Before I get to the topic at hand, I have to first mention that I can never say the word “surely” without a certain childhood memory popping into my head. Marlys, the mother of my best friends growing up had a sister named Shirley and anytime the word was uttered in their company, someone would reply “No. Marlys!”
At any rate, I am primarily writing simply to note that since my last post I created my fan site on facebook & received a humblingly large number of fans within a matter of hours, such that I was able to secure my vanity url in no time! I was therefore able to finally complete my business card design & get those ordered. I also ordered stickers for securing the tissue paper wrapping and am now in the process of trying to find recycled & recyclable tissues paper & mailing envelopes in affordable & manageable quantities so far with not the greatest amount of luck. Storage is a limiting factor for me at the moment. Last weekend I spent a frustrating amount of time trying to find cotton twill tape in order to make fabric tags ala an ingenius method I found online using transfer paper. One would think in a city like Chicago it would be no problem…think again. I went to a gargantuan & frightening fabric store in Pilsen, arriving with an inconveniently full bladder, and searched the several square miles of fabric-etc., finding just about anything and everything BUT twill tape.
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- Basement of ribbon
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- Dungeon fire hazard
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- More trim
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- Fringe!!!
I hurried home & promptly visited Joann.com and was lucky enough to find a code for free shipping for a certain purchase amount which justified the purchase of additional (sale) yarn (score!). So as soon as that bundle arrives I can get the tags made & hopefully by then I will have figured out what to do about mailing supplies…
abbsquake, the blog 
was this the “scary” place you were telling me about? i think i would easily get creeped out! at least the fabric colors are bright:)
yes- it was endless & definitely creepy in certain parts!