The Shtick I Do

I think I've mentioned before that several ladies in my circle of friends are pregnant - well, when one delivers another one announces that she's expecting! LoL  I love that all these lovely women are having children and will love them to the ends of the Earth and back <3 One expectant mother asked me to make her a pair of booties for her soon-to-be-here baby girl; the pattern is available for a fee on Etsy. When ordering look for the pattern name: Crochet Baby Booties Pattern #3 by PatternMa . The cost is $5.50 USD. However, when you get the pattern PDF the name on it is "Snuggle Baby Booties". Let me begin by saying that this is NOT a paid advertisement for this pattern or the shop owner. This is my experience with the pattern and my opinion only. Booties I made using "Crochet Baby Booties Pattern #3" available on Etsy.com Rating: 4 out of 5 hooks (Let's use hooks as a rating guide and not stars, shall we? =D ) I really like the pat...

Guess what? I have an announcement from Kat @KatKnapCrafts. She just opened her Etsy shop! So now you can browse handmade items crafted with love. Patterns will be available soon! Isn't that exciting?!?!? Click the link below to start browsing! Kat Knap Crafts on Etsy!  

Do you ever look around the internet and wonder why people pay the prices they do for the things they buy? Oh sure, cars and homes, computers and phones and other electronics are all expensive. Even the "cheap" ones aren't really what I would call cheap.  The other day I was browsing through Etsy and came across some crafted jewelry, so of course I go down that virtual aisle in the Etsy store. Some of the items were amazing and their prices were as well.  Take this ring for example, very nice and it has a pretty nice price, too. Still, it looks like it's worth it. Now I'm certainly not one to belittle a craftsman a proper price for their work. Supplies, time, overhead for a shop, planning and design. It all has a cost and when you're a small operation you can't offer the same pricing as a huge, impersonal conglomerate. I completely get it, I really do.   Now since I can't make a ring of this quality myself, I would certainly buy it if ...