Jan 31, 2010

unrolling the new merch

The first of the hand-painted tattoo flash-inspired wallets is ready! Painstakingly hand-painted by Kelly Red, this textured vinyl zebra-print wallet is adorned with a beautiful pink rose, light blue swirls, and the words "DASTARDLY DAMES" in royal blue and silver tattoo style lettering. The entire design is rimmed with gold metallic gold that fades away from the design.

I can assure you this is a one-of-a-king (OOAK) wallet. The texture was... interesting... to paint on, to say the least. I can't see myself tackling another intricate design like this again. That's also what makes the final piece so rewarding.

Wallet is about 7 1/4" by 4".







In Progress Shots




You can purchase this wallet here.

Jan 26, 2010

flower hair clips

How lovely are these? A different take on the popular flower hair clips. They're paper, believe it or not. Sealed with clear varnish for protection, but still paper.







hurray paypal!

PayPal issues are fixed, so that payment option is available once again. Sorry for the mess!

Jan 22, 2010

arg paypal

We are currently having trouble with our PayPal account, so we apologize if there are any issues regarding paying with that method. I have already called the appropriate parties to try to get this fixed, but I'm thinking there's a bug on PayPal's end that can't find my account. :(

Jan 20, 2010

weather woes + new stuff

First, the not so fun stuff. Now I love rain. Love it. So does CartoonDoll. Southern California has been hit with a barrage of storms the likes of which we have not seen in YEARS. Yesterday we even had a flippin' tornado warning. Yes, a tornado. Although I'm not sure why it was called a "tornado" because it formed over the ocean and should technically be a hurricane, but oh well. Thankfully it died out before it hit land, but at least one car was flipped because of the wind and there is flooding everywhere.

But my personal dilemma is caused by a leaky roof. My room has always leaked, but thankfully my dad always patched it up and sealed everything tight. Until this year, when a leak sprung over my CLOSET. He's patched and patched and sealed and resealed, but the leak persists. Right now there are giant black trash bags covering my shoes and a small section of clothing, but most of my clothes are relocated elsewhere. It is not at all fun to find a closet full of clothes sopping wet and potentially ruined. Cry cry.

But enough of my whining, on to the new stuff in the Etsy shop! Here's a taste:








And some awesome bobby pins and french clips by CartoonDoll:






winnars

Of course you're all winners in our eyes, hyuck hyuck, but the winners for the Twitter contest have been chosen and notified. Hurray! Thanks to everyone who referred people, and thank you for following!

Winner of the yellow and red circle clips is Courtney of raspberryswrl81 on Etsy. Danielle of Every Girl Blog fame won the referral contest and the blue and green heart clips. Congratulations to you both!

The contest was announced here.

Jan 15, 2010

FREEBIES!

We have some contests running until Next Wednesday! (Jan 20th)

#1: Get as many people to follow our Twitter as you can for a chance to win a set of free hair clips! Have your friends DM the @DastardlyDames Twitter account to let us know who referred them. WIN THESE FOR REFERRING PEOPLE:


#2: Random NEW follower will be selected to win these cuties! Any NEW follower to the @DastardlyDames Twitter account within the next 24 hours is eligible to win. (Follow before 12:15pm PST) WIN THESE BY FOLLOWING OUR TWITTER:


Here is our Twitter page. Good luck!

Jan 13, 2010

Valentines Items

Valentine's Day is about a month away. I rediscovered a bunch of crafting supplies I inherited from my gramma, and among all of the treasures are a handful of very cute fun red/white/pink/purple/heart/etc. etc. buttons and things. Some cute stuff is on the way!





Jan 11, 2010

Shop is live!

Cartoon Doll and I met today to discuss the finer details of this whole silly business, and we sorted out what we needed to to get off the ground.

We are very happy to announce the Dastardly Dames Etsy shop is LIVE and stocked!

I also do want to note those damn mermaid clips sold maybe 30 minutes after I listed them, which nearly made me pee myself. Now I'm floundering because I wasn't expecting to have to deal with this so soon.

Go check it out! Pickings are slim right now because we're juuuust barely getting off the ground, but more stock will be available soon, with MUCH greater variety.

YAY

Jan 5, 2010

layout is a go

Tweaked and tweaked and tweaked and SCRAPPED and then tweaked some more. Glad this baby will finally get some use.

Also testing post length and other stuff.

I just read my tab name, which says, "Blogger: Dastardly Dames Clot..." and thought it said "Bastardly Dames." Bahahaha.

Doot deet doot, test underline test italics test bold. Colors look okay Partner? *waves*

Dastardly Dames is born!

January 5th, 2010. Look out world, here we come!