I have the best new game for raves. I find someone with an animal backpack (there are usually lots of animal backpacks), put kandi on the animal's arm (or other available limb) and run away before the person sees me. It's actually the most fun ever.
Less fun is that I think I got sick this weekend. I hurt my legs at the rave because I got upset and danced too hard without pacing myself properly, so now I can't walk. Plus I keep feeling cold even when I'm really warm. This is not a good time to get sick.
Showing posts with label kandi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kandi. Show all posts
9.21.2010
Too Many Beads
I have them :(
I have ALL THESE BEADS that I gathered when I was super into making kandi. I have since become distracted with other crafts (obviously), so these beads are mostly just taking up space. I do want to keep some, since occasionally the urge to make kandi arises (usually right before a rave), but I'm mostly just going to hang on to my pony beads and some animal ones. I can make awesome enough kandi with just those!
This has lead to:
100 beads for $5 on my etsy.
Also, it was my birthday yesterday, so now I am OLDER.
I have ALL THESE BEADS that I gathered when I was super into making kandi. I have since become distracted with other crafts (obviously), so these beads are mostly just taking up space. I do want to keep some, since occasionally the urge to make kandi arises (usually right before a rave), but I'm mostly just going to hang on to my pony beads and some animal ones. I can make awesome enough kandi with just those!
This has lead to:
100 beads for $5 on my etsy.
Also, it was my birthday yesterday, so now I am OLDER.
6.30.2010
Ok, so now I'm a little pissed off
I was wandering through etsy, when I happened across this listing:
Nice kandi, right? Except it's stolen directly from kandi I sold nearly a year ago!
I checked their sales, and the first one they sold was waaay after I sold mine.
So I'm not sure what to do; on one hand, PLUR, and share happy things, and it's kandi, I shouldn't be a jerk about it, but on the other hand, I did design this and they are profiting off my design. What's worst is that they copied it almost EXACTLY, I have once extra layer of coloured beads on mine at the top and bottom, that's the only difference. The music notes are the same, and so is the spacing. They changed the colours slightly, but I sold a black and pink cuff so really they've only combined the two to get the colours.
The other thing is that I've moved away from making kandi, I spend much more time knitting and making ATCs now....so is it worth making them take down their design, since I'm not currently selling it? Tricksy questions. They've been selling a lot of this cuff, and for more than I sold mine. (Mine was $7 and theirs is $9.) So maybe I should start selling these again? For profit? I do need money...
There's a whole lot of kandi stores on etsy now. When I started my store, there was kandi being sold in other stores, but no other ones where kandi was the main thing being sold. There's now like 6 stores selling just kandi.
Nice kandi, right? Except it's stolen directly from kandi I sold nearly a year ago!
I checked their sales, and the first one they sold was waaay after I sold mine.
So I'm not sure what to do; on one hand, PLUR, and share happy things, and it's kandi, I shouldn't be a jerk about it, but on the other hand, I did design this and they are profiting off my design. What's worst is that they copied it almost EXACTLY, I have once extra layer of coloured beads on mine at the top and bottom, that's the only difference. The music notes are the same, and so is the spacing. They changed the colours slightly, but I sold a black and pink cuff so really they've only combined the two to get the colours.
The other thing is that I've moved away from making kandi, I spend much more time knitting and making ATCs now....so is it worth making them take down their design, since I'm not currently selling it? Tricksy questions. They've been selling a lot of this cuff, and for more than I sold mine. (Mine was $7 and theirs is $9.) So maybe I should start selling these again? For profit? I do need money...
There's a whole lot of kandi stores on etsy now. When I started my store, there was kandi being sold in other stores, but no other ones where kandi was the main thing being sold. There's now like 6 stores selling just kandi.
2.27.2010
Kandi Tutorial
A while ago I made a tutorial for 3D kandi cuffs, and posted it to facebook. It was (debatabley) a little difficult to follow, so I've added arrows and dots and redone the directions, so hopefully it's clearer now. It's been posted to my flickr: (click the image)
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