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One Man’s Trash

Posted by Helen Killer

155 comments

Is there any other garbage in your friend’s car? Because I could use some cigarette butt cuff links and a Big Gulp fascinator.

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Feb 17, 2010
9:41 am

#1 Efit :

Interesting how this nutjob had to “discover” how to make crap earrings out of garbage. Way to tap into your inner artist.

Rate this comment: +74

Feb 17, 2010
9:42 am

#2 Patty has been abuducted by an alien :

What’s next? Used condom water balloons?

Eww, I just grossed myself out.

Rate this comment: +109

Feb 17, 2010
9:43 am

#3 Calophi :

Ew! What kind of mental case thinks people will pay $15 for a rotting orange peel hanging from a rope? od, would it have been hard to at least take some scissors and cut her trash into a nice shape first?

Rate this comment: +71

Feb 17, 2010
9:43 am

#4 angie :

the dried orange peels aside…i just love her use of yarn and double-knots.

Rate this comment: +92

Feb 17, 2010
9:44 am

#5 Sharon Dixon-Parks :

Wow, Anita Bryant has really hit the skids.

Rate this comment: +44

Feb 17, 2010
9:44 am

#6 knitphomaniac :

yum… compost earrings… gives a new insight into ‘green’ jewellery.

Rate this comment: +20

Feb 17, 2010
9:44 am

#7 waningestrogen :

orange peels and kitchen twine . . . something tells me there’s a goldmine in my compost bucket.

Rate this comment: +57

Feb 17, 2010
9:45 am

#8 turnaround :

At least the seller didn’t try to get flowery with describing what these are. But that’s all the credit I can give. It’s still crap on a rope.

Rate this comment: +90

Feb 17, 2010
9:45 am

#9 tarabu :

I never thought I’d say this – but this is worse than the orange peel hair tie. At least that piece was crafted with a little attention to detail – and shellac – I won’t forget the shellac.

These? These are compost tied with string on white metal hooks.

I just . . . I mean . . . dude, wow.

Rate this comment: +60

Feb 17, 2010
9:46 am

#10 Sammy the Goose :

Seeing this makes me think that Death Panels might not be an entirely bad idea after all.

Rate this comment: +49

Feb 17, 2010
9:46 am

#11 knitphomaniac :

In case those ones sell, she mustered up the courage to also make another pair: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=36957135 if anyone’s interested. lol.

Rate this comment: +11

Feb 17, 2010
9:46 am

#12 AgoutiAvenger :

I would think this would be banned from the day room as a health hazard.

Rate this comment: +28

Feb 17, 2010
9:47 am

#13 amandajean :

If these sell for their kitsch value, I’m closing up shop, I swear to god.

Rate this comment: +32

Feb 17, 2010
9:47 am

#14 mazumi :

I’m not paying $15 for those unless she sticks some cloves in them.

Rate this comment: +52

Feb 17, 2010
9:47 am

#15 MinnePurl :

Orange you glad they didn’t use bananas?

(sorry. I’m so stunned by these earrings that I’m brain damaged now and easily amused)

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Feb 17, 2010
9:48 am

#16 tarabu :

I want a flowery description! I want to know how these invoke the essence of life – how there is no death, it’s merely a transformation into a new state of wearable waste, how you can carry with you the essence of the orange groves, the sweat of the farmer, the heat of the sun, the gentle cleansing of the rain; and also how they might be used to lure faeries.

Rate this comment: +147

Feb 17, 2010
9:49 am

#17 waningestrogen :

Is this continuing etsy’s vagoo theme?
Orangina, anyone?

Rate this comment: +11

Feb 17, 2010
9:50 am

#18 Orlana :

http://twitpic.com/13shp5

Rate this comment: +50

Feb 17, 2010
9:51 am

#19 starrydreams :

I am speechless!!! Well not quite. 15$ for this? What did me in is the string holding it all together. This just pisses me off..

Rate this comment: +31

Feb 17, 2010
9:51 am

#20 voxwoman :

you know, the tiny thumbnail of these looked like sculpey flowers. But the large picutre: Ew.

Does this seller also make real bacon earrings? That would at least attract Homer Simpson-esque men. And bees.

Rate this comment: +23

Feb 17, 2010
9:51 am

#21 jeffreyrcarey :

Listed on Dec 16. I want to know why she didn’t give these away to a loved one for a Christmas (or other holiday) gift.

Rate this comment: +21

Feb 17, 2010
9:52 am

#22 Treed :

Really???

I heard on the news that a bag containing animal remains was discovered at a Fitness USA. I wonder what that may inspire the seller to make?

:::shudders:::

Rate this comment: +15

Feb 17, 2010
9:53 am

#23 leftfoot :

holy shit! between the egg shells and vegetable discards, my compost area must be a HUGE treasure trove of etsy crap.

Rate this comment: +11

Feb 17, 2010
9:56 am

#24 Patty has been abuducted by an alien :

#13- tarabu: “These earrings represent the never-ending circle of life, how once we die, we become something else, something useful to others. What dies and rots becomes beautiful and decorative. And, they are a green discovery! No more will you throw out your orange peelings. These will act not only as a beautiful decoration, but also as a natural freshener, eliminating the need for daily showers! You’ll use less water, you’ll save on waste water.”

Rate this comment: +39

Feb 17, 2010
9:56 am

#25 HomeAlone :

Whaaaat? I’m speechless – almost. I don’t think this fits the “food as art” label.

I’ve been known to take a few shortcuts in making a quick earring, but this is either extreme laziness, a joke/ploy to get on Regretsy, or lights on/nobody home. Mainly I can’t get past the string attachment, nevermind the compost material being the star of the show.

Wasn’t there another orange peel accessory item featured on Regretsy a few months ago? New trend I’m missing since I don’t…

Rate this comment: +13

Feb 17, 2010
9:58 am

#26 HomeAlone :

Starry, are you in my head or am I in yours?! Spooky!

Rate this comment: +3

Feb 17, 2010
9:59 am

#27 DucksNew :

My friend’s car is a goldmine! She’s got two kids who chuck shit everywhere. I must rush over there so we can harvest the crap – I mean future whimsicle fuckery

Rate this comment: +26

Feb 17, 2010
10:03 am

#28 starrydreams :

#23 if you are in my head you should be afraid… very afraid!!!

Rate this comment: +2

Feb 17, 2010
10:07 am

#29 blondeweezie :

Man, I’m sure my Pontiac is a veritable moneymaker now. Anyone for Coke bottle earrings? Or perhaps a skirt of candy bar wrappers?? It’s called UPCYCLING, you know.

Rate this comment: +21

Feb 17, 2010
10:07 am

#30 HelenaHandbasket :

I’ve got a case of Clementines here, in case anyone needs material for children’s jewelry.

Rate this comment: +29

Feb 17, 2010
10:08 am

#31 much_regretsy :

It is true, I now know, that you will never run out of material for this site.

When I was a child, we kids used to make odd apple carvings…chunked-out faces that looked rather strange and interesting as they dried. Shrunken heads.

If these earrings actually sell, you will see me soon setting up a shrunken-head-apple-crap store.

Rate this comment: +18

Feb 17, 2010
10:10 am

#32 Vile & Evil Debbie Downer :

Hey, at least she didn’t use old tree-shaped car air fresheners for her earrings.

BTW, is this ‘Brooklyn chic’?

Rate this comment: +13

Feb 17, 2010
10:11 am

#33 tarabu :

Thanks, Miss Patty!

Rate this comment: +3

Feb 17, 2010
10:11 am

#34 Wilma Fingerdoo :

#24 DucksNews- My car floor could provide a chex mix of delights. I’ve got three little fuckers who are “droppers” so here goes:

1. Dried Cheerio necklace (but that’s so obvious)
2. Sticky, half-chewed lollipop dangling earrings
3. Fruit snack “charm” bracelet.

I’d sell it as a complete set. For anyone who needs to go to shopping.

Rate this comment: +22

Feb 17, 2010
10:12 am

#35 blondeweezie :

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=36961782

“Handmade by Yours truly”.
Looks like Yours Truly needs a couple of knitting classes.

Rate this comment: +16

Feb 17, 2010
10:13 am

#36 tarabu :

@ #26 – I’ve been exposed to Regretsables for so long, I’m wondering why we haven’t already seen a skirt made out of crisps bags – I’ve seen money pouches made out of candy bags, surely clothing isn’t that far behind!

Rate this comment: +11

Feb 17, 2010
10:14 am

#37 blondeweezie :

#28 Vile & Evil Debbie Downer :
Hey, at least she didn’t use old tree-shaped car air fresheners for her earrings.

BTW, is this ‘Brooklyn chic’?

No. Columbia. And never trust a seller wearing Groucho Glasses.

Rate this comment: +9

Feb 17, 2010
10:16 am

#38 blondeweezie :

#32 tarabu, you have given me a great idea. Skirt of chips bags/candy wrappers, and big earrings made out of those canned car fresheners.
What lady wouldn’t want to smell like New Car??

Rate this comment: +6

Feb 17, 2010
10:21 am

#39 craftorama :

it’s like people purposley make craptastic junk just to get here.

Rate this comment: +1

Feb 17, 2010
10:22 am

#40 IscreamUscream :

I file this under “gifts to make your girlfriend cry”

A better use of twenty bucks would be hanging two $10 bills off your ears. At least the wearer could spend them.

Rate this comment: +29

Feb 17, 2010
10:22 am

#41 MadGypsy :

I was just trying to find something for my mother for her birthday. I think she would enjoy a rotting bit of fruit hanging from her ears with old string. Ah you know what though, I think she’d prefer them bedazzled. Do you think she does custom orders?

Rate this comment: +21

Feb 17, 2010
10:23 am

#42 Firehorse :

Damn it,it’s trash, not art, it wouldn’t be art if a 5 year old I loved made it, it certainly isn’t art (or craft)when some fucktard wants me to PAY for it. Ermm I hope fucktard isn’t ..y’know, offensive to anyone who might be a bit fuctardy themselves.

Rate this comment: +15

Feb 17, 2010
10:24 am

#43 razberries :

i would love me some potato peel earrings

Rate this comment: +14

Feb 17, 2010
10:26 am

#44 kitty :

I want to know, did she peel the orange BEFORE she thought to make them into earrings? Or were they laying around the house for a while and she was cleaning up when she suddenly had a “great” idea? How come there are no pictures of anyone modeling the earrings?

Orange you glad she discovered this years ago and therefore has perfected the technique over several years to now make trash worth $15?

Rate this comment: +10

Feb 17, 2010
10:28 am

#45 catwithoutacause :

i guess her gramma told her she was talented and “should sell her beautiful creations” ! (i read that thread) i think it’s a tie between these and the pots for the worst crap on etsy AND regretsy-so far…
ciggy butt earrings! perfect!
i love you guys

Rate this comment: +6

Feb 17, 2010
10:28 am

#46 geektastic :

@#31 Oooo, twine loosely knitted (looks more like macrame) with a few buttons stuck on. I have twine, I have buttons, i have trash! I’m rich!

Rate this comment: +6

Feb 17, 2010
10:28 am

#47 voxwoman :

#38 Raz, yeah, with some really big eyes on them.

Rate this comment: +7

Feb 17, 2010
10:32 am

#48 BettyMachete :

These earrings are timeless, much like diamonds or platinum. And go well with eggshell necklaces and onion bracelets.

Rate this comment: +13

Feb 17, 2010
10:35 am

#49 pplrdum :

all it would take is for the “lucky” recipient to leave these lying around on the coffee table one day, and the maid will sweep them into the trash bin with the cigarette butts and muffin wrapper. And who would blame her?

Rate this comment: +15

Feb 17, 2010
10:37 am

#50 Orlana :

Oh god! I just realized we live in the same city. She probably comes into my place of business all the time.

Rate this comment: +4

Feb 17, 2010
10:39 am

#51 catwithoutacause :

i’ve got it! used bandaid earrings and bracelet to match.

Rate this comment: +11

Feb 17, 2010
10:39 am

#52 MAG :

Come on…I think they are very a”peel”ing. (surprised no one made that comment yet!)

Seriously…if these sell, I’m turning my Cub Scout Den into a sweat shop to churn out macaroni necklaces. I think it would complete the look!

Rate this comment: +16

Feb 17, 2010
10:40 am

#53 SuperSnark :

#24 Ducksnew, you are welcome to come and get all the shit out of my car when you’re done with your friends, mine is a gold mine of old juice boxes, melted crayons and that ever so fresh smell I can’t get rid of from my ten year old son’s sockless van wearing stinkfeet-my husband calls my car the Pigmobile-I never knew it was a freakin goldmine of fine fine whimiscal fuckery!

Rate this comment: +7

Feb 17, 2010
10:43 am

#54 Bronc Drywall :

“What are they? Dried orange peels made into a pair of earrings…”

Thanks for answering this for me. I was really tormented.

Rate this comment: +34

Feb 17, 2010
10:43 am

#55 whitmansspider :

Take just a moment to imagine going through your day with these attached to your ears. Go for the full sensory experience: Smell the rotten fruit. See the people staring and pointing. Hear their derisive laughter. Feel them draw away, repulsed. Taste Level 8 loserdom.

Rate this comment: +37

Feb 17, 2010
10:47 am

#56 FootofCanal :

You guys cut the poor girl some slack. Its OBVIOUS her mother never gave her the “jump ring” talk.

Rate this comment: +18

Feb 17, 2010
10:51 am

#57 buhbyebirdie :

Okay, so whoever made that orange peel scrunchie obviously needs to hire this person to keep making ugly earrings. I went back to look at the scrunchie and was amazed by the tact, restraint, and reasonable price ($4.99).

Rate this comment: +10

Feb 17, 2010
10:52 am

#58 nitebyrd :

In what language does “Handmade” mean pick-up-any-old-piece-of-shit-lying-around-and-try-to-sell-it?

Rate this comment: +22

Feb 17, 2010
10:53 am

#59 I am Bitter :

I don’t know what’s worse: the earrings or my photoshop skills….

http://twitpic.com/13ss28

Rate this comment: +41

Feb 17, 2010
10:55 am

#60 pplrdum :

#38 Raz, I will GLADLY sell you those potato peel earrings! Bargain price of $40! Just let me get tonight’s dinner going, and I’ll make them after dessert! You don’t mind it I secure them with the string from the roast, do you?

Rate this comment: +17

Feb 17, 2010
10:57 am

#61 geektastic :

#54 Definitely the earrings.

Rate this comment: +3

Feb 17, 2010
10:59 am

#62 kittyofassisi :

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=38857754

I think she found this under the driver’s seat. I would have just thrown it in the trash. But next time I find that coffee & cheezit stained note pad I think I’ll cover it with the rag under the tire chains in the back of my car where I spilled the laundry soap and make it a nice birthday gift for my mom since she is probably the only person that wouldn’t say “What the FUCK!?”

Rate this comment: +10

Feb 17, 2010
11:01 am

#63 kittyofassisi :

#54 Bitter! Not bad! They look better than the orange peels.

Rate this comment: +6

Feb 17, 2010
11:05 am

#64 madamedefarge :

But do they come in mandarin??

Rate this comment: +12

Feb 17, 2010
11:08 am

#65 WendyKi :

And there Flammable too!

Rate this comment: +1

Feb 17, 2010
11:08 am

#66 pplrdum :

#54, sorry, but they’re a little too fresh for my liking.

Rate this comment: +4

Feb 17, 2010
11:08 am

#67 geektastic :

@#57 kitty…
My mom would say WTF? My dads head might explode.

Rate this comment: +4

Feb 17, 2010
11:09 am

#68 Ladybug :

Earrings: $15
Lockjaw: Free

Rate this comment: +11

Feb 17, 2010
11:11 am

#69 geektastic :

OTOTOTOT
What kind of code can I use here for, say, italic text? BB code or HTML?

What do you guys recommend for photo hosting other than flickr? I don’t really feel like making a whole new yahoo account just to use it. I tried Imageshack but don’t like that I can’t attach a title or description to an image.

Rate this comment: 0

Feb 17, 2010
11:12 am

#70 IscreamUscream :

@Bitter those fit right in–and they’re not just earrings, but a snack too.

Rate this comment: +3

Feb 17, 2010
11:12 am

#71 Thistle :

hah! i was way ahead of the fashion curve by wearing a bagel pendant today.

of course, i brought it to work in a bag, and later ate it with cream cheese, but for a while there i was cutting edge, bitches!

Rate this comment: +21

Feb 17, 2010
11:18 am

#72 madamedefarge :

I so love to accessorize with jewelry that will draw an adorning swarm of fruit flies to my face.

Rate this comment: +29

Feb 17, 2010
11:20 am

#73 blondeweezie :

#64 Geektastic: Have you tried Photobucket? They let you have a lot of space for free.

There’s also Image Shack & Picasa.

Rate this comment: +2

Feb 17, 2010
11:23 am

#74 takilasunrise :

Here’s the sister set………this time they are spiraled!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=36957135

Rate this comment: +4

Feb 17, 2010
11:24 am

#75 takilasunrise :

From her profile……….what are they teaching in school these days??

Hi, my name is Red. I am a freelance artist in Columbia, SC. I have recently graduated from USC with a BFA in painting and photography. I’m super stoked to be doing what I love and was created to do.

I am a messy artist who loves to create and experiment with anything and everything. I am intrigued with all things textured and irregular in pattern.

Rate this comment: +7

Feb 17, 2010
11:29 am

#76 LeeLooDallas :

Can she make a ring for my Navel?
Haha – see what I did there? Navel?
Get it?

Yeah.

Rate this comment: +37

Feb 17, 2010
11:36 am

#77 geektastic :

“Hi, my name is Red. I am a freelance artist in Columbia, SC. I have recently graduated from USC with a BFA in painting and photography.”

Then why are you making garbage jewelry and subjecting it to the public?

Rate this comment: +13

Feb 17, 2010
11:43 am

#78 sudabaki© :

#35 IscreamUscream: I hope you aren’t speaking from experience.

Rate this comment: +1

Feb 17, 2010
11:44 am

#79 Snark-o-leptic Cesar :

I love how she says “I discovered how to make them”

“discovered?”………..really?

Hey! I just discovered ear wax!

Rate this comment: +15

Feb 17, 2010
11:45 am

#80 razberries :

Voxwoman, my potato earrings with eyes, per your suggestion…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27900808@N06/4366107188/

Rate this comment: +17

Feb 17, 2010
11:45 am

#81 Stretch65 :

I am actually suprized here. Usually there is something fairy-related to crap like this…

some people should really leave the garbage disposal running while reaching in, before creating crap like this

BAD STRETCH

Rate this comment: +2

Feb 17, 2010
11:45 am

#82 artizlife :

A to the earrings: No, no no.

But…I smell a contest. For purely entertainment sake, I think we should have a contest for worst handmade earrings and use these as a starting point. So much fun.

Rate this comment: +13

Feb 17, 2010
11:49 am

#83 catwithoutacause :

#80 those are actually cute! not gar-bahgge

Rate this comment: +2

Feb 17, 2010
11:49 am

#84 kipper :

How much extra to get mine with green mold on them?

Rate this comment: +2

Feb 17, 2010
11:50 am

#85 sudabaki© :

These earrings reminded me of this story I read a few years ago. Unfortunately I can only find archives now and there are no pictures.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,127839,00.html

Third story down titled “Dried-Out Fruit Becomes Family Treasure.”

Rate this comment: +5

Feb 17, 2010
11:55 am

#86 I am Bitter :

ooo!!! I just can’t decide!

http://twitpic.com/13t27h

Rate this comment: +19

Feb 17, 2010
11:59 am

#87 razberries :

iambitter, i like the teabag ones better than the apple ones…gives it a more pervy connotation..nice! hahahaha

Rate this comment: +6

Feb 17, 2010
11:59 am

#88 Cat Astrofeed :

I have a whole ashtray of empty ciggy butts this person can upcycle

Rate this comment: +1

Feb 17, 2010
12:10 pm

#89 IscreamUscream :

@IamBitter Convenient too…if you’re a tea drinker.

Rate this comment: +3

Feb 17, 2010
12:12 pm

#90 kirstenrana :

Really? This chick graduates from art school and this is what she feels compelled to make?

Rate this comment: +14

Feb 17, 2010
12:16 pm

#91 littykidder :

This chick has a serious vitamin deficiency but I don’t want to encourage her to eat any more oranges.

Rate this comment: +11

Feb 17, 2010
12:21 pm

#92 Eruanna :

You have got to be kidding.

Rate this comment: +7

Feb 17, 2010
12:28 pm

#93 vergeofsomething :

And I can’t sell my legitimate art pieces? What?

Rate this comment: +4

Feb 17, 2010
12:31 pm

#94 Eruanna :

To all of you looking for candy bar wrapper clothing, have you not seen this, then?

http://www.instructables.com/community/The-Skittles-Dress/

Rate this comment: +4

Feb 17, 2010
12:32 pm

#95 Eruanna :

@ #93 vergeofsomething :
Your username links nowhere. Id love to see your legitimate art pieces that are not selling? (I routinly click peoples name-links to see what people are up to)

Rate this comment: +4

Feb 17, 2010
12:33 pm

#96 Eruanna :

*routinely
gosh darn it.

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Feb 17, 2010
12:37 pm

#97 clevercat :

Okay I am so not ’shopping this and my co-working is threatening to barf BUT

in the earring contest I would like to suggest used tampons – they are colourful and they already have a string. and also EEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW

Rate this comment: +15

Feb 17, 2010
12:40 pm

#98 LeeLooDallas :

Could she compromise and use Blood Oranges, #97?

Rate this comment: +11

Feb 17, 2010
12:40 pm

#99 littykidder :

I don’t know why I even bothered to look at the rest of her ‘items’ but believe it or not the others are downhill on the ‘food chain’. She ‘made’ a notebook of coffee stained pages that literally looks like she dropped it in the toilet , took it out & dried it in the sun.I realize that education standards have loosened but i find it hard to swallow that she went through school much less graduated.

Rate this comment: +16

Feb 17, 2010
12:45 pm

#100 crapgawker :

Were these available on Valentine’s Day? Because if I find out they were and my husband didn’t buy them for me I am going to kick his ass.

I SO want a Big Gulp fascinator. *swoons*

Rate this comment: +16

Feb 17, 2010
12:49 pm

#101 geektastic :

It looks like she updated her description.

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Feb 17, 2010
12:49 pm

#102 redredred :

Those might come in handy as a way to keep people away from me on the subway so that I’m left in peace. But my ability to stare people down takes care of that for me. So I just saved myself fifteen bucks. Because you know…there aren’t any oranges and rope where I’m from. You know how it is. These are rare items and it’s not like I can just buy an orange in a store for my lunch and make that trash myself.

Rate this comment: +9

Feb 17, 2010
12:50 pm

#103 littykidder :

#100crapg I was just thinking about that fascinator
too ,then sprayed a big gulp of coffee slurpee all over the screen.

Rate this comment: +7

Feb 17, 2010
12:52 pm

#104 MondoTrasho :

If anyone is interested in purchasing a kerchief hand crafted from a crumpled taco bell wrapper painstakingly adorned with fashionable shoe print embellishments please let me know.

$90.00 firm.

Rate this comment: +15

Feb 17, 2010
12:55 pm

#105 ThisJustMakesMeSad :

There’s a Werthers candy stuck on my floor mat. I left it there because it fills the car with the lovely scent of caramel whenever the floor heater is turned on, but now I’m rethinking that…

Rate this comment: +12

Feb 17, 2010
12:55 pm

#106 kitty :

“Hi, my name is Red. I am a freelance artist in Columbia, SC. I have recently graduated from USC with a BFA in painting and photography.”

would she have graduated if her instructors would have known what she was going to do with her degree?

Rate this comment: +8

Feb 17, 2010
1:01 pm

#107 Eruanna :

Reading through her items: Ugh, it is getting super annoying how she continually refers to herself as “yours truly”.
Its cute maybe ONCE, lady. No more.

Rate this comment: +9

Feb 17, 2010
1:03 pm

#108 geektastic :

OK, I know potato peels have been done, but it took me a while:

http://i761.photobucket.com/albums/xx256/geektastic_whimsy/wf_tato_ear.png

And now I have to go feed a sick ferret, but i’ll be back. hee hee.

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Feb 17, 2010
1:05 pm

#109 geektastic :

Actually, this would be the link I wanted, it’s just not as good without the description:

http://s761.photobucket.com/albums/xx256/geektastic_whimsy/Regretsy%20NSFW/?action=view&current=wf_tato_ear.png

Rate this comment: +1

Feb 17, 2010
1:05 pm

#110 tarabu :

I went to the bakery to buy a loaf of bread this afternoon and saw a woman carrying a purse made out of chewing gum wrappers. psi.

Rate this comment: +2

Feb 17, 2010
1:06 pm

#111 Feel Free To Customise and Whimsiclise My Vagina :

Doesnt this numbskull realise that THE ORANGE PEEL WILL EVENTUALLY COMPLETELY ROT AWAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY???????????????????????????????

JURY ETSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Feb 17, 2010
1:08 pm

#112 simplisahm :

Wow, and to think my hubby who just listing his handmade jewelry on Etsy is charging $14 for vintage glass beads, etc. I’ll have to let him know he could ask $1 more for dried fruit peels.

Oh, the yarn is the icing on the cake!

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Feb 17, 2010
1:09 pm

#113 Feel Free To Customise and Whimsiclise My Vagina :

And since she is reading this:

They look like crap, and if i saw anyone wearing this i would think they were mentally challenged.

Its not even aesthetically pleasing! Meanwhile crap like this is clogging up the etsy system, and real artists are getting buried beneath all this garbage.

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Feb 17, 2010
1:12 pm

#114 Recovering Crack Baby :

#86 I am Bitter :Bah ahahahahaaa.When I saw that I thought of sitting at a table when the cup of hot water arrived and pulling my hair bag to dip my tea bag into the mug.

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Feb 17, 2010
1:13 pm

#115 Recovering Crack Baby :

I am allergic- I need one of them big fucking message necklaces that alerts anyone who is alert that I am allergic.

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Feb 17, 2010
1:15 pm

#116 joan of snark :

“Derelicte” is sooo 2001.

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Feb 17, 2010
1:25 pm

#117 snarkeygirl :

When I was in grade school (or jr. high; it’s been forever either way), there was a bus driver that had an orage peel coiled around the long metal arm that had the handle he used to open the bus door. He managed to peel the entire orange, keeping the peel in one spiraled piece. I thought it was garbage, but he said it made the bus smell nice, and would throw it out when it was completely dry. His peeling talent impressed me. What did I know?

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Feb 17, 2010
1:29 pm

#118 Srsly :

Oh, thank god. I’ve had this relentless earlobe odor for the last few weeks, and FINALLY someone has created something to “freshen” them without having to endure the trouble of cleaning them!

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Feb 17, 2010
1:29 pm

#119 I am Bitter :

#97 clevercat That is an amazing idea. It would be great to have an option of “lite flow” or “super flow”

ew ew ew ew ewwww

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Feb 17, 2010
1:31 pm

#120 geektastic :

Now see, if this were a long spiral…
nah, it would still suck.

#112-simplisahm-is he Draga Designs? Those are cool, are they from spoons?

#115 RCB-what are you allergic to, if I may be so bold?

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Feb 17, 2010
1:43 pm

#121 maria78 :

Silly Me… why did I even bother getting my BFA in Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing. All I need is string and garbage.

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Feb 17, 2010
1:48 pm

#122 troggy :

I discovered who these are perfect for!

[url]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4366389470_f3b4beb1b6_o.jpg[/url]

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Feb 17, 2010
1:54 pm

#123 LadyGrey :

The first thing I thought when I saw this was

“Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Just Would Not Take The Garbage Out.”

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Feb 17, 2010
1:55 pm

#124 Chrisnyc1213 :

Is her last name “Neck”?

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Feb 17, 2010
2:05 pm

#125 voxwoman :

#80 Razz! Thank you, those were great!

And whoever has the sick ferret – I hope he/she gets better real soon. I had 3 ferrets for a while and they were more fun than TV. they don’t live very long

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Feb 17, 2010
2:27 pm

#126 geektastic :

thanks, vox. He’s almost 8, and we just lost one the same age 3 weeks ago.

Now that he’s had his afternoon tea, back to the fuckery, already in progress.

http://s761.photobucket.com/albums/xx256/geektastic_whimsy/Regretsy%20NSFW/?action=view&current=wf_cig_ears.png

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Feb 17, 2010
2:46 pm

#127 geektastic :

A blank, if anyone wants it:

http://i761.photobucket.com/albums/xx256/geektastic_whimsy/Regretsy%20NSFW/wf_ear_wire.png

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Feb 17, 2010
3:05 pm

#128 whaapplewha :

Where does one “learn” to tie a dried orange peel onto a piece of string and then loop that string onto ear hooks that you bought at Jo Anns? Because I have been looking for a class just like this and my local adult education doesn’t offer any.

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Feb 17, 2010
3:14 pm

#129 MinnePurl :

Last week, at the gym, as I redressed, I saw a 4″ knitting stitch holder on the floor and said out loud “now, why was a stitch holder in my gym bag?” Then I notice the earring wire attached to it and became even more confused. Then the woman behind me said “Oops” and grabbed it and put it in her ear, asking me if I knew where to get more stitch holders so she could make more earrings.

So, I guess, in her favour, she was not as mental as this person.

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Feb 17, 2010
3:20 pm

#130 whaapplewha :

385 Sudabaki…. I’m a little disturbed that this woman would voluntarily climb into a trunk and roll around in it with a dried up orange. Is that what passed as entertainment back in the day or is she the r-word?

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Feb 17, 2010
3:20 pm

#131 whaapplewha :

sorry… #85 regarding sudabaki’s link

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Feb 17, 2010
3:35 pm

#132 geektastic :

#129 A 4″ stitch holder earring? Strange, and possibly heavy. Funny that she obviously had no clue what it was.

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Feb 17, 2010
3:44 pm

#133 Recovering Crack Baby :

#120 geektastic – Can I call you geek? I have a citrus allergy amongst others.

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Feb 17, 2010
3:51 pm

#134 geektastic :

Please do. I posted something for you in the newer thread…

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Feb 17, 2010
4:25 pm

#128 whaapplewha: “Where does one “learn” to tie a dried orange peel onto a piece of string and then loop that string onto ear hooks that you bought at Jo Anns?”

I bet the poop artist at your work could teach you.

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Feb 17, 2010
4:57 pm

#136 StinkBait :

It’s shit like this where I honestly have nothing to say.

Oh, ok one comment…

If this is acceptable what if I took one of my kids used pull-ups and taped it up with multicolored electrical whymsical tape and make a upcycled handbag?

I wouldn’t use a new pull up because they are expensive.

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Feb 17, 2010
5:25 pm

#137 HomeAlone :

stinkbait, I will totally buy your upcycled pull up handbag and wear it with my upcycled legwarmers made from old shower caps and granny sweater sleeves. Saving the planet one artful bit of landfill at a time.

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Feb 17, 2010
5:46 pm

#138 StinkBait :

HomeAlone be advised it may be a tad shitty.

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Feb 17, 2010
5:47 pm

#139 lyontamer :

#113. Well if the haters and flouncers didn’t send Helen all the nasty mail about the Fuckery Free Fridays, we might have found a solution to that. But, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

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Feb 17, 2010
5:55 pm

#140 lyontamer :

Nevermind the earrings. I want that crappy mug they’re displayed on.

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Feb 17, 2010
6:13 pm

#141 Feel Free To Customise and Whimsiclise My Vagina :

Jury Etsy

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Feb 17, 2010
6:28 pm

#142 lyontamer :

If Etsy were juried, the only things that would get approved are the same sorts of shit that already appear on front page.

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Feb 17, 2010
7:01 pm

#143 twatsupcock :

“Orange” you gonna buy these? It might hurt this artist’s “peelings.” Sorry, I’r drunk. . .

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Feb 17, 2010
7:03 pm

#144 twatsupcock :

#44kitty. . .so sorry. . . I didn’t know you had used that expression already. . . I’m really tipsy. . .

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Feb 17, 2010
7:08 pm

#145 MaryBeth :

are you effing kidding me?

I would say something but nothing can top comment #15 and anything I would say has pretty much been said by someone else. Great minds…

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Feb 17, 2010
7:39 pm

#146 Avatard :

#85 Sudabaki

Here’s another one from Concord, NH. UNREAL

http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060422/REPOSITORY/604220323

about a mummified baby being passed on as a family heirloom!

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Feb 18, 2010
6:03 am

#147 strawberrylumps :

Crap, I just threw away 7 oranges that looked like that this morning!

On a somewhat related note, I once recycled a route 44 big gulp mug into a bong/coffee table centerpiece.

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Feb 18, 2010
8:14 am

#148 Thistle :

#146 avatard: this http://www.wmur.com/news/13422362/detail.html

and this: http://www.wmur.com/news/14157668/detail.html

<— curious as to the fate of said mummified baby

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Feb 18, 2010
10:40 am

#149 much_regretsy :

1581 views as of right now.

And I notice she’s been here…must have wondered how it is she got so many hits.

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Feb 18, 2010
9:01 pm

#150 Monstrosa :

This is looking real good about now:
http://www.regretsy.com/2009/10/14/navel-gazing

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Feb 19, 2010
5:23 pm

#151 Avatard :

#148 Thistle,
Sorry I took so long to get back to you.

Here’s the most recent link I could find.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1081148&srvc=rss

dated March, 2008. It seems the baby has been buried finally. This such twisted shit, but considering it is New Hampshire, this is just the dark side of New England, right up there with Lizzie Borden, and Mary Jo Kopeckne. (Oh, no, I didn’t just go there!)

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Feb 20, 2010
12:47 am

#152 Ravyncrow :

OMG her whole shop looks like Regretsy-Bait! This is what a supposedly degreed artist chooses to present to the public (and charge for!) as her work?
As for the two ferret people … I had 4 for a long time (not always the same 4 of course) and quite a few of them lived to 10-12 years. I love those little guys! So much fun!
Wait! Ferret poop art!! When that dries out it’s not too badly aromatic and can be shellacked … and they come in all sorts of interesting shapes!

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Feb 24, 2010
10:30 am

#153 simplisahm :

#120 geektastic

Thank you…yes, it’s Draga Designs and they are from vintage spoons, forks, etc. He also does recycled glass and other vintage beads.

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Mar 3, 2010
2:12 pm

#154 wasted days :

And in her bio it says.
“Hi, my name is Red. I am a freelance artist in Columbia, SC. I have recently graduated from USC with a BFA in painting and photography. I’m super stoked to be doing what I love and was created to do.”
I bet her parents are so proud they spent all that money to send her to a good school, so she could make these.

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Mar 3, 2010
2:22 pm

#155 wasted days :

#110 I have a purse made out camel cigarette packs, folded like I used to fold gum wrappers as a kid and make chains. Bought it at an auction, later a man came up to me and told me his brother made it will he was in prison.

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