Etsy is an addiction!

I swear it is.  If you haven't yet visited Etsy.com, you should. I would say it is like eBay for crafty people, except there are no auctions or craziness and the fee structure for selling items is simple and logical.  I could spend all day browsing.  In fact, I may spend a bit too much time on there.  I've been purchasing a few too many things lately.  As shown in my last post, I purchased 2 gauge rules and since then I've procured three more items from sellers on Etsy.

The first:

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An extremely cute Zippy Pouch from Piecesofkandee@Etsy.  The winking owls are great and it is backed with red corduroy.  I am a bit crazy about owls.  My love of owls had faded some over the years, but as soon as I saw Clash of the Titans again a few months ago and watched Bubo, the mechanical owl, my love was fully renewed! :D

Next on my list of purchases is related to something else near and dear to my heart.

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Pokey Little Puppy magnets!!!   I might have to name the Pokey Little Puppy as my favorite book ever.  These magnets were made from actual pages of the book.  They were purchased from LittleMommaErin@Etsy.

Last, but certainly not least is this:

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I know.  It looks a bit... questionable, if you will.  Let me explain what it is for those that might not know.  It's a nostepinde (also spelled as nostepinne).  What is a nostepinde? It is a tool used to manually wind a center-pull yarn ball.  Why the funny name?  It's Scandinavian.  I don't really know much about the history, but I figure these things have been around a good, long while.  If you want to know how it works, feel free to go to the same place I learned about them: Fiber Fool's Nostipinne Tutorial.  It's a very good tutorial and has lots of pictures and a video.  Anyway, back to my nostepinde... It's from Craftiness@Etsy.  It's made from Silver Maple and is extremely pretty.   I haven't used it yet, but I know it'll be great.

As you can see, a great variety of all things crafty can be found at Etsy.   Now I better get away from this computer before I start shopping again! ;)