Snerffle Round Seven

[smeddley]

(I'm trying to make up for slacking, don't worry, they won't be posted daily - and you still have until the very end to go back and play any round. I'll give a two-week warning!)

There are 115 days left until Christmas!

Have you finished yor shopping yet? Have you started?

I'm looking for unusual and interesting internet stores. They can be large corporations or handmade one-person operations, but they should have really cool stuff and higher points will go to someplace I haven't seen. If you want to say 'Etsy', please link to a specific shop or two. If you say 'Amazon' you get negative points, though I buy from them quite often, they are not interesting or unique. You can link to an interesting third-party seller, but that's still not going to be too many points.

Only four rounds left to go. Snerffle 2010 ISHE will end at the end of October, prizes redeemable through November (this just means the requests, depending on my schedule, if I do NaNo, and how much handmade stuff is ordered, delivery may take longer).

Comments

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

lol internet shopping

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

oh wait! you don't have to pay through the nose for shipping.

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

bitter Australian is bitter

[valonia.livejournal.com]

http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/

I mean, they sell, like, anti-gravity and stuff!

[http://users.livejournal.com/anam_cara_/]

http://www.hotpaella.com/

- best bargain for Rabitos (best indulgent gift ever, EVER)
- I find olive oil pressed with Seville oranges appealing

http://www.zingermans.com/

- great food items, actually where I originally received Rabitos, and then started getting their catalog, which makes me want to buy everything.

[tarpo.livejournal.com]

I only really seem to buy shirts online so 6dollarshirts.com, offworlddesigns.com and shirt.woot.com are where I poke around..

Also Uncommongoods.com has REALLY nice stuff for gifts and its fun to just poke around on their site

I'll be adding to this :)

Whatonearth.com is another great place to shop. I was going to suggest Archie McPhee but you have a million duckies so you should already know about it.

[tarpo.livejournal.com]

Thumbs up on Zingermans. Got a giftbox from them last year from a client. Just fantastic stuff

[tarpo.livejournal.com]

Bitter Canadian understands

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry - but aren't there plenty of Australian-based... oh.

I'm sorry.

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

How can shipping to Canada be that much? I mean, you're touching the US. How much harder is it to drive to Canada than it is to go to Maine?!

Or is it because everything that goes from the US to Canada gets routed through England? It's the only explanation I have for why I can ship something to Austalia faster than I can to a destination that's less than a day's drive away...

[clare-dragonfly.livejournal.com]

Here are some of my favorite Etsy shops:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/SugarRobot
http://www.etsy.com/shop/YarntopiaTreasures (they're on eBay too, with a different selection)
http://www.etsy.com/shop/funckyhairclips
And I don't know that you'd be interested in these clothes, but I love them: http://www.clockworkcouture.com

[tarpo.livejournal.com]

Customs is a beast.. plus Canada post seems to change you not only by weight, but by size of the box.. It uses some form of alchemical equation to figure out this number and its never the same twice.

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

At least you have an Amazon.

[dragonlaire.livejournal.com]

By all means, do Nano; the shopping can wait.

[tarpo.livejournal.com]

Sorry http://www.whatonearthcatalog.com/

[tarpo.livejournal.com]

Gah!

http://www.perpetualkid.com/

I want the sandwhich cake mold.. like.. now!

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

oh hey I found this dude's stuff yesterday. I think it is pretty cool::

http://www.etsy.com/shop/linsgeekery
http://www.etsy.com/shop/fusedelegance

if only I had money::
http://www.etsy.com/listing/55298672/legend-of-zelda-pink-fairy-pendant
http://www.etsy.com/listing/58483384/free-necklace-fox-fire-fused-glass
http://www.etsy.com/listing/52937728/mermaid-grotto-fused-glass-pendant
http://www.etsy.com/listing/60939651/free-necklace-fox-fire-fused-glass

[cryssoleil.livejournal.com]

http://www.mehandi.com/

Its not especially clever, but it is very informative, and they have a lot of neat stuff to buy! :D