YOUR AUCTION PREVIEW: 4/24
On April 28th, Housing Works Bookstore in NYC is hosting a Regretsy book signing and live auction . Housing Works is a nonprofit bookstore and cafe, where all proceeds benefit homeless people living with HIV/AIDS.
I’ve been collecting your donated arts and crafts, and have put together 10 lots to auction off. I’ll be featuring one per day until April 28th. All proceeds will go directly to Housing Works.
If you see something here you want, come down to Housing Works and place a bid during the auction. The event starts at 7:00 PM, and all the details can be found here.
THE WORLD FAMOUS DOUBLE
HUMMINGBIRD FEEDER HAT
By Roy Road Fish Company
ARTIST’S STATEMENT: Imagine having two beautiful little hummingbirds feeding just to the right and left of you – so close you can feel the breeze generated by the beating of their wings. You can have this experience with the hummingbird hat! Perfect for the person who loves nature but has everything. We can almost guarantee they don’t have one of these.
CLICK TO SEE THIS HAT IN ACTION
The Double Hummingbird Feeder hat was first featured here in October of last year, and also appears on the cover of the Regretsy book. This particular hat was given to me at the book signing in Glendale, and is signed by the artist.
Double Hummingbird Feeder Hat
By Roy Road Fish Company
Etsy store: Roy Road Fish Company
Value: Fucking priceless, Jack
April 24, 2010 at 1:53 pm
You could put booze in those and put it on a drunk friend’s head and watch hilarity ensue.
April 24, 2010 at 1:56 pm
This auction just keeps getting more and more saucsome. I love that it’s signed. Helen, how can you bear to part with this?
April 24, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Awww snap! That thing looks pretty dumb, but is a really cool idea… It’d be awesome to partake of the Regretsy pipe, sit out on the deck, and wait for the birdies! I just partook though, so I probably won’t think this thing is as awesome in an hour or two… ; )
April 24, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Omigod, the real hat? So, so perfect! I am totally envious of whoever ends up with this perfectly perfect piece of whimsicle fuckery!
It’s pretty damn generous of Roy to donate it, too. Especially since it made the cover of the book!
April 24, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Again I am stunned by the whimicle Fuckery combined with wonderful generosity. That hat kills me to neat. Roy I want to see a squirrel version hoping for a space helmet top
April 24, 2010 at 2:16 pm
It’s like 3-D glasses for watching Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds at the drive-in.
April 24, 2010 at 2:41 pm
Aww man! Those hats are so cool! Whoever’s there bidding better run this one up high just cause it’s so awesome.
April 24, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Don’t let anyone even try to convince you the hummingbirds aren’t there, feeding on it right now.
April 24, 2010 at 3:10 pm
The lucky New York bidder can sit in Central Park wearing this & I’m sure they’ll attract more than birds!
April 24, 2010 at 3:37 pm
A wonderful friend of mine aged 72 is very much into his bird feeders. Last I spoke to him, he was planning his hummingbird feeders for this year. Do you know how hard it was to not laugh my butt off listening to him with this picture (well, not this one, the original one) in my head?
April 24, 2010 at 4:35 pm
I told my husband about this contraption back when it was first featured on Regretsy because I knew he’d love the idea (genuinely). I just mentioned it to him again last night, and he still thinks it’s brilliant. He’s a nature freak with an unending amount of patience to wait for birds to get 6 inches from his face, and zero regard for how others view his already long list of eccentricities. You should see us at restaurants… don’t get me started.
April 24, 2010 at 5:31 pm
I want one.
April 24, 2010 at 6:28 pm
I could totally see my dad wearing this. My folks even have a pet bird and love watching their bird friends at the feeders…very generous donation- hope it goes way up!
April 24, 2010 at 7:21 pm
Actually, Roy has them for sale in his Etsy shop. I checked earlier today and he had four up. Just sayin’…..
April 24, 2010 at 8:21 pm
This IS a thing of beauty!
Could you do this with sugar to attract butterflies?
No. 1, if you put booze in there, you’d end up surrounded by stumbling, flapping, drunk frat dudes. Is that really the goal?
April 24, 2010 at 9:03 pm
@Whatwhatwhatsis, but this one is signed!
April 24, 2010 at 9:05 pm
I actually think it’s kinda…neat. That dude’s totally chillaxing with hummingbirds! Plus, it’s meant to be functional, not (like most of the stuff on etsy) artsy or aesthetically pleasing.
April 25, 2010 at 5:55 am
My husband’s talking about getting one and sitting out on the balcony at night to attract nectar bats. That way he could finally see one up close.
April 25, 2010 at 11:09 am
that idea is so awesome, i love the forced stillness it requires to get the birds to use it!
April 25, 2010 at 4:14 pm
What I love the most is that it’s a helmet – just in case those pesky hummingbirds get careless with their little beaks!
I would totally want this, for several people, if we only had hummingbirds where I live :/
April 25, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Oooh – Monstrosa – BATS!! That so cool. Birdwatching is fine and all, but could you imagine having bats flapping around your head like that?!?
I love bats – don’t think they’re creepy at all. They’re an adorable combo of field mice and birdies. In mostly chic black.
April 25, 2010 at 6:51 pm
#18 & 21 _I’m crazy about bats & have been fortunate to have had a few pleasant encounters with them.
Check outthe fantastic Bat Conservation International-they also have a FB page.
April 26, 2010 at 8:18 am
There’s also Bat World Sanctuary in Texas.
We live a block away from a bat bridge with tens of thousands of bats, mostly Mexican Free Tail. But the nectar bats are the ones that pollinate agave and they empty hummingbird feeders at night.
February 5, 2012 at 8:46 am
my friend’s bday is today, he’s an avid biker. does this double as a functioning bike helmet? though the birds constantly flying in your face would be rather distracting…
February 5, 2012 at 8:52 am
the best thing about regretsy is that someone (or lots of someones) will always say, “I NEED THAT, I LOVE IT”. proving that this site is never about mocking, but finding that perfect handmade treasure!!