verizon fail: no internets chez etsy wedding

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hi all -- plz excuse the silence, our internets are down at home. since thursday. failed DSL modem. after many hours of wrangling, i think this may be fixed tomorrow.

in the meantime, here are a couple of upbeat thoughts:



xoxj

Gifted Magazine

Today we are excited to help launch Creature Comfort's special holiday magazine, Gifted Magazine. Ez has been a busy little bee this past fall pulling together an incredible amount of talent to bring us a festive publication filled with holiday projects, awesome freebies, interviews and even a gift guide! There's even a little of us in there! Check it out here!

Holiday With Mathew Mead

Holiday with Matthew Mead is a 144 page lifestyle book-a-zine with fresh ideas for decorating, entertaining, gift giving and recipes to celebrate the holidays and beyond. Printed on 70 lb. flat finish paper stock this heirloom volume is overflowing with beautiful and inspiring projects that you can share with family and friends from year to year. Visit their shop here or at Poppytalk Handmade here!









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New Online Shop Alert: Union Wood Co.

On Monday, November the 1st, Vancouver-based, Union Wood Co. is opening the doors to it's new online webstore, The Union Shop. Aside from doing a ton of custom work, owner Craig Pearce has been busy developing, sourcing, and building some unique items to stock it's shelves. True to form you will find many hand-made, or hand-picked items including furniture, lighting, accessories, and vintage/industrial antiques. You may have seen their awesome work over at The Old Faithful Shop here in Vancouver, and we can't wait to see what's in store online! All items are made with shipping in mind.

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Photo credit: Old Faithful Shop
Lighting from Union Wood Company (Photo credit: Scout Magazine)

Weekend Project: Candy Corn Garland DIY

The folks over at Room6, a super-cute shop here in the lower mainland (Deep Cove) and (also online), sent us this cute little Candy Corn Garland DIY idea that they did for their shop window display and thought it might be something people would like to make this weekend. (Um...Yes)! They even sent us the link to download the template to make them! (See instructions below.)

And as a side, they are offering an online halloween treat this weekend! Save 20% off any purchase online through Sunday, October 31. Enter code: TREAT20 in the coupon box upon check-out and they will take 20% off the entire order!

Candy Corn Garland Instructions

1.) Download the template here. You can either create a stencil, or cut out the corn shapes and trace them. However you roll.
2.) Get yourself some cardstock in yellow, cream/white and orange.
3.) Cut out the 3 shapes and tape them together with clear tape.
4.) Sew 'em together (they used orange thread and sewed them about 2-3" apart.
5.) Hang 'em up & have a Happy Halloween!

(Thanks Megan!)

Little Winter: Poppytalk Exclusive Giveaway!

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Abby Powell-Thompson (abbytrysagain.typepad.com) and Chelsea Fuss (frolic-blog.com) are joining forces to present Little Winter: a handmade market (littlewintermarket.com). The event features artists and craftspeople from Portland and beyond and will be held at The Cleaners (acehotel.com) in downtown Portland, Oregon - November 6 and 7, 2010. The group of artisans will be selling clothing, house wares, paper goods, fine art, photography, vintage, purses, accessories and more.

Fourteen of the vendors have donated wares for this exclusive Poppytalk giveaway! The giveaway includes 15 items shown here that are collectively worth more than $400! One lucky winner will receive these goodies. (The giveaway is open to those in the US and Canada).

The giveaway will run today (Friday, October 29/10 at 12:00 AM. until next Wednesday, November 3rd/10 at 11:59 PM. Abby and Chelsea will be announcing a winner either Thursday the 4th or Friday the 5th. Please leave a comment "here at this post only" in the comments section to enter!

Giveaway items:

Image No.1: (above) two travel size perfumes from Twigs & Honey (twigsandhoney.com), a Fieldguided tie (fieldguided.blogspot.com), and an 8"x12" print from Abby Try Again (abbytryagain.bigcartel.com)

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Image No.2: a handwoven loop scarf from Secret Pocket (secretpocket.bigcartel.com), an assortment of ten letterpress cards from Tokketok Press (tokketok.com), an Imagination poster from Mossiere (mossiere.com), and a large dotted garland decal from Shanna Murray (shannamurray.bigcartel.com)


Image No. 3Image No.3: hand knit socks from Garment House (garmenthouse.bigcartel.com), a necklace from Sulu Design (etsy.com/shop/suelieu), mechanical animals from Julianna Swaney (ohmycavalier.co), a print from Amanda Blake (amandablakeart.com)


Image No. 4Image No. 4: a postcard set from Cori Kindred (corikindred.com), two prints from Kiki&Polly (kikiandpolly.com) and a tiny house from My House Party (myhouseparty.net)

Today at Poppytalk Handmade

1. Color Burst Bowl, Up in the Air Somewhere
2. Pillow With A Bird in the Clouds, Leililaloo
3. Milk Glass Earrings, Anne Holman


4. Adventure Bird Pattern Fabric, Andy Eats Only Candy
5. Creativity Pendant, Mad Tea Garden
6. Seastorm MiniScarf, All in Stitches