Time to give away a copy of Handmade Marketplace!

The winner is:

MissAriane!

She (like many of you!) asked about pricing.

Handmade marketplace has good information about pricing, and I have all sorts of things to say about. In fact, I talked about pricing briefly in the free crafty-biz  Q+A.   Maybe I’ll do a full class in the future?

Thanks to everyone who entered the contest!

I’m not a big fan of V-day, but I do LOVE thinking about love and how we change with it and how we change it.
And of course, when I think about something, it seeps into my yarn.

All this love-thinking birthed the Month Of Love series of yarns, 2 years ago.

Month of Love is a month-long yarn-party from 1/15 to 2/14 (Valentine’s Day!); I make a yarn representing a famous pairing or couple (and this year: group) every weekday for the entire month and share it the very next day.

Last year I asked for your suggestions and that post became the MOST popular post on my entire website. I got so many great ideas and awarded so many prizes and the whole thing was SO much fun, that I’ve been dying to do it again this year!

And here it is, the day before the Month of Love!

Let’s get this love-y party started!

I think I said it pretty well last year:

I’m interested in how this interplay of colors and how the addition of a color (or person) to a yarn (or your life) can change a color or at least, the perception of that color. And some couples, they just have a single color to symbolize the pairing (ex. Cheech +  Chong = green). Of course, this applies to more than just romantic couples; it happens with any sort of pairing: PB & J or Bert & Ernie.

(PB&J, from last year’s Month Of Love)

I need help thinking up these couples AND the colors associated with them!

If you suggest a couple + color that I choose to use, you will win 50% off any skein in my shop.

To enter the contest: leave a comment below this post with both a COUPLE and their COLOR(S). You must include your email (no one will see it) so I can let you know if you’ve won. You may suggest as many couples as you like and if any couples are duplicated, the winner will be the first who mentioned both that couple and the colors I use.

For example: Sesame Street: red for Elmo, yellow for Big Bird, blue for Cookie Monster, green for Oscar
(note: I already made that yarn, so don’t suggest it!)

PS. To keep up with Month of Love yarns, you can see them on the blog every Friday and you can getthem in this section of the shop. Last year, the yarns sold out pretty much as soon as I listed them, so I’m thinking they won’t hang around for long!

I believe that everyone has a color. For some people it’s intentional, like a signature color  ( Blush & Bashful for Julia Roberts in Steel Magnolias). For other people it’s unintentional; it’s the first color that comes to mind when you think of them. Interesting things happens when people partner. They have their color, but it looks different next to someone else’s.

Take me and Jay, for instance: my lifelong favorite color has been a not-too-pale, not-too-bright sky blue. My husband (dark and broody) is definitely a gray. Next to his gray, my blue looks a lot brighter, a lot more like electric blue. And of course I’m a pale blonde and he’s dark-haired, chocolate-brown-eyed and generally a bit of a scruff.  Next to him everything about me, including my blonde hair, looks sparkly bright. I never thought of myself as sparklybright until I was with him..so not only does my color look different, it feels different too!

I’m interested in how this interplay of colors and how the addition of a color (or person) to a yarn (or your life) can change a color or at least, the perception of that color. And some couples, they just have a single color to symbolize the pairing (ex. Cheech +  Chong = green). Of course, this applies to more than just romantic couples; it happens with any sort of pairing: PB & J or Bert & Ernie.

Bert & Ernie

Inspired by this interplay of color and personality, last year I created the Month Of Love Series – everyday between January 14th and February 14th, I posted a new couples-inspired yarn. It was SUCH a fun project and so inspiring, I’ve decided to revive it for this year’s 2nd Annual Month of Love.

And it just isn’t a Month of Love unless I spread some love to my sweet Chicken-ettes.  So here’s how you can win 50% off your next purchase at the Boutique:

I need help thinking of pairings! I’m looking for all new couples this year, no repeats from last year (check here to see what I spun last year)! I’ve already come up with a few couples (so don’t enter them!)

• Barrack & Michelle
• Cheech & Chong
• Frida & Edward
• Buffy & Angel
• Joanie & Chachi
• PB & J
• Ketchup & Mustard (that’s my husband’s idea!)
• Louis & Marie Antionette
• Danny & Sandy
• Cinderella & Prince Charming
• Donna & David
• Rick & Ilsa

To enter: leave a comment below this post with both a COUPLE and their COLOR(S). You must include your email (no one will see it) so I can let you know if you’ve won. You may suggest as many couples as you like and if any couples are duplicated, the winner will be the first who mentioned both that couple and the colors I use.