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Posts Tagged ‘Etsy’

Easter necklace special & 5 of 10!

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

RICHARD’S EASTER NECKLACE SPECIAL: Many of our lovely necklaces were made by Richard, a member of the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) and beading fiend. He typically works in glass or natural semi-precious gemstones.

In honor of his lovely work, we’re having a special Easter promotion! From now until Easter day, order any necklace from our etsy shop or our Shop Handmade shop and get 10% of the necklace’s purchase price off of your order—just wait to pay until we send you a revised PayPal invoice! If your order is placed within the continental US we’ll also upgrade your shipping to priority mail for no extra charge.

Order as many necklaces or jewelry sets that include necklaces as you like and we’ll take the discount off of each one!

 

And, here are reviews 3-5 of the 10 aforementioned books:

Book review & a few links

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

The first book review of the new year is of Yasmine Galenorn’s Night Huntress. I had some stylistic problems with it, but it was a very enjoyable book. Also, if you enjoy our reviews, please consider voting for Errant Dreams in the Preditors & Editors Poll!

Meanwhile, someone who shall remain nameless got me addicted to a game called Dragon Tavern. It’s a simple D&D-esque web adventure game. You don’t even have to give them your email address in order to create an account and play. Nor do you have to pay a dime, although there are ways to spend money on it if you really want that. If you don’t spend any money on it then it’s pretty good at limiting your addiction through limiting the number of turns you get per day… although you can even find your way around that easily by creating a ton of characters.

We also have a bunch of new items that I’ve been putting up at our Etsy shop and Shop Handmade shop, mostly a bunch of Richard’s gorgeous necklaces right now. Soon we’ll be cleaning out the level 70 designs at cafepress, so hurry if you want one!

I’m also addicted to DragonWars on Facebook. *sigh*


Onyx Leaves by =ErrantDreams on deviantART

At least it isn’t MySpace?

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

I have fallen to the darkness: I set up a facebook profile. Now I’ve connected with a bunch of people I knew in college, high school, etc. and it’s kind of weird. Had a late-night chat with an old friend who apparently had insomnia at the same time I did.

Hopefully when I get off of this medication (probably tomorrow after I see my doc) the insomnia will let up and I’ll be more awake and able to get back to more reviewing. I do have some kitchenware reviews coming up, however.

I’ve been posting our friend & business partner’s handmade jewelry to the Etsy shop. His work has a more formal style than mine and a decidedly medieval flare—I think you’ll like it!


Druidic by *ErrantDreams on deviantART

Here’s the thing…

Monday, October 13th, 2008

I almost always avoid talking politics here, because that just isn’t what I want from this blog or this site. Talking politics nearly always devolves into nastiness, and I want this to be a comfortable, enjoyable site to visit. I do have to post this one video, however, not because of its politics, but simply because while the production value is quite low, the humor factor is quite high. Enjoy it for a laugh thanks to the amusing lyrics and hilarious facial expressions, and don’t worry about the politics of it:

Meanwhile, I’ve reviewed Mercedes Lackey’s Foundation and Candace Havens’s The Demon King and I. Coming up: reviews of some Cuisipro cookie cutters, measuring spoons, and a pastry blender; reviews of two cookbooks.

If you’re thinking of buying any of our beaded bookmarks [link] from our etsy shop—now’s the perfect time! I just got a shipment of new bookmark making supplies in after using up my original stash, and in celebration I’ve marked ALL of the previous bookmarks down by 20-30%! They make great stocking-stuffers. ;)


Deep Ocean Bookmark by *ErrantDreams on deviantART

Wii Fit is still awesome…

Monday, October 6th, 2008

I’ve had a wretched headache since sometime last night. But I hadn’t gotten on the wii fit and exercised since Thursday, so I didn’t want to skip another day. I went and did a few carefully-chosen exercises from the balance, aerobics, and strength portions, and then did entirely yoga for about 20 minutes. After all, the headache was centered on a muscle knot in the back right of my neck, and yoga is fantastic for stretching out the spine and the muscles around it.

Whaddaya know—headache mostly gone now. So the wii fit worked better than several rounds of Tylenol.

 

The latest book review is of Ad Hudler’s amusing and fun Man of the House, and I’m in the middle of reading Mercedes Lackey’s Foundation.

I did a new round of photographing items to go up on Etsy this morning. This includes many of the new wire-wrapped stone chokers, and some other new items like that. Also a cool surprise that our business partner had for us; I’ll post about that as soon as I have it up on Etsy later this week! I also just ordered supplies to make more bookmarks, since those seem to be the things people have been most interested in so far (speaking of which, I sold two more through Etsy at the end of last week!).

I have a feeling there were several other things I wanted to post about, but I can’t think of them, so they’ll just have to wait!

Flower Photos and Hand-Made Jewelry

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Although I’ve seemed relatively quiet these last few weeks, I haven’t been idle. Today’s book review is of Deidre Knight’s Red Fire, a paranormal romance involving Georgia and immortal Spartans. Really.

I’ve been taking a ton of photos while out and about, mostly of plants and flowers; here’s a sample:


Heart of a Flower by *ErrantDreams on deviantART

Many of those photos are available as prints.

I’ve also been putting together (and posting at our etsy store) plenty of jewelry and beaded bookmarks. Of course what with the economic crisis this was exactly the wrong time to start such an endeavor—I hear even the long-time sellers at Etsy with large followings have made few sales in the past weeks—but I have patience. I can wait until things get better, and in the meantime I’ll build up our stock of lovely things. I’m getting much better at taking photos of items, thanks to a light box and lots of practice:


Cranberry Wrapped Choker by *ErrantDreams on deviantART

If you want to buy any of them, the photos at DeviantArt have links below them to their listings at Etsy, or you can go directly to our etsy store (errantdreams.etsy.com). There are a few items that are more expensive—usually jewelry sets—but there are also plenty of items that are under $10.

Plenty more things to come soon! I have some cookware to review, as well as a ton of books. I’m in the middle of reading Ad Hudler’s Man of the House, and we’re making recipes out of some cookbooks I haven’t reviewed yet. So stick around! :)

Etsy rocks…

Monday, September 8th, 2008

We’ve done it! We’ve opened our etsy shop (errantdreams.etsy.com)!

In case this means nothing to you, it means that we’re starting to put our jewelry and other crafts up for sale online. We have the first 14 items up right now, with many more to come soon. (Sorry, but we’ve already sold that magnificent dragonfly choker!)

Here are some of the nitty-gritty details, all of which should also be on the ’store policies’ page of the etsy shop. If you order more than one item, the shipping charge for additional items is much lower than that for the first item. The shipping cost is what it is because we get delivery confirmation and try to package things very carefully so as to avoid any possibility of damage during shipment. We do have to collect sales tax from anyone who lives in Maryland; PayPal should calculate that automatically. All crafts are made in a smoke-free environment, and we do our best to keep our two short-haired cats out of the craft-work!

If you have any questions, do let me know! I have a light box for photo-taking now, so the photos are really nice and should be pretty clear, but I’m learning more with every batch that I do. Here’s a little frobby to show you some of the things we currently have up: