Regretsy

What

http://www.regretsy.com/

http://images.regretsy.com/sam_soapy.jpg

http://images.regretsy.com/avatard.jpg

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=24255621

http://images.regretsy.com/shitisreal.jpg

o_o

candidate for best blog turned into a book

what the hell

http://images.regretsy.com/gaga_alchemy.jpg

thank you, internet, for conclusively proving that everyone is insane

except you?

http://www.regretsy.com/2010/03/30/regrebay/

AIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE

no

OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD

http://www.regretsy.com/2009/10/16/this-one-is-j-u-u-u-st-right/

holy hell

omfgg

FYI DIY and WTF are 2 of my favorite things but DEAR GOD

VIEW IT IN A ROOM

with rubber walls

guys NSFW or what?

o_o_o_OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

NSFW if you click the image
http://www.regretsy.com/2010/02/22/smitten/

I vaguely remember my friend sending me some etsy links like two years ago but what has it turned into

Double headed unicorn ejaculating a rainbow...
http://www.regretsy.com/2010/02/10/me-so-horny-nsfw/

the limitless creativity of the human mind never ceases to horrify me.

http://images.regretsy.com/alchemywow.jpg

xpost -- Truth goddamn bomb.

THE INTERNET

putting in a request for double headed unicorn shitting dick nipples, anybody want to finance me?

http://www.regretsy.com/2009/10/20/the-curse/
Reusable menstrual pad with a picture of a vampire on it.

holy GOD uniporn is a bad GIS search

mittens is available in an 8x10 print for $20, this is a bargain

Nightmare Fuel

if you clicked on the others, you might as well click on this

new Goldfrapp video?

I've been eagerly anticipating the Regretsy thread for months. So much gold in there.

http://www.regretsy.com/2010/03/31/rebreasty/

o_OOOO

I know a woman who had a double mastectomy & she says of all the things she's tried – commercial or home-made – that the knitted ones feel the best. And there's a similar anecdote from the pattern designer. She has made them for herself in a couple sizes to fit different blouses of hers better.

When I met this lady she was making herself a fresh set of boobs as we talked, right there on her knitting needles. It's like the most inspiring DIY in action I've ever seen.

it's mostly the way they're being sold...'knitted knockers'...pretty twee (and they're multicoloured!) but yeah I'm down w/ any functional breast substitute - sorry if it looked like I was gawping at that concept - just the disconnect between cutesy knitted breasts and their function

also wow that's neat - does she try and give them an anatomically accurate shape?

She just followed the pattern. They go under your bra, so I don't think trying to sculpt a perfect boob is necessary.

Would it be in bad taste to purchase some for drag-related activities? (N.B. have no real desire to do this, just wondering)

All I know is this lady highly endorsed them for wearing under a bra if you've had a mastectomy. She said they were a nice weight, filled out a bra well, & that soft yarn felt nice against her chest. She wasn't showing off decolletage or going for the kind of hyperfeminine caricature that sometimes accompanies drag. Probably works better than a lot of other things, tho.

the kind of hyperfeminine caricature that sometimes accompanies drag

Yeah I hear you...the best kind of drag IMO is the naturally feminine kind, not the camped-up showmanship of a braggart - and rolled-up socks don't give a good bra shape

I feel bad for going o_OOO though - and kinda want to atone for it

Ha! I'm not upset w/you fwiw.

that is a relief. knitted breasts given away for free rock, no matter how much they may at first resemble cute beanbags

knitted breasts given away for free rock

I misread this and totally thought of:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/shadowhound/tyrone.jpg

http://www.regretsy.com/images/dino.png

omfg

oh good lord almighty *clutches pearls*

How handy, an interview with the person behind the site:

Carolyn Kellogg: At what point did you go from cruising Etsy to starting Regretsy? Was there a specific item that triggered Regretsy?

April Winchell: Yes, I actually talk about it in the book. It was a horrible kitchen rug with a drawing of Barack Obama and the words "YES WE CAN" stenciled on it in black paint. My friends Scott and Drew sent it to me as a housewarming gift and a cruel joke. It came postage due from South Africa, addressed to a nickname they had for me, and for which I had no identification. It was expensive and time consuming, but what a payoff.

CK: As a consumer, do you own pieces from both Etsy and Regretsy? In other words, do you appreciate both?

AW: Oh yes. You have to understand, I basically spend my entire day shopping. As an unintended consequence of looking for crap all day, I often come across amazingly beautiful things, and unfortunately, have to buy them. I have spent a small fortune in the last six months on the good, the bad and the ugly.

I did once ask my readers if they would like me to post exceptionally creative and well made things from time to time. I got more hate mail from that than anything I ever posted.

CK: You'll be at Borders in Glendale tonight -- are you expecting anyone to show up with craft items?

AW: Yes, a few sellers are coming in with pieces that are featured in the book. The woman who made the famous fish/squirrel taxidermy hybrid is going to be there. And Creepy Dolls is bringing a bloody vampire zombie teddy bear that we're going to raffle off for charity. I've also heard that the woman who makes soap that looks like poop is showing up in a giant penis costume. So you know, a typical book signing. I'm sure Tom Brokaw gets the same crowd.

I am late to this thread but I sure hope Dan Lacey has seen the Lady Gaga unicorn painting request

http://images.regretsy.com/Gaga.jpg

I thought about that unicorn painting request after someone emailed it to me but at the time I didn't know it was from Helen Killer.

April has featured two things by me on her site. I met her at ROFLcon earlier in the year.

This is amazing. Just AMAZING.

http://www.regretsy.com/2011/07/20/ultimate-butthurt/

a

mazing