The Call: Originally uploaded by verybigjen.
MSLO = Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
The Martha Stewart Show called!
Sent in some more info, and will mail out some bottlecaps on Monday... hoping to get a yay or nay in the next couple weeks.
Squeeee!
They were following up on an email I sent them a couple months ago when they were looking for reuse/recycle crafts.
Wish me luck, it's merely 50/50 from here.
The Midrealm Store | MK Ride Share | My Flickr | My Pincushion Store
http://www.schmaltzycraftsy.com/
It's on blogger. All the crafters use blogger, just like all 40 year old Harry Potter fanfic writers and SCA folks use LJ.
The Midrealm Store | MK Ride Share | My Flickr | My Pincushion Store
The Midrealm Store | MK Ride Share | My Flickr | My Pincushion Store
Nov. 23-24 ONLY - it's listed in MY ad anyway.
Also have a bunch of other nice things cheeeeap.
So wake up black friday early and head over.
http://weeklyad.target.com/
I've always told those how have asked, that make bottlecap pincushions, fine, sell them even, have fun! Be creative by all means! But not to sell models that I sell - as a courtesy. Poinsettias, Violets, Crowns... I developed those, they are mine.
Grrr!!!
(The first link is a BAAAD ripoff, the second is my version.)
My Maiden name is Funk.
- It's basically a Blacksmith name, bascially means 'spark'.
- The German word Funk/Funke/Funken is often used in association with broadcasting (electric = sparks, get it?)
Now what is realy funny is tonight I was up researching the married name, Segrest.
First of all we know it's been bastardized, or "Mississippi'd" as we call it since the man's family is all from there, with over two centuries of illiterate deep southern influence from one of the original forms; Siegrist or Sigrist. A swiss name. His dad did quite a bit of research, has really tracked thier line back to just before 1770.
We know the Family's original Forefathers' were three brothers in the Hessian army, mercenaries, fighting with the Brits who go left when the British hightailed it. (Losers didn't get shipped home; unless your British of course.) Hessians pretty much took anyone, including Swiss, or Swiss-Germans.
- In period Switzerland was part of the German Kingdom. Doesn't become it's own land for sometime.
- Sigrist (Siegrist appears to be the more Southern German spelling) is a occupational name that first appeared starting about 1261 (Germany didn't do surnames at all until after 1100)
- Sigrist/Siegrist was a phonetic German (lang) adapataiton of the Medieval Latin word Sacrista. The English developed the same word into Sexton or Saxton. The German Female form is Sigristin.
- A Sacrista was a paid laymen's post with in the church - it was their job to maintain and manage all the church vestments and treasures, building, ring the bell, prepare for the masses, etc. Bascially, they were the priest's personal assistants.
Church vestments. It's where (almost all) the beadwork is.
So now the SCA name that I keep toying with the idea changing and 'Germifying' is back in my brain. I would really love to change it. 15 years thought is a long time to wait finally do it especially when you're as well known in some circles as I am.
The current contenders are: and I'm keeping Grizel as a nickname, I wouldn't use the purer german form on anything other than offical stuff.
- Griselde der Siegristin
- Griseldis von Eger
- Griselde Egerer
Medieval Flora Pincushison: Originally uploaded by verybigjen.
Thought I'd share this one! I got the trim from Calontir Trim at Crown a few weeks ago, and just now got it out of the car. I was sick to death of making fall tree pincushions, since I've sold three in a row so I used this as a break between them.
very pleased with it. Someone commented that it looked German, and I think I agree with that. I might just make myself one to keep.
http://verybigjen.etsy.com/
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roxelana0comYou're on my friends list. I'd like to know 27 things about you.
Just post a comment with the answers. Thanks! You'll be surprised how much you didn't know about your friends after this! Copy the meme and see if anyone answers you.
1. Do you have a tattoo?
2. How old are you?
3. Are you single or taken?
4. Eat with your hands or utensils?
5. Do you dream at night?
6. Ever seen a corpse?
7. George Strait or Jay Z?
8. How did we meet?
9. What's your philosophy on life and death?
10. If you could do anything with me, and have no one know, what would it be?
11. Do you trust the police?
12. Do you like Country music?
13. What is your fondest memory of me?
14. If you could change anything about yourself what would it be?
15. Would you cheat?
16. What do you wear to sleep?
17. Have you ever peed in a pool?
18. Would you hide evidence for me if I asked you to?
19. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?
20. Which do you prefer - short or long hair?
21. Do you sing in the shower?
22. What's your favorite color?
23. If you could bring back anyone that has passed, who would it be?
24. Tell me one interesting/odd fact about you?
25. What was your first impression of me?
26. Have you ever done drugs?
27. Will you post this so I can fill it out for you?
banchomarba1A. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
B. Tag seven people to do the same.
C. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it."
- I don't like B or C, so I ain't gonna do it.
- I make a killer stuffed mushroom. I hate mushrooms.
- I'm growing a white shock of hair over my right temple. I love it.
- I am so gald I do not have kids.
- I used to be a psychic in training. I was good too. I still get 'things' time to time.
- i have a zink deficency, and have had white spots on my nails since I was 6. I think normal nails look weird
- I want a pet pygmy goat. And chickens.
In other news MY FELT CAME! OMFG! It came in a 15 pound box 24" tall and 3 foot wide. Colors, patterns, textures out the wazoo! My precious Orange Spice, rarer than Spice on Dune. Furry, fuzzy, bumpy, you name it i got it! My felt, which already filled a chest, now is more than double! Woo! I hope to take pics in a day or so!
My incoming office/craft room is now next on the list as soon as the man gets his done (this weekend is final push), then I can start getting my things moved around and get my felt organized! I can see it in my head! i just need the right boxes.
Lastly my new license plates came!
The National Sales & Marketing Manager emailed me back today with a proposal: they will "keep me happy in felt" and take some of my work to their big trade shows promoting me (and my work and store) as one of their featured artists, send me all kinds of new products and colors, and I'll basically get free felt while providing them with some project files for the website. I'll also be featured ON the site with my links etc.
OMG. I can't turn that down. :DDDDDD And, He told me to give him a list of the felt I need/want. All of it, please!
And last night I just spent $40 on felt on createforless.com for colors I can't find anywhere else. ARGH!!! Time heard from him it was too late to cancel it. They ship too DAMN fast!
Fall Leaves pincushion mosiac: Originally uploaded by verybigjen.
Thought since I hadn't shown anything here for a while I'd show off my felt-foo. I so love my paddle punches it's not even funny.
This sold in my store in about 2 hours. All time record so far.
SCA Laurel Pincushion: Originally uploaded by verybigjen.
Don't say it. I know already, but I have an excuse!
I got a SIzzix paddle punch to cut felt the next thing I know I have 200 green leaves cut after playing with cutting four layers at once... I had to do SOMETHING with them! Honest! It's not a nice green for real looking flowers! It's heraldic green so of course I had to.
But since *I* can't use it, you can buy it see others like it at my etsy store !
EDIT:Ailith bought it!
Those are mine!
The cover has changed since the last tie I looked it up on amazon, how cool is this?
I also contacted the local Micheals, and will call the Joann Super center , about doing classes. Sent the Michaels class girl my gallery URLs in email, she loved them! I should be teaching in a month or two afte they do some promotion junk. Real money too. Who'da thunk it?
On pincushions. Of all things. Holy hell that's not even a bet a las Vegas bookie would take. (Hroar, you have go to make an account and put some pottery up...)
Who knew the things I make during TV time would sell like something resembling hotcakes. My flaky 'fame' on flickr's crafty boards didn't hurt either I'm betting.
What gets me is the SCA morons wouldn't buy them when I try to sell them or when I actually got interest in the SCA they'd frown and waffle and then try to get me down to a buck or two. When I would give them away as tokens for nice efforts on art stuff (the reason I started making them btw) it pretty much got disregarded as something slightly above nothing, some people even leaving them on the tables after removing entries I'd placed them with. See if I give any away anymore. Feh.
I'm pretty much importing and exporting into mundania now... eventually it'll just be easier to move there full time. I hear they have a monorail.
Start up an Etsy store!
If you don't know what etsy is it's a online store, set up much like ebay (but not an auction format) strictly for handmade goods. It's a artsy-crafy haven.
I figured I'm not doing pennsic this year, and I wasn't going to do what i did last year and give 60 bottlecappers away to be silly (I don't think anyone realized how many WEEKS work that was, sure it was fun but...) so I might as well cash in on how popular my stuff has become.
I have a few things up so far, many more will follow shortly.
Feedback on prices happily accepted, I'm not sure where to price them. I figured I should set the price a hair higher than those copying my designs - so that's where they are.
Being the in the SCA we tend to share our knowledge and crap, but others usually don't run off and profit off your generosity (won't say it). Well mundanes do, so I think if other people have been making money off my work, maybe I can too!
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