Four new items up at alexlady designs!

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Come see everything in person this Sunday at The Market in Soho!

In person, at The MarketNYC this Sunday!

Alexlady Designs will be live in person at The Market, 268 Mulberry street this Sunday, Feb 15th!

For those who aren't familiar, The Market is the best venue in New York for indie designers and young artists to sell their wares! Last time I went, I got the best tee shirt I have ever seen. There's a rotating group of designers, but there are always handbags, clever accessories, tees, jewelry, and tons of surprises!

I'm still cash-only for now, alas. But I'll have a sale rack and tons of new designs! Stop by to say hello and check out the market.

Open 11 am-7 pm, 268 Mulberry between Prince and Houston, close to the RWN and BDFV trains. Check out their website for great articles and directions. See you then!

Etsy Hacks! Brilliant add-ons to make Etsy a breeze.

I feel like I do pretty well at keeping my eyes open for things like this, but this site was new to me.

From the site:

"Greasemonkey is an add-on for the Firefox web browser, that allows you to run "scripts", or little programs that alter the web pages you view. See Installing Greasemonkey for more information."

the most valuable item on this list was the bulk photo uploader... this has been part of the reason why i don't list as often as i should, because it takes forever to load photos one at a time. I'm excited to check out all of my new features!

butt-in-gear

I've been meaning to go restock at metalliferous in midtown for over a week now, and keep getting waylaid. It's only open until 6 pm which is a leeeetle inconvenient for me (and i imagine i'm not the only one) and of course i could order online, but i want to go into the store and dive in and swim around amongst all of the great stuff. imagine me as scrooge mcduck, only it's silver instead of gold. and none of it belongs to me. oh, and no spats. they make my ankles look fat.

anyway, i'm excited. I feel very stuck without the items i'm looking for, plus i just scored a great set of alphabet metal-stamps, and i am overjoyed about personalizing things! i just... don't have anything to stamp yet. *sad face*

also, I admit I didn't know anything about the movie Twilight except for there's vampires and stars that cute boy who dies in harry potter (oops, spoiler alert? if you think this is a spoiler, you are either way behind, or you think harry potter is of the devil which is ok since you probably won't see the movie anyway). now, however, i want to see the movie just for the lion/lamb quote. sweeet. now, where's some Coraline-inspired rag dolls? Bring it, etsians.

"Twilight" Zone

I recently posted in the Etsy forums a call for recent and up-and-coming trends, since i'm often a few steps behind.

The answer? Well, see all of the replies at the link above, but "TWILIGHT!!" was one of the most popular noted trends. I love Cedric Diggory as much as the next girl, but I hand never thought of movie-inspired vampire chic accessories and couture! Here are some Twilight Highlights.

BITTEN necklace from Sumner2's shop... TONS of Twilight-inspired items!



Custom Twilight Hoodies from MissJenna's shop



Bella Bracelet by norianesbijoux




Personalized portrait from MyMagicMe, who gave us my favorite Zombie Portrait of yore!



And, the classic scrabble tile necklace.

Vintage dictionary Twilight scrabble tile from rosecreekcottage


Fangs for the memories.

FREE handwriting font? Can it be true?

I haven't had a chance to check out the whole deal on YOURFONTS.COM, , but it's gotten great reviews, and i cannot wait to play with it!

Make Your Own Handwriting Fonts For Free

YourFonts.com is a FREE online font generator that allows you to create your own TrueType fonts within a couple of minutes. Go make your own handwriting as a font!
100% Free!

* Your own handwriting turned into your very own font for free
* Optionally include your signature
* You'll have your very own font within 15 minutes
* Make as many fonts as you like
* Use your fonts on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
* Personalize your digital scrapbook pages
* Make your own "family handwriting history"
* Use your fonts in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and every program that you own

Just giving some new favorites some love....

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