Holy Dooce!
I go away for a week and y'all gang up on me and crash my site! I don't make a habit of checking my own site often (does this make me a bad business owner?) and didn't even know the site was down until a friend sent me a note on Facebook saying she couldn't access it. I was wondering why it was so quiet around here but thought people were too busy eating too many peanut butter balls and gingerbread men to shop. Phooey!
If you have stumbled upon Crankypants because of the Dooce buying guide and were thwarted by a nasty bandwidth message when you tried to buy a pair for your wee beastie, don't despair! I am currently trying to get a hold of my site host to get everything back on track. Hopefully it will be up and running and ready for more traffic lickity split.
In the meantime, there are lots of things up for grabs on my smaller sites:
Etsy
Hyena Cart
Thanks for your patience!
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Have a Very Vampire Christmas
So. We were supposed to leave on Friday after the boys got out of school to take a leisurely 2 day drive down to Florida to spend the holidays with the in laws. I prepared like a good little business owner, leaving the whole of Friday to pack up, get everything in the car, do last minute wrapping and even remembered to actually post on the site that my shipping deadline before heading out of town was Friday at noon.
Thursday morning we got the word that Asheville was going to get hit with a foot of snow the next day. We laughed. Thursday afternoon I got an email from the hubs (who teaches at the high school) saying- "Hey. Remember all those hand made gifts you spent the last week finishing up for Henry's classroom teachers? And the candy you made for the other staff? And the goody bags you stuffed for all the kids for the holiday party tomorrow? Yeah. You had better get your booty down to school and hand it all out because they are getting us ready for a snow day tomorrow". I laughed again, albeit a little nervously this time, and went and delivered my packages. I had serious doubts that we would get more than 3 flakes of snow, but I didn't want to be stuck with eleventy pounds of peppermint bark. And I wanted to make sure Henry's teachers had the growlers of Pisgah IPA in their hot little hands before they got out for break. Lord knows if anyone deserves a beer the first night of holiday break... it's them. I ran around like a crazy person stuffing little bags into teacher mailboxes and candy canes and Gopher Turtle books (don't ask) into kiddie cubbies. On my way through the library on the way out the librarian grabbed me and gave me an amazing Christmas present. Her husband is a potter and had a few pieces up in the media center for perusing. She saw me eying a gorgeous batter bowl that I couldn't afford to buy and she gave it to me! I couldn't believe it, I was beyond touched.
Anyhoo.
We woke up Friday morning to a snow day with no snow. Just as I expected. We decided we would leave town at noon, as soon as my shipping deadline passed and I set about trying to get my last orders packed up and Henry and I packed and ready to go. Around 7:30 it started snowing. Kyle and Henry got jackets out and went out to play. By 8:00 there was almost an inch on the ground. Kyle busted into the studio and informed me that we had to get out of Dodge NOW, before we got snowed in. I think I heard "The window is cloooooosing" a dozen times before I had the chance to throw a bunch of stuff in the car, slap shipping labels on the last of my packages and jump in the car. It was 9:00. We couldn't get to the post office. The Rabbit couldn't make it up the hill and we had to turn around and go down and around to get our of our neighborhood. We slid off the mountain and into SC safely, passing tons of cars in ditches and stopped on the side of the road and made it into the rain, which lasted well into GA. Keeping up with the #avlsnow and #snomg feeds on Twitter and my Facebook page I learned that we got out just in time. During our 13 hour drive Asheville got 15 inches of snow and most of our friends were without power all weekend. We drove into the ferry landing about 20 minutes before the last ferry left the mainland and made it to the island house just before 11pm. *yawn*
Today promises to be our first day of beach weather since we arrived and we have a date to go clamming with our friend Eddie round about noon. Tonight is bluegrass and fish and chips in El Jobean and then the holiday festivities begin!
Henry ate a bunch of strawberries before this picture was taken but he wants me to tell you "...it could be blood. Say "Have a Very Vampire Christmas".
To those of you who have already started your Winter Holiday celebrations, I hope your homes are warm and cozy and your family is near and dear and healthy.
To those of you still doing last minute shopping and waiting for The Fat Man to arrive on Friday morning...
Everyone at Crankypants World HQ is wishing you a Very Vampire Christmas!
Thursday morning we got the word that Asheville was going to get hit with a foot of snow the next day. We laughed. Thursday afternoon I got an email from the hubs (who teaches at the high school) saying- "Hey. Remember all those hand made gifts you spent the last week finishing up for Henry's classroom teachers? And the candy you made for the other staff? And the goody bags you stuffed for all the kids for the holiday party tomorrow? Yeah. You had better get your booty down to school and hand it all out because they are getting us ready for a snow day tomorrow". I laughed again, albeit a little nervously this time, and went and delivered my packages. I had serious doubts that we would get more than 3 flakes of snow, but I didn't want to be stuck with eleventy pounds of peppermint bark. And I wanted to make sure Henry's teachers had the growlers of Pisgah IPA in their hot little hands before they got out for break. Lord knows if anyone deserves a beer the first night of holiday break... it's them. I ran around like a crazy person stuffing little bags into teacher mailboxes and candy canes and Gopher Turtle books (don't ask) into kiddie cubbies. On my way through the library on the way out the librarian grabbed me and gave me an amazing Christmas present. Her husband is a potter and had a few pieces up in the media center for perusing. She saw me eying a gorgeous batter bowl that I couldn't afford to buy and she gave it to me! I couldn't believe it, I was beyond touched.
Anyhoo.
We woke up Friday morning to a snow day with no snow. Just as I expected. We decided we would leave town at noon, as soon as my shipping deadline passed and I set about trying to get my last orders packed up and Henry and I packed and ready to go. Around 7:30 it started snowing. Kyle and Henry got jackets out and went out to play. By 8:00 there was almost an inch on the ground. Kyle busted into the studio and informed me that we had to get out of Dodge NOW, before we got snowed in. I think I heard "The window is cloooooosing" a dozen times before I had the chance to throw a bunch of stuff in the car, slap shipping labels on the last of my packages and jump in the car. It was 9:00. We couldn't get to the post office. The Rabbit couldn't make it up the hill and we had to turn around and go down and around to get our of our neighborhood. We slid off the mountain and into SC safely, passing tons of cars in ditches and stopped on the side of the road and made it into the rain, which lasted well into GA. Keeping up with the #avlsnow and #snomg feeds on Twitter and my Facebook page I learned that we got out just in time. During our 13 hour drive Asheville got 15 inches of snow and most of our friends were without power all weekend. We drove into the ferry landing about 20 minutes before the last ferry left the mainland and made it to the island house just before 11pm. *yawn*
Today promises to be our first day of beach weather since we arrived and we have a date to go clamming with our friend Eddie round about noon. Tonight is bluegrass and fish and chips in El Jobean and then the holiday festivities begin!
To those of you who have already started your Winter Holiday celebrations, I hope your homes are warm and cozy and your family is near and dear and healthy.
To those of you still doing last minute shopping and waiting for The Fat Man to arrive on Friday morning...
Everyone at Crankypants World HQ is wishing you a Very Vampire Christmas!
Monday, December 14, 2009
Dooce.
If you made your way over here from Heather Armstrong's absosmurfly amazing Dooce blog- welcome! Also? Holyfrak- Heather Armstrong put Crankypants on the Dooce blog!
Of course once I saw this I immediately sat down and read through my last month of posts only to realize that this has to have been the most boring few months of blog posting ever and I am not, nor will I ever be nearly as entertaining as Heather Armstrong. I used to be funny. Pinky swear. Facebook has sucked all the funny out of my blog because posting there is such instant gratification. There is a reason I make baby clothes, people. Instant. Gratification.
Anyhoo. Feel free to poke around! There are all these links over there on the left to take you to the shops and galleries and whatnot.
Thanks for stopping by!
Of course once I saw this I immediately sat down and read through my last month of posts only to realize that this has to have been the most boring few months of blog posting ever and I am not, nor will I ever be nearly as entertaining as Heather Armstrong. I used to be funny. Pinky swear. Facebook has sucked all the funny out of my blog because posting there is such instant gratification. There is a reason I make baby clothes, people. Instant. Gratification.
Anyhoo. Feel free to poke around! There are all these links over there on the left to take you to the shops and galleries and whatnot.
Thanks for stopping by!
Holidays!
Holy cow but the holiday season came in with a BANG!
I am up to my elbows in stocking stuffers, home made gifts and holiday baking! Granola bars, peppermint bark and peanut butter cookies are on the docket today as well as some iSpy bags for my nephews and ornaments for teachers and friends. I can't believe we are leaving for the sunshine in less than a week! WooHoo!
In anticipation, I stocked a bunch of smallish things on the HC site. They would all be perfect for stockings, co-workers or teachers.
Gadget Cozies are all made with 2 layers of cotton wrapped around 100% cotton batting to keep your iPhone, iPod or other small gadget safe and cute this holiday season. Pair them with an iTunes gift card for an even bigger bang!
Coffee Huggers are also made with 2 layers of fabric and a layer of cushy 100% cotton batting to keep your fingers from getting burnt by super duper hot java. No more cardboard cozies! Yay! Coffee Monsters and Coffee Ninjas are perfect for your nearies and dearies with big personalities and caffeine addiction while the simple prints are great for those with a more subtle coffee love. Pair them with a gift card to your local coffee joint for an extra dose of wake up!
New to the family of BooBoo Beasties are these sneaky little BooBoo Ninjas! Put them in the freezer so they are ready to hiYA! all of the little bumps and bruises that are a daily thing with little ones.
PLEASE NOTE!!!
I am fleeing the cold and heading down to sunny Florida for the holidays this Friday! My last pre-holiday Shipping run will be THIS FRIDAY! Please get any holiday orders in before noon on Friday the 18th! All orders received after this will be mailed out upon my return on December 29th.
I am up to my elbows in stocking stuffers, home made gifts and holiday baking! Granola bars, peppermint bark and peanut butter cookies are on the docket today as well as some iSpy bags for my nephews and ornaments for teachers and friends. I can't believe we are leaving for the sunshine in less than a week! WooHoo!
In anticipation, I stocked a bunch of smallish things on the HC site. They would all be perfect for stockings, co-workers or teachers.
Gadget Cozies are all made with 2 layers of cotton wrapped around 100% cotton batting to keep your iPhone, iPod or other small gadget safe and cute this holiday season. Pair them with an iTunes gift card for an even bigger bang!
Coffee Huggers are also made with 2 layers of fabric and a layer of cushy 100% cotton batting to keep your fingers from getting burnt by super duper hot java. No more cardboard cozies! Yay! Coffee Monsters and Coffee Ninjas are perfect for your nearies and dearies with big personalities and caffeine addiction while the simple prints are great for those with a more subtle coffee love. Pair them with a gift card to your local coffee joint for an extra dose of wake up!
New to the family of BooBoo Beasties are these sneaky little BooBoo Ninjas! Put them in the freezer so they are ready to hiYA! all of the little bumps and bruises that are a daily thing with little ones.
PLEASE NOTE!!!
I am fleeing the cold and heading down to sunny Florida for the holidays this Friday! My last pre-holiday Shipping run will be THIS FRIDAY! Please get any holiday orders in before noon on Friday the 18th! All orders received after this will be mailed out upon my return on December 29th.
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Shop West Asheville!
If any of my local folks are looking for something to do this weekend, come on down to Shop West Asheville and show out little piece of town some lurve! Shops and eateries up and down Haywood will have all sorts of specials, music, fancy window displays and whatnot. There are several artisan markets with local vendors as well. I'll be showing at the Shaolin Kung Fu studio across the street from The Sunny Point. The Sunny Point will be open for stuffed french toast at 11 (actually 8:30 but I know none of you will be up then, right?). The market starts at noon. I'm just sayin'. I will be spending the rest of the week working on stocking stuffers for the table- BooBoo Ninjas!, Coffee Monsters, pockets and pouches and thingamajigs (I'll also have longies and loungewear and beasties as usual). Come down and see me!
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
December? What?
I know I said it yesterday, but I can't believe that it is already December. Since we are going out of town on the 18th, my shopping days are seriously numbered and I am freaking. out! Yaaaaaaaa!
If you have some hard to buy for shoppers on your list, need stocking stuffers for your spouse, are attending an office Secret Santa party or need a cool teacher gift, you should check out the Coffee Huggers that are going live at 10 this morning in the HC Shop. They are perfect as a smaller gift for a friend or paired with a pound of coffee or a gift card to a local coffee joint. Styles range from the trademark Crankypants "Coffee Monster" to a cozy wood grain print with a hand stitched heart to regular cotton prints. All styles feature a layer of coosh in the middle to protect fingers from hot stuff and fit both 16 and 20oz. cups with snap closures.
Happy Shopping!
If you have some hard to buy for shoppers on your list, need stocking stuffers for your spouse, are attending an office Secret Santa party or need a cool teacher gift, you should check out the Coffee Huggers that are going live at 10 this morning in the HC Shop. They are perfect as a smaller gift for a friend or paired with a pound of coffee or a gift card to a local coffee joint. Styles range from the trademark Crankypants "Coffee Monster" to a cozy wood grain print with a hand stitched heart to regular cotton prints. All styles feature a layer of coosh in the middle to protect fingers from hot stuff and fit both 16 and 20oz. cups with snap closures.
Happy Shopping!
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
December? Really?
I can't believe it is already December, that is just insane in the membrane.
My December lottery custom people are:
Melissa S.
Ruth L.
Shelley H.
WooHoo! I also have custom auctions running today through Thursday.
In other Crankypants news, I will be running random sales and introducing newly available stocking stuffers and gift ideas between now and when the Crankypants family hits the road December 18th for the winter holidays. Keep those eyeballs peeled!
My December lottery custom people are:
Melissa S.
Ruth L.
Shelley H.
WooHoo! I also have custom auctions running today through Thursday.
In other Crankypants news, I will be running random sales and introducing newly available stocking stuffers and gift ideas between now and when the Crankypants family hits the road December 18th for the winter holidays. Keep those eyeballs peeled!
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