My boyfriend’s cat puked the other day. I wish I would have seen that necklace before his dog ate the cat puke off the floor… it would have been an easy $45 if I made it into a necklace.
Oh, come on. Whatever happened to “handmade”? Number 3 is clearly the work of a Chinese Forced Labor Cat Vomit Collective, dumping crafts on our shore in yet another effort to bring down the American Craft Industry with shoddy goods and cheap prices.
Somebody wants to put Mr. Boots out of job, and you can see the pride he takes in his job right on his little spewing face.
I was so fooled by the cat vomit! I saw the picture and thought how is HK going to artistically display a beaded pile of dog shit. Nicely played, nicely played.
Random thought… this place needs more goat related items.
lol at the upside-down cat figurine in the Barflace.
“In soviet Etsyland, puke spits a cat.”
(With a slight reference to #13′s Chinese Forced Labor idea)
I laughed so hard when I saw the cat throwing up because as I was scrolling down, before I saw the cat, I thought to myself, “Man, that necklace looks just like cat puke…”
Cat Vomit necklace goes into the “vintage” fish bowel, which can be hauled around in the “hand crafted” zebra backpack, then all three can be thrown into the fucking trash in one motion!
You know, sometimes I lay awake at night tossing and turning and worry that HK will eventually run out of stuff to put on Regretsy. Why do I worry?? Why, Why??
With my three cats hurling up fur balls all the time, I will soon be the next millionaire! See ya later suckers!!!
LeeLoo: The feathers in the fish bowl bothers me. I’m afraid the artist may have mistakenly believed chickens are aquatic animals, and this is the end result.
NARRATOR: This week on Project Runway, our designers are presented with their hardest challenge yet: Each designer will be paired with an Etsy artist and tasked with making them look good WHILE THEY WEAR THEIR OWN ACCESSORIES.
CHRISTIAN: They paired me up with Julianata from Costa Mesa. I took one look at her crocheted necklace and gave up. That was one hot mess.
I crochet better than this and I have more taste. Why haven’t I opened an Etsy store yet? Oh wait…those might actually be handicaps in this market. Never mind.
Princess Buzzkill Crying Glitter Eagle
February 15, 2011 at 9:07 am
#32 HoldenBack, no cat puke in your favorite shoe is like Klingon revenge: best served cold (and wet), an unexpected surprise while getting dressed in a hurry for work.
At last, a benefit to my little cat having cancer! She has trouble keeping her food down, and here I’ve been cleaning it up when I should be sticking a string on it and posting it on Etsy, using the cash to keep her in easy-to-digest treats. She’s a little *goldmine* of vomit now!
Yep- just like the cat upchuck I had to clean up when I was 11 and home alone with my brothers. The “artist” didn’t quite get the color of the tapeworms right, but the texture is spot on.
‘Bezoar’ is the word I’ve been looking for for that necklace
“Ball of swallowed foreign material (usually hair or fiber) that collects in the stomach and fails to pass through the intestines.”
How long before I hear some unfortunate child has been named so?
YOu got me. I read Regretsy every morning the few minutes I have before I start work. I really enjoy the posts like these that call out the ‘resellers’ for who they are.
When I scrolled down to the Cat Yakking, I lost it. I was laughing so loud and hard that my boss heard me down the hall and came to find out what was so funny. I’ve never laughed so hard at one of your posts. Keep up the good work.
Answers the following questions (in increasing order of unlikeliness): Say, can you blend Polly Pocket items and cat food in a food processor? And what would it look like? Would it be wearable? How much would it cost?
I’m amazed at the virtuosity of some people. I never believed it was possible to knit something that so faithfully imitates freshly barfed canned cat food. What will the seller come up with next? The possibilities are endless.
I don’t know what’s better – the fact that I looked at that “necklace” and instantly thought “cat vomit”, or that you actually found such a perfect picture of a cat mid-vomit.
I’ve gone dumpster diving and found better shit than that necklace. I’ve found rug fragments that would look better around someone’s neck. It looks like a toddler smashed Alpha Bits into it.
I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw the cat puking. It seems that I still can’t. There’s comedy in the simplicity of unexpected contrast. Whose face do I have to shit on to get more people to appreciate subtler humor?
February 14, 2011 at 4:40 pm
I’ll take the cat puke please.
February 14, 2011 at 4:40 pm
For the last one, you’ll really only save $44.35. Hey, you gotta feed the cat.
February 14, 2011 at 4:40 pm
If you will make your cat eat transistors, you wear the consequences.
February 14, 2011 at 4:41 pm
Wow, after getting into my daughter’s Halloween candy, my mother’s dog made something just like that bib necklace!
February 14, 2011 at 4:41 pm
Yeah, but you get a dead chicken with that fishbowl…so, I’ll have to go with that one.
February 14, 2011 at 4:42 pm
Right before I scrolled to the last image I thought, “sheesh, my cat has puked up prettier things than that!”
PS: Would that count as upcycling?
February 14, 2011 at 4:42 pm
This is why I love Regretsy! You show me how to save over sixty bucks and a cat yakking… all in the same post!
February 14, 2011 at 4:42 pm
I call shenanigans. Barfing does not equal “handmade”.
February 14, 2011 at 4:43 pm
Well, unless we’re counting bulemia.
February 14, 2011 at 4:43 pm
What WAS kitty eating to make that last creation? Fancy Feast in new Craft Room Debris flavor?
February 14, 2011 at 4:44 pm
i had to hide my laughing at the cat puke, since i’m entertaining myself during a boring class. you almost called me out!
February 14, 2011 at 4:47 pm
My boyfriend’s cat puked the other day. I wish I would have seen that necklace before his dog ate the cat puke off the floor… it would have been an easy $45 if I made it into a necklace.
February 14, 2011 at 4:54 pm
Oh, come on. Whatever happened to “handmade”? Number 3 is clearly the work of a Chinese Forced Labor Cat Vomit Collective, dumping crafts on our shore in yet another effort to bring down the American Craft Industry with shoddy goods and cheap prices.
Somebody wants to put Mr. Boots out of job, and you can see the pride he takes in his job right on his little spewing face.
February 14, 2011 at 4:57 pm
I was so fooled by the cat vomit! I saw the picture and thought how is HK going to artistically display a beaded pile of dog shit. Nicely played, nicely played.
Random thought… this place needs more goat related items.
February 14, 2011 at 4:57 pm
What’s it called when a cat pukes on your neck? A hurl necklace?
February 14, 2011 at 4:57 pm
@13 Wednesday
No doubt based in Malaysia.
February 14, 2011 at 5:01 pm
lol at the upside-down cat figurine in the Barflace.
“In soviet Etsyland, puke spits a cat.”
(With a slight reference to #13′s Chinese Forced Labor idea)
February 14, 2011 at 5:06 pm
I laughed so hard when I saw the cat throwing up because as I was scrolling down, before I saw the cat, I thought to myself, “Man, that necklace looks just like cat puke…”
February 14, 2011 at 5:12 pm
Just remember, knit one, hurl two…
February 14, 2011 at 5:14 pm
What interesting is all these items go together.
Cat Vomit necklace goes into the “vintage” fish bowel, which can be hauled around in the “hand crafted” zebra backpack, then all three can be thrown into the fucking trash in one motion!
February 14, 2011 at 5:15 pm
You know, sometimes I lay awake at night tossing and turning and worry that HK will eventually run out of stuff to put on Regretsy. Why do I worry?? Why, Why??
With my three cats hurling up fur balls all the time, I will soon be the next millionaire! See ya later suckers!!!
February 14, 2011 at 5:16 pm
LeeLoo: The feathers in the fish bowl bothers me. I’m afraid the artist may have mistakenly believed chickens are aquatic animals, and this is the end result.
February 14, 2011 at 5:21 pm
NARRATOR: This week on Project Runway, our designers are presented with their hardest challenge yet: Each designer will be paired with an Etsy artist and tasked with making them look good WHILE THEY WEAR THEIR OWN ACCESSORIES.
CHRISTIAN: They paired me up with Julianata from Costa Mesa. I took one look at her crocheted necklace and gave up. That was one hot mess.
February 14, 2011 at 5:42 pm
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February 14, 2011 at 5:54 pm
HA! I totally thought cat puke. My first instinct was to yell for my husband to clean up after his damn cat.
February 14, 2011 at 5:58 pm
@ #15 – All I can sing now is “She wore a Hurl Necklace…She wore a Hurl Necklace…” lol
February 14, 2011 at 6:02 pm
I wonder why this catbarf necklace isn’t quite as lovely as the hairball one from a couple of months ago. As I recall, that one was $1,200.00, though.
February 14, 2011 at 6:18 pm
That necklace appears to be made from old peds and flotsam from the bottom of grandma’s jewelry box. When did the cat get into grandma’s room?
February 14, 2011 at 6:24 pm
Last picture = Epic WIN.
Gad, with 16 cats, I could make a damned fortune selling their puke.
February 14, 2011 at 6:31 pm
Did you see the bib necklace she has on sale too?
http://www.etsy.com/listing/41061477/40-sale-the-ultimate-statement-bib?ref=v1_other_1
It’s “the ultimate statement” and “designed for a special occasion” !
The statement is “I’ve finally hit senility and just don’t givadamn anymore, but look, it sparkles!”
February 14, 2011 at 6:44 pm
@#28 I thought the statement was “I need something to draw attention away from my other features”
February 14, 2011 at 7:56 pm
It’s not really cat puke unless it’s in your favorite shoe.
February 14, 2011 at 8:11 pm
If the cat didn’t want to keep it, why would the seller think anyone would want to pay for it?
February 14, 2011 at 9:00 pm
@#30 Still warm and yet to be enjoyed?
February 14, 2011 at 9:52 pm
#22 Badger: The feathers in the fishbowl lead me to think it may belong to Jessica Simpson…
February 15, 2011 at 4:48 am
That does it. As soon as the pile at my feet cools, I’m opening an Etsy store.
February 15, 2011 at 5:14 am
Resellers, fake vintage, and cat vomit all in one blog entry!
Helen, I bow to your awesomeness.
February 15, 2011 at 5:23 am
#21: You aren’t the only one.
I’m snagging that last picture for wallpaper. Really, it’s worth a thousand words.
February 15, 2011 at 6:49 am
I crochet better than this and I have more taste. Why haven’t I opened an Etsy store yet? Oh wait…those might actually be handicaps in this market. Never mind.
February 15, 2011 at 7:33 am
@28 MammaDuck: also, I didn’t realize that in Victorian times, people wore wads of compost around their necks. Imagine my surprise.
February 15, 2011 at 9:07 am
#32 HoldenBack, no cat puke in your favorite shoe is like Klingon revenge: best served cold (and wet), an unexpected surprise while getting dressed in a hurry for work.
February 15, 2011 at 9:08 am
that should be:
No, cat puke… etc.
February 15, 2011 at 9:23 am
Great post – I especially like the “fish-bowl shaped fish bowl. Well, duh! Cat puke rules, too.
February 15, 2011 at 9:31 am
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February 15, 2011 at 9:57 am
Looks like there’s money to be made if I just buy any cat food other than the Sensitive Systems formula.
I’ll have to add the bottlecaps and Easter grass afterward though, don’t want Mr. Kitty to choke or anything.
February 15, 2011 at 10:07 am
Except the purse site has a minimum order of $100.00 (what unholy place is this)
February 15, 2011 at 1:39 pm
Yep- just like the cat upchuck I had to clean up when I was 11 and home alone with my brothers. The “artist” didn’t quite get the color of the tapeworms right, but the texture is spot on.
February 15, 2011 at 3:28 pm
I keep my feathers in a fish bowl too.
February 15, 2011 at 3:49 pm
‘Bezoar’ is the word I’ve been looking for for that necklace
“Ball of swallowed foreign material (usually hair or fiber) that collects in the stomach and fails to pass through the intestines.”
How long before I hear some unfortunate child has been named so?
February 16, 2011 at 8:08 am
Mmmm, in addition to pukey necklaces, wonder if I can make something out of my cats litterbox too….
I also have a nice pile of horse manure at our barn! Jackpot!
February 16, 2011 at 2:35 pm
@#44 TooManyCookbooks: at the risk of being thumbs-downed, I’m sorry about your little cat.
February 17, 2011 at 5:30 am
YOu got me. I read Regretsy every morning the few minutes I have before I start work. I really enjoy the posts like these that call out the ‘resellers’ for who they are.
When I scrolled down to the Cat Yakking, I lost it. I was laughing so loud and hard that my boss heard me down the hall and came to find out what was so funny. I’ve never laughed so hard at one of your posts. Keep up the good work.
February 17, 2011 at 4:09 pm
Answers the following questions (in increasing order of unlikeliness): Say, can you blend Polly Pocket items and cat food in a food processor? And what would it look like? Would it be wearable? How much would it cost?
February 17, 2011 at 6:37 pm
i love how the cat barf necklace also can function as a bib
February 18, 2011 at 4:00 am
I’m amazed at the virtuosity of some people. I never believed it was possible to knit something that so faithfully imitates freshly barfed canned cat food. What will the seller come up with next? The possibilities are endless.
February 19, 2011 at 11:56 am
I don’t know what’s better – the fact that I looked at that “necklace” and instantly thought “cat vomit”, or that you actually found such a perfect picture of a cat mid-vomit.
February 20, 2011 at 10:54 pm
“#46 nooonotthebees :
Except the purse site has a minimum order of $100.00 (what unholy place is this)”
Unfortunately, because they have some amazinggg purses, blueskyimports is a wholesale site… meaning you have to have a business id to buy from there
March 2, 2011 at 1:18 am
I’ve gone dumpster diving and found better shit than that necklace. I’ve found rug fragments that would look better around someone’s neck. It looks like a toddler smashed Alpha Bits into it.
March 12, 2011 at 4:17 pm
I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw the cat puking. It seems that I still can’t. There’s comedy in the simplicity of unexpected contrast. Whose face do I have to shit on to get more people to appreciate subtler humor?