tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62503298312805921332024-03-12T17:21:13.385-07:00Procurer of all Things Sparklysparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-19269477505020101292016-05-15T13:27:00.001-07:002016-05-15T13:27:23.402-07:00shasta<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-26138012548398016122016-05-03T16:52:00.000-07:002016-05-03T17:10:48.925-07:00chinannette<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>I've watched Annette in the etsy forum for awhile now<br /><br />
she is the most judgemental person on all of etsy<br /><br />
this post today was too ironic not to share<br /><br />
Annette and Hugh from 2FooDogs 11:53 am May 3, 2016 EDT<br /><br />
"I just don't like to judge a person without all the facts. And if there is a benefit of a doubt...a person deserves that benefit.
It's just amazing to me that people are speaking with such conviction."<br /><br />
oh and as usual,
she is wrong
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sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-6408488256399650132010-09-28T08:55:00.000-07:002010-09-28T09:30:51.021-07:00Success in Mediocrity<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/TKIWhvKh5AI/AAAAAAAAAIo/wcE8shNTzeY/s1600/seattle+299.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/TKIWhvKh5AI/AAAAAAAAAIo/wcE8shNTzeY/s400/seattle+299.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522000861961774082" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">since the unofficial etsy newsletter, "etsy unsuccess" has been unsuccessful in launching~which is what makes unsuccess a success in an opposite day on planet bizarro kind of way, sort of~ I am posting this on my blog until the newsletter is out circulating spreading unsuccessful tips to the masses.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">after you have alienated yourself from your friends and family through your relentless tweeting and your super annoying facebook posts, you will find you have a lot more free time to focus on expanding your creative horizons, largely due to the fact everyone hates you now and is sick of your felted foxes wearing cowls and fingerless gloves.<br /><br />Use the time of being alone and ostracized (like when you were in high school, remember?) to create new ways to achieve greatness in mediocrity.<br /><br />what mediocrity can do for you...<br /><br />painting a soup can, applying a decal and pink glitter, got me on etsy's front page within 48 hours of listing it and the can sold to a lovely lovely overseas buyer.<br /><br />and remember kiddies, do not quit your day job.<br /><br />more unsuccessful advice thus proving the power of mediocrity in the hand made market place:<br /></div><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6621755">http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6621755</a><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6639288">http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6639288</a>sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-46968772656910096422010-08-30T13:33:00.000-07:002012-11-12T14:33:26.282-08:00Finally a successful blog review<div style="color: #990000;">
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<b>my mooching stuff for my blog review has been a success, and FREE hot sauce packets from taco bell were donated for review.</b></div>
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<b>so i took the kiddlings out for .99c value meal tacos and we bought 8 of them</b></div>
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<b>so i saunter up to the counter and say, i need more hot sauce packets</b></div>
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<b>and the taco bell girl says, how many do you need?</b></div>
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<b>and i say 15</b></div>
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<b>and she says, you need that many?</b></div>
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<b>and i said, yes now give them to me because i am a valued paying customer</b></div>
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<b>and she hands me a handful and she is all like, whatever!</b></div>
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<b>and i am all like, make a run for the border!</b></div>
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<b>and she is all like, talk to the hand!</b></div>
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<b>and i am all like, yo quiero taco bell!</b></div>
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<b>and she is all like, oh no you di'int!</b></div>
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<b>and i am all like. oh yes i di'id!</b></div>
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<b>and the guy in line behind me pipers in and says, hey unless you two girlies are going to get naked and have an all girl wrestling smack down in a kiddie pool of refried beans, you need to hurry this along because i havent got all day</b></div>
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<b>so i grabbed my FREE hot sauce packets and went home</b></div>
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<b style="color: #990000;">and for the record I am not the kind of girl who naked wrestles in a kiddie pool filled with anything less than cream corn, can you believe that guy?</b><br style="color: #990000;" /><br /><br />sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-13637151201794847102010-08-30T03:08:00.000-07:002010-08-30T03:35:05.067-07:00Buttered Toast Epic Fail Blog Reviewyet another failed blog attempt at mooching free stuff to review.<br /><br />so in my endeavor to fulfill my buttered toast review promise, i sauntered on over to my neighbors house and knock on her door, and her 80 year old cat loving self cracks it open and says, what do you want?<br /><br />and i say, I need your butter for my toast for a blog review.<br /><br />and she says, arent you the girl from across the street who shoots potatoes at me?<br /><br />and i say no<br /><br />and she says, i think you are<br /><br />and i say, you think wrong because you are old and senile and probably have rabies from your cats biting you<br /><br />and she says, you will never get my butter, never, and slams her door<br /><br />and i yell, well you'll need the butter for all the potatoes im going to shoot at you! then i spray painted her garage door "cat, the other white meat".<br /><br />there will be no buttered toast blog review today, which is just as well because the butter probably has fur in it and smells like kitty pee.sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-41536738437253589762010-08-27T20:00:00.000-07:002010-08-27T20:16:27.742-07:00Blog Reviewso i have cooked 2 microwave burritos<br /><br />and im out of sour cream, ~i know right?<br /><br />so i go to my neighbor and say, hey im doing a blog review on your sour cream and you need to give it to me<br /><br />and he says, no<br /><br />and i said, um yahhhhhhhhhhhhhh hello, blog review, duh<br /><br />and he said, get off my porch<br /><br />and i said, look buddy, if you dont give me your sour cream im going to point my potato launcher at your house instead of at the crazy 80 year old lady's house with lots of cats.<br /><br />and he said, at least *I* have sour cream for my potatoes<br /><br />and i said, touche you bastidd, then the police escorted me home (as usual)<br /><br />so i put ketchup on my burritos<br /><br />it was ketchupy<br /><br />tomorrow i blog review butter<br /><br />i like toast and i need butter, so i will ask the crazy old lady with a lot of cats for some. she is too old to remember i shoot at her with a potato launcher.sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-67568681694615909682010-07-10T18:36:00.000-07:002010-07-10T18:39:27.653-07:00puppy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/TDkgqq07ZVI/AAAAAAAAAIY/Bb2NC2bAs_Y/s1600/autumn+095.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/TDkgqq07ZVI/AAAAAAAAAIY/Bb2NC2bAs_Y/s400/autumn+095.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492457137977910610" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/TDkgqYIEZnI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/m18myYG_AMs/s1600/autumn+094.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/TDkgqYIEZnI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/m18myYG_AMs/s400/autumn+094.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492457132957918834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/TDkgqL8UqAI/AAAAAAAAAII/zBz2s9IzNmI/s1600/autumn+086.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/TDkgqL8UqAI/AAAAAAAAAII/zBz2s9IzNmI/s400/autumn+086.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492457129687427074" border="0" /></a>sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-41619941351421660532010-06-02T23:08:00.000-07:002010-06-03T00:09:29.752-07:00Lullaby for Amy<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Sweetest songs to help you dream</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">so you can make the sparkly butt cream</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Close your eyes and rest your head</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">I like egg salad on sour dough bread</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Beauty sleep you stunning looker</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">also known as a soap cooker</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Fluff your pillow Snuggle your cover</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Shorty is an eenie meenie miny mo lover</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Caviar dreams and champagne wishes</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">I forgot to do the dishes</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Lullaby and nighty night</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">train wrecks end in big cat fights</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">I hope your sleeping because of these words</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">the only thing i can think of to rhyme is turds</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Thanks for the laughter you add forum sparkle</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">if you want to save a thread just put your markle</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Go to your warm bed darling Amy</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Id write more but i have to go pee</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Bomo Bob will sing this for you in the tune of any Barry Manilow song. He says he doesn't know any but that is a big fat lie.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-31176181959640775462010-05-18T23:20:00.000-07:002010-05-18T23:23:17.008-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/S_ODuHZNN1I/AAAAAAAAAIA/tnd0CgrzXQQ/s1600/shasta.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 166px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/S_ODuHZNN1I/AAAAAAAAAIA/tnd0CgrzXQQ/s400/shasta.com" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472862800467277650" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/S_ODt-cU6PI/AAAAAAAAAH4/lvbG1EbKewM/s1600/autumn+055.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/S_ODt-cU6PI/AAAAAAAAAH4/lvbG1EbKewM/s400/autumn+055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472862798064445682" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/S_ODtbonJ5I/AAAAAAAAAHw/xD_ahgLmk7Q/s1600/autumn+053.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/S_ODtbonJ5I/AAAAAAAAAHw/xD_ahgLmk7Q/s400/autumn+053.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472862788720732050" border="0" /></a>sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-77395435286177955762009-10-29T20:03:00.000-07:002009-10-29T20:14:10.474-07:00License & Registration Please<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/SupZfP9Iz2I/AAAAAAAAAHI/u11ofRzzvBc/s1600-h/aiden+136.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/SupZfP9Iz2I/AAAAAAAAAHI/u11ofRzzvBc/s400/aiden+136.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398225496750739298" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thank you Karen of Portland Oregon for prying my front license plate out of your front driver side door and giving it back to me.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Next time you pull out directly in front of on coming traffic without yielding, you may not want to come to a complete stop when you realize "Oh snap! There's an oncoming Jeep Cherokee going 40 miles an hour 8 feet away from me!"</span><br /><br /><br /></div>sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-8782200159756068352009-10-19T15:06:00.001-07:002009-10-19T15:11:13.563-07:00What's a Whittle?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/StzfOdNHj2I/AAAAAAAAAHA/2XG51nWXfWA/s1600-h/Picture+1480.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/StzfOdNHj2I/AAAAAAAAAHA/2XG51nWXfWA/s400/Picture+1480.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394431893133823842" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">If you aren't into fruit jars like I'm into fruit jars, the term "whittle" can be confusing when it's applied to glass. Etsians often ask me how a fruit jar can be described as having features that normally apply to wood.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">& the cute smarty pants who poke fun at me. Yes i sit on the front porch and carve jars out of sticks with my pocket knife while chewing tobacco.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">I think not. I choked through "Deliverance" once in my life, what a horrible movie.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />The internet's many articles on the subject basically define a whittled appearance, as having a choppy look likened to whittled wood or pounded metal. Also referred to as wrinkles, or ripples.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Internet articles also go on to say the cause of whittle marks are the natural reaction of hot glass hitting a cold mold surface.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">But of course, actual people are always your best source for an answer on anything.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">The internet also defines "Deliverance" as a good movie, which we know is not true.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Members of my fruit jar group had a lot to say on this topic & I was pleasingly entertained by the banter & actually learned quite a bit. (Which is unusual for me to learn anything, learning requires thinking and i try to avoid any process of thought as it makes my head hurt.)<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Comments from Fruit Jar Group members:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The explanation I always heard and which makes a lot of sense to me is that</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">when the metal molds were cold, the hot glass would shrink when it</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">encountered the cold mold which caused it to "crinkle" into the whittling we</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">see today.<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">~Darrell</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />It is from the metal mold being too cold. The surface of the glass hardens slightly when it first hits the metal. With this "skin" on the surface, the glass does not flow smoothly into the mold.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />~D. Cole</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"> Muncie, Indiana<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Many Many comments stemmed from the topic of whittling. Including the possible use of wooden molds to the way a jar is vented.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">My opinion is that of a mold being too cold to allow glass to flow smoothly. Like me and my old cold bones when I wake up.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Our Moderator Says:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">I suppose I've heard many stories concerning whittling and I think both the cold mould and trapped air theory are both the real story together.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />~Bruce Wayne Schank</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />& special thanks to Scott:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />When hot glass meets cold iron, well, its about like my warm butt , meeting a freezing cold toilet seat........ ......Instantaneous Retraction!</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"> Some puckering might even be involved. :-)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">~Scott Grandstaff</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thank you to the many others who contributed to the 'whittle' topic, i didn't include everyone, but i thank you all the same. </span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Regards, Lisa</span><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31986063">http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31986063</a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-60329225250121316612009-10-08T15:16:00.000-07:002009-10-08T15:21:28.126-07:00Cat Harf Is Evil<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Oh yeah, They are so pretty and fluffy and soft and playful until they barf up a multitude of hair balls in spasmatic convulsions on your new carpet.</span><br /></div>sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-67734426762227266542009-09-08T17:28:00.000-07:002009-09-08T17:32:38.475-07:00Could Save You Some Grief<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">If you sell anywhere online, this Will apply to you in some way or another.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://thereevesreport.blogspot.com/">http://thereevesreport.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-6968761013737274372009-08-22T17:09:00.000-07:002009-08-22T17:20:58.802-07:00I can't spell, but kneether kan ewe<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/SpCK7IHN3zI/AAAAAAAAAGI/pvn6c-VXX-k/s1600-h/Picture+1448.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/SpCK7IHN3zI/AAAAAAAAAGI/pvn6c-VXX-k/s400/Picture+1448.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372947103847669554" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">I acquired this jar while helping a friend of mine sort canning jars a local charity had given her. We sorted through about 6 huge boxes of quart size modernish canning jars combined with glass shards, dirt, and my favorite jar accessory, The Spider.<br />Last of these quite large boxes, I found this little cutie and asked if I could have it. Early 1940's round Kerr wide mouth squat pint.<br />It took me about 6 months to notice SELF is spelled SELE. </span></span><br /><br /><br /></div>sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-56946702600992808262009-08-22T15:16:00.000-07:002009-08-22T15:26:40.254-07:00Kerr Economy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/SpBwj_zjlpI/AAAAAAAAAGA/1RuycKsLJwI/s1600-h/Picture+1441.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/SpBwj_zjlpI/AAAAAAAAAGA/1RuycKsLJwI/s400/Picture+1441.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372918119178409618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/SpBwjW6gIwI/AAAAAAAAAF4/1WIy9hN8yWA/s1600-h/Picture+1440.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/SpBwjW6gIwI/AAAAAAAAAF4/1WIy9hN8yWA/s400/Picture+1440.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372918108201689858" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/SpBwjG6bPWI/AAAAAAAAAFw/b3NuYOTVULk/s1600-h/Picture+1447.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/SpBwjG6bPWI/AAAAAAAAAFw/b3NuYOTVULk/s400/Picture+1447.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372918103906401634" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Four versions of the kerr economy & economy unthreaded squat pints.<br />Group of three: Top jar is an unusual color in olive green made in sand springs oklahoma. Bottom Left is a very rare steele blue made in chicago ill. Bottom right is an unusual pink mauve that never turned amethyst after years in the sun, also made in chicago~must just have a touch of manganese dioxide which is unusual for a chicago jar especially embossed kerr and not just economy.<br />Single jar, simply embossed economy, made in portland oregon. I turned this jar a nice deep sun purple myself, only took a short while to turn so it must have quite a bit of managanese. It started out clear with an ugly rootbeer brown tint in the base.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div>sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-32217417461654001802009-07-20T10:46:00.000-07:002009-07-20T10:56:30.830-07:00What do mean we're out of coffee?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/SmSvqyu1c7I/AAAAAAAAAFo/A9HMe5GvVoY/s1600-h/Picture+1107.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/SmSvqyu1c7I/AAAAAAAAAFo/A9HMe5GvVoY/s400/Picture+1107.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360602606185313202" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />The coffee is gone</span>.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The jars are empty</span>.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">But I salvaged the lids.<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wide Mouth Upcycled Mason Threaded Vintage Coffee Jar Lids:</span><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28065862"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28065862"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28065862</span></a><br /><br /><br /></div>sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-68200887001961193902009-07-15T19:02:00.001-07:002009-07-15T23:27:42.580-07:00Salvaged Drawer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/Sl6Kg3q_6kI/AAAAAAAAAFY/bsNMAfqUUwI/s1600-h/Picture+1045.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/Sl6Kg3q_6kI/AAAAAAAAAFY/bsNMAfqUUwI/s400/Picture+1045.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358872903922215490" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/Sl6KguvGmJI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/4-qioHMVonQ/s1600-h/Picture+1044.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/Sl6KguvGmJI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/4-qioHMVonQ/s400/Picture+1044.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358872901523511442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Salvaged Drawer front from an old vintage desk</span></span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">I bought this desk at a rummage sale for charity. I paid 1.00 for the desk. I salvaged all the drawers. This front panel was from a drawer with broken sides.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Shabby white paint, primmy tole roses, sandpaper and sealant.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">I will attach two hooks to hang it and some chic antique white cupboard knobs auntie found at a salvage store.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Shabby coat hanger for my daughter's room.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">not bad for a buck.</span><br /><br /><br /></div>sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-65673372469819628352009-07-11T17:48:00.000-07:002009-07-11T18:09:17.499-07:00Put a Lid on it<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/Slk0N7BuEEI/AAAAAAAAAFI/4o_inS4Deq0/s1600-h/Picture+951.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357370645521764418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/Slk0N7BuEEI/AAAAAAAAAFI/4o_inS4Deq0/s400/Picture+951.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)">Sometimes I buy junktique odds & ends by the box. Sometimes I buy jars off eBay and they arrive smashed. Most eBay sellers are ignorant to the concept of bubble wrap. But I always seem to end up with extra lids for jars of all sorts. Repurposing is good, finding a new way to use something old keeps our landfills a little cleaner and our minds creatively innovative.<br /><br />Repurposed metal vintage jar lid ornies: </span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span></strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"></div><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)"></span></span><br /><p align="center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27693434">http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27693434</a><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></p><p align="center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)"> </p></span></span><p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,51,255)"></p></span></span></span>sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-68089164044625598472009-06-30T22:52:00.000-07:002009-07-07T18:37:03.558-07:00Secretary Part One<div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/SksGEbwtUVI/AAAAAAAAADo/uLk4p48AoEI/s1600-h/Picture+758.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353379255301263698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/SksGEbwtUVI/AAAAAAAAADo/uLk4p48AoEI/s400/Picture+758.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/SksF7bzL8mI/AAAAAAAAADg/9MATWpAZdQk/s1600-h/Picture+757.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353379100692836962" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/SksF7bzL8mI/AAAAAAAAADg/9MATWpAZdQk/s400/Picture+757.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#993300;">This is the secretary I keep talking about, relentlessly, non stop, so excited. </span></strong></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#993300;">Upon researching this piece Ive learned basically, nothing, Circa late 1800s to early 1900s<br />& the style is </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#993300;">called a side by side. I do believe it is oak.</span></strong></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#993300;">This antique secretary will be periodically featured on this blog, sorry you furniture lovers, it is getting <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">upchic</span> painted and a shabby <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">upcycled</span>. It has such severe surface and veneer damage it cannot be refinished without considerable cost and tremendous labor. It has also been high gloss lacquered and stripping it would take many hours and the use of toxic chemicals.</span></strong></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#993300;">My husbands Grandmother previously owned this piece. She bought it an estate auction in possibly the 1950s along with 2 or 3 other pieces that included another side by side secretary and a china cabinet. She paid 10.00 for it.</span></strong></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#993300;">Over the years, Grandma Gertie had mentioned this secretary and how she wasn't going to refinish it. Restoring the other pieces she had was such a chore and since this secretary had such damage to the veneer and missing escutcheons, she wasn't going to even "mess with it" and that it was a good candidate for a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">faux</span> painted or sponge painted look.</span></strong></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#993300;">So it sat, many years in her basement. Sometimes we'd talk about it, sometimes we'd go in the basement and visit it. Grandma always mentioned she was glad the original mirror & bowed glass door was intact even though several other parts were missing.</span></strong></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#993300;">The sponge painting idea came from a 1985 better homes and gardens magazine article where this exact piece was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">faux</span> painted and re~<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">knobbed</span> and featured with a full picture. Grandma saved the picture and I found it tucked away inside the desk part. It is the same piece, reworked, it's nice to have a picture for reference. By comparing my secretary to the magazine picture I noticed my piece is missing the center molding scroll that should be on the top. Sure enough you can see and feel where it was cut off probably due to damage over the years.</span></strong></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#993300;">My goal is to up~chic this side by side antique secretary desk for 120.00 or less.</span></strong></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#993300;">By using the keyword 'secretary' as a label for the secretary progression, you will be able to search this blog for all posts relevant to this post.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></strong></div>sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-761885912044884322009-06-30T18:28:00.000-07:002009-07-07T18:40:12.725-07:00Shabulous<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/Skq9PGfXglI/AAAAAAAAADY/JwFIHp5RyJQ/s1600-h/Picture+754.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353299174221120082" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/Skq9PGfXglI/AAAAAAAAADY/JwFIHp5RyJQ/s400/Picture+754.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#993399;">Had to show off the most shabby primmy pins I have ever done and the first purple ones. These pins are super vintage, kind of chunky and have reinforcement stopper wire. Shakey hand gramma tole folk roses in shades of purple, primitive Americana traditional in a not so traditional color. </span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#993399;"></span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#993399;">Color my cottage in purple...</span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#993399;"></span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#993399;">available on etsy ships free to the united states:</span></strong></div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27209453">http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27209453</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-34065286652694998792009-06-21T12:19:00.000-07:002009-06-21T12:29:33.028-07:00Princess Peony<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/Sj6KEgDpZDI/AAAAAAAAADQ/goIPtIDNXCU/s1600-h/Picture+640.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349865217292067890" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/Sj6KEgDpZDI/AAAAAAAAADQ/goIPtIDNXCU/s400/Picture+640.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">My daughter opened her own etsy shoppe</span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7559840">http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7559840</a><a href="http://www.etsy.com/your_shop.php"></a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">She is 12. We love how Etsy allows kids to open their own shop!</span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">Autumn is really into repurposing and upcycling items. She has just watched almost every storque etsy video posted by etsy on youtube.</span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">We are currently experimenting with fusing plastic bags, a technique we learned from etsy how to. She plans on listing some party favor bags made from recycled fused grocery sacks so watch for those and add a heart to PrincessPeony!</span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"></div>sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-1414994695074293992009-06-18T22:05:00.000-07:002009-06-18T22:32:14.025-07:00Sweet Start<div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/SjsgOhGs_MI/AAAAAAAAADI/7X5WlVmPpeA/s1600-h/il_155x125.75649762.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348904416209337538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 155px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/SjsgOhGs_MI/AAAAAAAAADI/7X5WlVmPpeA/s400/il_155x125.75649762.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>This is my new friend and fellow Etsian, pixicreationz. Pixicreationz is brand new to Etsy, has been a seller for 3 days and already made 8 sales. She'll be on the Etsy top seller wiki in no time!<br /><br /></strong><div align="center"><a href="http://etsywiki.com/index.php?title=Top_Sellers"><strong>http://etsywiki.com/index.php?title=Top_Sellers</strong></a><strong><br /><br />Pixicreationz makes individually hand crafted polymer clay beads & charms based on yummy foods and sweet treats.</strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7546004"><strong>http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7546004</strong></a></div><br /><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong>This creating Mom from the UK has the sweetest shoppe and best part, NO calories!</strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong>chocolate beads look good enough to eat available now:</strong></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26516631"><strong>http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26516631</strong></a><br /><br /><strong>Follow pixicreationz on her blog:</strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><a href="http://pixicreationz.blogspot.com/"><strong>http://pixicreationz.blogspot.com/</strong></a></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Congrats on the excellent Etsy start!<br /><br /></strong></div></div>sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-41246873187406737542009-06-18T15:33:00.000-07:002009-06-18T15:35:23.524-07:00Grog 2<div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Today sebastian has a friend, his name is Tyrone.</strong></span><br /><br /></div>sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-40560500509864330662009-06-17T18:17:00.000-07:002009-06-17T18:19:13.594-07:00Grog<div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#996633;">Today I woke up with a huge zit on my forehead.</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#996633;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#996633;">I named him Sebastian & went back to bed.</span></strong></div>sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250329831280592133.post-23432149836341913702009-06-16T19:38:00.000-07:002009-06-16T19:57:51.352-07:00Total Eclipse of the Heart<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/SjhZisvwWoI/AAAAAAAAADA/CayJL_7nz7U/s1600-h/Picture+536.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348123010164349570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_l1x7_0NFoCI/SjhZisvwWoI/AAAAAAAAADA/CayJL_7nz7U/s400/Picture+536.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff99ff;">I was fortunate enough to find almost a full case of these vintage squat pint jars.</span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Ball Eclipse Wide Mouth Fat Pint, Chic Cottage Sweet.<br /><br />This is my last single Eclipse. After this I have one more pair in stock and then no more until I find more.<br /><br />I normally would write some quip to go with this jar, but associating short, fat and wide just reminds me I need to go on a diet.</span></strong></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff99ff;">*sigh*</span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26580240">http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26580240</a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"> </div></div>sparkklejarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864243379694132244noreply@blogger.com1