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ribbon asking if I ordered multiple yards would it come
in one continuous length. Or separate 1 yard lengths.
They replied "Oh I see you must be new to Etsy...I only
sell in 1 yard lengths...33,000 customers and I've never
had anyone else have a problem with this????" (yeh she
actually put all those question marks)
What a rude reply to a perfectly polite and reasonable
question! And she says she has 33,000 customers?! Maybe
I should start being rude to customers and then perhaps
my customer base would go up to the tens of thousands!
Must be a bad day!

3 May 2013 —
So I finally picked out a fabric! And - due to being on an
absolute skinflint decorating budget I just re-covered the
footstool myself with a staple gun! Luckily I live alone
with no pets or kids so my amateur re-upholstering won’t
have to actually withstand any ware n tear. (I KNEW
being lonely & unpopular would finally pay off!)

4 May 2013 —
RETRO POP!
Midcentury inspired
collage.
1950s style woman with
atomic bubbles of
retro colours &
pictures. Painted on a
background of vintage
dress pattern paper,
Images cut from 50s & 60s magazines, paper & acrylic on
canvas.