New Cards

I got new "Mini" cards today. I love them. I stumbled onto this website and found how EASY it was to design my own cards by bringing my photos from my Flickr account. It seriously took 5 minutes! You get 100 in a cute little box, and you can pick as many photos as you want- you could have 100 different cards in 1 box if you want. They are great quality too. Seriously so awesome. I am already looking forward to getting more.....for my next online store. That's right. I have another project in the works. Coming soon to Etsy and Artfire :) In the meantime, I have a huge update to Truly Outrageous I am doing within the next few days. Sorry it's been awhile since I wrote but I had sorta a rough week.

NEW hand painted safety eyes

PLAID! you can purchase them only on my artfire shop. I don't know if I really want to part with them..oh well- I can make more!

2 YEAR anniversary on ETSY and the beginning of Art Fire

So I just realized while looking at my past ETSY.com "Fees" that I have been selling on Etsy for over 2 years now! Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who has purchased anything from me- either supplies or handmade cute guys. Thank you! Though I haven't really made a profit after paying Etsy fees and paypal fees, shipping fees, and packaging fees..then paying for health insurance, it is still all worth it! I enjoy being creative and I am SO happy that other people enjoy the things I make- or get to create things of their own from the supplies I sell.

I am also happy to say that I joined ArtFire.com about a month ago. I have to say I think it will take over Etsy in a matter of time. To it's advantage they do not take fees like Etsy. You can sell up to 10 things at a time for FREE!!!!! I tried that until a day or so ago and then just upgraded my account to take advantage of their limited (first 5,000 accounts- hurry they are almost gone!))seller slots for 7$ a month fee for unlimited listings, and up to 10..yes 10 photos per item!! and they are constantly changing and improving the site since right now they are in Beta mode. anyway my first sale the other day was a custom made little monster, I am so excited! I can't wait to watch it grow & blossom.

I figured I will leave you today with this pretty simple photo of a zipper..art directed by my hubby..at least my photography degree is being used in some way :)

Free patterns for crochet testers

HI! I have a few new patterns- well kinda old but I finally made them in photoshop. Anyway I need some crocheters who would want to test them for me. I can email you the pattern- and you make them and let me know if there are wrong items or if they are confusing etc. I need help :) Let me know if your interested!

I have the following patterns-
Halloween teddy bears ( super easy, actually this is the first pattern i ever made)
Family of Octopi (need to know the bobble stitch)
and soon to come- the SQUID and Jellyfish patterns!
email me Jen@trulyoutrageous.com

New Safety eyes and milestones

I have added a whole bunch new plastic safety eyes for your amigurumi, or dolls, bears, knitted animals etc. I am really excited about all the eyes I have in stock now. :) anyway I know I haven't written in awhile...I don't think anyone reads this anyway, but I figured I would write since we have such a big month coming up... September. First it is my husbands birthday- which anyone who knows him, knows that its like a celebration for him for the whole month.. except no one cares but him... haha, and me of course.

Also- It is the month when we moved into together- 10 YEARS AGO! I can't believe it. I was graduating from college and my lease was up, and even though we were only dating for a few months, he let me move into his studio apartment.

This September I will be giving birth to our son ( as long as he doesn't come early).

This month is also the 1 year anniversary of my husband and his partner starting their own company!

Also in October marks 10 YEARS OF QUITTING SMOKING! thanks to my husband for telling me that I looked like a hooker when I had a cigerette hanging out of my mouth..gross, why did I ever smoke. well it did get me through alot of all nighters in college during finals.

So with so many milestones..it's hard to not to be happy :)


Thank you Thank you Thank you. I am truly grateful for everything I have.