(not unlike "second drink")

The other morning I made a joyful discovery in my wallet: a JoAnn's giftcard left over from my birthday with $11.75 still left on it. I had forgotten it was lurking in there somewhere, so it was like Second Birthday! I spent it on deer hat supplies and other little things I go through quickly -- buttons, ribbon. (I think I have a dollar still left on the card. Someday it'll be like Third Birthday and I'll go get more ribbon.)

So thanks to Second Birthday, it's been deer hat mania here at chez maidensuit. I put these two I completed Friday and Saturday up in my Etsy shop yesterday and they were both gone this morning. I have two more in these colors in progress, so there's more on the way in the next couple of days. All of these little felt antlers and ears are littered over my desk waiting to be stitched together.

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winspiration!

I'm busy with work stuff today but I just wanted to take a second to perk myself up by looking at pretty stuff!

This mushroom bird ring at daileedose on Etsy! Oh my, I love this color for fall!

I adore this beyond words! I probably already have enough toadstools and pincushions and toadstool pincushions, though... UNLESS I SAY I'M COLLECTING THEM NOW, that makes it sound sane to others!

What a cute little pink bowed clutch. From Fredflare.

I love this straight As dress from sleepforever on Etsy. I have another plaid dress by her and it's one of my faves. I hope I can buy this one before someone else does, but I'm penny-pinching and grinding my nose on the stone and all that!

I love these socks (from Sock Dreams) in both of these colors. I feel autumn colors coming on!

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business up front, party in the back

I've got a sickness, dudes. I've got pom fever and the only cure is more poms.

Friday night, I made two of these purple pixie-plus-pom hats from a skein of Silky Merino Malabrigo in "velvet grapes" (one to sell and one to keep).

Last night I made two of these white pixie-pom hats from a wool yarn I've been hoarding for months. Double the hats, quadruple the poms. Out of control, man. This fever rages on. (Plummery's got the brunt of modeling because Aury's been getting her hair set in curls for the past week.)

These are both in my Etsy!

I'm thinking of making a few deer antler hats, or at least opening up the option for commission, but the idea of pricing them (always difficult for me, on Etsy and billing with my RL jobs) and figuring out the best way to ship them without antler damage is a bit anxiety-inducing for me right now.

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