Archives » May 2008
Skinny Bitch
So, time has freed up for me ever since I finished the semester. This leads to me having no more excuses why I can’t eat better. And for that reason, I’ve decided to take on a significantly new way of eating. It involves really shunning sugar and processed foods (more so than I already do). [...]
The Orphan Works Act
According to the below recording, the Orphan Works Act would allow anything you create, be it a song, drawing, photo, etc, to be up for grabs for anyone else to use without your permission, unless you pay to register and protect these things. This is as opposed to what we’ve had for the past 30 [...]
Target, Your Aim is All Wrong
So, Target has kind of annoyed me. Apparently, they feel the need to prevent the recycling of their plastic bags by companies who have the ingenuity and eco-conscience to take them and turn them into new, useful messenger bags (among others), thus diverting them from landfills. This is all because Target’s logo remains visible on [...]
Samplers
The NewNew Street Team has contrived a great promotional opportunity for its craft-selling members. We’re basically putting a few samples of our crafty works into gift baggies (including our business cards and urls on everything we give), which are then going to be given away to celebrities via MTV. I’m not sure exactly where this [...]
A Huge Thanks
I have to give a TON of thanks to those members of the EtsyNJ street team who donated to the Friends of Joey handmade gift basket this year. I got a LOAD of great donations, which I took pictures of and posted on flickr: #flickr_badge_source_txt {padding:0; font: 11px Arial, Helvetica, Sans serif; color:#666666;} #flickr_badge_icon {display:block [...]
Hey Jealousy
Browsing around Etsy makes me jealous. Jealous, that I didn’t think of the awesome crafty ideas that I come across! Today I’m super jealous that I didn’t think to come up with this simple but very awesome idea…a cloth headband that’s got a an intricate crocheted lining! Cozy.etsy.com took headbands to a whole new level [...]



