MeFi Mall aka ShopMe
Here's a list of MeFites who have stuff they make and sell online based on this thread in MetaTalk. If you're shopping anyway, check out the stuff your fellow MeFites have available.
Photography, Prints and Calendars
- Glinn has silly and colorful imaginary beasts at The Slumbering Herd. Original art, prints and postcards. 15% MeFi discount - use coupon code mefi15.
- runningwithscissors has an Etsy shop with nature and landscape photography that features saturated colors and strong contrasts. MeFites get 20% off with code MEFI2011.
- Gator has made some photographs of Florida, mostly sunsets and dragonflies, available as posters, framed prints, or canvas prints. ImageKind always has discounts available; current promo code is 30ELF for 30% off.
- woodblock100 has a special 'Gift Print' page up at this time every year, with a new one in his series of small-scale handmade woodblock prints.
- Fricka has three stores: OffLine Tshirts: Geek, gamer and unique apparel and gifts; Birds n Bees Tees: Featuring "nearly identical" clothing sets for multiples; Rockgrrl.com: Rock climbing and outdoor sports apparel and gifts. I also provide photographic prints, calendars and services. Nature, Travel and Adventure Photography. I'll provide a MeFi discount on photography services!
- The Deej's BrightStudio Gallery features an eclectic collection of fine art photography, including nature, still life, automobiles, and Polaroid transfers. Main page with slideshow is here. Complete gallery is here. Use the discount code mefi2011 for 25% off your entire order, no limit. Coupon will be good through January 31, 2012.
- mintymike is a 3D photographer and is self-publishing a book of his 3D photographs of flowers. Book and print pre-orders are available through December 14.
- theichibun aims to share some of his "art" with the world with Sapid Existence. Mostly photographs, but also included are a few prints of drawings/paintings. Use discount code "50ED55" to save 20%. Good through 31 December.
- amanda designed an almanac of wonderful Oregon things called Oregon Is Awesome! It contains all the events and seasons that occur in Oregon so you'll never miss anything again! (If you're an Oregonian.) It's available here, and on Etsy.
- Lou Stuells makes and sells children's book-style animal prints. Very colorful and jolly! Free shipping worldwide for mefites on their first order - just message me a username.
- Sublimity makes and sells original art prints at Eastward Arts.
- jjjjjjjijjjjjjj has large historical map prints for sale. Note: all maps also have high-resolution file download (free for free), so if you'd rather, you can DIY some gifts however you'd like 'em.
- 40 Watt is selling extremely short-run screenprints… turns out after I sold some of the prints to family and friends, I only have 8 left. I've opened an Etsy shop and I'm selling the remaining stock.
Recorded Music
- chococat makes music under the name bgm. His most recent recording, They Don't Run Your Life, can be purchased at his website. Also available are hand-screened T-Shirts featuring the famous Sad Executive Boy logo from the album cover. Purchase of T-Shirt includes download of the album in the high-quality digital audio file of your choice! MeFites can enter the coupon code 'chococatsentme' for a 10% discount
- Soplerfo makes and self-distributes his music on vinyl records (with mp3 downloads). A contributor to the original Mefi Music Compilation, he makes clanky jangly droney music that some people like to listen to sometimes. Enter code "mefi" at his shop and get 10% off.
- motty's band Fit and the Conniptions has a new album out, available on Bandcamp and CDBaby.
- Three Day Monk/Rory Viner's "Lost & Found" (itunes) is work in two parts. Experimental & cinematic piano leads into the second half where feelings of wonder and acceptance find way in a cold soundscape.
- Madamina is a member of the Isthmus Vocal Ensemble, a professional-grade choral group existing for an elusive two weeks each summer. (Audio samples available here; try the Gretchaninoff from 2007!) In 2010, they recorded An Isthmus Christmas, spanning five centuries of choral music from Billings and Mouton to Rachmaninoff and Lauridsen. Let Madamina know of your purchase; she will send you the unauthorized yet stunning .mp3 of "Justin Bieber, Justin Mine."
- chimaera: My band Phantom West just put out an album on 11/22 and it's available from Amazon, iTunes, CD Baby, and our Bandcamp site (this is the $5.99 best price).
- mintcake!'s band Nova Social has a new album, For Any Inconvenience, coming out on 12/13 which will be available at Amazon and iTunes among other digital places. Other goodies, including a recent six-song vinyl EP, are available at their site.
Services
- Meatbomb writes "All of your doubts and fears about the afterlife and your place in it answered authoritatively, with conviction, by a charismatic leader / father figure you can trust." main, purchase Mefites get a special discount suggested tithe rate of 7.5% of pre-tax earnings.
Etsy, Crafts and Jewelry
- mikepop has stickers for all your bikey needs. Many stickers per sheet - great for sharing.
- alynnk has an Etsy shop with handmade cards and other pretty paper things. 15% off with coupon code MEFISHOP.
- sugarbomb provides Paper Rose Designs: lovingly handmade enamel and upcycled paper necklaces (and quirky rings coming soon)! Free shipping for all MeFites;
just use coupon code MEFITE at checkout. Thank you for buying handmade! - amber_dale's Marli Tharn Hand Dyed Yarn makes great gifts for your favorite knitter, crocheter, or spinner. I focus on sock yarns, fine laceweight, and spinning fiber. There is free shipping for MeFites with the coupon code MEFISHOPPER.
- polymath: I zap things with lasers to make pretty, geeky jewelry and other goodies for you. I also make kits for illuminated embroidery with LEDs (and to make gloves work with iPhone screens, for you practical types). Use discount code MEFIFOFUM on Etsy for a 10% discount.
- elizard writes knitting patterns for her accessory designs. Lots of quick gift projects, or use the patterns as a starting point for a kit for the knitter in your life.
- Usonian makes and sells self-tie bow ties including a wildly popular Doctor Who model. 10% discount for MeFites - use coupon code BEANPLATE.
- Gordafarin's knitting patterns are cute and elegant, and above all fun to knit! Get them to knit yourself, or gift them to your favorite knitter. 20% off with the code PLATEOBEANS.
- sawdustbear makes monster sculptures and art, including the first bound volume of the sculpted comic Marlowe the Monster, as posted about in MeFi projects. Awesome for odd, neurotic friends that like monsters! Currently running a 20% sale until December 8th!
- Alison says "I sell miscellaneous crafty wares: robot-themed dishware, hair barrettes with brass-stamped leaves, and cake toppers of many shapes."
- :-) sells laptop decals of the New York, Chicago, San Francisco, LA, Cincinnati, and Minneapolis skylines. There is a coupon code: 10% off with 'MEFITES2011
- rivenwanderer makes metalwork jewelry in her basement studio, incorporating things like gears, beetle wings, and heavily textured copper. Use the coupon code "mefi10" when checking out for a 10% discount.
- Oli D. makes beautiful jewelry, most of it has enamel and enamel painting: lots of color. I am making MeFi jewelry! It is green , it has letters and colors of Metafilter! It is very fresh and new (designed just 3 days ago), I have pictures of them on my Flickr. I am taking orders now for pendants, earrings, cufflinks.
- Mamapotomus makes tatted lace necklaces and earrings from vintage and original patterns. Entering the coupon code "Metafilter" will get you a 10% discount.
- PurdyontheBlue and his mother run a jewelry store, turtlecreekdesign, on Etsy featuring handmade, one-of-a-kind designs using mainly precious and semi-precious gemstone beads. Purdy also occasionally writes his mom a story.
- magnetsphere makes awesome duct tape wallets & other accessories. The perfect thing for everyone, even if you're giving cash you need something to put it in. Free Shipping for all mefites, just enter MEFITE at checkout.
- PlutoniumX makes a lot of things. Lately it has been chainmaille jewelry, dicebags, and wallet chains. It's Armor for your Everyday Life! Use Code: XMAS2011 for Free Shipping!
Books, Magazines and Zines
- fake offers the Guide To Modern Living, a book on how to lose your life, as well as a set of prescription-strength magnetic fridge poetry. Shipping is free.
- cmoj says "I'm up to issue number two of Juicy City, an entirely self-published art-house/underground-ish comic book that's long on inexplicability and short on sense."
- bitter-girl runs Cooperative Press, an indie publishing company specializing in creative topics, from knitting to crafty business. We're expanding into art- and food-related titles in 2012. What's special about CP is that we are ultra-digital friendly and we pay our authors royalties that are 4-5x the average paid by traditional publishers.
- jessamyn: I've written a book called Without a Net: Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide which talks about technology instruction in libraries and why the problem of teaching technology to people seems to intractable. More interesting than you might think!
- fearfulsymmetry: I've just indie-published a novel 'Work of Art' under my pen name of John Black It's available in paperback, kindle at Amazon (and some other places and in other formats) All the links and more details are here.
- ikahime maintains The Vespiary Book Bindery where she makes handsewn blank books from scratch. Hardback, paperback and leather. New and recycled materials. Box sets! Find the goods on her Etsy page.
- clockworkjoe wrote Zombies of the World: A Field Guide to the Undead. Now available in print, PDF and Kindle. Zombies of the World describes 20 species of undead and reveals them to be a valuable part of our ecosystem. 60 full color illustrations. Be sure to check out the posters as well. All orders have FREE shipping in the US! Metafilter members can use the coupon code metazombie to get 15% off all orders at the online store.
- scaryblackdeath has self-published an urban fantasy novel called "Good Intentions." It's an irreverent, smutty adventure set in Seattle, available on Amazon and on Smashwords, for many non-Kindle formats.
- ManinSuit: Sheila Heti had the idea to collaborate with me on a book of everything I know. That book, The Chairs Are Where The People Go, came out this summer. It is about improvisation, municipal politics, information on how to teach a charades class, running conferences, feeling like a fraud, love,
quitting smoking, and other things. [Amazon USA
// Canada //UK]
- itesser writes cute little storytelling games about robots and gingerbread cookies. Her games are available in both print and pdf forms. Get them on lulu. For the rest of 2011, proceeds from sales go to a San Bernardino, CA charity that teaches free theater and dance classes.
- Scoop has a digital publishing company called Byliner and writes "We publish ebooks designed to be read in a single sitting. These can be purchased and read on the Kindle, Nook, iPad, or online. (Amazon, Apple, and B&N allow these ebooks to be sent as gifts, by the way.) We publish nonfiction and now fiction, on all topics. Our authors include Amy Tan, Jon Krakauer, William T. Vollmann, Mark Bittman, Ann Patchett, and more. If mefites forward me a receipt from their digital purchase, we'll send them a free Byliner Original of their choosing.
- sideofwry runs an ebookstore called Emily Books, which specializes in mindblowingly-awesome, criminally-underappreciated works of fiction and nonfiction by women. The store, which exclusively sells ebooks, offers titles by subscription (1 new book every month for a year) or as stand-alone single purchases. Emily Books will soon be releasing a literary magazine (ETA: December 20th), which MetaFilter customers can receive for free by forwarding confirmation of an Emily Books purchase.
- The Wrong Kind of Cheese offers ebooks to help overwhelmed individuals turn chaos into serenity, including Tickle Yourself Organized for organizing your papers, tasks and thoughts without letting anything fall through the cracks.
- msalt is editor of The Palindromist, the world's greatest palindrome zine. Mefites who order anything from the online store will receive a bonus print copy of "The Gecko Wears a Tiara", a collection of bizarre and ancient Sumerian proverbs. Just memail him so he knows which order is yours.
- anothermug has written a literary mystery novel called "The Killing Type"
- Sully wrote a Choose Your Own Adventure style book from the POV of a cat! Get it here (front cover, back cover).
T-Shirts, Mugs, Cafe Press-type Items
- Jezztek offers the Amorphia family of geek friendly t-shirt shops including: Sir Critter - Fancy animals in top hats, Hirsute History - Historical figures illustrated by their hairand Monsters of Grok - Band shirts for scientists and philosophers.
- -harlequin- offers Zombie Survival gear and related gifts, from practical to romantic. He also sells a translated map of Jules Verne's Mysterious Island - good on a wall, or folded inside the book.
- Devil's Rancher: Wearable Serigraphy is a series of high-end halftone screen prints, based on my black and white photography.
- nanojath sells fine art cannabis-themed t-shirts.
- Behemoth runs StressDressed Apparel, an online shop dedicated to sarcastic t-shirts. The introductory "Beware!" collection, seen recently on Mefi Projects, features designs with a cautionary theme.
Miscellaneous
- turtlegirl runs Terrapin Gardens. "We specialize in the production of quality products derived from rare Navajo-Churro sheep. We also sell breeding stock for those interested in this hardy heritage breed. Please visit our online shop for yarn, fiber, and other items available for sale, or contact us for breeding stock and information about raising sheep."
- adrianhon writes "We're selling pre-orders for Season 1 of ZOMBIES, RUN!, a real world running game and audio adventure. It's being released in February for the iPhone and iPod Touch and in Spring 2012 for Android. A description of the game is here." 10% off if you use the code 'mefibrains'
- ancillary's makes hand-made custom flipbooks (from digital video files) and hand-made custom lunchboxes (from photos). Quite literally what it says on the tin :) Mefi discount code mefi2011 (please use this link to get the coupon automatically) gets $5 off at flipclips.com
- Milquetoast and Arianna von Trauma run Paper Jam Press, featuring a line of signed, hand-pulled letterpress posters. Hip hop meditations on the daily grind. SF Mefites stop by our booth at the Renegade Craft Fair and show us your profile for $5 off every poster!
- billyfleetwood makes a durable pocket-sized sketchbook designed for storyboarding, but good for just about any of your pocket sized writing needs.
- snwod says "Daruma An Farms grows and sells Koshihikari, Organic Koshihikari, and Black Rice for mefites living in Japan (sorry, we can't ship overseas)."
- ignignokt makes Jotunheim (app store) is an iOS app that lets you post to Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and more in one go. It also works as a personal journal that handles text, photos, and video.
- extrabox writes "Objectpoem.com is where I sell my assemblages I've constructed from unique vintage antique and found materials. 15% off to MeFi people, send me an email with Metafilter2011 in the subject line."
- specialk420 writes" pedalr is a better marketplace for people who love bikes"
image courtesy of Saquan Stimpson