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in which the raffle is performed, with many (mostly ridiculous) photographs

Garrett’s project, Beyond The Light, received 102% funding on Kickstarter! The project closed on his birthday- and I think this was one of the nicest presents he could have received. Thank you so, so much to everyone who helped to make this happen- to everyone who donated, to everyone who tweeted, or passed the message along Facebook- thank you.

102% funded, everyone! That's amazing!

And so: as promised, Sam and I sat down with a camera and we had the raffle for the four skeins of Gaia Fingering in Little Round Top. We brought in a little help, too.

He was a very, very little help at times, actually

At first, Hugo was more interested in the cats than in helping us pick names from the funny hat. He came around, though.

inspecting the slips

First he inspected all the slips, to make sure they were all in order.

inspecting the hat

Then Hugo inspected the silly hat. (Remember, we specifically said the names had to be drawn from a silly hat! This was the silliest we had on hand.)

I feel like a steampunk version of Blossom.

Then I inspected the hat. It seemed to be mostly in order.

I think we're ready to do this thing.

Then we were ready to start drawing names!

I think Hugo's trying to read the card in this photo.

Our first lucky winner is Lilie W.- thank you so much, and congratulations!

Winner #2!

Our second winner was Tan S.! Thank you for the support, and congratulations!

Winner #3!

The third winner is Emily W.! Thank you, Emily, and congratulations!

Winner #4!

The fourth and final winner is Barbara H.- thank you so much!

After that, things got a little silly…

Originally, I tried to put the goggles on Hugo, but he was having none of that.

… but eventually, Hugo got the treat he’d earned.

He can stand like this forEVER. It's creepy, especially when he's wearing a sweater.

As it turns out, I have a mailing address for everyone except Emily- so Emily, I’ll be emailing you tonight to ask for a mailing address, and everyone else, I’ll be shipping out your skeins on Monday!

Thank you again, everyone!

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by Sarah on November 20, 2011 • Permalink

Posted in Announcements, Creativity, Family, Friends, Geekery, Home, Knitting & Spinning, Pets, Pictures, Self- Portraits, Yarn

Tagged dog, gaia, giveaway, picture, puppy, raffle, sanguine gryphon, yarn

Posted by Sarah on November 20, 2011

http://onmytiptoes.com/2011/11/20/in-which-the-raffle-is-performed-with-many-mostly-ridiculous-photographs/

beyond the light

{ETA: If you donate and you’d like to be added to the raffle, please send me an email at onmytiptoes@gmail.com!}

My talented brother- in- law- to- be, Garrett Sendlewski, works as an animator & is working on a short film called Beyond The Light. He’s asking for pledges for funding in exchange for production credits, film props, etc.

Gaia Fingering Yarn in Little Big Top

Rather than ask everyone here to run on over and pledge to Garrett’s film, I dove into my stash and came up with this: four skeins of long- discontinued Gaia Fingering in Little Round Top. (Little Round Top is the Starry Night Cracker equivalent.) I’ll be raffling off these skeins to help raise money for Garrett’s film. THIS YARN IS COMPLETELY DISCONTINUED, FOLKS. You can’t get it anywhere- it just plan doesn’t exist anymore!

And so: if you want to make a pledge to Garrett’s film, you can do so by clicking right here!

If you make a pledge for any amount at all: THANK YOU!

If you pledge $25 or more, forward a copy of your receipt to me at onmytiptoes@gmail.com, and every $25 you pledge gets you an entry in the raffle for one these skeins of Gaia Fingering. There are FOUR skeins here, so there are four chances to win, everyone!

I’ll be running the raffle until either Garrett hits full funding (as of right now, he’s at about 1/3 of the way there) or 11:00 pm EDT on November 15th. All entries will be drawn via the extremely scientific method of paper slips being drawn from a hat. It’s just like science, except nothing like science at all! How exciting! How thrilling! How absolutely worth $25 to watch!

I also promise that if Garrett gets full funding, I will photograph the entire paper- slips- in- a- hat- process, with me in the photographs, and post the photos. PICTURES OF ME ON THE INTERNET, people. We all know how much I hate that. This is how much I’d like to see Garrett’s movie made.

So, if you have a moment, take a look. I know times are tough, so don’t feel pressured, but if you have a few dollars to spare, help my friend and brother- in- law- to- be— that makes him the man who makes my baby sister happy, making him a Very Important Guy in my world— help him make his film. It would be nice, and it would make him happy, and maybe you might win some lovely, pretty rare yarn out of it, too.

Thanks, everyone.

in which there is an ending, a beginning, and a new adventure

The news is true: The Sanguine Gryphon is disbanding. In January 2012, Cephalopod Yarns is beginning. I’m spending tonight caught between two places, in limbo between 2.5 years of hard work and a future of new adventures.

I don’t know what to say tonight.

This is hard, because it is both an end and a beginning.

This weekend we were in Rhinebeck, New York, working at the Dutchess County Sheep and Wool Festival- our last show as The Sanguine Gryphon. It was a beautiful weekend- cool, blustery, perfect sweater weather- and we were surrounded by friends and supporters who came and lent their hands, their backs, and their good cheer throughout the show.

This was the perfect way to end things.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who came out and waited patiently in line to see us. Thank you to everyone who met us with a smile. Thank you to every friend who came by with a hug or a smile or a story or a gift. Thank you to everyone who had dinner with us on Saturday. Thank you to everyone who spent time helping us set up, to everyone who helped us tear down, to everyone who helped us with our lines. Thank you to all our friends who brought us coffee, and scones, and cheese, and brownies, and treats. Thank you to everyone who wandered with us, or played with Lia, or just stopped by to say hello.

Thank you for helping us finish this up on the most absolutely perfect note possible.

None of this would ever have been possible without all of you.

Thank you for helping us close this final show together in the 100% right way: surrounded by people who have made this possible, who have made it joyful and fun.

And thank you, too, for all of your enthusiasm and support going in to this new adventure. There are plans- great plans!- and I can’t wait to share them. I can’t wait to share this new adventure with all of you. You are what will make this special and amazing and fun, and I can’t wait to get started.

Thank you.

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by Sarah on October 19, 2011 • Permalink

Posted in Announcements, Artisans, Creativity, Dyeing, Friends, Handmade, Uncategorized, Work

Tagged business, cephalopod yarns, creating, friends, gratitude, sanguine gryphon, thanks, yarn

Posted by Sarah on October 19, 2011

http://onmytiptoes.com/2011/10/19/in-which-there-is-an-ending-a-beginning-and-a-new-adventure/

on today, Friday the 13th

Today was Friday the 13th- aren’t they great? I love Friday the 13ths. (Is that the correct plural?) Outside of it being freakishly lovely outside, and more than a little hectic inside, no major catastrophes. I should probably knock on wood now, but I’m not going to, because I’m a risk-taker and I live life on the edge. ON THE EDGE, I tell you.

Today’s busy- ness (and business, actually) made the day feel like this:

But really, it wasn’t that bad. I worked through lunch and despite a pretty rough push at the end, I managed to get 80% of everything on my list this week accomplished. Hooray for a B week, especially with Gryphon on vacation for half of the week!

Really, today was less piles of papers and more this:

… and also this:

…and can you tell I got a new lens last night? I totally did. I’ve been very dissatisfied with my xTI for a while now, part of which was probably in having a much better primary camera + lens combo, but I wondered if part of it wasn’t also the cheap-o starter lens she’d come with. I’d bought it in Afghanistan, when I didn’t want to risk anything nicer, and I bounced between that and my Leica point and shoot, but even then I almost always preferred the point- and- shoot over the DSLR, which seems silly. I thought about just offloading the camera and moving on to something else, but I thought I’d try stepping up to a different lens first, just in case the problem was crap glass.

Yeah. The problem was totally crap glass. It’s still not as sharp as my primary, but I don’t have to fight with her to make her see light appropriately now, and that’s a blessing. So I apologize in advance if there is a sudden uptick in almost wordless, photo-heavy posts, but I finally have a lightweight, tidy DSLR I can comfortably bang about on a daily basis, so self- control goes right out the window.

Happy Friday the 13th, everyone.

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in which the raffle is performed, with many (mostly ridiculous) photographs

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