New Items Posted on ETSY.com

I just posted a bunch of new silk pleated shibori scarves on ETSY as well as re-listing my handmade cold process hemp oil soaps with my new and improved pictures. They all look really great with the better pictures so hopefully they will get more noticed out there...

Check out my etsy site at http://www.redeftdesigns.etsy.com/ for all the new items and as always, the items at http://www.redeftshibori.com/ and http://www.madebyhippies.com/.

Tie Dye & Shibori are back in Style

Of course, we've known it all along, but according to the latest issue of Harper's Bazaar magazine, Tie Dye is back in the Fashion world! The examples they show in the magazine are of traditional shibori-style tie dye: indigo blue and white resist in a simple all-over pattern, even though they're probably not made in the traditional way (wrapped by hand). For deals on shibori and tie dye that are WAY under the $300 designer pricetags shown here (and much more interesting) check out our websites at www.redeftshibori.com and www.madebyhippies.com for everything TIE DYE!!!
~Amanda~

Reverse Applique Creations

Check out my new reverse-applique and tie-dye t-shirts! The tie dye shirts and reverse applique fabric were all dyed by us at MadeByHippies.com combined with tricky sewing techniques by me to create a cool collaborative project. These particular shirts are one of a kind and are for sale on my ETSY shop at www.redeftdesigns.etsy.com ~ more designs coming soon!
-Amanda

More email changes

Beware of more "INTERNATIONAL ORDER" scams coming from mamamistr@yahoo.com or liverpool@meganbamemarket.com emails. Thanks to Karen from Inventivity LLC for the info.
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Also, check out this article. It was a local Oregon woman who was scammed by some other Nigerians. These are probably not the same ones targeting crafters, but it is still interesting to read. Don't be fooled by greed like this lady! Any money you send overseas could be possibly used by terrorists or weapons dealers in African conflicts!
http://www.katu.com/news/34292654.html

-Amanda
www.redeftshibori.com

New Email from Scammers

Just an update on the scams, they have changed their emails and are now targeting crafters in Canada. The new email address is: marital2@yahoo.com.au and the name is Marta Smith, or Mr&Mrs Smith. The rest is still the same. If you've received this scam email with a different sender, please let me know and I will post it here, if we keep on top of their changing information we can keep them from hurting people. Thanks to Mary from www.orgownic.com for the info!
-Amanda

Scam update

Well, the emails about Ms. Katie Johson have slowed down, which leads me to believe that the whole operation is now using different names and emails. If you receive other scam emails that have different names but are still similar, keep sending them to me and I will keep posting the information here.
I just got this email from www.bookwormbaskets.com ...Thanks Tricia!

"""Hi Amanda,
I just found your blog while trying to verify this, apparently, scam-artist's information. I had a feeling right from the get go that something was not "kosher" with this order I was receiving from Australia. They even had the nerve to give me a "ship to" address that checked out to be the Australian and New Zealand Banking Group...hello, I wasn't born yesterday. So I proceeded to give a price quote and that's when they responded with the BS about their courier. My emails are almost verbatim to the others posted on your site. Only the contact person is using the name Andrew Partison. Thankfully I knew better and was very suspicious but this certainly wasted my time and made me a little more cynical and sad about the world. So sorry to those that got taken.
Peace,"""""

So the contact person has changed to Andrew Partison but the rest is still the same. Pass any information you have along to other crafters so that no one gets taken in by these jerks.
Crafters unite against scammers!
-AMANDA

My first glass pendants

The lampworking glass shop we built last Fall is finally being put to use! We got our first lesson the other day and started making pendants. The one on the right is the first one I made, it cracked before I could get it in the kiln. Too much stress from working it too much, I guess. The one on the left was actually successful, it has a nice design swirl on it, a good shape and a good loop on the back that is melted in to the back. It's fun to do but it takes a long time to slowly melt the borosilicate glass to make it do what you want. We still like fabric dying the best but will keep trying and get good at it, too!