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Etsyhookers Team Christmas in July promotion

My fab etsy team - the etsyhookers are doing a promotion tomorrow to celebrate Christmas in July! What the hell is Christmas in July you may well ask? Loads of my Aussie mates celebrate a second Xmas on the 25th of June (which is also my dad’s b’day so maybe should be called Trevormas??) as they miss having a chilly Northern hemisphere celebration as it’s stinking hot there in December. Course mainly it’s just another excuse for a party, something Australians are really good at finding!

Well we wouldn’t want to miss out now would we so us hookers have got together to create this Christmas in July sale with lots of team member offering special deals on the 15th of July from 6pm till 12 EST time - for us Brits that means from 11pm to 5am - so you gotta stay up late for the best deals. for my part I’m offering a free gift with any purchase from my shop - which should be good for anyone who likes surprises. The images are from other hookers shops, so click them to reach their shops - full list of the deals they are offering here below as the sale is about to begin.

Christmas in July – July 15, 2009 list of participating shops

http://RedBerryCrochet.etsy.com Receive 10% off all items, including sale items! BOGO Free! - Purchase any crochet pdf pattern from my shop and receive another (of equal or lesser value) absolutely free! See store for details.

http://CraftedFromTheHeart.etsy.com BOGO Free. Purchase any pdf pattern from my shop and receive another one free ( must be of equal or lesser value). Buyer needs to let me know from the EtsyHookers Team Special Offer.

http://sghulett.etsy.com Buy 1 Get 1 free

http://JacquiJCrochet.etsy.com 40% off all patterns. Please enter promo: take40off in the notes to seller during checkout to receive a revised invoice.

http://peacoxcreations.etsy.com Receive 10% off plus free shipping on all items!! See store for details.

http://rrexx.etsy.com Tonight Only! Receive 15% off your entire order! Just mention Red Hot Sale in the “notes to seller” when you check out.

http://ClackamasCrochetChic.etsy.com Free shipping (US) and $1 shipping (international) on all items! I will change the shipping costs prior to the sale.

http://crochetgal.etsy.com Yarn sale! All 10 ball packs will be 25% off! All other yarns will be 10% off. Discounts will be applied via paypal refund.

http://juliaemily.etsy.com Free gift with every purchase! Include ‘it’s Christmas in July’ in your message to seller to receive your free gift.

http://MariaKonstantin.etsy.com 20% OFF the price from the section Christmas in July!

10% off any crocheted item in: http://noradoramora.etsy.com
10% off any crocheted item in: http://noradora.etsy.com
Discount will be refunded via paypal after payment has been received!

http://valeriesgallery.etsy.com ~~ 20% off total purchase. Mention “Hooker Christmas in July” in note to seller and either:
1) Wait for a revised invoice OR 2) Pay in full and receive a refund through PayPal.

http://SturmDM.etsy.com FREE SHIPPING to anywhere in the US (Standard USPS) for purchases on 7/15/09 - offer does not apply to Custom/Future Orders. Please mention “Christmas in July Sale” in Notes to Seller.

http://Momwithahook.etsy.com All Patterns [PDF] are BOGO free. All PRE-MADE items are 50% off. Convo Etsyhookers22 for patterns and Etsyhookers44 for Premade items discount. I will refund discount once item is paid via confirmed Paypal account. Secret - Shipping Only for Item I will choose the night of Sale.

http://beberagz.etsy.com Everthing is 20% off. Mention Christmas in July in message to seller box and discount will be refunded through Paypal.

http://bagsandmorebypam.etsy.com 10% off - 6 p.m. - midnight, Wed., July 15 (EDT) - put RHHNS in notes to seller and revised invoice will be sent, or refund of discount difference if you have already paid. Sale limited to items currently in shop. Custom and/or future orders not included in sale.

http://handsdelight.etsy.com 20% off all current listings and 15% any custom orders. Revised invoice can be sent or refund of discount difference if you have already paid.

http://JacBerKitsch.etsy.com Free Shipping Tonight Only!

http://warmandsoft.etsy.com 40% off sale! See shop for details.

http://lauraslefthook.etsy.com 10% off all in stock items. Put in note to seller: CHRISTMAS IN JULY and wait for revised invoice or receive refund through Paypal. Any Lovely Little Letter order of a full name receives the vowels for free instead of the 10% discount; convo to set up custom listing during time of the sale to receive the free vowels.

http://eveldasneverland.etsy.com Offering free shipping worldwide on selected items. You can find them in the “Christmas in July” section.

http://VitalTemptation.etsy.com Whole collection on sale

FREE shipping on any orders over $50.00 in either http://MoonLightSally.etsy.com or http://SallyRags.etsy.com

No lumps in our mash!

James made me the most delicious dinner tonight - and coz we’re generous we’d like to share the recipe with you - so your mouths can be as nice and spicy and your tummies so well-fed.

Roasted Salmon in honey and soy with wasabi mash and stirfried veg

2 salmon steaks

Marinade for 30 minutes in the following mixture:

2 tblsps dark soy sauce

2 tsps honey

1 inch of ginger root finely chopped

1 shallot finely chopped

1 clove garlic crushed

then bake in the oven at 200 degrees celsius or 390 fahrenheit for 12 minutes

Serve with mashed potato with fresh chopped parsley and a teaspoon of wasabi powder and batons of carrot, zuchini (corgette) and sliced mushroom lightly stirfried with a heavy dash of soy, squeeze of lemon juice and grind of black pepper.

Serve and enjoy - feeds 2

Priscilla Queen of the Desert

The Australian musical Priscilla Queen of the desert has received some bad reviews and some glowing reviews, but because of them or despite of them the show has sold out night after night since it arrived in London. Luckily for us my baby sis was feeling generous and took my man and me to see the show last week.

What a show - an extravaganza just made for karaoke fans like me - all the cheesy classics jammed higgledy piggledy and all wrapped up in fabulous feather and sequin festooned costumes. While the boys in their frocks provided us with the action the vocal stars of the show were the lovely lady singers who spent much of the evening hanging from strings from the ceiling, who provided the voices for the lipsyncers. Their towering orange hair and fishtail gowns gave them the appearance of Ariel from Disney’s little mermaid, as they imitated immaculately divas from Tina Turner to Cindi Lauper.

I was more than a little surprised looking around my fellow audience members to see such a mainstream crowd. I go to a lot of drag shows and am used to sharing the stalls with enthusiastic fag hags and their GBFs, but this crowd was what you’d expect at phantom of the opera not Trannyshack. The middle-aged builder sitting next to my sister and displaying his ample bum crack during the interval couldn’t have been more of a surprise to us. Does this mean that the drag fans are now main stream and homophobia is a thing of the past? As homophobia is one of the central themes of the piece this would seem to be a case of job well done!

Jason Donovan was unrecognizable to me at the start, looking much older than he had on the posters, but his transformation into diva was amazing. Starting as a non-descript man in a beige suit he striped on stage to his undies, donned corset and heels and turning his back to the audience added a wig and turned back 30 second later in full glitter make-up. Now how did they do that? Later in the show in board shorts and Hawaiian shirt he was more recognisably Scott from Neighbours, and I’m pleased to announce he managed to play a Kylie fan without any visible bitterness - well done Jase! His fellow Queens gave stunning performances, the aria sang from the roof of the bus in a sequinned body suit while sat in a giant shoe particularly stands out.

Browsing the internet for reviews I came across these concerns about racism, inspired by the mail-order bride character, sadly though I sympathise, I love the ping pong firing hot head. I was fascinated to see how they would manage to make her fire her balls without crossing a line that would relegate the show into nearby porno theatres. I am confident that the writer was chasing the novelty of this scene, and is only guilty of lack of thought as to how this negatively stereotyped Asian women. Still I think that most of the world by now is educated enough to know that mail order brides with a penchant for ping-pong firing are anything, but common.

This show makes for a great night out, with a glitz and polish that’ll take your breath away - if you can get tickets you just have to go!

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful

This quote from William Morris should be an inspiration to us all. Morris a dedicated socialist who believed that beautiful things should not be only for the elite (although the high standard of craftsmanship that he demanded in his works meant that they could never truly be available to the masses) and that crafts should take their rightful place alongside art. As one of the founders of the Arts and Crafts Movement he inspired many others to take pride in their work and to instill beauty in the most practical of items.

As we find ourselves in Walthamstow, housesitting for Sophie and her many cats, we decided to visit the William Morris Gallery, which is in his old family home on the edge of the Park in Walthamstow.

The foyer was filled with children learning to make toys as it is the Easter holidays, but a step away from their shreeks was a quiet little museum to the designer’s life. Offering insights into his distaste for modern machine techniques of the time, his love of the old medieval weaving and illustration which his work helped to revived, and to his wife’s indiscretions with Rossetti, whose painting of her is on the left. 

We followed the story of his life, illustrated by lovely examples of the woodcuts from which his wallpapers were printed, the sketches he made for his stain glass windows, and beautiful books which he and his friends had painstakingly illustrated. These were displayed alongside the brochures for his lectures on his theories of art and design and the stronger literature expounding his views on socialism. 

What i love best about Morris, apart from the beauty of his work, was the fact that he was not afraid to try something new. This was a man who dabbled in almost every form of art, from writing and poetry to painting, architecture and furniture design. His creativity seems to have been unstoppable, now that’s inspiring.