“Are you bored in class and need something for your hands to mess with?”.
I guess… if it keeps the guy in front from playing another game of pocket hockey.
blondeweezie- Looks like the necklaces are photographed from different hotel rooms. Wonder where the pendants come from? Are there matching telephone cord earrings?
Recovering Crack Baby
February 25, 2010 at 10:05 am
#36 bootsychoo : I hate when I get into a junk drawer and stab my figer tips. It is worse then stepping on Lego’s or Happy Meal Toys attched to pasta randomly thrown on the floor by children.
$51 Kimmer-G – I don’t know about that, but the same crazy old ladies who unravel sweaters so they can make new ones, crochet coin purses and shopping bags out of cassette film.
They are the reason I now have to say things like ‘I crochet – but I’m not batshit crazy!’ a disclaimer I didn’t need until about three years ago.
For the sake of argument, I like repurposed items like those made with ugly 80′s sweater yarn. I really like items crocheted out of discarded and wasteful plastic shopping bags. If it’s well done using a resource that would otherwise be in a landfill – WIN. Doesn’t make a person “batshit crazy.”
#54 Efit,I second that. Seen some fantastic functional
rugs hooked from plastic bags .The possibilities are endless, as are the supply of plastic bags .
by the by, you’ll notice on the news that whenever something totally random and wtf happens, it’s here in florida-soon i’ll be on my way north where the sun doesn’t totally fry your brain
#59Efit, Exactly. And unlike cutting up beautiful old & possibly flawed linens, I’m more than happy to butcher something like a Cosby sweater to come up with something that can have a new life.
He talks about the cashiers because that’s all the human interaction he gets. Who the fuck else is going to talk to some lunatic that lives in a motel and wears couplers around their neck?
#41 I can donate too! when you are done with Wilma’s fine fuckery parts come to my basement-my husband’s a drummer/mechanical engineer geek, keeps all kinds of weird part shit-I think he’s channeling my beloved dead Grandpa who kept everything including cans of rusty nails! Who knew that first my car’s crap from my kids and now my hubby’s pack rat geek shit misc parts were etsy GOLD
The fact that this fugly “necklace” is photographed with the ocean and beach in the background is so sad.
Why not open door, take elevator down, walk on beach, and find something actually pretty?
I live in the northeast and have been in a snow coffin for the past month. I’d love to fry my brain right now.
#35 LeeLoo – “What’s this shop going to do when everyone goes wireless?” – They’ll slap the label “Vintage” on all their listings of cable plugs and raise the price $20.
I can firmly believe that people ask about this necklace all the time. “Were you anywhere near aisle 5 just now?” “How did you not set off our security detectors?” “What kind of reception do you get with that thing?” “Does it come with HBO?”
“I wonder what happened to the psych ward ID that was attached…
#92 lyon-
That would be the hole left in the wall after he ripped off the safety rail in the hotel room.
Then he cut it into strips and will sell it as bangles. Modest and edgy bangle bracelets.
Aton488′s Shop Announcement
I don’t create based on other people’s reactions. I create on impulse, and vision, and creative energy with my partners.
-Lady Gaga, 2009
—————————————
THAT explains it all.
There probably is a way to use coax fittings in an interesting manner, but this isn’t one of them.
Now if you used one male end and one female end and attached them to ends of a cord (probably cotton, or whatever they use to stuff piped edgings on upholstery), and did some fancy woven beadwork to surround the cord, that might actually be an attractive use of the coax fitting. But beyond being used as a really sturdy clasp, I can’t think of any good use.
#51 Kimmer-G :
“Anyone know if an etsy “artist” has yanked all the tape out of a cassette and made necklaces out of that? If not, it’s goin in my shop under 80s chic!”
I don’t know about Etsy and necklaces, but CraftStylish has bracelets and bookends in “Crafting with VHS Tapes”
-May 2009: Graduated cum laude from college with my bachelors in German.
-Moved to FL and work as realtor.
-Jewelry is a hobby I started when I couldn’t find any necklaces in the mall that I liked.
Oh look, I got a nice beachfront hotel room but I smoked so much shit I just stayed in the room making these great necklaces… the clerks at the 7-11 and Waffle House just love them…
Voxwoman – I have oodles of coloured telephone wire.
Love it. I use it to hold things together while I go find a clamp, among other things…
When I met a famous basketeer, years ago, she had tiny mauve basket earrings to match her mauve hair.
The little intricate basket were made with telephone wire. I’ve wanted mauve hair ever since.
OK, if the lister were to wear this and we connected her to the Internet, could she get enough info to have a clue that hardware on a sting is not jewelry?
Or at least enough to know that anybody else can make the same thing for the same $1.95 in the same 2.3 minutes it took her?
#112: Just what every electrician needs, a hardware bolo tie!
And now that I think of it, wearing this would come really handy if you were to get into a fight. If you swing that bad boy hard and fast enough, that would do some serious damage to someone’s forehead.
This just inspires me so, opens up a whole new area of crafting for me. My junk draw has so much stuff just waiting to be made into jewelry. I will hardly every have to throw away anything again, just think how eco-friendly this will make me and so popular with the cashiers!
February 25, 2010 at 9:31 am
This crappy crafter should get together with the plumbers wife. Or not, please not.
February 25, 2010 at 9:32 am
They ask about it because they think you’re … well, meshuginah!
February 25, 2010 at 9:32 am
Do they ask about it before or after you tell them you want all the money in the register?
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 am
Sure, but what are they asking? “Why the hell are youu wearing that crap?”
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 am
If you attach it to your cable, do you transmit the picture on your forehead?
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 am
radio killed the Etsy star.
February 25, 2010 at 9:34 am
Add a faucet, and I’ll take it! Cool!
February 25, 2010 at 9:34 am
Believe it or not. People at the register’s are paid to be nice. It is mandatory.
February 25, 2010 at 9:35 am
There’s some poor guy out there thinking “That’s the last time I leave the back of the cable truck open.”
February 25, 2010 at 9:36 am
Honey they shut the cable off again. The fucking phone is going next. Start selling some shit or we will be evicted from the trailer.
February 25, 2010 at 9:36 am
I imagine the people at the cash register have their finger on the “call police button” also.
February 25, 2010 at 9:36 am
Just because you put a cord on something does not a necklace make. What’s next, a plunger on a rope?
February 25, 2010 at 9:37 am
RCB-
Yes. The customer is always right. Especially ones with questionable hardware around their neck who may ask you to empty the drawer.
February 25, 2010 at 9:37 am
Anyone seen my black shoelaces- fucker’s just get up and walk away.
February 25, 2010 at 9:37 am
It says “be the envy of all!” With this!?!
February 25, 2010 at 9:37 am
Time Warner stock just dropped. BECAUSE SOMEONE’S STEALING THEIR JUNK & SELLING IT ON ETSY!
February 25, 2010 at 9:38 am
#11 BettyMachete :
I imagine the people at the cash register have their finger on the “call police button” also.
I can imagine the threat now- “GIVE ME ALL YOUR MONEY OR I’LL PLUG YA.”
February 25, 2010 at 9:40 am
“Are you bored in class and need something for your hands to mess with?”.
I guess… if it keeps the guy in front from playing another game of pocket hockey.
February 25, 2010 at 9:41 am
“this series is modern, cool, & edgy.”
Actually, I think it screams “trailer-trash thief”.
February 25, 2010 at 9:41 am
“People at the cash register often notice necklaces in this series and ask about it.”
sure they do….if you spend all the livelong day at your local radio shack.
February 25, 2010 at 9:42 am
Cord=50 cents
screw/bolt-50 cents
chutzpah-9 bucks
buyer-nuts
February 25, 2010 at 9:43 am
How can I complete my look and be the envy of all for only $10?
Hmmmmm…………. Brass Fittings!
February 25, 2010 at 9:43 am
blondeweezie- Looks like the necklaces are photographed from different hotel rooms. Wonder where the pendants come from? Are there matching telephone cord earrings?
February 25, 2010 at 9:45 am
23 BettyMachete – what did you say about matching
February 25, 2010 at 9:46 am
People at the cash register often look for lame reasons to stare at your chest!
February 25, 2010 at 9:47 am
Betty Machete: I knew those “recovering meth addict ” retreats were trouble.
February 25, 2010 at 9:48 am
“Wonder where the pendants come from?”
No doubt cable service is interrupted in those hotel rooms.
February 25, 2010 at 9:49 am
#25 Snark-o-leptic Cesar : Give me something to stare at and I will.
February 25, 2010 at 9:51 am
#23 Betty-
Yes. The series will soon include the beside table Bible on a rope.
Very edgy.
February 25, 2010 at 9:51 am
Why the woven cord? Why not complete the look with the fuckin wire.
February 25, 2010 at 9:51 am
#23 i’ve been to that motel-it sucks, none of the tvs work
February 25, 2010 at 9:52 am
*bed side*- duh
February 25, 2010 at 9:52 am
Ya know, I’ve been wondering how to impress the register people for years! I’m glad someone finally cracked the code!
February 25, 2010 at 9:55 am
#31- that’s cause you went alone you need a coupler.
February 25, 2010 at 9:58 am
What’s this shop going to do when everyone goes wireless?
February 25, 2010 at 10:03 am
If we get her, the Minky lady, & the “peace symbol” lamp part chick together, we could… uh… start a junk drawer?
February 25, 2010 at 10:05 am
#36 bootsychoo : I hate when I get into a junk drawer and stab my figer tips. It is worse then stepping on Lego’s or Happy Meal Toys attched to pasta randomly thrown on the floor by children.
February 25, 2010 at 10:06 am
@36 Bootsychoo:
you’ve just given me inspiration to start my own Etsy shop and clean out my junk drawer at the same time!
February 25, 2010 at 10:06 am
#36 maybe home depot could open a boutique?
February 25, 2010 at 10:09 am
Is it just me or does this have the eerie look of, “Yes, Officer. I found him hanging right there on the balcomy. Just like this.”
February 25, 2010 at 10:13 am
Oooo, I’ve started a movement: “Junk Drawer Chic”
February 25, 2010 at 10:14 am
Well they are in FL and most people down here definitely have some mental issues.
February 25, 2010 at 10:14 am
#41 bootsychoo: I was thinking Home Depot Chic but I like yours better.
February 25, 2010 at 10:16 am
Maybe “Radio Shack Chic”???
February 25, 2010 at 10:17 am
Modest(talent) yes. Cool & edgy,uh no.
February 25, 2010 at 10:18 am
Modest…Cool……Edgy……. yup.
Plumbing fixtures and string are just the ticket!
February 25, 2010 at 10:18 am
I guess the real estate market in Fla. is slow…
February 25, 2010 at 10:18 am
Only “people at the register”? Not “people at the car wash” or “people at the library” or “the people of Wal Mart”?
What kind of idiotic random statement is that?
February 25, 2010 at 10:22 am
I bet it would look great layered with tubular copper pipe fittings.
February 25, 2010 at 10:24 am
I am requesting a “People of the Cash Register” photoshop fuckery, please. I’m inept.
(please?)
February 25, 2010 at 10:24 am
Anyone know if an etsy “artist” has yanked all the tape out of a cassette and made necklaces out of that? If not, it’s goin in my shop under 80s chic!
February 25, 2010 at 10:30 am
@LeeLoo you’re so damn funny. <3
Wifi is totally going to ruin their craft.
February 25, 2010 at 10:33 am
$51 Kimmer-G – I don’t know about that, but the same crazy old ladies who unravel sweaters so they can make new ones, crochet coin purses and shopping bags out of cassette film.
They are the reason I now have to say things like ‘I crochet – but I’m not batshit crazy!’ a disclaimer I didn’t need until about three years ago.
February 25, 2010 at 10:37 am
For the sake of argument, I like repurposed items like those made with ugly 80′s sweater yarn. I really like items crocheted out of discarded and wasteful plastic shopping bags. If it’s well done using a resource that would otherwise be in a landfill – WIN. Doesn’t make a person “batshit crazy.”
February 25, 2010 at 10:40 am
If only someone offered hotel towel capes so I could complete the look.
February 25, 2010 at 10:41 am
now I know why my cable guy never shows up….he’s sittin’ in his truck smokin’ herb out of that I <3 Etsy pipe making "jewelry". Sheesh.
February 25, 2010 at 10:42 am
#41- I’ve got some lug nuts, a bunch of staples, legos, and some Dora bandaids to donate to your movement.
What artiistry can you mcgyver them into?
February 25, 2010 at 10:44 am
#54 Efit,I second that. Seen some fantastic functional
rugs hooked from plastic bags .The possibilities are endless, as are the supply of plastic bags .
February 25, 2010 at 10:48 am
@#58 littykidder – So true. And we all know how ugly Cosby sweaters are. If some old crazy lady can unravel that shit, then she’s aces in my book.
February 25, 2010 at 10:49 am
i picture a cash register in a liquor store #50
February 25, 2010 at 10:51 am
What if you suddenly had to run somewhere?
You’d crack your sternum with this thing banging against your chest.
The seller lives in Satellite Beach and this is the best he can come up with?
February 25, 2010 at 10:52 am
by the by, you’ll notice on the news that whenever something totally random and wtf happens, it’s here in florida-soon i’ll be on my way north where the sun doesn’t totally fry your brain
February 25, 2010 at 10:52 am
#59Efit, Exactly. And unlike cutting up beautiful old & possibly flawed linens, I’m more than happy to butcher something like a Cosby sweater to come up with something that can have a new life.
February 25, 2010 at 10:54 am
He talks about the cashiers because that’s all the human interaction he gets. Who the fuck else is going to talk to some lunatic that lives in a motel and wears couplers around their neck?
February 25, 2010 at 10:55 am
#41 I can donate too! when you are done with Wilma’s fine fuckery parts come to my basement-my husband’s a drummer/mechanical engineer geek, keeps all kinds of weird part shit-I think he’s channeling my beloved dead Grandpa who kept everything including cans of rusty nails! Who knew that first my car’s crap from my kids and now my hubby’s pack rat geek shit misc parts were etsy GOLD
February 25, 2010 at 10:56 am
#61- spandy- I totally agree.
The fact that this fugly “necklace” is photographed with the ocean and beach in the background is so sad.
Why not open door, take elevator down, walk on beach, and find something actually pretty?
I live in the northeast and have been in a snow coffin for the past month. I’d love to fry my brain right now.
February 25, 2010 at 11:02 am
#53 Haha! Thanks Tarabu! (started following your blog)
February 25, 2010 at 11:02 am
Wait a minute, that’s my one hitter from Jr. High.. (I’ve since then graduated to the Etsy pipe)
February 25, 2010 at 11:03 am
Larry the Cable Guy endorses this product.
http://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h286/corikelland/?action=view¤t=LarryStealsCableandENDORSES.jpg
February 25, 2010 at 11:05 am
#69 Cori, Bwahahaha , score Cori !
February 25, 2010 at 11:06 am
@Cori–there ya go.
February 25, 2010 at 11:07 am
#56 steviesegel ya beat me to it
February 25, 2010 at 11:12 am
@ #56 & #72 or he’s smoking out of this:
http://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h286/corikelland/?action=view¤t=homemade.jpg&newest=1
February 25, 2010 at 11:19 am
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February 25, 2010 at 11:22 am
All told, I’d rather see someone selling a hardware for $10 than pasta for $50.
February 25, 2010 at 11:24 am
#73 Cori Scores : Bahahahaha
February 25, 2010 at 11:25 am
I had a bunch of stuff leftover from when I assembled my computer desk.
Why do I keep missing these money-making opportunities!?
February 25, 2010 at 11:25 am
#35 LeeLoo – “What’s this shop going to do when everyone goes wireless?” – They’ll slap the label “Vintage” on all their listings of cable plugs and raise the price $20.
I can firmly believe that people ask about this necklace all the time. “Were you anywhere near aisle 5 just now?” “How did you not set off our security detectors?” “What kind of reception do you get with that thing?” “Does it come with HBO?”
“I wonder what happened to the psych ward ID that was attached…
February 25, 2010 at 11:28 am
This would look great worn with your wife beater!!
February 25, 2010 at 11:34 am
#57 Wilma & #65 SuperSnark: Why, I can make a hat, or a brooch, or a pterodactyl…
February 25, 2010 at 11:34 am
Yeah…that’s the crowd I’m dressing to impress. The Cash Register People!
“But honey, the TruValue Hardware Register person thought this was da bomb!”
February 25, 2010 at 11:37 am
bootsychoo- Can you make a pterodactyl owl hat?
I bet that would get noticed by the people at the cash register.
February 25, 2010 at 11:57 am
Tired of dropping the coaxial connector when you are stealing cable from the upstairs condo? Then this edgy series is for you!
February 25, 2010 at 12:03 pm
I think the cable guy left one of these behind my television.
February 25, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Bootsychoo I’m with Wilma a pterodactyl owl hat!
Yeah that’s just what we need total whimiscal fuckery squared!
February 25, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Siding with #54. Except… this necklace would not fall into those categories.
February 25, 2010 at 12:20 pm
Does this necklace come with an instructional DVD?
February 25, 2010 at 12:32 pm
at a minimum he could have made this from a brass nipple. Then we could have had even more fun snarking.
http://www.plumbingworld.com/brass_nipplesthreaded.html
cable fittings aren’t brass, and they aren’t that big. Plus there’s wire coming out of them, so it would mostly be a pre-made thing.
I have a lot of old phone plugs and wires from when we had to use dialup. I bet those would make some craptastic jewelery!
February 25, 2010 at 12:33 pm
Oh, and am I the only one old enough to remember making wire jewelery from those old colored phone wires?
February 25, 2010 at 12:35 pm
Thats it. I ‘m quitting my day job and making charm bracelets out of leftover IKEA parts. There’s always way too many of them, anyway.
February 25, 2010 at 12:40 pm
@Spandy, @Wilma, exactly…the background is far more interesting. Props to you!
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4388293108_2e09a41a7b_o.jpg
February 25, 2010 at 12:43 pm
I want whatever that circle thingie is in the background.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=41273284
February 25, 2010 at 12:48 pm
#92 lyon-
That would be the hole left in the wall after he ripped off the safety rail in the hotel room.
Then he cut it into strips and will sell it as bangles. Modest and edgy bangle bracelets.
February 25, 2010 at 12:52 pm
People at the cash register often notice necklaces in this series and ask about it.
They are wondering why the hell you actually are wearing this let alone that you paid for it!
February 25, 2010 at 1:12 pm
Well, you have to admit that THIS pendant will give you better sound quality than the leading pendant.
February 25, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Aton488′s Shop Announcement
I don’t create based on other people’s reactions. I create on impulse, and vision, and creative energy with my partners.
-Lady Gaga, 2009
—————————————
THAT explains it all.
February 25, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Gee Whiz, I thank tarabu and get 2 thumbs down.
So much for bein nice. Gonna go slit my f*ckin wrists.
February 25, 2010 at 1:22 pm
#87 lyontamer :
Does this necklace come with an instructional DVD?
————–
No it doesn’t. You can get one on Etsy though….
February 25, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Hey…this seller’s shop opened on….Monday the 21st!
Hmm…what’s that smell? Regretsy bait???
February 25, 2010 at 1:25 pm
ok..Sunday the 21st…whatever! This week!
February 25, 2010 at 1:28 pm
#97 Kimmer, keep up the niceness, some of us like our snark served with a sprinkling of sweet.
February 25, 2010 at 1:30 pm
i always enjoy feeling “modest, cool, and edgy” when i am shopping at home depot.
kimmer, i gave you a thumbs-up. people never like us speaking positively to one another, ever noticed that?
February 25, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Haha! thanks regrestians!! uh-oh, guess i can’t stop being nice. bring on the thumbs down!!!!
February 25, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Oooo “Snarkily Sweet” my new favorite flavour littykidder!
February 25, 2010 at 1:50 pm
#104 KG, or feel free to whimsiclize it & make that Sweetly snarkalicious , or something like that.
February 25, 2010 at 2:01 pm
There probably is a way to use coax fittings in an interesting manner, but this isn’t one of them.
Now if you used one male end and one female end and attached them to ends of a cord (probably cotton, or whatever they use to stuff piped edgings on upholstery), and did some fancy woven beadwork to surround the cord, that might actually be an attractive use of the coax fitting. But beyond being used as a really sturdy clasp, I can’t think of any good use.
February 25, 2010 at 2:06 pm
#51 Kimmer-G :
“Anyone know if an etsy “artist” has yanked all the tape out of a cassette and made necklaces out of that? If not, it’s goin in my shop under 80s chic!”
I don’t know about Etsy and necklaces, but CraftStylish has bracelets and bookends in “Crafting with VHS Tapes”
http://www.craftstylish.com/item/43650/crafting-with-vhs-tapes
Have at it!
February 25, 2010 at 2:51 pm
haha.
Bio of the seller:
-May 2009: Graduated cum laude from college with my bachelors in German.
-Moved to FL and work as realtor.
-Jewelry is a hobby I started when I couldn’t find any necklaces in the mall that I liked.
February 25, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Oh look, I got a nice beachfront hotel room but I smoked so much shit I just stayed in the room making these great necklaces… the clerks at the 7-11 and Waffle House just love them…
February 25, 2010 at 5:05 pm
Voxwoman – I have oodles of coloured telephone wire.
Love it. I use it to hold things together while I go find a clamp, among other things…
When I met a famous basketeer, years ago, she had tiny mauve basket earrings to match her mauve hair.
The little intricate basket were made with telephone wire. I’ve wanted mauve hair ever since.
#91 – um, thanks.
February 25, 2010 at 5:47 pm
OK, if the lister were to wear this and we connected her to the Internet, could she get enough info to have a clue that hardware on a sting is not jewelry?
Or at least enough to know that anybody else can make the same thing for the same $1.95 in the same 2.3 minutes it took her?
Naw, even technology has its limits.
February 25, 2010 at 6:05 pm
With a small adjustment, this pendant could be cool for reals (HINT HINT, SELLER):
http://twitpic.com/15cn72
February 25, 2010 at 6:28 pm
“People at the cash register often notice necklaces in this series and ask about it.”
I think the “it” in this sentence must refer to the cash register not the necklaces otherwise the people would ask about “them”.
February 25, 2010 at 6:31 pm
#112 VEDD What an improvement. Now at least it looks finished .
February 25, 2010 at 7:04 pm
I get a sneaky feeling Radio Hack saw my latest creation … http://www.flickr.com/photos/noregretsy/4278407828/
At least the Wench Wrench necklace can be used for basic household repairs …
February 25, 2010 at 7:14 pm
Lucretia, at least yours is useful! Pretty clever as well.
February 25, 2010 at 7:26 pm
#115 -nice! The people at the cash register would definitely notice this! Plus maybe you could use the wrenches to break into the register.
February 25, 2010 at 9:50 pm
#112: Just what every electrician needs, a hardware bolo tie!
And now that I think of it, wearing this would come really handy if you were to get into a fight. If you swing that bad boy hard and fast enough, that would do some serious damage to someone’s forehead.
February 26, 2010 at 7:50 pm
This just inspires me so, opens up a whole new area of crafting for me. My junk draw has so much stuff just waiting to be made into jewelry. I will hardly every have to throw away anything again, just think how eco-friendly this will make me and so popular with the cashiers!
February 27, 2010 at 12:56 pm
“Edgy”? Well, it DOES have edges.
March 20, 2010 at 10:46 am
They say ” all you need is one good idea” !