"I'm aware of the desperate rivalry between the knitters and the crocheters...It's an age-old war. Like the werewolves and the vampires. I think Underworld was actually originally about crocheters and knitters but they thought it would be too controversial so they changed it to vampires and werewolves."
I laughed when I read this. I must be a hybrid then...because I know how to do both. But I prefer crochet...it's much easier. I like vampires better than werewolves too. Hmmm...
Here's a few more gems...
"Like, good people in movies and TV... have things that are wooly and handmade and very sort of earthy, and evil people live in cold, steel, modernist houses, you know, and wear shiny suits. It's sort of inevitable."
These last ones are not really "funny" persay, but they stood out to me.
"I mean, let's face it, in the media there are now eight companies. In any mall you walk into, there are now eight stores: there's gonna be a Gap, there's gonna be a Banana Republic. Everything is becoming consolidated, so where there used to be lots of variety, there are now, like, ten giants and tons of tiny little villagers. And yeah, the villagers are going to start making their own stuff because the materials will be available to all of them, and we can't all just do things the way the giants want..."
"Well, you know, at the end of the day right now, you can create something; what you can't usually do is make a fortune off of it... it's not about, "I'm going to crochet the most hats! I'm going to be the fastest! I'm going to be the most [mumbled] millionaire without enjoying the process and the product." "
This is when we first re-did it...the couch and chairs are flipped now, the two spherical paper lanterns are now in the bedroom, and the bamboo plant is in a different spot. We like to re-arrange things occasionally.
A friend who was the teacher at the preschool I used to work at came and bought up at least 6 monsters! This purple fuzzy guy went home with her to be a gift for one of her nieces...
...her husband bought this purple fuzzy guy for his co-worker. (Anyone else noticing a theme of purple here?)...
... and this Nubbin was picked out by their 5-year-old daughter. I was told she'd actually picked it out on Etsy. She also took one of my business cards to show all her friends!...what a sweetie!
I did pretty well. Not spectacular (I did come home with monsters)...but pretty well...I sold about 15 monsters. I thought the Nubbins would be my biggest seller, but they were about equal with the sock monsters. I saw at least 4 people that I used to work with...three from the Communication Center and one from Ivan Green. It was nice to see some familliar faces (one of them ended up being my best customer!). And Mom saw a couple people she knew from church.
The black thing this is an orange crate I've had for years (it came from my great-aunt's farm) that I painted black...although it's unpainted on the bottom, so you can still see the original logo. We usually use it as a nightstand at home. I have another crate to match it, and was originally going to bring both, but decided on just the one. I was originally going to bring my sewing machine too, in order to get some work done there, but I decided against that too, since I had a lot of hand-sewing to get done (which I didn't even get done!)
I must say as well that Rottweilers get a really bad rep. Darn movies and mean junkyard owners! King (my parents' dog...the big one shown) is the sweetest dog ever!
I saw a lot of different people picking them up and looking at them, but they were all still there by the time Mom and I left. No biggie. I didn't expect them to sell right away.
I'm also donating one of my newest sweater monsters to a toy drive my husband's office is participating in...the "Pirate Toy Fund". This guy is rather robot-y looking isn't he? I think it's the straight lines and how I didn't add a mouth. That first set of horizontal lines imply a mouth.
The red & green ones are my featured "Holiday Edition" Nubbins. They'd make great stocking stuffers! 
I'm really trying to get more on top of marketing my monsters and my shop...especially with the holidays coming up. I'm doing the 
Yes...I have an Elvish "tengwar" font (the text is my name spelled with elvish letters). Like I said...uber-geek (but quite not as uber-geeky as some people). The picture was a result of me playing in photoshop after some friends told me I looked like Arwen/Liv Tyler (which I consider a big complement since she's so pretty).
I need to get cracking on a pink pair next for someone else for Christmas...