tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90594666748083102932011-07-08T13:29:43.241-04:00The official blog of Jen Hintz LLC, with company news, product information, and all things related to http://jenhintz.etsy.com.Jen Hintzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03755443957527347406noreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059466674808310293.post-74022967985125393212009-12-02T13:39:00.004-05:002009-12-02T13:48:21.280-05:00

Okay, everyone, I need some help. I'm launching a new line of yarns called Nightfall. It's a superwash sock yarn that's dyed in such a way that the beginning and end of each skein is black, and blends into a color in the middle. Here's a photo of a shawl I knit from it; I started at the center of the top edge, and bound off along the bottom edge:To show off this effect in the yarn, I think I

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I received the following message from trinlayk just now:Apparently Twitter has suspended me for either giving a blogger advice on respecting other people's copyrights, OR for complaining about the spammer.Sheesh! Please pass this along to anyone else who may be wondering what's happened to her.

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I'm trying to raise money to buy a spinning wheel. To entice you to help me, I'm offering 25% off your entire order (excluding shipping) from my Etsy shop. Go ahead and buy as usual, and I'll refund the 25% when I process your order; you're also welcome to wait for a revised invoice if you prefer. Thanks and happy shopping!

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I'd like to thank everyone who reads this blog. However, at this time I have to suspend updates indefinitely. Chronic health issues are sapping my energy right now, and I just don't have the "spoons" to keep up with a blog. (Don't know about spoons? Read the story here...it's truly awesome.)Hopefully I will resume the blog and post regularly sometime in the future; in the meantime I may post

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This is the second in a series of interviews with Etsy artists. All will be roughly 20 questions, and they will be published once or twice a week. Stay tuned for more, and welcome today's contributor!What is your name?SusannahWhat is the name of your business?Spots N DotsWhere in the world are you located?FloridaWhat do you sell?Crocheted itemsWho taught you your craft?Homeschool group mom taught

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This is the first in a series of interviews with Etsy artists. All will be roughly 20 questions, and they will be published once or twice a week. Stay tuned for more, and welcome our first contributor!What is your name?Erin KeysWhat is the name of your business?Femme PetalWhere in the world are you located?Indianapolis, IndianaWhat do you sell?Vintage, fun, and just plain girly jewelsWho taught

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All of the stores in the malls are having giant post-holiday sales, and I figure I might as well too. I love a deal, so I know my customers will as well. To that end, I have marked everything in my Etsy shop down by 20%, with the exception of all Christmas items which are 50% off! All of the prices have already been edited to reflect the discount, so the price you see is the price you pay.

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I've been branching out again...introducing my new hand-dyed laceweight yarns!This one is Berry Brightand this is Carousel, which has already soldThese yarns are 100% merino wool, 2 ply, and their softness and springiness is very pleasant. I can't wait to dye more, and to someday have the time and patience to use some to make one of those amazing "wedding ring" shawls I so admire!In other news,

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I had a bit of a meltdown last night. As usual, I started browsing the forums, but rather than learning things and laughing at Etc section antics, I just got more and more disgusted and fed up. I ended up in a very dark mood. It seemed like all I was seeing were threads bitching and moaning about every little thing that wasn't going right, and a lot attacking Etsy for either not doing enough

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I started out a knitter. Then I learned to crochet. After that, I took up dyeing superwash wool yarns. So, I've now taken the next step in my fibery journey: dyeing non-superwash wool roving! This is something I've wanted to try for a while, but after an early bad experience in which I attempted to dye a skein of non-superwash wool yarn and felted it into one big useless blob, I was a bit

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After finding myself on my last few bubble mailers, I finally decided that I had to pony up and buy some boxes. I've been buying the bubble mailers at an office supply store, one 12-pack at a time. I just figured out the price per mailer for the first time, and I am nauseated...$1.42! Further confirmation that boxes must be purchased from now on. And anyway, I prefer the look of shipping

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The detail-oriented among you will notice that I haven't blogged in quite a while. There could be many reasons for this.Was I too busy? No, not really. I've been working on my shop a lot but not any more than I was when I started this blog.Was I without internet access? Nope. And anyway that's what libraries are for, right?Was I sick? No, not any more than usual anyway, and not enough to

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I spent this past Saturday at Craft Attack at Independence Park in Charlotte, NC. There were over 80 booths filled with everything from jewelry to handspun yarns to plush monsters! I had a great time, and got to see a few friends.Here I am (on the left) with Melissa of SnitchesGetStitches and Xiane. Oh, and Melissa's little robot-plushie friend...I didn't catch his name.And here I am again, this

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Being a "fluffy" (read: plus-sized) chick, I know how hard it can be to find clothes to fit one's body. Now just imagine if you were 18 inches tall! That's why the world needs people like Christine of dollcloset.Christine says, "I have been sewing for over eight years. I started making doll clothes as Christmas and birthday gifts for my little sisters and cousins." When she isn't sewing, she

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I don't wear much jewelry, but I find it alluring nonetheless...maybe it's one of those "ooh, shiny..." raccoon-syndrome things. Whatever is behind it, this necklace is another of my favorites.It's by Sholeh of the Etsy shop called Zeba, and the center part isn't metal set with stones as I first thought; it's actually a man made Bismuth hopper crystal. (I can't resist things that are pretty and

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Anyone with long hair and a collection of ornaments to wear in it/wrangle it with needs one of these:I know I do, and I even had a similar one when I was a child. Brie is a stay at home mom who started making these hair bow holders when an acquaintance was looking for one but couldn't find any under $40. Brie knew she could make the same item and help moms save some money, and also make a little

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I started out printing my own business cards. There's nothing wrong with that...except the price. Not only is printer ink expensive, but the perforated cardstock is absolutely ridiculous! So I looked around the internet and weighed my options. I finally settled on GotPrint. I ordered 1,500 cards altogether; 1,000 are business cards, and the other 500 I designed so that I could cut each one in

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This is another of my Pounce discoveries. I saw this plate and had to see more! It's made by Megan, who is an undergrad in Creative Writing at Southern Illinois University. When asked about how she got into making the plates she said, "I got the general idea for the plates from Mark Montano's book The Big-Ass Book of Crafts (which I bought almost solely for its title). When I had a hard time

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The drawing for a deluxe cotton bath set was held early this morning, and Bonnie in Florida is our winner! Congrats, Bonnie!I hope to make these giveaways a regular thing here. The next one will likely be in October. What should I give away next? Any ideas?

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While browsing the other night I ran across this gorgeous barette:It turns out that Bryn of Tweedy Lane Designs makes these barettes out of scraps from silk saris (she also makes beautiful bags). She says, "I love Indian saris because of the intricate designs and beautiful colors they use. And I love the barrettes because they are tiny wearable works of art." I couldn't agree more!

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Here it is, my first-ever giveaway! You could win this all-cotton Deluxe Bath Set, which includes a rectangular wash cloth, seven smaller round face cloths, and a soap-sock, all in beautiful earthtones (valued at over $22).All pieces are hand-crocheted from soft 100% cotton yarn. The cloths are soft enough for sensitive skin while the texture provides gentle exfoliation. The soap sock is great

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This is another item I ran across using Etsy's Pounce feature. It grabbed me because when I was in gradeschool I walked to and from school most days and along my route were several trees that dropped piles of these seed pods. Julee of Hightower Botanicals is the artist behind this pretty pendant. When asked about it she said, "This Maple tree seed pod is a favorite of mine because as a child I

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I've meant to start doing features on this blog for a while now, so here we go with number one!I found this amethyst and peridot bracelet while Pouncing for undiscovered Etsy shops (meaning shops who have not yet made a sale).It's from xmissamyx and is priced at $46. She's a recent graduate who has been making jewelry for three years now. When she's not making items for her Etsy shop, she works

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I just ordered a thousand full-color glossy two-sided business cards and also a thousand glossy two-sided hangtags (which are actually 500 business cards that I will cut in half). The best part is, I got all of them for less than $50, including shipping, from www.gotprint.com.So why am I feeling nauseated at the thought of spending the money? I'm excited to get them and I know I can't do

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As mentioned in a previous post I've been working on building jenhintz.com. I did order Build Your Own Web Site The Right Way Using HTML & CSS by Ian Lloyd. It was published in 2006 as opposed to the book I first learned HTML from (circa 1997), and the title really does say it all. I'm coming to understand just how messy and simply wrong most of the html I learned back then was. No wonder I could

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When I started my business I was happy to tell people that I was an LLC (being that my company is Jen Hintz LLC and I am the sole member thereof). Well, I am now a dotcom! A few days ago I purchased http://www.jenhintz.com and also http://www.jenhintz.net . If you don't have your own domain(s) yet, I suggest you not wait any longer. It's cheap, it's easy, and it's really fun even if all you

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So I'm broke, about $7 to my name after I paid for the soap samples I ordered from HelloCrafty. I'm glad I ordered them when I did, because I'm almost out of my other soap. So, sitting around being broke and dirty, I'm trying to think of how to make some sales. Things have been really slow lately, and I decided that I should try putting some lower-priced items in my shop. The first thing that

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Not too long ago I began playing around with dyeing yarn. It's addictive, let me tell you, especially for someone as color-obsessed (and yarn-obsessed) as I am. I discovered three things. First, I love the process; second, I don't have nearly enough time to knit/crochet with all the yarn I dye; and third, I can't afford to dye all this yarn and keep it for myself. The obvious next step was to

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I started a business roughly six months ago. I'm a one-woman show, and that's the way I like it. But it has occurred to me that this might present a problem if anything were to happen that rendered me unable to run my business. I'm 26 so it's unlikely that I'm going to croak in the next ten minutes, but things happen and you just never know.I looked into making a will, but right now I can't

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Thanks for visiting. I have an existing blog at http://jenhintz.blogspot.com but soon I will be splitting that blog off so that my personal blogging stays there and this blog is devoted entirely to business.

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