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Scenes From a Sample Sale

August 17, 2010 by WendyB

I had a great time at my joint sample sale with my designing friend Zang Toi today. All my peeps stopped by. Gorgeous blogger Pamela of Market Publique treated herself to an asterisk ring.

Click Pamela to buy your own asterisk ring.

My gorgeous friend Elizabeth was all like, “OMG!”

Click Elizabeth to pre-order the OMG rings on Kickstarter.

Elizabeth, WendyB and the Cleopatra necklace.

Gorgeous blogger Tina of The Occasional Cook is a big True Blood fan like me. For us, OMG stands for “Oh my Godric!”

Tina is wearing her vampire stake and Little Woolf necklaces.

Cecilia was all about my Cleopatra necklace.

Cecilia.

My friend Kevin had the most fun because he invented Swear-Ring Scrabble. I’d already pointed out that the various sets could be mixed and matched to create new words, but Kevin is the new champion.

Kevin started out with the basic NYC set.

New York -- exclamation point!

Go!

I haven't the foggiest notion about what Kevin will come up with next.

Hmmm. Does this mean he likes True Blood too?

Don't get coy now, Kevin!

Anyone who wants to challenge Kevin in Swear-Ring Scrabble can go to Kickstarter to order the new OMG, NYC and LOLZ ring sets, as well as the original F@#! set. I’m now fully funded on Kickstarter but I still want to place more rings in loving homes before my funding time is up!

Other shopping options are my genie necklaces in silver and gold. From now through August 26, a portion of each genie’s sales price will be donated to UNICEF’s flood relief effort for the children of Pakistan. To donate on your own, click here.

Thanks to everyone who came to the sale. It means so much to me when y’all turn out to support me. Thanks especially to Zang for having me again and to my unpaid helpers: Stacy, GeorgeB and BarbaraB.

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  1. miss cavendish says

    August 18, 2010 at 12:03 am

    Kevin should also try OY! Looks like your sale was a great success!!

  2. Cameron says

    August 18, 2010 at 12:50 am

    Kevin’s quite the handsome lad, non ? When I have enough $$$, I’ll definitely take him on in Swear-Ring Scrabble.

  3. Melissa says

    August 18, 2010 at 12:58 am

    Congrats on the sale!!! 🙂

  4. stacy says

    August 18, 2010 at 1:50 am

    I love what Kevin did with those rings!
    He missed a word… GYM!

    LOL 🙂

    Why is my anti-spam word “rent” ??

  5. Suzanne aka Punk Glam Queen says

    August 18, 2010 at 2:12 am

    I’m so bummed I couldn’t make it, looks like it was gobs of fun!
    XXX
    Suzanne

  6. Julia, the Thanksgiving Girl says

    August 18, 2010 at 2:44 am

    Hahaha, your friend Kevin is awesome!! Looks like he had the most fun 🙂

  7. Luxse says

    August 18, 2010 at 3:38 am

    Love the OMG !! =) congrats!

  8. Annie Spandex says

    August 18, 2010 at 4:58 am

    Oh, fun! I’m glad it went well and congrats on the kickstart!

  9. Poochie says

    August 18, 2010 at 6:28 am

    You must do a traditional LOLCat style picture!

  10. Couture Allure says

    August 18, 2010 at 7:08 am

    My favorite Scrabble for your rings would be OY!

  11. hiyaluv says

    August 18, 2010 at 8:32 am

    congrats on a successful sale!!
    :0smiles, gina

  12. Tina says

    August 18, 2010 at 8:35 am

    Oh my Godric! Totally using that.

  13. sharon rose says

    August 18, 2010 at 8:35 am

    Hi there-well done indeed, great to see everyone pitching in and enjoying themselves!!

  14. Tor (fabfrocks) says

    August 18, 2010 at 9:31 am

    It is my ambition to own your swear rings before the year is out! Love them!

  15. Nina says

    August 18, 2010 at 10:53 am

    good looks and smarts! kevin seems like he would be a fun scrabble partner.

  16. Nickie Frye says

    August 18, 2010 at 11:29 am

    Sounds so fun! I wish I lived closer. 🙂

  17. fashion butter says

    August 18, 2010 at 12:19 pm

    Kevin Rules!

  18. Tony Wang says

    August 18, 2010 at 12:47 pm

    Such a smart idea to make new words with the rings! Haha, that’s amazing.

  19. MrsBossa says

    August 18, 2010 at 1:48 pm

    Oh my god, did you watch S3E09 this week?! Franklin and Russell are each fanTASTIC.

    • WendyB says

      August 18, 2010 at 1:55 pm

      “We will eat you, after we eat your children. Now time for the weather… Tiffany?”

  20. MrsBossa says

    August 18, 2010 at 1:49 pm

    Sorry – that was rude – I meant to say the rings are hot, too!! :/

  21. bravegrrl says

    August 18, 2010 at 2:35 pm

    haha… omg… oh my godric! haha!

  22. PinkBow says

    August 18, 2010 at 3:26 pm

    i do wish we had sample sales near to where i live, i only ever hear of them in london 🙁

  23. Sheena says

    August 18, 2010 at 6:24 pm

    Everyone looked lovely at your sample sale! Love the shoutout to Godric (my fave True Blood character)!

  24. Couture Carrie says

    August 18, 2010 at 8:09 pm

    Awesome pics and pieces, darling WB!
    Love the Scrabble wordplay with the letter rings!

    xoxox,
    CC

  25. K-Line says

    August 18, 2010 at 9:25 pm

    I am SO excited about my asterisk ring!

  26. devilishlypleasurable says

    August 18, 2010 at 9:40 pm

    hahah! love the scrabble idea . . would you ever come up with a 26-alphabet set of rings plus a few other symbols?

    something like ‘what say i today’. . good for greedy people who love as many possibilities as possible!

  27. Winnie says

    August 18, 2010 at 10:09 pm

    I couldn’t help but watch True Blood after you tweeted about it. I am now up to date! As if I wasn’t already?!

    Anyway, amazing about the sample sale and I just wanted to say woohoo for your kickstarter funding!!!

  28. La Historiadora de Moda says

    August 18, 2010 at 10:35 pm

    The sale looks like a total blast! I might just have to wear my swear rings on Friday!

  29. Kristin says

    August 19, 2010 at 12:39 am

    I’m so bummed I couldn’t be there!

  30. The Owl's Closet says

    August 19, 2010 at 2:05 am

    Glad that the sample sale is a big success!:) I love what your friend, Kevin, did with the swear rings haha! Too cute!

    TheOwlsCloset.blogspot.com

  31. Jill says

    August 19, 2010 at 10:22 am

    Why, what big hands Kevin has!!

  32. fashion herald says

    August 19, 2010 at 11:25 am

    So sorry I missed this one! But I was out at the Iowa State Fair perusing the Hot Beef Sundae stand.
    Kickstarter is amazing!!

  33. Emma says

    August 19, 2010 at 2:00 pm

    Swear-ring scrabble is great – Kevin is so good at it.

  34. enc says

    August 19, 2010 at 7:12 pm

    The sale looked fun. I wish I could have been there! I love the new Scrabble game. I can think of at least one word that wasn’t pictured here!

  35. mary says

    August 21, 2010 at 3:58 am

    i love the star shape ring very much….can u tell me from where u find it ??

  36. leedscherrygirl says

    August 28, 2010 at 2:17 am

    Wendy, these are just fabulous…you have a new fan…I’m off on the hunt to buy one now!!! So much fun 🙂 xoxo leedscherrygirl

    http://www.leedscherrygirl-mylifeinfashion.blogspot.com

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