The Curious Hamster

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A pair of silver stud earrings. A moon in a circle with dangling beads below it.

A pair of silver stud earrings. A moon in a circle with dangling beads below it.

A little sneaky sneaky at the earrings I made to match the blue Labradorite necklace. The customer requested I match the beads along the chain, and I also mirrored the moon motif. A happy quick and easy commission. ☺️ #jewellery #designermaker #handmade

Stickers!! I have 8 designs ready and available. Hopefully I can bring more of my patch designs into paper form soon. thecurioushamster.etsy.com?section_id=1... #BlueSkyNightMarket

My job for the next few days is to work out shipping cost to the USA. Royal Mail have sorted out Large Letters and I can open up orders again. I will have to increase the shipping costs to include the tariff changes + Royal Mail handling fee + Etsy fees though. 😭

Two gray hamster plushies. One is holding a mushroom and the other has a little yellow and orange shoulder bag.

Two more holy Tam vessels have arrived! And they’re bigger than I expected. To be fair to me, the listings didn’t have measurements. 🤣

I’m happy to help! 🤣 I’ve dunked one sticker in water and it didn’t run, but I dunno how it will hold up to washing. 😅

In other news, I should be able to turn USA shipping back on next month. I’m waiting for more information that I can pass on, on how much extra I’ll have to charge as I can’t absorb the tariffs! 😭

Once again I forgot to post about new stuff! Honestly when my mental health goes, I retreat and just stop. 🤦‍♀️ But anyway! I’ve made stickers! thecurioushamster.etsy.com?section_id=1... I hope you like them.

Crow brain does like the shiny! I might just list them both and chicken out of picking! 😅

I get the feeling I’ll have to just offer them in both finishes! 🤣 The votes are definitely split right now.

Opinions are definitely needed on this one, as I like them both!

I’ve finally bought sticker paper, some good stuff. As soon as it’s here, I’m having a play. I also got laminate to out over the top of the stickers for extra strength. Hopefully they’ll come out well enough people want to buy them! 😅

I’m so sorry but ai’ll be turning off shipping to the USA this morning. I don’t know how long for but I will turn it back on as soon as I can! No one wants to pay $80 extra on an order! Hopefully TACO will will change his mind again. No one wanted this. I’m sorry.

A photo of an Etsy review with my “Changling Swap Meet” embroidered patch. The patch is green with yellow text and a little baby basket motif in the middle.

I try to bring the shenanigans! Thank you! 😙

It was a bad week for week Four of “How many orders did I get this week?” I’m holding on to that pin sale like woah. 😨

Week three. We have a manifesting fail! I totally blame the heatwave we had in the UK for blocking the vibes. But thank you for the five orders. 🥰

A five star review on Etsy of my Snoot Booper patch. The patch is black with white text and a cat nose motif in the middle.

Thank you for the review! I hope you have an amazing con, and boop snoots! 🥰

I’m a little behind where I wanted to be this week with making orders. But frankly the heatwave in the UK is vile and this chronically ill goblin doesn’t work in the heat! 😭

TDLR: I’m putting my UK postage costs up to cover First Class costs. And I’ll no longer send anything out with the Second Class service.

Thanks Royal Mail! I’ll be increasing the costs this week and posting everything from the end of the week onwards as First Class. Sorry!!

The (probably) last update on my workshop! The flow is much better and I’m loving being in there again!

Oh don’t. I keep forgetting I can embroider my *own* clothes. 🤦‍♀️

Week two of “How many orders did I get?” Did I manage to manifest anything? Maybe I did! 🥰 www.instagram.com/reel/DLzCvFM...

Welcome to my new weekly series of “How many orders did I make this week?” I’m trying to manifest more orders as I do meed more. So here’s to the universe cutting me a break.
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Poster for Leicester Guildhall summer craft fair. Saturday June 28th. 10am - 5pm

I'll be at the Leicester Guildhall Summer Craft Fair this weekend; Saturday 28th. We are open from 10am till 5pm and I'll have my usual array of shinies to tempt visitors 💎🌟 Do visit if you can! If Jewellery isn't your thing, there's a great selection of crafts, art and food to discover too.

New item!! Wooden pins! I’ve taken my Mothman patch design and had it made into a pin. thecurioushamster.etsy.com/uk/listing/4... #BlueSkyNightMarket

New item!! Wooden pins! I’ve taken my Mothman patch design and had it made into a pin. thecurioushamster.etsy.com/uk/listing/4... #BlueSkyNightMarket

Day one and two of the great workshop organisation! I’m rubbish at blogging, so I’m impressed I hot this footage. 🤣 vm.tiktok.com/ZNdDr8k9j/

A small plush hamster sits next to a rainbow cake. He has a fork and isn’t afraid to use it!

Tam and me understood the assignment yesterday in Ikea! You have to have the gay cake when it’s on offer! And hopefully thanks to this trip I can reorganise my workshop and get my cutting machine going properly!

New patch!! I’m really in love with this one, I think it’s bloody adorable! #BlueSkyNightMarket thecurioushamster.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

It’s that time! I think my laptop needs upgrading. 🤦‍♀️ Well at least I have PIP for now, so I better use it before our Glorious Leader takes it away. After all me trying to work round my chronic illness and contribute as much as I can is definitely what’s wrong with the country. 🙄