Domestic Geek

Since I totally ragged on the stupid chick from Selma's Yarns the other day, I feel obliged to sing the praises of another. (I would link to that post, but I've just realized my archives are jacked.) I mentioned that I had ordered the chart from someone else and the most amazing thing happened--I actually received the correct chart last Friday afternoon! It only took three, count them, three days to get it. I was soooooo happy. The store is The Rocking Horse. I'll definitely check her out first if I'm ever looking for a particular pattern. Whoo Hooo!

I've got more things to say, but I'm tired and it's late, so they'll have to wait until tomorrow.

I really, really, really want to start some sort of crafting business. I've been dreaming about doing this for well over ten years. This is the most confident that I've ever felt about actually being able to do it. Right now I'm just trying to figure out where to get some money for the inital capital outlay. Oh, and I need a really good business name. Any ideas?

Well, I found that chart I wanted on another web site and I emailed first to see if they actually had one in stock. The woman that emailed me back said they did, so I tried again.

I emailed the store I complained about in the last post:



Here's the response I got back today:

Yeah, that made it all better. I really want to order from her again after that reply. I'm not stupid, I understand all of that about charts being discontinued, etc. I'm still pissed and that was so not a convincing apology. Maybe if you're going to have things on your website that you don't stock, you should have some sort of disclaimer. Maybe you shouldn't put things on a website that you don't stock. Maybe you should've contacted me the day I ordered (or within a couple of days) to let me know that you didn't have that item in stock instead of making me wait over two weeks to find out. Maybe you should stick to selling things in your shop and get your site off the internet. Better yet, try eBay. You're supposed to have the item in hand when you sell on there. Arrrgh!

OK, I'm calm now...

Current mood: angry
On August 1st, I ordered this cross stitch chart entitled "Sew Petite" from this store. To make it worthwhile (shipping costs), I added four other charts. Today, (17 days later) the four other charts arrived, but not the one I originally wanted. How lame is that? Not a "Sorry we no longer have that item in stock" note or email. If I had been informed that they couldn't ship that chart, I would've cancelled the whole order. Poor way to run a business, if you ask me. The worst part--if you no longer have access to it, get the damn thing off your website! I am so not ever ordering anything from that site ever again.

I'm a little grumpy, can you tell? I need a nap (see previous post).

I went to the Denver Craft & Sewing Festival at the Denver Merchandise Mart last night. They always have discount coupons for this thing every year at all the craft and fabric stores around town. I've been meaning to go for the last three years, but I always manage to forget. I must say I wasn't impressed. The flyer said see the latest supplies, patterns, tools, etc. Well, there must not be anything new out, because I've seen pretty much everything before. What I was really looking for was gift-type items for crafters. You know, shirts, mugs, figurines, etc. This one place did have some shirts, but they were waaaaaay ugly. Another shop had some cool embroidered ones, but only mediums. From what I saw there (I think a lot of overweight women, including me, craft), they were either unprepared or the large sizes were snapped up first. *sigh* I did watch a scroll saw demonstration (I really need to learn to use mine) and looked at the Brother Embroidery machine that I want. Oh, to be really well off....