Christmas in July (starts today)!

Now through 7/6 I'll be participating in Etsy's holiday weekend deals promotion. The Etsy promo actually starts on July 2, but I thought why not just start now?

I'm calling my sale "Christmas in July" and will include a free set of six holiday gift tags with the purchase of a cold-weather item (all my knit hats and knit scarves). Please see the Christmas in July Sale section of my shop for these items. All other items in my shop will have free U.S. shipping and discounted international shipping! I think this is going to be a lot of fun!

Summer fun!

I just snagged a Treasury! I'm calling it "Hey! Hula!" and, if I may be so bold, I suggest you check it out whilst listening to The Honeybees' "Hip Shakin' Baby" (it's the last track here).

Yes, I am looking forward to the upcoming three-day weekend; can you tell?

What a nice surprise!

My Lemon Lime Fuzzy Popcorn Scarf has been featured in bytheway's new Treasury West called 'Softly Summer'! How awesome is that?!

In other news, C. had her baby, and I went to see them last night. Talk about cute! I can't wait to knit a little hat or something for her... but not in June; it's just too hot.

Speaking of the heat, Merino and I were thinking of going out and about somewhere for 'date day,' but we've decided to go to a movie instead. Popcorn and my sweetheart in air-conditioned comfort sounds perfect to me.

Big day!

C. might be having a baby right now, and all I'm doing is sitting here, waiting for S. to get out of a meeting so we can go have sushi for lunch.

I'm trying to figure out the most appealing main photo setup for my gift tags. I listed one new set of cat gift tags this morning, and a different one just now. Also, I just checked my shop hearts, and I have 94! I'm thinking of sending my 100th heart a "thanks for being my 100th heart - you get [either 25 % off... or ... free shipping on] an item from my shop" message, to celebrate. Thoughts?

New listing!

As I am painfully aware, not many people are buying knit items in June (did you hear the heat index near here is supposed to get up around 100 degrees today?), so I've been making gift tags out of old greeting cards (this latest batch is thanks to my best friend Kevin), and listing them on Etsy, just in case people would love to buy something from me but do not need to be warming themselves up! Here's my latest. It took every ounce of restraint I had not to title the set and this blog entry Let's Hear It For the Boy!

Pretty cool, even if I do say so myself.

My new Etsy Treasury is called comic superhero zine and I am loving it. Coincidentally, we watched part of Hellboy II: The Golden Army last night (but I've had the Treasury ready to go for several days now).

Tag - you're it!

Okay, I just wanted a catchy little title for when I give you a sneak peek of the gift tags I'm listing on Etsy tomorrow (plus a cute-but-unused shot of one of the birthday tags I put up yesterday).

Stay tuned, darlings! Coming soon: tag sets featuring men, cats, dogs, flowers, and more!