Featured Etsy Seller: Fly Trap

I was riveted by an Etsy forum posting on evaluating your position if you feel that your handmade item or artwork has been copied.  I’ve even posted a copy on it on my main blog because I feel it’s valuable consideration for anyone who has an idea and it’s likeness has been copied:

Help! I've been copied!

I like to poke in shops who posts in the forums.  Fly Trap uses simple attractive graphic designs and sharpens their appeal with witty, snarky humour.  There are too many I like, but there are 4 of my favourites.

 

July 10, 2010 - Pin Swap Event: Lucky Charms Pin Collection

Earlier this month, Lucky Charms Pin Collection hosted her second pin swap held at the Killarney Community Centre held on May 16, it was a success!   She had members asking for additional space the day of the event to show case their pins.

She just posted her third Pin Swap Event to be held at Aberdeen Centre.  Please come and visit!

• Date:          Saturday, July 10, 2010
• Location:   Aberdeen Centre – 4151 Hazelbridge Way, Richmond, BC
• Time:         1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Looking for Volunteers

This would be great opportunity for student interested in pin trading and getting a little work experience.  A little background of expected duties are on the Lucky Charms Pin Collection website.  If you are interested, please contact luckycharmspins@gmail.com with you name, contact number and hours of availability to: and title your email “WANT TO VOLUNTEER”.

Origami in the Media – Memorial Day - New York Times

Origami is used in this chart representing those who died for Memorial Day in the USA.

Original Story by New York Times

Sands of Time

One of my favourite games while I was in school is Prince of Persia, a third person action-adventure game.  This past weekend, we watched movie Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, based on the game!

The producers didn’t follow the game story but the premise was similar.  However, I had the pleasure sitting beside a hardcore gamer who seemed to be upset that the game storyline didn’t follow the movie. 

“It’s just a movie woman!”.  Well, I yelled at her in my head.  Overall, I really enjoyed it!

I thought it would be fun for an Etsy search for any products that were tagged, “sands of time” but nothing that is an hourglass, which would be an obvious reference to a sands of time tag line

The result, two from Canada, but there are a few unique products!

Sands of Time - Brown and Cream Banded Flint Wire Wrapped Pendant w/chain by wirebutterfly

 

Monster Trucks...PDF Crochet Pattern by KTBdesigns

Feature Canadian Shop: Herro Hachi

Kym of Herro Hachi first discovered me with a compliment on my origami Etsy Canada late last year.  I was shocked since I don’t really focus on my shop like I should.  Of course I checked our her Etsy shop at the time and found her Engrish shirts so appealing because I completely “get it” as a fellow Asian.  A few months later, Christina of Akane Designs Blog did feature interview and now I’m a great fan of Kym’s work.  I just need to buy one of her shirts at a show since she’s a local. 

If you want to purchase any of her shirts, just click on the photo, they are linked to her shop listings.

Nobody Cares About Your Status Updates

Engrish Menu Tees in Woman's and Men's

Fluent in Engrish 

 

 

Kym also sells a selection of buttons!  I want one with just her Herro logo in the speech bubble.  If she ever sells them, I’d get one to start a collection.

 

Wickaninnish Gallery - Grandville Island, Vancouver, BC

I’ve been reminiscing lately about a school project I did back in school.  Every team had to take on a real life project offered by local business in order to graduate.  The projects ranged from website building to consultation services.  My team bided on several but our program head deemed they were too easy for our skill set.  He assigned us the project no one requested.  The owner wanted to market her products online to international markets.  It was quite challenging but I’m proud to say that my team got the the top mark in our program!

Wickaninnish Gallery

The gallery was founded by its owner Patrica Rivard in 1987.  It is named after her Great Great Grandfather, Chief Wickaninnish, who as a powerful chief of Nuu-chah-nulth in the late 1700s.

Wickaninnish Gallery is a unique gallery & gift shop that offers a wide selection high quality art and jewellery created by Northwest Coast First Nation artists. 

They have beautiful jewellery crafted from sterling silver or gold.  The necklace pictured was tagged in the company's profile on the Aboriginal Tourism Association of BC website.  I wish I could show you more.  If you are ever in BC near Granville Island, I urge you to go and take a look.

 

The Net Loft, Granville Island

Suite 14 - 1666 Johnston Street
Vancouver, BC  V6H 3S2

Ph: (604) 681-1057

http://www.wickaninnishgallery.com

 

Interesting Find on the Web: Tori’s Eye

Tori’s eye is a Twitter visualization tool, inspired by paper craft and origami.  This was a project done by the parent company Quodis which is a website and web application developer in Portugal.  It’s a visual and technical experiment implemented using only standard XHTML/CSS and JavaScript.
In a nutshell, this is a twitter search.  You enter something in the search box and the flying origami birds will carry a tweet based on your search criteria.  When you catch a bird with your mouse pointer, you can read a recent tweet. 
I really like it because they incorporated origami and makes these searches more fun.  I did a search on my twitter name and all the birds carried my most recent tweet!