indie librarian
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he is so flippin hot. he’s so hot he’s making me sexist. bitch.
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me, @indie_librarian, and my buddy, one of the most kickass bookmobile librarians ever. we’re both adult reference librarians for a public library system in california, as well as hardcore crafty bitches. no we don’t play roller derby, we just like to dress up and go roller skating, big whoop, you wanna fight about it?
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so excited to find my wee grenades featured on craftzine.com this morning!!!
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i wants it! but i don’t have $200 to spare. :(
Looking to own your own card catalog cabinet? My place of work is selling two. Or are atlas cases more your style? The only catch (aside from cost) is that you’ve got to come pick them up from us in Oakland, California.
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What people need to understand about shopping on Etsy
For the most part, our Etsy customers are just awesome. They’re willing to sacrifice convenience and expediency in order to support small business over big, handmade over mass-produced, in the hopes that they will be rewarded with unique, quality items that you can’t just pick up in Target. However, there are some people who just don’t get it. This post is for the latter…
1. Etsy sellers are usually individuals or very small groups of people, often with day jobs and/or families. They are human beings with human problems, not huge corporations with hundreds of sweatshop workers to do their bidding. If there’s a death in the family, a power outage, a sewing machine catastrophe, a sick child, etc., your item might take a bit longer. Etsy is not Amazon. There are no Etsy warehouses with your items ready-made and waiting to be shipped. Expecting Amazon-style service from an Etsy seller is unrealistic, and a failure to live up to that expectation does not make us unprofessional, it makes YOU ridiculous. Also ridiculous is expecting all Etsy sellers to be the same and have the same policies. In fact, they vary quite widely on what they offer and how they offer it. That’s why each shop has its own separate announcement and policies section. And speaking of which…
2. It is YOUR responsibility, according to Etsy’s Dos and Don’ts (which you probably didn’t read either), to read a shop’s announcement and policies BEFORE placing an order. This is where you’ll find all the information regarding the shop’s items - for example, if they’re made to order, if there’s a wait time, return policies, shipping policies, etc. If you didn’t read this information beforehand, don’t get all pissy because you can’t get a beautiful, custom, handmade item that takes several hours to meticulously create within the week. The information was there for you, you just didn’t take the time to read it.
3. Etsy sellers have no control over the post office. If we have shipped your item in a timely fashion and provided a tracking number or other proof of shipment, we’ve done our part. If your item gets lost in the mail or held up at customs for several weeks, there is absolutely nothing we can do about it, so getting angry at us and leaving negative feedback or harassing us with convos only makes us hate you and wish fervently for something terrible to befall you.
4. Regarding custom orders: If you like what we make, why are you asking us to make something else entirely? “Oh, I love your so-and-so but could you make me one that looks completely different from everything else that you make?” No. If we don’t have what you want, find another seller who does. Also, if you want a custom item and have something very specific in mind, please be very specific when describing it. For example, say you request something in teal. Now, teal can go either on the blue side or the green side. If you want a more blue shade of teal, you need to say so. If we find fabric in a shade of teal that matches but is greener than what you wanted, it is not our fault. We can’t read your mind, only your words. And never say “I trust your judgment” if you actually have something specific in mind. Saying you trust our judgment means you’re leaving certain decisions up to us, and therefore have no right to complain if our judgment doesn’t match the picture you had in your head but could not articulate in words.
5. Unless we have gone beyond the stated shipping/turnaround time, please do not harass us with anxious messages regarding the status of your order. Every minute spent answering you is a minute lost from making your item and getting it to you in time. And you want it in time, right? That’s why you’re bugging us about it? Right.
6. You are not our only customer, nor are you more special or important than everyone else. If there is a stated turnaround time, we probably cannot get it to you faster unless you pay for expedited shipping. Otherwise, we’d have to delay someone else’s order, and unless they ordered well ahead of time or have specifically told us there is no rush (we love you guys), we’re not going to do that. Wouldn’t you hate it if your order got delayed because we decided someone else deserved to get their item before you, even if you’d placed your order earlier? Yes, you would, and you would send us hateful messages and leave scathing feedback to that effect. So no matter how much you beg and plead, regardless of your “special” situation, we’re not going to treat you any differently than we treat all of our customers.
I love having the opportunity to sell on Etsy. I have had so many lovely experiences with truly awesome customers. But I’ve also been stressed out to the point of illness by the few who have been clueless, demanding, and/or downright nasty. Always remember, we are just people trying to get by and make a little extra money with what talent we have, and we need you to use both common sense and common courtesy when doing us the huge favor of buying our creations. Thank you.
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more awesome knitting-themed desserts. i want some! (via nerdy…like a rockstar)
Yarncakes!
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possibly the creepiest dolls on etsy. their nipples give me the willies. and the fake hot tub is just fucking bizarre.
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this is funny. but it would have been funnier if it was flight of the conchords.
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(Source: sheepishknitcrochet)
library nerd, knitting enthusiast, secular humanist. check out my knitted oddities on etsy at 
