Here at Gussy has a lot to say {and sew} we love to look at all things beautiful. Beautiful items to remind us of those we love, beautiful stories about finding joy and inner creativity…
Today is week #26 of my series on Featured Artists, which is a bi-monthly event showcasing fun and sassy handmade shops! I love searching for new wares to show the Gussy community. You can read all back Featured Artist posts by clicking here.
Please help me to welcome Kacia at Coconut Robot…
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How did you come up with your shop name?
Back when cupid was just starting to shoot arrows at my Ho and I, close friends of ours did their best at getting us together. One evening when I was watching my favorite girls, Maddie and Claire, Rachel-their mom-suggested Andy come by. Upon hearing this, Maddie declared: ”what!? the Coconut Robot man!?!? YES!!!” After yelling her excitement, she jumped down from her chair to do the new, Coconut Robot dance. Yes, ladies and gents, there was a dance that accompanied, and it was incredible.
Fast forward… He asks: I say yes! We decided early on that we wanted to make a fun website for our wedding.
As we pondered our wedding website domain, we agreed that we wanted this site to be 1] weird. We wanted it to stand out. 2] timeless. We didn’t want something like “HosmersmarriedInJune.com” 3] ”Andy and” anything just makes for an awkward title. 4] We’ve dreamed and dreamed and dreamed about working together creatively.
We threw around so many names. When Coconut Robot was suggested, I just kept coming back to it. Sure, you might think it’s pretty dumb, but I like it.
Coconut Robot isn’t really logical, but if you really wanted to rationalize why it works here are a few reasons:
- Andy builds robots
- Coconuts and Robots don’t usually go together. And I like things that don’t really seem to go hand in hand
- Coconuts can be found on beaches…and it’s sunny at the beach…sun bleaches out hair…which means a lot of blondes are at the beach…and I’m blonde. So it just works :]
Share an interesting fact about yourself.
I’ve had my nose broken three times. Ouch! The story? Super embarrassing, but I promise I’ll share it sometime on the blog!
If you had to describe yourself in a word, what would that word be?
My mom used to say I am “bubbly.” + I think that the word still holds true today! [at least I hope so! :] I just adore people. Love. You. All.]
Do you have a day job or sell on Etsy full-time?
I actually work full-time in a job that takes me all over the United States: I travel typically Monday through Thursday, every week. It’s hard to be away from my husband so much, but it has taught me to really appreciate the time I am home with him! [+ my pup, of course!] Traveling every week means that I have to work hard balancing my Coconut Robot order load: my weekends are filled with filling orders, doing laundry, seeing friends, + hanging out with my man!
And if you have any questions about hospital patient flow: go ahead and give me a ring. ;] That’s my day-job.
Read any good books lately?
Yes! I picked up the “Girl who played with Fire” on a whim: + I can’t put it down!! I’m reading them a bit backwards – I’ll be reading the first book, “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” after the second book: oops!
Share a little bit about yourself.
I’m a natural blonde from the midwest. I love to sing. I love to meet new people. I love the sun. + I love Jesus. I went to a small private college in the middle of the cornfields of Indiana. + I moved to Pittsburgh, PA on a whim… + Now I’m married to the love of my life. I love to dream. I love to think of crazy new design: most of which are probably a bit impossible! But I keep on dreaming anyways!
List a few of your most favorite pastimes.
I love going on long runs in the evening. I love curling up with a book + a cup of coffee. I love learning new things. + I love snuggling with my husband and watching a movie….although I usually end up falling asleep!
What are you listening to right now?
Andrew Belle: ah-mazing. + Glee, when I feel like busting out Showchoir moves :]
Name something unique to where you live.
Right now, I live in Pittsburgh, PA – but I’m originally from Wisconsin. Pittsburghers do some interesting things:
- They leave out “to be” – “My hair needs cut.” “My grass needs cut.” [drives me crazy!]
- They do the “Pittsburgh Left” – which means the left turn who should yield…thinks they have the right-of-way…it’s interesting!
Share with us a favorite Etsy purchase or shop.
Lately, I have become obsessed with Asher Jasper’s etsy shop. I cannot get OVER how adorable her little wool rattles + toys are. A-dorable!!!
Name one place you must visit in your lifetime and why.
Norway. I want to see my homeland. I don’t look Norwegian at all… ;]
What inspires you?
Dreamers. I love meeting + reading stories of people who dreamed, + they made those dreams become reality. What can be more inspiring than that?!?
The Giveaway Goods:
Coconut Robot is giving away 2 Wooden Bag Tags {brand new, not yet listed in their shop!}
Identify which baby bag is your baby’s bag with these Custom Bag Tags. Made from Black Walnut, Black Cherry, or Maple hardwood, these are durable + completely custom. You can choose the information + fonts, or use your own handwriting for part {or all} of the text on the tag.
To enter:
Leave a comment sharing something positive about your day.
For extra entries {leave a comment for each}:
- Tweet about this: I love me some handmade @CoconutRobot! Enter to win 2 custom wooden bag tags via @GussySew’s blog: http://u.nu/3pnzc
- Blog about it {please share permalink with us}
EXTRA INFO:
- The giveaway will close Sunday, July 11 at 10 pm CST,
and the winner will be announced the following day - An email address must be listed on your blog profile or in the comment you leave
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Additional links for Coconut Robot:
Etsy Shop
Blog
Website
Come on back Friday, July 23 for another Featured Artist post!
It’s still quite early in the day … but so far I’ve had some great cuddle-time with my pup :) love her.
Wow! cool shop and GREAT giveaway! count me in!
The best thing about today is that it’s Friday, and my husband gets off early on Friday’s. I love it when he comes home early. I miss him during the day.
The best thing about my day is that we are leaving town today, driving 8 hours to my hometown, and having a baby shower tomorrow with a 10 yr. reunion afterwards, and a family reunion on Sunday. Talk about exciting!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for introducing me to C Robot! OMG! Ive hearted the shop and suscribed to the blog! AWESOME STUFF!!!! My positive is I signed the lease and got my keys yesterday after work for my studio! EEEEEEEEEEEK!!!! XOXO As soon as i get home today ill tweet and blog (ya know they block our social networking at work! hee hee)
Not going to enter this one – but I wanted to leave a comment :)
Kacia’s stuff is truly awesome and so is she! I love her products…Sawyer has some booties and I bought them extra big so she can wear them forever! If you havent checked her out you really should!
First of all, I LOVE COCONUT ROBOT! Every day, I get up and wait for the E-mail to my phone to see what the blog is about today!- It always puts me in a good mood. Today, a very positive thing is my friend just had a baby girl!! I’m going to see her for the first time. She was in labor from 7am-1:15am the next day! Thankfully, everyone is doing good & I can’t wait to meet her! These tags would be perfect for her! :)
I’m very proud of you & you truly amaze me with all your creative designs!!
This is so neat, love it! My day just started, but something positive is that I woke up healthy this morning!!
xoxo~Meg
This was soooo fun to read! Very proud of you!
something positive about my day…. hmmmm…..
i woke up?
sorry this day is gloomy… but those baby boots from coconut robot are nothing but SUNSHINE!
Positive thing about my day, I woke up snuggled between the best husband and snuggliest beagle in the world. And got a big sloppy kiss from my little boy. Good stuff.
How wonderfully creative! A new blog to follow. I’m spending time with my son, no.1 of 4 children. And he’s being a sweetheart with his 15 yr old self:)
This is a positive in my day – two women that I ADORE – working together.
I love all the great stuff from Coconut Robot! The positive thing about this day…the car alarm that was going off for the last 10 minutes just turned off. YAY and now I’m off to Starbucks. Happy Friday :)
One of my positives so far today – it’s Friday and my boss is leaving early!! WOO HOO!!
I am dreaming of nursing school and babies, and I met a woman this morning who inspired me more about fulfilling that dream. I’d say that’s a positive way to start the day!
Tweet, tweet too! @lins610
I am the featured thetamom today and I have already met so many new blogging friends. That is a major positive :)
tweeted! @RaisingMadison
I’ve been suffering from an ear infection (yeah, I KNOW!) in both ears, so it’s hard to find something positive, BUT my pain is significantly less, today, so I’ll say that! I can hardly hear, but I DON’T feel like I’m dying. :)
Love those tags. Great work, Kacia!
I love all the Coconut Robot stuff!!! SO CUTE!!! I’m really excited for a play date with good friend and their kids that I haven’t seen in a while. Thanks for the giveaway.
I love Coco.ro and I want a Hello my name is for myself! :) The best part of my day is that it is Friday and I will be going on a Picnic with my Husband.
♥ Cass
Ummm…. seriously cool. We’re expecting baby #3 in October, and since this little one will hardly get any original cool stuff, this would be fantastic! Love this shop!
today is sewing circle! so much fun!!
xoxo,
christen
thekrumms@gmail.com
it’s Friday, I don’t have work today, and our bi-weekly Bible study is tonight! could a day possibly be more positive?? the tags are adorable! :-)
p.s. oops, kiibigsis@yahoo.com
Something positive about my day.. I ran out of milk for my son.. so before I left for daycare/work & while the hubby & baby were sleeping.. I ran to the convenient store & bought milk, but I also bought my hubby a little something. The other day he mentioned a few things that made him happy.. so I bought him an orange Crush soda & Hershey’s Cookies & Cream to brighten his day & start his day off right.. and just a little something to let him know I appreciate him & everything he does for us.
Tweet, tweet, tweeted! ;-)
You know what? This is a beautiful day because the heat wave has finally broken. That was probably grammatically incorrect – but I just don’t care. I’m not sweating buckets. I’m a very, very happy lady!
thursday@mygirlthursday.com
And you know I had to tweet this!
My whole day is being positive. I recently broke up with my boyfriend and have been in my room for days, non-stop thinking about negative things. I’m finally starting to be happy again.
Your blog is really nice, love the colours you chose.
Dori.
Something positive! I threw my back out, so I can barely walk. Even though that probably means I’m having a bad day, I’m not. My toddler got shipped off to Grandma’s since I can’t lift or chase him, so I’m alone with my infant daughter. Mommy-daughter time is awesome! Plus, I looked in the fridge and there was a piece of tres leches cake left over from the holiday. Score!
That it is Friday!
:::Positive for the Day::: I found another fabulous Etsy designer! LOL. J/K…I am home from vacay and got to drink my own coffee this morning!
Such sweet stuff! My positive…. in a couple of hours we have friends coming to visit from out of town. Can’t wait! (better go clean up the house)
Spending a WONDERFUL day with my 10 year-old granddaughter – the beach, BK for lunch, decoupaging treasure boxes together. It doesn’t get any better!
I love the wood tags. You are awesome girl. So my something good hmm…. My son woke up an hour early screaming his head off (not good) but once I went in and picked him up he just laid his head on my shoulder wrapped his arms around my neck and just laid there for 30 min. It was so sweet and it made my morning just to be Able to hold him and cuddle this morning (this rarely happens)
Love those booties!!!
My day has been lovely. I strolled through a brand new Whole Foods and looked at everything!
The most positive thing about today so far is that I’m wearing this weird whimsical looking sandals and I’ve been getting many looks from people everywhere I go… Love the attention!! Have a wonderful weekend my e-mail is gaviota139@hotmail.com
I am happy today because my baby doesn’t have an ear infection like I thought.
Aw I love these tags & I love Kacia! :) Creative GENIUS!
We just moved to a new town and a neighbor came over, dressed like a cow, and took my wee three and me to chic fil’e for cow appreciation day – fun!
Positive….hmmmm…I get to play in the first softball game of our summer season tonight! very excited about that one. I am not very good but it sooo much fun to play with my husband and some of our best friends!
amiemiller02 at hotmail.com
I love the tags and the booties and everything!
My positive note about today – I finished a hedgehog softie pattern that will be featured in a magazine in jan/feb! yeah!
thanks, kg
nothing can be better than spending a week with my family on vacation in MI! boating, camping, popsicles, 6 blonde haired little kiddos, and laughter from everyone…doesn’t get much better than that!
this shop is awesome and the tags are to die for! love em!
Cute tags!! They would look beautiful on my baby’s bag, she is due at the end of Aug :)
The best thing about my day was my little sister drove down, she lives 7 hours away, and helped me prep the house for our baby’s arrival.
Oh I love those tags! I don’t have a baby, let alone a baby BAG, but I need them.
Something positive about today: got some great shots at my session. Gorgeous evening walk with my man + pups.
Ended the first week at a new/old job and loved it! It has been great being back :)
I went shopping with a brand new friend today ~ it was really fun and so glad to make new friends!
Giveaway entered on my Giveaways I love roll on the right hand bar!
http://www.gussysews.com/2010/07/featured-artist-coconut-robot/
Just Tweeted!! @candysticklane
LOVE the tags : )
AND…something positive about my day? It’s my birthday : ) How’s THAT for a good thing??
Yay!
Tweeted : )
Love her stuff! As for something positive… we had a playdate today for the first time with someone who I’ve known over the internet for at least 3 years. Finally we got our kiddos together today and they had lots of fun!
Super cute! Best part about my day so far is a nice hot cup of coffee while my little on naps. :)
I hope I win! Its my hubby’s bday today!
Positive about today?
I get to see my Mommy & little sister!!! I’m super excite :)
kikisescapades(At)gmail(dot)com
Tweeted!
http://twitter.com/Kiki_Dawn/status/18209991831
kikisescapades(at)gmail(dot)com
Something positive about today is that I got to sleep in and spend a relaxing day at the pool! I love soaking up the rays and working on my tan! :)
Too cute! Love all her little goodies!
The best thing about my day has been curling up with my honey in our pjs to watch World Cup and eat vegan thai food! Best way to spend a Saturday I think!
Today’s positive === Hanging out with my favorite girls!!
Angel
dreamproducts1975@yahoo.com
It rained and that made me smile because I didn’t have to water my garden:-)
My positive today….it is Saturday and I am spending it with my hubs and baby. Nothing better than that.
The name tags are adorable.
The best thing about my day is that I made a full meal (+dessert) for guests tonight. Hasn’t happened very often since Lila was born 4 months ago. 2 points for me!
Tweet tweet @houseofhege
Children are so wonderful! I sat in the back yard watching four 10 year olds and three 8 year olds play with a 2 year old like they were all his big brothers tonight! They make me smile!
Today, I got my CPR license renewal. Okay, not exciting enough? I went out to sushi and didn’t even crave the raw stuff (I’m 32 wks pregnant)!! THAT’s exciting! :)
Posted about giveaway here: http://www.cafemom.com/group/95135/forums/read/11802722/Diaper_bag_tag_giveaway
The best thing about my day so far has been hanging out with my husband, my son, my dad and my younger brother eating lasagna, watching my son play with the dog and listening to the Tigers game play on the television in the background! : )
Today, I spent the ENTIRE day playing with my little one. No cleaning, no work, just church and play. It was fabulous!
I need a bag tag! Thanks for the giveaway Gussy!
Tweet, Tweet! I tweeted about this fun little giveaway – I LOVE those bag tags!!!
@puddleduckbunch
I tweeted it. My positive thing I forgot in my last comment- I took a nap today. It was amazing.
Wow love this stuff so cute! Count me in