set at $7.20 in the Etsy shop and only $6.80 on Storenvy.
I will be working at counting exactly how many I have of each colorway and writing a brief description for them tonight. My plan will be to have them all listed by tomorrow afternoon.
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