Since I’m feeling sassy, I’m having a February $5 off sale on all my wallets on etsy! Also — if you follow me on twitter or if you found this sale through my blog, convo me and I’ll give you free shipping on your wallet.
Wonderland Patchwork Wallet — $15
Large Park Slope Patchwork Wallet — $20
Large Park Slope Frog Closure Wallet — $20
Enjoy!!
This morning I discovered Craft Hope — a project designed to share handmade gifts and donations with the less fortunate. In light of the recent quake in Haiti, I decided to participate in the Craft Hope Etsy store by donating something for them to sell.
I donated the men’s winter set. This is the one that I’d knitted for Kasey a few years ago but he didn’t like it, so when we broke up, he returned it to me. What better way to get rid of an ex-boyfriend gift than by donating for a sale where 100% of the proceeds go to a good cause.
Anyway, if you’re a fellow craftster or artist, you should check out Craft Hope and donate something to the etsy store.
I haven’t posted anything crafty for SO long.
I had 2 weeks off for winter break at work. I spent most of it with my family and friends and the rest of it I was sweatshopping crafts and running/working out.
Here is a smattering of new wallets … these are all made from scrap fabrics that I acquired in Chicago in June.
I’ve listed them on my etsy as well in case you’re wondering. 
Well, all but the few I’m giving away as gifts.
Check out my Cyber Monday sales on Etsy:
Butterflies in Wonderland Baby or Lap Quilt
OBEY Andre the Giant Men’s Winter Set
Mention the code mrfidgets and receive FREE SHIPPING on any order until December 15.
I feel as if I may be neglecting my blog lately. Life has been busy and some surprises have recently caught me off guard.
However, I’m feeling kind of sassy today, so I’m announcing a Post-Labor Day Sale. Right now it encompasses one item: my hard rock quilt.
POST-LABOR DAY SALE Deconstructed Heavy Metal, Rock and Punk T Shirt quilt FREE SHIPPING |
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| POST-LABOR DAY SALE Regular price: $125 Sale Price: $85 ——- This hardcore punky quilt is made from a collection of rock, punk and metal t-shirts. It’s embellished with fabric paint and embroidery. A deconstructivist approach was used to create this unique piece of art. T-shirts include: Quilt measures 45×45 inches and the batting is warm and natural. The quilting is a traditional pattern and is in a slate grey thread. The binding is slate grey with a black backing. Fabric (aside from t-shirts) is 100% cotton. T-shirts are vintage and well-loved. |
I’m participating in Market Day this month (as usual) and a really cool show called Relish The Hellish — on THE SAME DAY!
What was I thinking?
Fortunately, I didn’t have to make a whole lot of new stuff for these shows, so I’m not quite at the level of insanity where I’m tearing my hair out yet. (I did chop it all off though!)
Anyway, here are the details of the two shows:
Once again, here comes another art show where the weird are most welcome. Quickly gaining an awesome customer base, these art shows reflect the talent of folks who you wouldn’t ordinarily see in a Gallery around town.
Butch Von Dreaux is making another trek all the way from Louisiana to be here and Spookshow Pinups has been added to the list of amazing artists as well!
D. Ryan Allen will be there again showing all of his amazing work from zombie sketches to kid’s coloring books for the macabre.
In addition to the fine arts folks, we will also have all kinds of goodies like hand-made leather wallets, re-structured clothing, creepy dolls, hand-bags, pillows and everything else in between.
SATANIMALS will also be unveiling a new line of horror inspired pillows.. the first being an amazing SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA pillow!
This is not just your average art show. Pretentious art snobs are discouraged from coming. Although, it is fun to see them stick their nose in the air and turn on their heels when they see Gregg Bensink’s table of amazing goodies.
Attendees can enter the raffle to win numerous prizes including: original artwork from each of the artists, gift certificates for tattoos up to $100 as well as gift certificates to some local businesses including: Best Place Ever, ZZZ Records, Cup O’ Kryptonite and The Beauty Parlor!
The Raffle is at 9PM and you MUST be present to win!!
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My friend Adria is de-stashing her fabric and she put together a bunch of bundles and is selling them for cheap. All of the bundles are designer-fabric only.
Her store is whoopdedoo5.etsy.com. If you convo her with the code “chimesdedoo” you will get 20% off your order! What a deal. She’s got a TON of fabric and she’s really nice, so you might be able to get a better deal if you play your cards right!
Tell her chimes sent you!
Everything is fair game this month.
Both my stores, chimes design and toDIYfor, are having a 20% off special this month. To participate, convo me on etsy with the item you’d like to apply the sale to and I’ll adjust the price and reserve it for you.
An extra 5% off if you blog or tweet about my sale and include the link to your blog post/tweet in your convo.
Easy peasy.
As per usual, I’m offering free shipping to Des Moines and Ames as long as we can arrange a drop off/pick up.
A while back a co-worker of mine introduced me to sewzinski’s handmade embroidered leather wallets. He had ordered one for his wife and was so excited when it was finished that he brought it in to show me.
I was blown away. How much time went into this little piece of art? More than I have patience for, that’s for sure. I immediately searched her out on twitter, flickr and etsy.
sewzinski mainly focuses on custom made items. each of her creations is unique and different. She rescues discarded leather items and renews them into beautiful little usable pieces of art. The name “sewzinski” is in honor of her mother who loved to sew and taught her how to cross stitch and do some embroidery.
I pulled out some of my favorites just to show some of her beautiful work, but in no way does this represent all her creative capabilities. For that, you’ll have to check out her flickr photos (and that, I am sure, does not even represent her full artistic breadth).
I absolutely love this little gray wallet with the flowers. Beautiful. I’m a sucker for pretty things, and this hits the spot.
it’s like buttah.
I actually “oohed” and “ahhed” when I came across this large wallet image. The waves on the back are oh-so-glorious. I love the attention to detail and the fact that she scalloped the edges on this one to match the shapes found in the waves.
She picks fun fabrics for the inside of her wallet that coordinate nicely. It’s just a lovely surprise added to these creations.
Beautiful sugar skull wallet. Love all the colors and patterns on this one.
I saved my favorite for last! I’m also a HUGE sucker for anything punk … and in fuschia or pink or purple. Check out this awesome small wallet — with zebra print. Yes. I’m a sucker for animal print too!
LOVE it. You absolutely have to check out the rest of her work. It’s just amazing!
I’ve been up since 4:30 and I’ve got a few things I still need to do in preparation for Market Day.
I decided last Sunday to make some clutches. And by some, I mean 18. And I managed to forget to sew on a closure to 3 of them. Unlike some things I make, the closure has to be sewn as part of an earlier step in the process on these. I decided to use a frog closure on the ones I forgot to sew the original closure on, but I couldn’t find 2 small white closures for the last 2 bags, so I’ll be finishing those later.
Here’s my bounty of clutches/wallets/envelope purses:
and last-minute yesterday, I decided to finally mark my fabric scraps that I don’t want. I realized I didn’t want people unfolding them and such (would be utter chaos) so I used scraps of another fabric to wrap them. Most of the fabrics I’m selling don’t go with the scrap fabric I use to wrap them with, but these two looked pretty cute wrapped.
awwwww. adorable. 
I’m putting those on the top of the pile.
Anywho, gotta do those last-minute things and shower and get ready to head out. Want to get there by 7 AM.
