Category: Shop News

In a hole in the ground, lived a Hobbit…

Yesterday, Boothbait and I went on an adventure to the Big City (NYC) and visited the Tolkien exhibition at the Morgan Library. This is a collection of artwork, notes, and manuscripts from J.R.R. Tolkien, brought here by the Morgan through the Bodleian Library and the Tolkien estate.

It was, in a word, Amazing.

In case you don’t already know, I love The Hobbit. I re-read it almost annually. This book was an escape for me while I was growing up. No matter what was going on in real life, I knew I could open up my book and Bilbo would be there, waiting for me.

To be in the same room as the original artwork? I never thought it possible. To have a bag I made from the original artwork in a photo with the original artwork? The possibility was inconceivable to me. But it happened.

The photo (even though there was a lady in the room yelling “NO PICTURES” lol):

 

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once-in-a-lifetime experience, once-in-a-lifetime photo <3

There were also drinks with friends at the Algonquin Hotel, a super cool Japanese stationery store, and an amazing pastrami reuben. All in all, a very good day in the city.

If you are interested in having your very own Hobbit bag, I did a little inventory and found that I have a few cuts available – go here to see what I have!

~jess

I thought I’d post a little update to let you all know what’s going on in SbJL world 🙂

Well, the last two weeks have been (less than) fun around here – first R (boothbait) got sick, then he gave it to me (so nice of him, right? lol) and after a week of not being able to breathe, I had him take me to urgent care. Come to find out, I had an ongoing asthma thing going on and boothbait won the booby prize of pneumonia! He wasn’t even going to get checked, but since he was there decided why not! (I think this means I saved his life or something, ha ha)

Anyway, we are both on the mend, I am working hard on getting club bags made and out the door to all of you wonderful people who ordered one for April! This fabric is so amazing, you’re going to love it, I just know it!

I’m also working on show orders, and am keeping up to date on shop orders! It sucks when you are on top of things and then whammo, two weeks sick. I’m going severely stir crazy over here.

I hope all is well with all of you and it’s beginning to warm up wherever you are! Thanks as always for supporting my little corner of the internet! <3

~jess

…of doing things!

I’ve been doing limited edition bags for a few years now – I have them for holidays and seasons and always in a limited number so they’re special. I always feel bad when I sell out too quickly and can’t get more fabric, so I’ve been trying to think up a way to keep them limited but still be able to expand the number of bags (and shapes!) I offer and not run out of fabric. After much hemming and hawing (because omg do I hate change, as anyone who has read my ‘about SbJL page can attest (I haven’t changed that since…2010? Crazy.)) I’ve come up with the idea of a Limited Edition Club!

The Club will work like most yarn clubs, except you will have the choice to sign up every month (eventually I’d like to offer recurring, but this is kind of an experiment) and those who sign up will get first dibs at extras I have available at the end of the month. Sign ups will happen the first week of each month, bags will ship the last week of the month and any extras not nabbed by club members will go up for public consumption the first week of the following month. I’ll throw extras in here and there, but it will be a basic bag+shipping price. Did I mention the print will be a surprise? How fun is that?

This first round is going to be a little different because I’m behind on my usual schedule for Limited Editions. September sign ups are going to be for either a fall print OR a Halloween print (or you can do both). Next year the August club will be for a Fall print and September will be for Halloween (yes, I have a schedule worked out already lol).

I hope you guys like this idea as much as I do, and I hope it works out! I think this will be a good way to keep the special bags limited, but yet available to more people and available in more shapes and sizes :o)

You can get more info (including prices – as noted, there’s no extra charges, just bag + shipping) and sign up here!

As always, thank you all for loving my bags!!

~jess

9/2 ETA: where to find pricing

Hi all! First, I can’t believe it’s been almost 2 years since I changed the shop theme (and posted in the shop blog)! I’ve switched it up again to something even more simple, with a lot less fancy overlay, which will hopefully be easier for some of you who had trouble finding info and how to check out! :o)

Spring show season is here! I am vending again at the Chancellor’s Sheep and Wool Showcase in Clermont, NY on April 23! The Clermont show is on some beautiful property that is situated on the Hudson river. It’s usually a wonderful day with wonderful views, I hope you’ll be able to make it!

For more show info, please visit my show schedule page. If you are looking for a bag for a gift or don’t think you’ll be able to wait until June to get a SbJL bag of your very own, please contact me through the shop contact page and I will see what I can do! Thank you all for your patience during my show seasons, one of these days I’ll be able to invest in that clone I keep talking about ;o)

I’ve done a little tweaking with the shop theme, I hope you all like it! I love the overlays and the clean look – hopefully it will make it easier for everyone to find a print they love!

The new look meant moving some info around so if you’re looking for info, check the shop policies or about pages :o)

ETA: Well it appears the new theme doesn’t automatically recognize the line breaks that are in my product description, I’ve sent an email to big cartel in the hopes it’s something they can fix on their end.