To be sick of people on FB selling old shite in the name of handcrafted "gifts"

[MrsCantSayAnything]

Is it just me or is everyone trying to become the next Cath bloody Kidston or Martha Stewart?

MULTIPLE people on my FB seem to be flogging their old tat that they've knocked up whilst on maternity leave or during their lunch breaks!

One friend is selling "Fabulous teacup gift sets" which consist of a charity shop teacup and saucer, filled with Ferero Rocher and wrapped in clear plastic for a tenner!

Another does "Adorable Baby hair bands for your little princess" consisting of a fabric flower tacked onto a pound-shop hairband....6 quid thank you very much!

I've seen multiple badly painted wooden letters (un-sanded) with little bows and shit stuck on "£3 per letter" if you please.

Like people can't make this stuff themselves!?

Really? I'm ALL for selling crafts but have these people no shame? Or no judgement? Or am I a caaah?

2e?

Bed time for me I think...

YABU & quite nasty with it 'But she's related to DH....so I can't! Her posts provide a lot of entertainment' really, really not nice.

People are struggling, they're doing what they can to make ends meet (or even just for fun), you don't have to like it or buy it.

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Now they are very nice nos very well made and pretty. But 22 pounds? That's a lot for a cuddly!

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Noooooo! My link stinks!

Great cause they support though.

Chipping not nasty...just honest!

thelincolnite.co.uk/2011/12/trading-standards-warning-over-bling-dummies-choking-threat/

It would seem someone has seen sense over these

Oh OP - I SEE now, one way of getting some advertising on here

Do they Nos? Well then that's different isn't it.

Get yourself over to regretsy for more on this kind of thing, it will surely cheer you up

The lady who makes them lost her DS to cancer, she raises money for BeChildCancerAware with them in his memory in the hope that it will help other parents in the future not go through what she has.

Oh I like Regretsy BUT they do seem to pick on women with body hair.

Ah God now you're making me look like a COW Nos

I support crafts done in support of charity of course.

Tat sells. Fact.

Anyway making fun of Steam punk is ok - there are no victims.

there was one girl selling those dummies on fb and no matter how many times she was told its not safe and was warned about trading standards warnings continued to say its ok its england they are ok in scotland! [hshock]

I think you're safe. 'Rosie' is definitely not old tat so you couldn't have been talking about that kind of thing at all .

Regetsy made me spew tea at the screen!

I fear I will lose a fair bit of time looking at regretsy, yes!

Cute Eliphants in tutu's but not £29 worth!
Our local facebook sales page is a source of constant amusement. The drama is hysterical and I have to check it daily. I was the source of drama the other week, disparaging remarks about a sale item we have up. I had to wait for Dh to get home and make sure my reply was truthful and technical to discredit the person who was so rude. I did it, and got a few likes and way to go comments for my reply LOL
Then I found out last night the guy who was rude dropped dead suddenly the other day. Dh is convinced we have killed him with our reply.

Stop facebook then ,,,,,,,,,,,it
's not rocket sceince surely

I actually quite like the elephants! They are steep, but apparently they are being used to fund her son's gravestone, and it seems that she has more orders than she can deal with at the moment (not taking any more orders at the moment) so I can understand why she has priced them at that point.

I have the greatest respect for people who can make things, as I am cack handed and can't sew buttons on successfully.

However, I am planning school Christmas fair atm, and we have over 30 stallholders. Since July I have been inundated with prospective stallholders ...some lovely, others..well...not.
And then they moan if no one buys anything. Because it is overpriced shit.

YANBU but even worse is the 'blinged' Converse craze - 'revamping' stinky old shoes with jewels abduction ribbon laces. Give me wooden Christmas decs and personalised bunting any day