Calling all Etsy Sellers! Etsy my truck!

So this summer the BF and i are going to be ice cream drivers! Last night i was thinking of how to decorate my truck inexpensively and i though "hey! maybe some etsy people would wanna send items to decorate my truck and promote their shops!" So i added a thread in the forums and people have been soooo great! i am so excited about the response and am on the way to an ice cream etsy mobile!!!

Here are pics from last year! my truck will be so much better than this :)

You all need to come visit me on the Cape!!! and see the etsy mobile!!!

End of the Weekend :(

The end of the weekend always depresses me. the work week looms ahead and all i can think about are all the things i wanted to get done and didn't have time/was too lazy to do.

However i did accomplish one thing i wanted to do! I finished batch 1 of my teeny little guys. I am going to make them in batches of 5, and each batch will have a theme... these guys are plain but future guys will have bow-ties, be girls, etc. I am happy with how they came out... i just hope they sell. i am iffy about the pricing... they are $16/each, but they have hand embroidered faces and i hand sew the faces to the bodies and machine sew the actual body, but doing that plus hand sewing the heart and sewing on snaps takes a long time!!! I know if they were cheaper they would sell faster, but i keep reminding myself thats not what etsy is all about.

So, enough about my neurosis, let me introduce you to my TEENY LITTLE SUPER GUYS!!!!!

The Whole Family :)

Now here is each little guy...in order of creation :)

Gary


Barry



Terry



Harry



Larry

Good Morning!

I realized that i am only really good at blogging on the weekend...

Ok, so here is what i have been doing during the week! I made some prototype Business Cards and some magnets to send to a promo event!!! The Business cards didn't come out so good, the BF will have to print them at work, but the magnets are rockin'!!! (If you wanna make magnets too they are from magnet sheets at Staples, the glossy ones!)

I am going to post later today or tomorrow with the FULL teeny little super guy (Batch 1) Family! So come back to see 'em!

A Bicycle Built for ME!

Ok, so my bicycle wasn't really "built" for me, but i feel like it was!!! It was exactly, down to a T what i was looking for. It is a blue Columbia mens bike with a metal basket. I found it on craigslist for $70 and my tune-up at the adorable little bike shop down the road was only $25, so i feel like a cute new bike for less that $100 is a good deal!

My little bike is in really good shape too! it is a 1977 but only has some minor rust spots that are totally cosmetic. I have day dreams of feeling European riding around the city doing my errands, putting fresh bread in my basket to a romantic Amelie-esque soundtrack. In reality i am out of shape so i huff and puff up and down hills on my one speed and back pedal so no one hits me and i hit no one else! But it is always nice to dream huh?

This is my bike!

Look at the flowers i made for my basket :)

Yesterday the BF and i went for a 4+ mile bike ride around the water. We saw a lot of new things and it was super fun! except the part where i think i bruised my butt from my seat and my legs hurt all night :) I know i just need to ride more and more to work out my muscles but jeepers creepers did my legs ache!

As you can see this was when i was happy and didn't realize my legs hurt yet!

They had awesome murals of natural life on the walls on one stretch of path so i had to stop and smell the flowers!

Look at happy boy flying with the fireflies!

So, because of the adventure and then the hurty legs i didn't get chores or etsy stuff done so here is my to-do lit for today:

1. Make something for etsy (at least start it)
2. take pics and post my belt on etsy
3. do laundry
4. wash my floors!
5. go for a bike ride

Hopefully next time i post i will have some etsy stuff to show you!

This Little Monkey's Room!!!

Ok, so here is the post i tried to do this morning at 9:30, but Blogger didn't want to accept my pictures then...

This is my craft room in the morning... I need to clean/wash the windows, but i thought it was still pretty :)

It is one of my favorite places in earth.



This is one of my favorite things in my craft room. My boyfriend bought it for me as a early birthday prezzie!!! Because she has black hair like me and i collect gnomes! I have 5...none of which live outdoors...even though they are "lawn" gnomes. The print was from MultiplePersonality on etsy.



Say "Hello!" to Matty Monkey and Meghan Monkey! These are the custom sock monkeys i made for 2 christmases ago and an anniversary. Before i lived with the BF i made him these so even though we were apart we would always be together in monkey spirit. It is kind of funny i never even though about these guys when i named my shop 2lilmonkeys!


Well look for updates soon! I recently bought a bike and made some flowers for my basket and have pics from my first bike ride!!!

Hope you all had a sunshiny day!

I be rollin'

Ok, i know its been a while... but i have been busy! You wanna see with what? Well i am DONE with my KATAMARI and can unveil it!!!

Drumroll please :)



He's Rollin'!!!Still Rollin....


Here what he is rollin' up!


I am happy with how he came up but am not sure if there is a market for more on etsy since this was a custom.

What do you think?