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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

And the Winner is...

...My Mom! Her guess was 687 and there were a total of.... drum roll please... 680 caps used on the fish!

Thank you to all who participated, custom coasters are still available. Anyone who participated in this contest will get $5 off any coaster order.

Here were the guesses one more time:
Margaret (Mom) G. 687
Rachyl C. 1250
Mara G. 785
Wendy R. 445
Zach B. 500
Caryn B. 625
Alice P. 1234
Patty D. 777
Denise M. 909
Adria B. 586
Kathy C. 578
Kim W. 500
Jessica P. 1326
Katie R. 432
Courtney C. 775
Melissa S. 886
Dottie V. 1025

So mom, what type of coasters would you like?

Sunday, May 9, 2010

How Many Caps Contest!

Time for a contest!!!

I was asked last week how many caps were used in the Fish mosaic. Good question... Can you guess? Leave your guesses in the comments section. Closest guess wins! Winner gets a set of 4 custom coasters. Here are some images of the fish to go from.

I don't even know how many I used, guess I should get counting!

Aussie for a day

Working away on Mara's B-day present. Here are some pics of the progress:
I am going to finish the "sky" part with silver caps—I hope I have enough!!!

After I finish this I have to search for 18 more Sam Adams Summer caps to finish off a set of coasters I'm making for my friend Kim.

Then making as many coaster sets as I can for the benefit next weekend! Wish I had a fish to donate, but don't think I could make one in such a short amount of time, not with having to work as well.

I've found that with Mara's project it really hasn't taken as long as I thought it would and I think that's because I'm not crimping the edges so that the caps overlap each other like I did in the fish. Getting the right sized nails (not ones that go through the back then need to be cut off) has also been a HUGE time saver! Think I'll do a new fish after these projects are out of the way.

I have four new Australian caps for you, the first two are mystery caps, so any help there would be great! The last two are Toohey's Extra Dry 5 Seed Cider, and Fanta

Friday, May 7, 2010

Forever and a Day...

I apologize for not posting in what seems forever & a day. It seems life has been about everything BUT caps lately! But I'm getting back in the grove! Some updates since the last post...


• I sold my first set of coasters on Etsy! Sold the Sam Adams Blue & Silver Checkerboard ones
• Kate's Caps can now be found at Roots & Tendrils in Belfast, Maine
• New set of Coasters on Etsy Sea Dog, Set of 4: 

• Working on 3 custom orders ATM
• Working on also building my inventory up for both Etsy & Roots & Tendrils
• Also working on getting a bunch of coaster sets made for the East Wave Radio Benefit
• Here is the start of Mara's B-day present -- no caps yet, but you just wait, soon it will be loaded with the caps she brought back fro Australia
• On a non-caps note, also working on a t-shirt quilt for Liam, my soon-to-be-nephew
• Another non-caps note, been riding my new bike a bunch, really liking it, this is what has been taking me away from caps for the most part

So those are the updates for now, I'll try to be more on top of this blog and caps as well! I know I do have some new mystery caps coming your way shortly, they are from the AU batch that I'm going through right now.

Drink up, enjoy your beer, then send me the caps!

Monday, March 22, 2010

"Una Cerveza Mas, Por Favor"

"One more beer, please"

New set of coasters listed on my Etsy Shop. If you haven't guessed by now, they are made from Corona caps!