Birthday Party Favors

photo by Emily Ley

Check out this awesome birthday party that one of our customers gave her now-1-year-old son. Yes, those are a lot of our lollipops gracing the table, for both the kids and the adults. What a fabulous idea!

Greatest Hits Sale

photo by Kevin Keeker

This is just your friendly neighborhood reminder that we're having a sale on our Greatest Hits lollipops! They're 25% off their usual price, so go ahead and buy yours today.

Treasure Island Flea

I hit Treasure Island Flea yesterday - yes, I may have been scoping out whether or not it's a good place for us to sell our lollipops. (Apologies for the fuzziness of the photos - I only had my old-ish cell phone on me.)

The market is monthly at 1 Avenue of the Palms on Treasure Island in the Bay. I wonder how the street got its name?

It was mostly vintage sellers, and the handmade goods for sale were often upcycled. Booths were outside (with a chilly wind off the bay!) and inside (much warmer). There was even a balcony!

I loved the old school charm of this table and its accessories.

One seller was turning old, unwanted books into boxes. They were kind of cool.

And someone making typewriter-key jewelry.

In short, it seems like a fun place to buy some pretty cool things. If you're in or near San Francisco, I'd recommend checking it out.

How to Make Hard Candy

Susan came across this fun Science show about how to make hard candy. I'd recommend taking the 6 minutes to watch!

What Kate & Susan Are Talking About

It's been a busy week, so just a few links today.

• A great overview of the top 5 networking mistakes. I'll confess to having made more of these than I should.
• How much would it cost (in 2012 prices) to build the death star?
• An honest account of how one woman's Valley Girl voice affects her.

A Golden Treasure Inside

a screen shot of our treasuries

I like Etsy treasuries. What's a treasury? It's basically a grouping of 16 items around a theme - often a color, but sometimes something else. Color can be an easy way out - it's fairly simple to find a bunch of items that are the same color and look good together, like this treasury I created yesterday in about 10 minutes:

It can be harder to find a bunch of items on a theme. I have a soft spot for science-themed treasuries, like this periodic table of the elements treasury from awhile back:

Can you tell I enjoy making them?  It must be the librarian in me who likes organizing things. What can I choose today? I like looking a treasuries too, not for the shopping potential, but for the organizing principles behind them. What did other people think was interesting to group together? Why'd they do that? What makes this one unique? It's always easiest to find the most popular ones, so I also sometimes think about what makes one treasury more popular than another, but I find that less interesting (I have to confess).

Do you make treasuries? How often? How do you organize your treasuries? Do you look at treasuries? Do they help you make buying decisions, or do you just like to look?