Photos behind the cut/read more tag.  Basically my workroom and the kitties

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This wins the prize for being the funniest thing I’ve seen today (and possibly longer).  I posted a few days ago about the Statue of Library cat hat but I didnt get around to checking out the rest of them.  This is the “International Cat Hat for Japan” - it’s a ninja cat.  It’s hysterical and I may have to make three just so I can force them on the cat’s head and take photos.  *brainwave* hey it will stop Dr Evil Kitty from biting me!  Result!

Out of curiosity, requested an invitation to Ravelry.

You’ve been added to the invitation list!

You were added to the list on December 6, 2008 at 05:35 PM
When it is time, we’ll send your invite email to xxxxxxxxxx

There are 4969 people ahead of you in line. Your invitation should be sent in about 4 days.

Like wow, that’s a lot of people interested in a knitting and crochet site right?

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I had some success on ebay today.  I generally don’t like to bid, I prefer to buy things that have a “buy now” price, mainly because I don’t have time to fart around with bidding and because I want it now!  However, I did place some bids last night (during the whole bleeding eye incident) to distract me from the whole bleeding eye incident, and today I was successful.  Yes I bought more fabric.  I was in a fabric frenzy so I can’t remember what I actually bought lol.  *racks brain*  Oh yes, some organza (a bugger to sew), some black stretch lace (have plans for that!) and some kimono silk.  I got pipped at the post for some tartan fabric but then I got a second chance offer from the seller so I’m mulling that over.  More kimono silk later tonight, hope I get that one as I love the colours.  Then I bought some yarn that I needed to complete some presents and now I think it’s time for tea.

Of course I should be studying today and that’s not been going very well.

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Oh and I keep meaning to post this but forgetting.  I wonder if that cat is really pissed off or just a little?

I am not amused

Looks great with the cat though, very matchy matchy.

I saw this on KTG’s LJ and had to do the test

I think the only reason I’m not dead yet is because we’re on a similar sleep cycle… but then there are three of them and if they decided to work together, then I’m done for!

Hmmm, well this is a design I’ve had on Cafepress for a few months now but I put it in Zazzle at the weekend and people seem to love it!  I changed the background colour and they are selling like hot cakes

Who knew!  Anyway the keychains are particularly popular but so are the mousepads, the greeting cards and the mugs.  I really like the mug options they have there, so much more choice!  Cafepress briefly had travel mugs in the summer but now they seem to be permanently out of stock.  I even made shoes like this too lol.

Now I’m going to change up the design on the Cafepress stuff and give them the pink background option too.  They don’t have keychains on Cafepress but it should work on some of the other products.

We are still having that really hard frost, that’s been there since Friday and hasn’t defrosted.  We just get more layers on top of more layers.  It makes the garden look so pretty though and hides a lot of the ugliness from the crappy gardens down the street so at least I don’t have to look at their mess for a while.  Downside is that it’s very bloody cold, and I have about 5 inches of oil left in my tank, so I will have to order very soon.  At least the barrel price of oil has gone down so hopefully that will have affected my prices in a good way.  The kitties are not impressed with the cold, and are either wedged under a radiator or wrapped around my neck.  Last night I had to provide a hot water bottle for them as it was so cold here once I switched the heating off for the night.

My virus seems to be on the way out too.  I’m really surprised it didnt last very long but I’m glad as I don’t have time to be sick right now.   The Barry White voice has gone, the germs seem to have relocated from my throat to my nose but at least my head is a lot clearer and I can get on with stuff.

Got a big parcel of fabric today that I ordered from ebay last week.  Mainly boring things like interfacing but some nice checked wool dress making fabric that I liked the look of and a little bit of silk.  Don’t know where all the other things I order have got too.  I just hope the US stuff doesn’t get held up in customs and cost me more money

Finally managed to get some kind of stock in the Zazzle shop - heh it’s only been two years so what’s the rush!  I guess I haven’t really bothered because I can get most of what I want/need from Cafepress but lately I have noticed that they have some nice ranges of products in areas that Cafepress isn’t covering.  So I’ve started with a few designs, and I’ll build up…slowly because it takes a lot longer than it does with CP to get products in your shop.

Check out this bad boy - I mean the shirt obviously. Even though this is a guy’s shirt I’m thinking of ordering one for myself!  I like the colour combo, althought there are like a gazillion shirt/colour combinations to choose from.  *head spins*   Design is on front and back (smaller on back because I like it that way) but here’s the IMPORTANT thing with Zazzle…

You can usually adjust the image size to suit yourself AND add your own text to designs, so I could make this design smaller and then write my name underneath for example.  There’s a full range of colours and fonts to choose from.  I bought myself a bag last week and did exactly that.  The bag is in my shop with just the design on it but if anyone wanted to add some text, well they can!

So there is a whole range of products with the above Reading is Sexy design on it now, including quite a few mug options.  They have two types of thermal travel mug to choose from, and a frosted glass tankard, white mugs with different coloured interiors and a special mug that is black when empty/cold and reveals your design when it’s warm!  You can also see a few of the designs in the gallery widget on the EOTC blog.

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New Halloween designs are now available in our Cafepress Shop!

We have some very cool vintage designs which I’m sure you will love.

Here’s a few to whet your appetite:

Bobbing for Apples

Halloween Black Kitty

You can view all the designs in the Halloween Shop by clicking here   Halloween Shop at Cafepress