Free shipping on all potholders!

In order to celebrate our new line of funny novelty potholders (which are up on etsy BTW) we are having a sale where all potholders (even the older ones) have free shipping!  Get them quick, we've already sold a few, and free shipping won't last forever!
Also we have a few new treasuries on etsy, be sure to check those out!
http://www.etsy.com/people/thegreengriffin/treasury

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New Faerie Houses on Etsy

Here are a few of the newest faerie houses. We have several more completed but haven't had time to photograph and post. Check back often.

Our etsy shop is at thegreengriffin.etsy.com

Mini Suitcase Swap

So, my first swap from Swap-bot is for a matchbox...that's really all the requirements. So I made a faery suitcase for my fellow faery loving partner.

I just covered a matchbox with leather and glued the straps on top. The old fashioned customs stickers are printed out from the computer.

Inside I put the faery's favorite things, a tiny faery house out of sculpy, some ribbon and stickers, faery charms, a mini candle, bell and tea cup, and a mini passport. I also made a little shirt from wool I had laying around (thanks mom). The shirt was inspired by Salley Mavor and her book Wee Felt Folk.

I also wrote a letter form the 'Faery Adoption Agency' and printed it on nice paper, I couldn't get a good picture though.

I hope my swap partner likes it, I had loads of fun making it and my mind is already forming new matchboxes to add to my etsy line...

-Aline

Woodchuck Love

Last Saturday, Aline and I set up a table on her back porch and decorated matchboxes for a few hours. It was a beautiful spring day (even though it snowed! two days later), one of the first. Behind her apartment is a huge empty lot that's covered with kudzu, and within the kudzu lives a woodchuck (rather cute for a rodent). Aline's fiance, Edmund, named him Woodrow Charles (get it? Wood Chuck) last fall. Woodrow went to sleep for the winter and now he's back with a "friend." Reminds me of Captain and Tennille's "Muskrat Suzie, Muskrat Sam" But I digress. The point is the matchboxes. Lots of new ones: Birthday, Wedding, Thank you, Best Friends, Graduation, Love, Baby, Mother's Day... Be sure to check out our etsy site. Choose your occasion and let us select the box. $5 for one; $12 for three.

Welcome. The Green Griffin is live.

Okay. Here goes. Aline and I are jumping in with all four feet, intending to make a real and profitable business out of this. Follow along and help us out and don't forget to check out our etsy site.

For starters, I held my first altered sweater workshop about two weeks ago. It was lots of fun and very productive. Aline was in New York (it was spring break), so I had to go it alone.

Laura (who's due any day now) made these awesome baby pants from two sweater sleeves. Check out Leigh's purse. Of course, she's pretty talented. Just give her materials and watch her go. That's Leigh in the third pic. Cleta made a scarf for her granddaughter Evie (very cute and girlie). Beth made a square purse. Mary Jean made a ragamuffin from a design by crispina ffrench (full instructions in her book "Sweater Chop Shop"). Everyone made potholders. And everyone made a donation to Relay for Life.

Our next workshop will be Sunday, April 11, from 1-5 pm in Dacula, GA. Email us if you'd like more information.