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I think the multi-color logo is more Christmassy, but that’s just my opinion. The pastel is pretty, it will stand out more than the regulation white ones anyway.
Not sure if I should say lucky you or lucky me. I don’t get email notifications that my items are shipped (lucky you!) but I’ve been receiving my stock within two weeks (lucky me!) with the exception of PFREs. They’re slow arriving. My local post office has told me that even they are struggling to get stock of PFREs so I think there’s a shortage at the primary level.
It was a shock to see my number was zero as I honestly thought I had done a couple listings in the beginning of the week. Obviously not. However, I have a really good excuse! We had our show this Saturday and I was frantically finishing costumes.
There are 11 dancers in this photo. Eight of the dancers are wearing made costumes, only 3 are wearing bought costumes. I made three of the costumes, but one of the dancers had a family emergency, so she couldn’t make it, and only two of them made it into this photo. The other six ladies all came to classes where I taught them how to make their own. Most of them made their own skirt AND bra or top, but the belts are purchased. The purchased costumes are back left (blue), very back right (green), and middle right (red) so that you can see the fantastic quality these ladies produced. The two I made are the pink and blue in the middle row, both wearing purchased coin belts. And, of course, I made my costume. (I’m behind the camera.) We’re waiting on the photographer for the show photos and I will share more when I get them.
Pipe down, grasshoppers. *I* have already printed out 100 SKU labels for the paper challenge. One hundred! I has me a lot of paper items that could work for this challenge and I’m thinking this would be a great time to clear them! I have sewing patterns and magazines and those movie posters and books. When it was just sewing patterns I was like… um… but when VT listed everything that was included and I started looking around… I printed one century of labels.
I’m working on my last costume for the show tomorrow and then I’m ready. Hold my beer!
Gauntlet SMACKDOWN! 😀
For ease of reference, October Paper Challenge rules, as posted by VT in our last thread:
October Challenge Info:
This challenge starts on October 1st and runs through October 31st.
The October challenge is paper. Anything made primarily of paper will count. Paper ephemera, books, magazines, paper party supplies like tissue paper decorations, invitations, stationery, sewing patterns, playing cards, posters, etc. Cardboard also counts, so board games would qualify for this challenge.
Points awarded for the most paper items listed during the month of October…first, second and third place.
Spreadsheet updated to include the October challenges.
4th Quarter thread has been started for the last push of the year. Please post in that thread going forward.
This thread is closed.
Yay! I won the Creative Award! Woot woot! I really enjoyed that challenge, actually. It was fun thinking out of the box as I rummaged through my stash! All points have been updated for the September Silver challenge.
Thanks JR for posting the results swiftly. It’s great to have your participation.
Regarding the WedWoes challenge, Sharyn nailed it again. A double win in September, Sharyn! And look at you whizzing to the front of the Challenges with that effort. Go you!
VT and JR also got points added, and I still didn’t get that danged binnacle listed. (Note, JR, it has been promoted from “baleful” to “danged”. If I don’t get it listed this month, it probably will end up being on the NSFW scale!)
Well done to everyone. On to the October Paper Challenge.
Be warned, I already have a Pop Up challenge in mind and you’re not getting any other warning than this one. Remember to watch out for any posts in the Listing Challenge Thread, as it could pop up any day! *wink*
While I adore living in the middle of nowhere, the downsides are few but danged annoying. Case in point, a really crappy internet connection and my Dropbox has been unable to sync to upload the new week. Hopefully it will be up soon and you can see the live version at the usual link. I can’t give you an expected date, because the recording at the ONLY internet provider in our area states “yes, we know it’s down; yes, we’re working on it; no, we don’t know when it will be fixed.” Quite literally, almost verbatim. Sincere apologies, but here’s a screenshot for now.
WedWoes #4 Last one!
Listed another sewing machine. Yay! Got two more to get up and then it’s all of my outstanding machines done. We have new machines coming in all the time, I’ll always have machines to list, but these ones have been sitting for about six months now, so it feels great to have gotten them done! I want to use the motivation to do these last two. And then there’s the Baleful Binnacle to finish. Sigh… It was good to have this Challenge to motivate me to get it done and sorted, though!
Weekly listings spreadsheet updated and the win goes to VL for her half-century listings!
VL – your baleful books can join my baneful binnacle and JR can ghostwrite the book for us! LOL
Loved all the silly question answers. Such fun! Himself said he’d be a doorknob in one of those marijuana shops in Colorado. He said he would be human again in half an hour! He couldn’t believe the number of people who were in and out of there in the 20 minutes he waited for his friend to get his order. Neither the hubs nor I have ever smoked cigarettes or done drugs, so we don’t see the attraction, but his friend says that in CO they have the “good stuff”. Go CO! 😀
Don’t forget to post your Silver challenge totals by COB tomorrow!
September Silver Challenge:
My total for September Silver listings is One silver item. Plus one bonus item attempt per JR’s rather unusual rules.
Hmm…the rules…okay it has to have actual silver content (e.g. sterling, silverplate), be silver colored (stainless steel! nickel plated! shiny-ish gray!), have silver in the title (“By the Shores of Silver Lake” “Silver Bells” etc.) or have something to do with second place in a contest of some sort (a/k/a the silver medal). Three extra bonus points for anything you list that has to do with a 25th anniversary. One extra bonus point for the most creative justification of how something fits the silver criteria. First, second, third place will be awarded, as well as a Participation Czar to be randomly selected from everyone else who joins in. Have I left anything out?
Never one to bypass a challenge, I went hunting for something that would be a creative justification of how something fits the silver criteria. Now if it actually had silver content, was silver colored, had silver in the title or was related to second place, it wouldn’t need a creative justification – at least, to my twisted thinking.
So here is my creative justification. https://www.ebay.com/itm/184467880967
My husband is half Hopi and he introduced me to Kokopelli as the god of mischief and fertility. According to legend everyone in the village would sing and dance throughout the night when they heard Kokopelli play his flute. The next morning, every maiden in the village would be with child. The lyrics of the song “By the Light of the Silvery Moon” state that the singer “wants to spoon” with their love. So I am putting forward that my mischievous god operates under the silvery moon to get all of the maidens knocked up. Therefore, this counts as a “silver” listing, the silver being in intent, if not in fact. 🙂
Looking forward to any other “interesting” justifications! LOL
Due to the login problems experienced by the Forum yesterday, I’m extending the posting period to include today. Post all your listings for last week by COB today for a chance to win the weekly listing challenge.
Don’t forget, tomorrow is the last day for the September Silver challenge, and your numbers for it must be posted by Thursday October 1st for JR to post the winners.
Also, tomorrow is the last day for the WedWoes challenge. If you did anything to get some long outstanding items listed, post about it tomorrow to get a participation point. If you actually listed some of those items, you get 2 points for EACH item. And if one of them sold, you get 4 points per item. You can really rack up the points here! But you MUST post about it tomorrow to get a point!
Good morning all and happy Monday!
Great week of 20 listings for me, including… yay!… one silver! I’m on the board. Phew! *wipes forehead and fans self* 😀
Did you know that today is Ask a Stupid Question Day? Kid you not! It’s also National Good Neighbor Day, so you can decide which one you prefer! LOL
I’m going to be a good neighbor and send a photo of the cat we adopted, from our deceased neighbor, to his widow, so that she can enjoy his antics.
And you know I just have to post a stupid question!
A witch has cast a spell on you turning you into an inanimate, non-electronic object for a year. To be changed back into human form before the year is up, you need to be able to get at least a hundred people to touch you. What inanimate object would you be?
Huh. Interesting. My first thought was pipe fittings, for connecting pieces of pipe. But I have no idea, really.
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