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December 03, 2007
for your holiday shopping pleasure
Since December is all about shopping and I'm not above shilling for my friends, I'd like to show you a few webshops that some of my talented pals have recently opened. I know a lot of people out there who are signing a pledge to buy handmade this year, and these shops are full of fabulous treasures lovingly handmade by amazing people who deserve your money as much as you deserve their wonderful stuff.
It hasn't been cold enough here in Georgia to wear this yet, but I'm looking forward to my visit home later this month to test out my new felted scarf against what's being advertised as Canada's coldest winter in ten years. The scarf a blend of wool and silk, made by Darilee Nelson, a recent graduate of the fibre arts programme here at UGA, and her colleague Tina Leigh. They make these in shawl sizes as well, but this one is plenty big enough to wrap over my head when I need it, and super soft and very, very warm. Check them out at ChickChick Studio, and on their blog.
Another UGA graduate chum of mine, Ramona Birdsong, has recently undertaken the task of sorting through the belongings of a deceased eccentric relative, and is offering some special treasures from that collection in her new shop, The Radish Cabinet. Read her mysterious story here: Unclosing the Radish Cabinet.
I recently received this lovely necklace in the mail from Yarnageddon Mandy, a thoughtful gift that she made for me knowing that with all of these colours it was bound to look good with almost all of my dresses. Here it is in action, and I got a bunch of compliments when I wore it that day:
Visit Mandy's new store here: Mograh.
And while I'm on a roll with the shameless commerce, here's an oldie but goodie that's worth visiting again, my dear friend Pixiefashions (now moved over to Etsy.com, since they make it all so darned easy). This is where I got my silver puffy skull and bones hair clips made famous on Knitty.com:
Posted by jodi at December 3, 2007 11:29 PM | categories: capitalist pig
Comments
Wow.. what a cool list of stuff! I'm definitely going to be putting one of those shawl/scarves on my wish list for the future.. they are absolutely beautiful.
Posted by: Mouse at December 4, 2007 07:21 AM
These are all fantastic shops to point us towards, but what I love best is your category for this post is capitalist pig.
Posted by: grace at December 4, 2007 09:10 AM