WHY DID I BOTHER SPENDING ALL THAT TIME LEARNING TO MAKE BEAUTIFUL GLASS BEADS???
https://www.etsy.com/listing/122322915/8-felt-pebbles-rusty-brown-and-grey-felt?ref=related-3
Fuck me.
Here, let me sell you some wadded up lint.
HAHAHAHAHAAHAAAHA
It occurs to me that I could sell REAL rocks on Etsy, and people would buy them.
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 07:28:13 PM
It occurs to me that I could sell REAL rocks on Etsy, and people would buy them.
DO IT! SELL POSTIVE QI ONES!
Exploit your Native American heritage!
I really should.
Add some Juggalo lyrics to it!
STEP 1: BUY $50 WADS OF LINT
STEP 2: FIND POSTMODERN GALLERY
STEP 3: :?
STEP 4: PROFIT!
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 07:26:20 PM
WHY DID I BOTHER SPENDING ALL THAT TIME LEARNING TO MAKE BEAUTIFUL GLASS BEADS???
https://www.etsy.com/listing/122322915/8-felt-pebbles-rusty-brown-and-grey-felt?ref=related-3
Fuck me.
Um...Because the glass bead you made for Jenn doesn't soak up sweat and turn into a horrible hairball?
You know- I just looked at their sales history. Out of 71 sales only 5 were those little felt "rocks". Everything else was just them selling wool to random people.
Who knew that people would rather not buy dust bunnies at $10 each? (Other than everyone with a brain, anyway)
Quote from: Red on March 11, 2014, 08:35:39 PM
You know- I just looked at their sales history. Out of 71 sales only 5 were those little felt "rocks". Everything else was just them selling wool to random people.
Who knew that people would rather not buy dust bunnies at $10 each? (Other than everyone with a brain, anyway)
That would exclude 95% of the population.
Though I may just be in a negative mood at the moment.
Jesus Christ. I will bet you ten dollars that person thinks they're an artist.
You could start selling your dryer lint, Nigel. Give them some competition.
Quote from: :regret: on March 11, 2014, 08:38:44 PM
Quote from: Red on March 11, 2014, 08:35:39 PM
You know- I just looked at their sales history. Out of 71 sales only 5 were those little felt "rocks". Everything else was just them selling wool to random people.
Who knew that people would rather not buy dust bunnies at $10 each? (Other than everyone with a brain, anyway)
That would exclude 95% of the population.
Though I may just be in a negative mood at the moment.
True... the other 66 people could have just bought wool elsewhere, maybe even in bulk. At least they were smart enough to not pay for the felt "rocks" so maybe, just maybe, there is a little hope for humanity yet.
(insert motivational image here)
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 11, 2014, 08:46:17 PM
Jesus Christ. I will bet you ten dollars that person thinks they're an artist.
You could start selling your dryer lint, Nigel. Give them some competition.
The hilarious part? Those are the easiest things to make and some of the cheapest feltcrafts out there. Any kids who played with yarn and stuffing probably made some accidentally at some point. It's about as close to "art" as drawing a stick man is.
1) Take some cheap stuffing.
2) Ball up tightly.
3) loosely wrap some mixed wool around the stuffing ball so you don't see stuffing anymore.
4) Roll around in hands until wool is tightly wrapped around stuffing.
5) Sell to morons at $10 each.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 07:36:54 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 07:26:20 PM
WHY DID I BOTHER SPENDING ALL THAT TIME LEARNING TO MAKE BEAUTIFUL GLASS BEADS???
https://www.etsy.com/listing/122322915/8-felt-pebbles-rusty-brown-and-grey-felt?ref=related-3
Fuck me.
Um...Because the glass bead you made for Jenn doesn't soak up sweat and turn into a horrible hairball?
:lol: True. And actually, the satisfaction of knowing that my art will outlast me and not be mistaken for garbage and thrown away is pretty strong.
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 10:57:58 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 07:36:54 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 07:26:20 PM
WHY DID I BOTHER SPENDING ALL THAT TIME LEARNING TO MAKE BEAUTIFUL GLASS BEADS???
https://www.etsy.com/listing/122322915/8-felt-pebbles-rusty-brown-and-grey-felt?ref=related-3
Fuck me.
Um...Because the glass bead you made for Jenn doesn't soak up sweat and turn into a horrible hairball?
:lol: True. And actually, the satisfaction of knowing that my art will outlast me and not be mistaken for garbage and thrown away is pretty strong.
Yeah, that one, we're still trying to figure out how the fabric survived the process. Don't fucking tell, though. This bugger is going to be passed down the family, so that every generation can look at it and say "HOW DO?"
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 11, 2014, 08:46:17 PM
Jesus Christ. I will bet you ten dollars that person thinks they're an artist.
You could start selling your dryer lint, Nigel. Give them some competition.
I have something even better.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1/p403x403/1374176_10152073677649069_1228728696_n.jpg)
I don't know how much to charge for these beauties, but this is over a decade worth of hairballs.
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 11:05:00 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 11, 2014, 08:46:17 PM
Jesus Christ. I will bet you ten dollars that person thinks they're an artist.
You could start selling your dryer lint, Nigel. Give them some competition.
I have something even better.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1/p403x403/1374176_10152073677649069_1228728696_n.jpg)
I don't know how much to charge for these beauties, but this is over a decade worth of hairballs.
It's hard to describe the intense feeling of religious awe that just went through me.
I feel like Doc Holiday meeting John Wesley Hardin.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2014, 11:08:26 PM
Quote from: Tom on March 11, 2014, 11:05:00 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 11, 2014, 08:46:17 PM
Jesus Christ. I will bet you ten dollars that person thinks they're an artist.
You could start selling your dryer lint, Nigel. Give them some competition.
I have something even better.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1/p403x403/1374176_10152073677649069_1228728696_n.jpg)
I don't know how much to charge for these beauties, but this is over a decade worth of hairballs.
It's hard to describe the intense feeling of religious awe that just went through me.
I feel like Doc Holiday meeting John Wesley Hardin.
:lulz:
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 11, 2014, 11:05:00 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 11, 2014, 08:46:17 PM
Jesus Christ. I will bet you ten dollars that person thinks they're an artist.
You could start selling your dryer lint, Nigel. Give them some competition.
I have something even better.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1/p403x403/1374176_10152073677649069_1228728696_n.jpg)
I don't know how much to charge for these beauties, but this is over a decade worth of hairballs.
No no, thats the stuff you build SHRINES for!
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 11, 2014, 11:05:00 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 11, 2014, 08:46:17 PM
Jesus Christ. I will bet you ten dollars that person thinks they're an artist.
You could start selling your dryer lint, Nigel. Give them some competition.
I have something even better.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1/p403x403/1374176_10152073677649069_1228728696_n.jpg)
I don't know how much to charge for these beauties, but this is over a decade worth of hairballs.
That reminds me, scarily, of Cherokee hair tampons. Naturally absorbent.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 12, 2014, 12:28:11 AM
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 11, 2014, 11:05:00 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 11, 2014, 08:46:17 PM
Jesus Christ. I will bet you ten dollars that person thinks they're an artist.
You could start selling your dryer lint, Nigel. Give them some competition.
I have something even better.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1/p403x403/1374176_10152073677649069_1228728696_n.jpg)
I don't know how much to charge for these beauties, but this is over a decade worth of hairballs.
That reminds me, scarily, of Cherokee hair tampons. Naturally absorbent.
Eeeeeeeee nope nope nope! D:
One of my friends improved it:
(https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1/1234929_10203543071957249_172527892_n.jpg)
Mother of god, this is brilliant.
There's no way to tell how old any of them are.
Imagine:
"Up to a decade old wads of hair from the head of a madgiqual wizard sorcerer"
You could sell this shit as some kind of magic tool listed under the wicca/pagan/voodoo shit and make a friggin FORTUNE!
Blessed by the high priestess of whatever, herself!
$50 each. Two for $95
The funniest part would be to see if any of them actually SOLD.
You HAVE to do this. List them! For the lulz.
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on March 12, 2014, 02:21:06 AM
Mother of god, this is brilliant.
There's no way to tell how old any of them are.
Imagine:
"Up to a decade old wads of hair from the head of a madgiqual wizard sorcerer"
You could sell this shit as some kind of magic tool listed under the wicca/pagan/voodoo shit and make a friggin FORTUNE!
Blessed by the high priestess of whatever, herself!
$50 each. Two for $95
The funniest part would be to see if any of them actually SOLD.
You HAVE to do this. List them! For the lulz.
PUTTING ME THROUGH COLLEGE, WOOOOO!
I'd have to open a new Etsy shop, there's no way I could sell them in my Beadwife shop.
No way!
You do a new shop with some mystical madgikle musings and make a FORTUNE!
Include a lousy fortune.
"Today could be hairy, take this with you"
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on March 12, 2014, 03:34:15 AM
Include a lousy fortune.
"Today could be hairy, take this with you"
:lulz: Oh, that's just
terrible.
You could use your hair to make furniture and jewelry and whatnot like they used to do back in the day.
http://voices.yahoo.com/victorian-hair-art-art-jewelry-made-human-375793.html
Or give it to the Russians to turn into diamonds.
http://www.strangenewproducts.com/2006/03/diamonds-made-from-human-hair.html
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 13, 2014, 09:28:01 PM
You could use your hair to make furniture and jewelry and whatnot like they used to do back in the day.
http://voices.yahoo.com/victorian-hair-art-art-jewelry-made-human-375793.html
Or give it to the Russians to turn into diamonds.
http://www.strangenewproducts.com/2006/03/diamonds-made-from-human-hair.html
Somehow this made me gag.
Good show.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on March 13, 2014, 09:28:01 PM
You could use your hair to make furniture and jewelry and whatnot like they used to do back in the day.
http://voices.yahoo.com/victorian-hair-art-art-jewelry-made-human-375793.html
Or give it to the Russians to turn into diamonds.
http://www.strangenewproducts.com/2006/03/diamonds-made-from-human-hair.html
But it's already perfect just the way it is.
There go my vast daydreams of Russian hair-diamonds being sharpened by Richter into razorblades and sewn into a dress by Suu . . .
:lulz:
Quote from: Nobody understands birds on March 12, 2014, 02:46:48 AM
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on March 12, 2014, 02:21:06 AM
Mother of god, this is brilliant.
There's no way to tell how old any of them are.
Imagine:
"Up to a decade old wads of hair from the head of a madgiqual wizard sorcerer"
You could sell this shit as some kind of magic tool listed under the wicca/pagan/voodoo shit and make a friggin FORTUNE!
Blessed by the high priestess of whatever, herself!
$50 each. Two for $95
The funniest part would be to see if any of them actually SOLD.
You HAVE to do this. List them! For the lulz.
PUTTING ME THROUGH COLLEGE, WOOOOO!
I'd have to open a new Etsy shop, there's no way I could sell them in my Beadwife shop.
Do never this! It's the magique equivalent of posting your phone number online. All the pagans will cast spells on you :tinfoilhat:
Seems like most of the money made on etsy is from copyright infringement, or, as they like to say, "fan made art".
Put a triforce on anything, and it will sell. Three little yellow triangles. People can't get enough of them!
Quote from: Emo Howard on March 14, 2014, 08:25:54 PM
Seems like most of the money made on etsy is from copyright infringement, or, as they like to say, "fan made art".
Put a triforce on anything, and it will sell. Three little yellow triangles. People can't get enough of them!
Yeah. Crafters are getting cease and desist notices for all sorts of things - from Pokemon stuffed animals to Jayne hats. It's ridiculous. There's one chick who makes her bucks selling patterns to crochet MLP critters. I can't imagine why she's still in business with all the pearl-clutching legal spew going on right now.
I mean seriously. They're getting lawyers to fuck with crafters over a god damn hat. Because they sold the copyright to that hat to ThinkGeek. For fuck's sake.
People are making whatever and putting the Gucci name and logo on them.
https://www.etsy.com/search/handmade?q=gucci&order=most_relevant&ship_to=US&ref=auto2&explicit_scope=1
THIS IS MADNESS!!!!
Maybe I should make some PBS tote bags. The real ones are expensive as fuck.
People like to save money.
It has come to my attention that you can no longer buy authentic Fightin' Whities merchandise.
I declare open season!