Friday, January 15, 2010

Mermaid Handmade

My editor and I share an obsession fascination with the craft site Etsy.com (so many adorable things). What is particularly fun is hunting for handmade goodies relating to my books. (And you, my darling readers, benefit from this obsession fascination because most of the book-themed goodies I find will be used for a book-themed contest down the road.)

With mermaids, it's been a little tough. The classic image of the topless or coconut-bra-wearing mermaid just doesn't match up with the real mermaids who live in Thalassinia. Or any other mer kingdom, for that matter. Here are some of my favorites so far:


Mermaid Dog Collar

Mermaid Scales Glitter

Mermaid Kindle Case

Reef Maiden Hair Barrett

Mermaid Charm Pendant

Corgi Fish Stamp

Mermaid's Water Hair Comb

I'm pretty sure Daisy needs the dog collar. And if I had a Kindle I would totally order the Kindle cover.

Hugs,
TLC

6 comments:

Little Willow said...

Very cool. I'm sending this to a friend who loves mermaids.

Wendy Toliver said...

Mermaids rule! :) Cute stuff.

Anonymous said...

I live for Etsy.

If I could just win the lottery and become independently wealthy and give the world Etsy I would be satisfied.

I especially love their vintage typewriter key stuff.

The mermaid scales glitter is cute. I recently bought a miniature sand and sea shell in a glass bottle necklace from Etsy. Just adorable. And have you seen the Scrabble tile charms....

Okay you better stop me....

the story siren said...

i love finding mermaid stuff on etsy! i bought a beautiful sparkly mermaid pendant on there!

Hannah said...

i was looking for mermaid necklaces and i found this beautiful one on etsy.com. take a look its awesome! http://ny-image0.etsy.com//il_fullxfull.114977692.jpg

Tales of Whimsy said...

Adorable finds!