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Why is it so hard to take your money?

Posted in Our shop!
November 25th, 2009 by Cynthia

As some of you may have experienced, PayPal payments don’t always work.  I have received a few complaints about PayPal, so I investigated other payment options.  Long story short, I now accept check or money orders through my Etsy store: bearduck.etsy.com I know it’s not the best solution, or even a good one, but it’s the best I can offer right now.  The whole situation is pretty annoying, since I don’t like dealing with paper money at all and I consider checks to be particularly outdated.  But adding credit card payments to my webstore is actually really expensive and more complicated than I can handle right now.  Hopefully I’ll be able to address that in the future, but until then we have checks and money order.  Whee.

p.s. Please note that the check/money order option is only available at my etsy store.  If you’re interested in something that is not listed, contact me and I’ll make a special listing especially for you!

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Shocking Bioshock costumes

Posted in Video games
November 24th, 2009 by Cynthia

Wow.  Check out these pictures over at Geekologie:

bioshock cosplay

Thanks to lostarchitect for pointing this out.

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An American tradition

Posted in Our shop!
November 23rd, 2009 by Cynthia

I love Thanksgiving.  I can start the day watching a parade on tv and spend the rest of the day eating.  And then there’s shopping, shopping, shopping.  And now that I have a webstore, I can participate in the festivities by holding a sale of my own!  For Thanksgiving weekend (November 26-30), the entire store will be 15% off. Originally, the sale was only to be on Friday, but when I tried to strategize my own post-holiday shopping agenda, I realized one-day sales are actually pretty hard to navigate.  So I decided to extend the sale throughout the whole weekend.  Just thinking about it puts me in a holiday mood!  Now I will return to my shopping exercises: elbowing other shoppers out of the way and snatching everything in sight.

shopping frenzy

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Bag of Crap is crap!

Posted in Culmination of civilization
November 18th, 2009 by Cynthia

I don’t know how much time I’ve wasted waiting for a bag of crap on Woot.  It makes me so mad but I can’t ignore it.

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New products for the holidays

Posted in Our shop!
November 16th, 2009 by Cynthia

snowflake gift tin

Inspired by a request from our real estate agent, I have made some magnets especially for the holidays.  They come in a tin with a window and a card so the whole thing can serve as a greeting card/present.  I was especially pleased with this idea since it’s perfect for the times when you want to send more than a card, but less than a full-blown present.  The politics of gift-and-card exchanges are much more complicated than I can handle, but I’m glad to at least have this option at hand.

View our (not especially nerdy) selection here.  (For the geeks out there, I’m considering expanding this line of gift tins so stay tuned.)

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November newsletter

Posted in Our shop!
November 2nd, 2009 by Cynthia

For those that subscribe to our newsletter, this will be old news.  For those that don’t subscribe, let’s remedy that right now.

Here are the highlights from our November newsletter:

bear duck news

Now that pesky Halloween is behind us, let us focus on the real extravaganza: Christmas.  To celebrate, we have new products for the holidays.

-iPhone icons in gingerbread the same ones pictured in the previous post.  They’re available now.  If you don’t want the entire set, you can pick your favorites to make your own set of four too.

-Game console Christmas ornaments including the wii, PS3, and xbox 360.  I’m really pleased with how these turned out.  They look so cute hanging from a branch, as you can see from our pictures.

Our winter packaging will be available on the day after Thanksgiving: November 27. Which incidentally, is also the biggest shopping day of the year for us Americans. To celebrate Black Friday, everything in the store will be 15% off. This sale will last for one day only from midnight to midnight PST.

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Holiday sneak peek

Posted in Our shop!
October 29th, 2009 by Cynthia

I’ve been working like an elf making these gingerbread iPhone magnets:

gingerbread iPhone icons

I tried to take each icon and think of how to represent it with candy and frosting.  Of course, the ‘candy,’ ‘frosting,’ and ‘gingerbread’ are all clay so they won’t attract nibblers.  They won’t be in our store until November 2, so this is just a preview.  I’m also making some game console ornaments for the holidays.

Sign up for our newsletter to be notified when all this is available!  I’ll also include a coupon with the newsletter so don’t miss out!

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My magnets in action!

Posted in Customer appreciation
October 26th, 2009 by Cynthia

One of my first website customers sent me this picture of my magnets making friends with the rest of his magnets.  It’s such a thrill to see them like this.  I’m feeling quite continental.

iphone_magnets

Huge thanks to Gabriele in Italy.  You made my day!

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Something for fanboys (haha)

Posted in Gadgets
October 19th, 2009 by Cynthia

I just saw this:

bladelessfan

on the Dyson website.  It’s a unique new fan that works without blades.  I could imagine it on my desk; it’s a beautiful accessory.  And I love the sci-fi sounding name: Air Multiplier.  However, it costs $300.  So, as with most new technologies, I can’t afford to be an early adopter.  *sigh*  The wait begins…

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Open for business

Posted in Our shop!
October 4th, 2009 by Cynthia

Our site went live this weekend!  View it here: bearduckdesigns.com After about a month of obsession, I’m not sure what to do next.  I have some vague ideas for new products, but I’ll have to pry myself away from the computer first.

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