Money Woes Turn Happy!

In the wake of WaMu, Wachovia, Lehman Bros., AIG, Fannie Mae, etc. etc. etc. why not show the economy and U.S. Treasury a little love?

Now don't go emptying out those savings accounts and stuffing your cash under your matress. That won't do! Instead, don a Tefi Designs' fashion button accessory made with money-printed fabric!



Necklace: Made with a 1.5 inch pendant on silver-plated chain or wire choker
Bobby Pins: Made with 3/4 inch buttons on silver-plated pins
Ring: Made with 7/8 inch button on adjustable ring base
Bookmark: Made with 1 1/8 inch buttons on silver-plated bookmarker

Contact Tefi Designs today to purchase!

Front Page Treasury

Etsy.com has a program where users can create "treasuries," or collections of their favorite items sold on the handmade marketplace site. It's usually v. competitive to snag a spot, but I managed to get one a couple days ago. My topic of choice was Peacocks, and lo! and behold! When I wasn't looking, Etsy admin chose my treasury to be featured on the front page. Yay me! And yay! to all those peacocks I chose.

Thanks to my pal Patricia of Karma Crochet for telling me about it and making me a screenshot. Click on the pic above to see it large and in charge.

Wrapping It Up

One of my favorite blogs is calling it a day. Craving Anthropologie was started back in 2005 by a woman named Jade who loves the sophisticated urban-chic store almost as much as I do.

As most good things must come to an end, so too does her blog, which chronicles the latest offerings from Anthropologie and praises them to the sky. I'll miss you Craving Anthropologie. Perhaps I'll fill the gap with an Anthro-loving blog of my own...

Welcome to the Boomtown

Today is a Good Etsy Day! I'm showcased today in Etsy's Mother's Day shopping guide - yippee! This is good only for today, so give it a quick clickety-click.

I've done the showcases twice before with zero sales. But today is a windfall boom of a day for me. In fact, I am up to 96 sales. Let's make it 100 by the end of today and I will have a MEGA SALE in my shop! Deal?

And check out my latest in the Peapod series - this one with 2 sweet little peas! Aw...

Go On, Sample Me

Tefi Designs is thrilled to be a part of The Sampler for the month of May. I donated 50 fabric bobby pins to the cause, which has turned into a potentially bigger deal that I will tell you about later...It starts with an M and ends with a TV. Very exciting!!

See my listing here, 17th crafter down the list.

The Sampler is a subscription bonanza where you get a box full of handcrafted promo items each month from crafters and artists from around the world. Subscribe today or contribute your own handmade goods!

Fuzzy Dots

Welcome in the spring and my new Fuzzy Dots hair bobbies. Each is painstakingly made using the needlefelting process. This involves poke-poke-poking a mass of wool roving over and over (and over) again until the desired shape takes effect - in this case, a round fuzzy dot! Then I craft glue them to a silver-plated hair pin, et voila!

Available exclusively at www.FiddleheadsByTefi.etsy.com.

A New Way To Shop

Tefi Designs will soon be taking full advantage of Etsy.com, the web's premiere shopping experience for all things handmade.

Over the next few weeks, Tefi will be phasing out shopping capabilities on this site to redirect customers to Tefi's Etsy shop, where all of her gemstone jewelry will be available for purchase.

Tefi will also launch her new venture, Fiddleheads by Tefi, where customers can find all of her fabric and felt crafts, including bookmarks, bobby pins, necklaces, and hair clips.

Etsy Buy Handmade FiddleheadsByTefi

Why shop Etsy? Etsy is the hip marketplace for handmade goods from individual artists and crafters around the world. Like any other shopping site (Amazon, Ebay, etc.), customers will need to provide a login and password. That's it! It's simple, fun, and a great way to support local, individual artists.

Free Gift Boxes!

My oh my, do I love a good deal. Last weekend I found myself smack dab in the middle of a close-out sale at Macy's in Valley View Mall. As I rummaged through the damaged, faded, sad-looking displays, I came across a stash of gift boxes. I was all over it! The price wasn't as good for me had I had the patience to wait, but no way was I going to let someone else get them. *wink*

So I bought 40 gift boxes in two separate floral patterns. One is a metallic print with purples, pinks, and blues; the other is a bright print that reminds me of Matisse collages. While supplies last, all purchase (that fit) will be shipped to your door in one of these pretty little gift boxes. Enjoy!

(By the by, I was a little saddened to see Macy's close up shop at Valley View. Back when it was a Sanger Harris, Logan's Run was filmed there. Don't know what Sanger Harris is? Then you were probably born after 1980. Don't know what Logan's Run is? Oh my. My, my, my. Get yourself to your nearest video shop now!)

Yard Party

People still do this? This afternoon Jason called me to come check out the front of the house. We stood there in disbelief and giggled like children. Who would do this? I have a feeling I know who did this - we call each other "cuz" and she probably had the help of a Serbian side-kick. Thing is, she hasn't called me back. Perhaps she's reading this blog right now and laughing to herself. This is so her. Girl, call me back!

UPDATE: So I talked with my cousin Jennifer, and she swears up and down that she didn't do this. It has got to be someone who lives in Oak Cliff since it happened between 3am and daylight. Hmmm...Dave? Ean? Larry? ChickyD? Nikola? Those people who came to our party and drank our beer?

O Christmas Tree!

I had so much fun decorating the house and have only gotten around to snapping a pic of the tree. It's chock full of ornaments I've made over the years including beaded icicles, decoupage pendants, and a pearl tree garland. I also hung a display of my blown glass ornament collection, which I can't seem to get a good shot of. But believe me, it's beautiful, colorful, and includes a pink hippo, purple VW bug, green pickle, and yellow "rubber" ducky.



Merry Christmaskwanzaakkah to you and yours!