technocutie

Review on Wickedly Chic

2007-03-15T20:52:00.000-07:00

We're excited to have gotten a review on the lovely indie shopping blog Wickedly Chic! They call technocutie "funky indie style" and say that their favorite is "the one she makes out of extra glittery red vinyl – like the vinyl on diner chairs – which is why she calls it the Red Rose Diner Designer iPod Case! Very cool"

Read the full review here. Thanks Wickedly Chic! I like the red vinyl case best too!

Red Rose Diner Designer iPod Case

2007-01-08T19:16:00.000-08:00

Welcome back from Christmas everyone! If you were very good and got a new iPod from Santa, we have so many cases for you! My favorites are:

Leaf Me Alone designer iPod nano case

Red Stars designer iPod nano case

Blue Argyle designer iPod case

Red Rose Diner designer iPod case

But we have tons of cool cases! Look around, and check back soon for more designs, especially for nanos!

2006-10-27T19:54:00.000-07:00

My Leaf Me Alone cases have been so popular lately that I made an autumn version--I think it's cute! Great for all of those not blessed with New England fall (and winter)--leaves turning in your hand!

Fall Back Designer iPod case

2006-10-05T19:49:00.000-07:00

I listed two of my Leaf My Alone iPod cases on etsy and they sold right away. Wow! I like them too! So I listed two more--check it out.

Fans of leaves, please note! The leaves on these cases are from a cute old sweater I got from goodwill and felted in the washing machine. I will never again find another sweater with the perfect shade of green. If you want a leaf on your iPod, you should get it now!

2006-09-28T13:28:00.000-07:00

Yay, technocutie got Boing Boinged again! And we're with the "sexy omikase"--woo.

"Hand-stitched "Just Married" iPod cases"--that's us!

Thanks boing boing, you're the best!

2006-09-27T18:11:00.000-07:00

I just added my Leaf Me Alone case to my etsy shop. This is one of my favorite cases, and it's always one of the first to sell out. Get yours today!

2006-09-26T20:36:00.000-07:00

What have I been doing lately?

I've been working really hard on getting my favorite consignment shop, Pixel Girl Shop all stocked up on the cases that it sells.

I re-installed the lamp over my sewing machine so I don't have to sew in semi-darkness (yay!)

I'm working on some new designs, including an argyle case (yay!)

I'm discovering that I still know every single word to Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits.

I'm driving around New Jersey a lot, looking for wedding reception sites (yay!) Been to a great wedding in Central Jersey? Want to trade catering services for beautiful iPod cases? email me!

2006-09-01T21:02:00.000-07:00

Technocutie is back from our summer break and ready to party again! Feel free to email me at technocutie@gmail.com with any questions, special requests, or just to chat about your day. We're very friendly over here.

2006-07-16T17:14:00.000-07:00

I was so excited to find out that a technocutie case was a featured item on etsy recently! Thanks etsy folks--we're famous!

2006-07-16T16:17:00.000-07:00

Since it seems like everyone that I know is getting married soon (it's like an epidemic or something, even some unnamed (cough) felt iPod case designers (cough) seem to be affected) I'm excited to announce our new Just Married cases:

Just Married iPod Case in white

Just Married iPod Case in black

You can think of them as Bride and Groom cases, but we like to keep things a little more gender-neutral around here. But whatever you call them, I think they're darn cute. Get a set today (in black and white, two black, or two white) for your favorite hip marrying-type couple! Much better gifts than another serving dish or towel set.

They're also available on my etsy shop: technocutie.etsy.com

Love is in the air!

2006-06-24T19:00:00.000-07:00

More new cases in my etsy shop!

Red Rose Diner Designer iPod Nano Case

Hot Pink Stars Designer iPod Case

I guess I'm feeling a little rockabilly, a little pin up girl today. That's what these both remind me of.

2006-05-31T20:35:00.000-07:00

Things that made my sewing time today wonderful:

New pajama pants from Old Navy.
New super turbo boosted steroid fan from Target.
New copy of David Bowie's Heathen, bought for $5 at the Princeton Record Exchange. I spent the whole time sewing thinking about the pretty in The Man Who Fell to Earth.

So do you want to hear my most embarrassing musical memory? When my friend Tia and I were fifteen, we LOVED Nine Inch Nails. When they came to town we were ecstatic. We dressed all up in our black eyeliner and lace, and got Tia's mom to drive us to the concert and rocked out so hard to Nine Inch Nails and were so happy. Then the band that NIN had been opening for came on stage, and this old guy started singing. We were all, "Who's this dumb old guy and why isn't Trent Reznor still on stage" and walked out of the concert after his first song all pissy and sat in the parking lot waiting for Tia's mom to come pick us up.

The old guy was David Bowie. I walked out of a David Bowie concert because I was young and stupid. I will never forgive myself.

In happier news, new cases in my etsy shop!

Grey Stars Designer iPod Case

Red Stars Designer iPod Nano Case

These are some of my favorite cases. I love the clean, mod effect of fewer colors. Check them out!

2006-05-17T08:22:00.000-07:00

Another mix CD: Country Music for People Who Don't Like Country Music

Man In Black--Johnny Cash (this was the first country song I fell in love with, I remember how it totally blew my mind as we sat up late at night in Chris Anderson's messy room when I was home from college)
I Missed the Point--Neko Case
I'll Fly Away--Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch
Joy And Jubilee--Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
She's Got You--Patsy Cline
The Red Headed Stranger--Willie Nelson
Papa Was a Rodeo--The Magnetic Fields
Folsom Prison Blues--Johnny Cash
Rooster Mountain--The Court & Spark
Graveside Song--Stevens Sisters
First Year Blues--Hank Williams
Jolene--Dolly Parton
History Of Lovers--Iron And Wine / Calexico
The Pill--Loretta Lynn
Honky Tonk Merry Go Round--Patsy Cline
I'll Go Stepping Too--Emmylou Harris
Righteously--Lucinda Williams
Mommy For A Day--Kitty Wells (I went through a phase right after I graduated college where I made all my friends listen to this song everytime we got in my car. I think Kitty Wells is such a strong, sexy feminist, with her sly subversion)
Uniform Grey--Sarah Harmer

iPod cases that go with country songs? I would say:

Orange Stars Nano case

Green Concentric iPod case

Both kind of remind me of long twilights on the ranch and the hot sun beating down on the prairie.

2006-05-11T20:35:00.001-07:00

I'm doing a CD swap on Craftster right now, and thought it was iPod-related enough to post the track list here. First, the International CD--only non-English music allowed!

Around the World CD

Ingen Vill Veta Var Du Köpt Din Tröja, Raymond
and Maria, Swedish
Cao Cao Mani Picao, Celia Cruz, Spanish
Harley Davidson, Brigitte Bardot, French
Los Anos Mozos, Silvio Rodriguez, Spanish
The Baby Wolves’ Nursery Song, group of young
girls, Slovak
Hermanochay, Inti-illimani, Spanish
Fona mi Han Mi (Show Me My Path), I.K. Dairo
M.B.E. & His Blue Spots, Hornobo(?)
Yeibichei Song: Calling God’s Song, various
artists, Navaho
Tenisu no Boifurendu, Freezepop, Japanese
Mirame Fijo, Los Zafiros, Spanish
Hava Nagila, Barry Sisters, Hebrew
Untitled, Fun Neurotico, Portuguese
Beautycase, Stereo Total, German
Ca (C’est Vraiment Toi), Téléphone, French
Muros Transparentes, Noel Nicola Y Centro Experimintacion, Spanish
Life on Mars?, Seu Jorge, Portuguese
Maria, Mary Gianèskis, Greek

Another track list coming soon.

Recommended iPod case to go with your mambo and Hava Nagila booty-shakin':

Sunny Day Designer iPod Case

2006-05-11T20:35:00.000-07:00

Lots of good feedback on the diner case! Hooray! That means I'm adding more to my etsy shop. Now you can see

Red Rose Diner iPod Case

and

Moonlight Diner iPod Nano Case

on etsy as well as on my website. Spreadin' the glitter vinyl gospel!

New cases on etsy

2006-05-10T21:16:00.000-07:00

I just added this:

Leaf Me Alone iPod Nano case

and my blue vinyl iPod case to my etsy store. It always takes me awhile to add the items from my website to etsy also, but I like it because it lets me go through my cases and choose my favorites. Just don't tell the other cases that I choose favorites. I don't want any sibling rivalry.

If you haven't checked out etsy yet, go! It's a fantastic marketplace full of handcrafted items, and a great way to both spend money and waste time at work.

New diner glitter vinyl cases!

2006-05-09T20:55:00.000-07:00

When I saw this at the fabric store, I almost died of happiness. To understand why, you have to know a little bit about my upbringing.

Austin, Texas is where I lived from when I was nine until I went to college at eighteen. There's not that much to do in Austin when you're not of legal drinking age. We sat in parking lots and listened to car stereos. We played pool at Rachel's house and made out in her backyard. And we went to diners. Nearly every night, we would spend hours eating grilled cheese and french fries and drinking coffee and filling the air with cigarette smoke and discussing how we would solve the problems of the world, when we were old enough to.

Here's my ode to those days.

Red Rose Diner Designer iPod Case

Moonlight Diner Designer iPod Case

Red Rose Diner Designer iPod Case

Moonlight Diner Designer iPod Case

2006-05-04T19:29:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the technocutie blog! Here's where you can find out what's new at technocutie. read some of my thoughts on design and music, and learn about pretty things for your iPod and your person.