MrsEvils' Giraffa Vampyrocamelopardis

Letter to MrsEvils:

I found this little guy wandering through my backyard. And, I believe this might be a new and previously unknown species: Giraffa Vampyrocamelopardalis! Why do I believe this is so, you ask? Well, the tiny, sucked-dry carcasses strewn about my yard, for one, and those deep red eyes I think are pretty good clues. Granted, I suppose a freak swarm of vampire bats could have done it. But, the little giraffe did come scratching at my door just before sunrise. Or, was it just sizing up the cats for breakfast? It also tends to suddenly be rather close by if you nick yourself with anything. Who knew something so small could move so quickly!

  I'm not quite sure how Giraffa Vampyrocamelopardalis survive, being bright yellow and all, but maybe they just charm their victims with their cuteness. Or, maybe, after a nip to an ankle all one would ever see would be a slight yellow blur out of the corner of their eye before it even has a chance to register with the brain.

  It's getting a bit frail being locked in my sewing room and it refuses food except for bloody bits of hamburger. Watch your fingers around this little bugger, is all I'm saying. Anyway I thought who better to take care of a mini, and possibly vampiric, giraffe but you? I know how much you love mini giraffe.

  Well, it's standing on the table glaring at me. I think it knows it's going into the box. I better get it in there before it starts stalking the cats. Again. I hope you don't find my severed fingers in along with it!

 

MrsEvils has wanted a miniature giraffe for a long time. But I doubt she was expecting a vampiric one! Eeeheehee...

This ebil little giraffe was completely cut and stitched by hand, stands apx 10" high and has wires in the legs to help it stand.

xx ~Static

Last week for Christmas in July sales!

So why not get started early on your holiday shopping list? My Etsy shop has an already-marked-down 25% off section. Which I just so happened to add some Batlings & the Vampire Eyeball Coasters to...

 

 

And, while your at it, here's the Christmas in July sales from my beloved EtsyDarkTeam!

xx ~Static

Soul Windows...

You know when you buy things for yourself but then months later realize I'm never going to get around to using that (because your "to do" is a mile long most likely) but it's so awesome? Yeah, I used to do that a LOT and still do occasionally. But, thankfully, I have a cute little Supply & Destash shop over on Etsy to share it all with you! I also have a few supplies I try to list as often as I find them because, well, they're that damn cool. For example, EYEBALL BEADS:

The center Bloodshot beauties are nice heavy Glass Lampwork. The Eyeball Beads surrounding that are all light weight Acrylic. So dive right into the sea of eyes and take your pick!

I only have a small amount of the Eyeball Beads in stock but if all goes well they'll be back in the shop as often as possible!

xx ~Static

Christmas in July

It's time for the Etsy Christmas in July sale!

My sale section is currently 25% off!

I would have joined in on Etsy's CiJ sale sooner but, well, I was one vacation. Surely you can forgive me :) To make up for it a bit, repeat customers/EDT members... you know that coupon code you've got? Stack it! Seriously. Do it before I find my mind that has apparently slipped out of my ears.

xx ~Static

Etsymini 101: Myspace, take 2 (or is it 3? 4?)

Update! Again! With the new Myspace page layouts everything has gone out the window yet again. See the "Myspace Layout" section below for the latest tweeks.

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Hello my lovelies, here is something I wrote up to help out my team mates on the EtsyDarkTeam and now I thought I'd share one of my posting sekrits here. Just a couple of the many things I do to try to keep my posts consistent and neat looking. By no means is this a "must do" for you. I just thought I'd put these up for those of you who are as... particular, yeah particular, as I am about it ;)

I'm sure you've noticed that some blogs do not like Etsyminis, they eat the formatting. Here is a little something for a clean looking Etsymini on Myspace! Etsyminis on LJ & Blogger are in another post.

Note: Areas you need to replace with your shop info is in red & CAPS.

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Myspace Comments/Bulletins:
Sorry, I haven't had time to retest these but you can try my old code which you can find here.

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Myspace Layouts:

I ran into issues recently (June 2011) with the newer Myspace layout since they changed what they accept as code YET again *sigh*. I found that using centering on the text portions work fine but the object, the Etsymini itself, refuses to budge no matter what I tried. So, with a little experimenting I found that 5 columns fit perfectly into the wider sections of the new Myspace layout. If you are using the narrower sections of the Myspace layout for your Etsymini try using the 3 column Etsymini code below. That *should* work. In theory :)

Here's two examples to help you along. To see mine in action with the 5 column code below go to http://www.myspace.com/staticwhite

4 Rows, 3 Columns for the narrower sections of the new Myspace layout...

<p align="center"><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" height="374" width="281">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" />
<param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" />
<param name="movie" value="http://www.etsy.com/flash/spots/etsy_mini.swf?user_id=SHOP ID # GOES HERE&user_name=SHOP NAME GOES HERE&item_source=shop&item_size=thumbnail&rows=3&columns=4" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="internal" src="http://www.etsy.com/flash/spots/etsy_mini.swf?user_id=SHOP ID # GOES HERE&user_name=SHOP NAME GOES HERE&item_source=shop&item_size=thumbnail&rows=4&columns=3" height="374" width="281" wmode="transparent" />
</object></p><p align="center"><a href="http://SHOP URL GOES HERE><font size="4" style="text-decoration: none; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#cc0000; font-size:14px; font-weight: bold;">Etsy</font><br><font size="2" style="text-decoration: none; color:#cc0000; font-size:10px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Buy Handmade</font><br><b><font size="3" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#ffffff; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">SHOP NAME GOES HERE</a></b></p>

3 Rows, 5 Columns for the wider sections of the new Myspace layout:

<p align="center"><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" height="280" width="468">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" />
<param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" />
<param name="movie" value="http://www.etsy.com/flash/spots/etsy_mini.swf?user_id=SHOP ID # GOES HERE&user_name=SHOP NAME GOES HERE&item_source=shop&item_size=thumbnail&rows=3&columns=5" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="internal" src="http://www.etsy.com/flash/spots/etsy_mini.swf?user_id=SHOP ID # GOES HERE&user_name=SHOP NAME GOES HERE&item_source=shop&item_size=thumbnail&rows=3&columns=5" height="280" width="468" wmode="transparent" />
</object></p><p align="center"><a href="http://SHOP URL GOES HERE><font size="4" style="text-decoration: none; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#cc0000; font-size:14px; font-weight: bold;">Etsy</font><br><font size="2" style="text-decoration: none; color:#cc0000; font-size:10px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Buy Handmade</font><br><b><font size="3" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#ffffff; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">SHOP NAME GOES HERE</a></b></p>

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FAQs:

Where do I find my shop #?
Go to your Etsy shop page. Hover over the "See who favorites this" link towards the bottom of the left hand column. Look at the taskbar at the bottom of your interwebs window, see the string of #s at the end of the previewed url? That is your shop #!

What is my shop name?
It is just your user name alone, for example:
www.SWStitchery.Etsy.com = no cookie for you.
SWStitchery.Etsy.com = try again, please.
SWStitchery = correct!

Nerd notes: The "param" html may look redundant, and you can see an Etsymini without it if you use Firefox, but it will not be viewable in IE (it'll be a big white box) & you will get scroll bars on LJ.
Sneaky tip: Copy&paste the above html into Notepad on your computer, fill in all your info and save it to your desktop! Now it's nice and handy anytime you need an Etsymini :)

Try it out and have fun posting! xx~Static

Crazy Hair Days

April showers bring May flowers? Well, it's June and it's still raining which is giving me some serious "medusa" hair days --imagine booty length curly hair frizzed out and grabbing at everything. Rawr! So, because I'm tired of braiding and to keep my wild tresses from wrapping around piercings or trying to strangle me... I'm on a headband kick!

I have made a bunch of super awesome-riffic headbands for your lovely heads (and mine. Down, hair, down! *Whew*)

A handful --hairful?-- have already sold. Such as, Cherry Bombs & Bottle Rockets took off minutes after listing! Lucky for you, I have a duplicate or 2. Although, many of the fabrics are hard to find or discontinued so there will only be a very short run of these!

My headbands are made of cotton unless otherwise noted (some blends and even a silk blend). All are machine washable. And --the best part!-- they're reversible! 2 styles in 1, hot damn. Here's a sampling of them.

Click on the pic to head straight to my shop and grab your own!

xx ~Static

It's raining, it pouring and you should be exploring!

Exploring my shop that is!

Did I mention I'm having a Spring sale?? I'm pretty sure I did. Somewhere. Well... I'm having a SPRING SALE!! :D Go to my shop & check out the Spring Sale section.

http://SWStitchery.etsy.com

A little sekrit --are you reading?-- if you have a Thank You card from me with a code on it, guess what? It works on all listings!

For those of you without the card here's a hint...

What kind of well does the Dormouse tell a story about?

 

 

Image credit: Brave Flowers in the Storm by dawnsten (Isn't it gorgeous?)

April 5th - One Day Sale!

Calooh callay one day, one day! One what? Oh. Why a sale of course! A one day sale, that is.

I'm moving and I'll be closing up shop for a few days until I get resettled. So, help me have less to move. And, more to make when settled in my new place!

And to entice you further, the code "BEAMISH" will grace you with 30, yeeees, 30 percent off!

Hurry now, it's good on Tuesday, Apr 5th (ends 11:59pm US Central time) only.

Main shop: http://SWStitchery.etsy.com

Destash/supply shop: http://StaticWhite.etsy.com

 

xx ~Static