diggers
February 1st, 2008
I am very excited to announce that my shop is up and running! The little diggers have been in bits and pieces all week, but I finally sat down with all the parts today. And as my daughter built tower after tower after tower with her blocks, I sewed button joint after button joint right next to her. Setting up an etsy shop was a little intimidating at first, not because of the site itself–it’s fantastic–but because I had to sit down and describe myself and what I make. And make people want to buy it. I have no idea how to do this, so I went with boring ol’ descriptions of the first three then when I got to the pink digger I laid it on thick. I was only going to make three to start with anyway, but then I saw this little bit of hot! pink! vintage! linen in my scrap bag I cut into it without thinking twice. Because how fantastic would it be if a cute indie rock boy out there gave his cute indie rock girlfriend my pink digger for valentine’s day. I guess that’s an odd daydream to have, but I think that’s what mothers of small children do: daydream. Most of what we say could be recorded and just played back over and over again all day, “Stop. stop. sit down. sit down. don’t play with your food. don’t rub your toast on your head. don’t put playdough in your brother’s ears.” I always wondered why I had to say, “MOM!” so many times before she heard me. Now I don’t hear my daughter until the third or fourth mom. So (to get out of this tangent) I’ve been day dreaming about this little shop all week and now here it is! yay.
Well, congratulations! Love the soft diggers – must be a totally unique idea, and it’s just charming.
I must remember to add your blog to my list of faves. Every time I come here I enjoy it so much!
Best of luck with the shop,
Heather
I ‘dig’ them. :)
Great job on them. They look great.
Fabulous idea…I will be back!
Congratulations!
Hope you do great business. And I LOVE the diggers. And I know who would too. They are great!
Hi, I just found your blog and love your aesthetic! I wish I’d known about the mobile swap a few weeks ago; I used to make mobiles all the time! Can’t wait to see what’s created.
Hi Meg, Those diggers look great ! I hope your shop goes super well for you. They are unique and beautiful!
Love your diggers and would love to buy one for my little girl when she is a little older.
heehee, you made me laugh. stop. stop. sit down. sit down. don’t rub your toast all over your head. were you in my kitchen this morning? because that was awfully familiar. congrats on your new shop and site!
congratulations on setting up your shop! the little diggers are so cute. i wish i had a cute, indie boyfriend to buy one for me for valentines day, even tho i’m about 8 years too old to be a cute indie girl. but it still sounds fun…
congratulations on the shop! They are so cute, an I’m totally diggen (sorry couldn’t resist) the fabrics.
congratrulations on your etsy shop, I’m sure you’re going to do very well, your work is so lovely. I love those diggers, it’s rare to find a plush toy so perfect for a little boy. My son would love that pink one!
wow! I really really hope you have some of those in your shop when my little boy’s birthday comes round. I’ll heart you and I will be back – I promise!!!
Hi,
congratulations for the new shop, I love your digger very much.
Too cute!!! My 2 y/o son is digger CRAZY! (and thomas and Diesel and percy and james!)
They are the coolest thing i have seen in a while!
Sorry, me again! A quick question, i just popped over to your shop to check them out, i was wondering how big they are? That blue one is SUPER cute!
those look awesome! good luck with your shop!
thank you! thank you! for all your well wishes. It’s nerve racking to have your stuff really out there–I was raised a book reader, not an art maker so this is all new for me. And thank you Jess, I need to go measure them!
awh those are great
congratulations on the shop – hope it goes really well for you
(know what you mean about the “MOM” thing!)
They are freakin’ fantastic!
I’m gunna go check ’em out…Xxx
I love these diggers. They are so adorable.
I love these. So original and very beautifully designed.
Absolutely genius. Great job on everything, congrats on your store! You haven’t been popping up on my Bloglines, but I’m glad I stopped by your old place and checked in on things… nice new digs you’ve got here. Get it? Oh, my, how I crack myself up.
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you are a genius. off to go buy a digger for my niece.
They are absolutely gorgeous! Nice work :)