Boxing Day

Outside My Comfort Zone

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +0000

I had lunch with a former high school teacher of mine... I was in his choirs over 20 years ago.

I was a girl then. My world was out of focus and I was unsure of where I fit and what I was doing.

I talked with Mr. Fett for two hours that day. I showed him some of my recycling projects. And he talked to me about the fact that I was trying to do everything myself. There is a demand for my products, so much so, I am not keeping up with my Etsy shop and I am just selling orders.

Mr. Fett's point to me was that maybe I didn't need to do this all by myself. I could hire people that needed work. I could recycle more items that then wouldn't end up in landfills. My takeaway was that I could be more if I wanted to. It was my choice.

The conversation threw me. I had to look deep inside somewhere that was uncomfortable.

But I did.

I thought about Mr. Fett's points. They are good ones. I want to contribute to this world. I want to make it a better place for people other than myself. What I feel inside is larger than me.

Fear was holding me back.

But I thought about exactly what is holding me back. What is truly scaring me. I like to plan and make certain everything is in order and it is going to work out and really how that is just an excuse not to move forward. I am afraid to move forward without knowing where I am stepping.

In spite of this fear and nonsense, I managed to push on my glass walls.

I am moving forward with expanding my business to include others that can use work. I have already started to design several lines that are my creation but can be replicated by others. I am trying to go forth organically and let this happen as it occurs. If it is meant to happen the way my mind works, it will happen the way my mind works.

If you think it, it will be. (If you build it, they will come.)

And I now understand why all those artists I watch on PBS have small armies of other artists helping carry out visions.

Getting out of my comfort zone is good. I am finding more creativity and more ideas just by letting go of what I THINK I SHOULD be doing.

Tell me what you do when you hit the walls of your comfort zone. Help me continue to push mine out further and further.

Thank you readers. And thanks for letting me know you are still out there!

The Truth Comes Out

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:17:00 +0000

Did I lose my head?

No.

Was I talking to the animals?

No.

I've just had a lot on my mind.

Here's what has happened since September:

1. I moved to Ohio.
2. My husband stayed in California and will be there until the end of next month.
3. My husband and I found a business to buy.
4. We bought the business.
5. I have been working on that, some art, and a few other things.

It seems like I don't have time to reflect on what is going on... but I am going to try to get started back here again.

I want to get my shop filled back up as well. Slowly but surely, this will all happen. If you are still out there, I look forward to hearing from you.

Photo Cubes!

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:25:00 +0000

Ah! It has been so long since I have blogged! So much going on... vacations, job searches, house guests!

But here they are... I took some boring, clear photo cubes (saved by a dear friend from the dumpster) and sanded off the logos. I then dyed a nice rainbow of colors using Rit dye and volia!

Look! They hold artwork! (Or photos or business cards or your finger or notes or whatever makes you happy...)

So pretty...

Thanks Nanner!

We have a new baby!

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:52:00 +0000

Alright, so it's a cat baby -- not a real baby... but all the same! So cute!

We got her at the shelter and promptly named her Buttercup. She is small and shy and yellow. Although from this angle she is looking a bit bigger.

She has short little legs and a short tail -- and she's overweight from being at the shelter as Snoopy was... but with three flights of stairs in our home and Skippy, who's favorite hobby is cat-chasing, I'm sure she'll thin out in no time flat!

The picture below was the normal view of her. Buttercup came with a free tent. And it was a good thing because when we first got her home, she spent 24 hours a day in it.

But now, I haven't seen her in it for over a week! She is shy, but she is getting used to all of us. We all are hissing and talking and petting her and eating her food and chasing her out of her hiding places... but she seems to like it as she is starting to appear at the most unlikely moments. This morning I made my breakfast and turned around and there she was...

She looks a little grumpy in the photo above... I'm sure she'll be wearing a big grin in the pics from the next photo shoot...

Happy day to all!

My Baby Brother Got Married!

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:12:00 +0000

I've gotten a few e-mails asking me where I have been... here is a quick pictorial shot by my hubby to highlight the wonderful event last Thursday!

Here is my brother dressed as a penquin... I think it is fitting he chose to get married dressed as a flightless bird as the wedding was at Walt Disney World. He fit right in with the other cast members.

And he's actually not that tall, he's standing on my suitcase.

Here is the Wedding Pavilion at Disney.

I officiated. Here I am walking to the altar.

Here is my brother giving the vows he wrote. He is crying and he is making me cry. It's the whole sibling thing -- he cries, I cry. He laughs, I laugh! I'm sure you understand.

Here are the two princesses of the day! Both are so beautiful! (But only one has glass slippers...)

And speaking of Cinerella -- check out this dessert!!! A white chocolate mousse filled shoe! (Much better than glass, if you ask me.) And that castle pattern on the plate? Some sort of wicked awesome chocolate stamp!

Dessert AND CAKE! My kind of wedding!!!

And the day after... I am morphing into Minnie. No big surprise there...

Happy Holidays to all of you!

The Secret Life of this Book...

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:02:00 +0000

So my friend Buzz had a birthday. And this is what I made...

She gave me this book to use in a project a couple of months ago.

And then recently I was hanging out in her office for a bit and she showed me one of her favorite paintings by Carl Larsson. Buzz told me that this painting looked like a good life to her - reading, cool air, a cat and a dog...

So as much as it killed me to change the life of the book, I created a book box and then recreated the painting inside of it.

This is one of my favorite projects yet!

Happy birthday, Buzz! And thanks to Susan for giving me the idea in a roundabout way!

Milk Made

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:10:00 +0000

Look at my new light sculpture!

What have I recycled now?

Did you get a clue from my post title?

That's right! It is made of the plastic from gallon milk containers!

It is 30 individual pieces that I hand cut from 10 milk jugs. The pattern was in ReadyMade magazine last fall. This one is pretty little... about eight inches across.

Watch out! I'm going to be milking this project for all that it is worth!

Make Me the Popular Kid!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:15:00 +0000

Hey! I took my pumpkins to instructables and I need YOU to vote for them so I will have fame, fortune, glamour, popularity, and terrific prizes!

VOTE HERE!

The pumpkins and I thank you in advance...

Recycled Jack O'Lantern Magic

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:21:00 +0000

Where have I been, you ask? I have been trying to remove labels from my food jars so I could make these darling Jack O'Lanterns!

All I can say is some of the adhesives used on food jars do not want to release the labels. Hot water and elbow grease is my preferred method of removal, but geesh! It takes a heck of a lot of work. It's almost scary...

This is the simple shape face. Darling, isn't he?

The paper I used to cover the jars is also recycled from a kitchen item I received from last Christmas! I saved it because it was these huge pieces of perfect orange and finally I found the perfect use!

And the black paper pieces are scraps from another project! I love it!

I'm going to place my pumpkin spice tea lights in them and place them in the window so maybe we'll get a few trick or treaters this year...

This recycling trick is a real treat!

Happy Halloween!!!

Help! I Need Somebody!

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:53:00 +0000

As Cathy would say, "Ack!"

And I am only reminded of this as my favorite SNL cast member Andy Samberg played Cathy recently on the show during Weekend Update.

I am so busy. If I could clone myself right now I would. (And just not anybody. I need somebody. Help!)

I would make that clone do the icky things like clean the bathroom and change the kitty box and dust the creatures I insist on placing in front of the telly to liven up the box of light when it is off.

If the clone (or Kelly B. 2.0) could do all the housework and mail out my packages and write blog entries, I could just do fun stuff.

And why was I entertaining the idea on Friday of posting something every day when I can't even blog once a week? I guess I should remember I was entertaining the idea. I took it to a show and out to dinner. I didn't invite it in to stay over...

Is anyone else out in the ether feeling crazy overwhelmed and the holidays are still a ways off?

I'm sure this will be better in the morning. And when I can stop adding new items to my to do list.

*sigh*

And you don't have to tell me it will get better. I know it will. I have no doubt it will. Sunday nights can just be a tad overwhelming is all...

A cheerier post is right around the corner. I can feel it!

Happy Monday to you and yours.

Good Grief, Where Did I Go?

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:05:00 +0000

Hidy ho, friends in the ether!

I pulled up my blog and realized that it has been a little while since I posted. I wondered to myself, "Where did I go?"

The answer to that is: dreamland, the doctor's office, Vegas, the vet's office, a job interview, the kitchen table working on art, the garage working on art, the pool, around the neighborhood, the 1920's as I read Seabiscuit, the 1830's as I read an account about Laura Ingalls Wilder's mother, the Emmys, the kitchen, I think the couch swallowed me at one point... but now I am here today. Writing. Realizing all the other things I need to catch up on too!

I hope you all have been doing well. I hope there are exciting and fun things happening with you. I am off to read blogs after this post so I can see what you have been up to lately!

And the Husband of the Year Award goes to...

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:29:00 +0000

Skippy Boisenberry McAllister!!!

What an incredible award! And you coordinated your t-shirt with the award! Well done, I say!

Skippy Dippy, you're the one!
You make my life a lot of fun!
Skippy Dippy, I'm awfully fond of you...

Skippy, you're the best husband a gal could wish for... you've helped me through so much this year. You are thoughtful and kind. You always have a good attitude in your pocket for me when I lose mine. You laugh at my stupid jokes almost as hard as you laugh at the good ones. You tell me to chase my dreams and then follow me, giddy with joy.

You listen to me grumble and you never grumble back. You smile at me when I cry because you know the downpour will only last a minute. You love me for exactly who I am. You want me to feel what I feel and be who I am and you love me every second.

I love you. Thank you.

I know you'll be good with the kids because of how good you are with the cats...

Sharing your patch of sun with Petey.

Giving Snoopy rabbit ears even though you know they are her ultimate enemy after moths and flies and birds and lizards.

Being self-effacing and giving yourself rabbit ears.

And there's what you do for me...

You enjoy the sunshine and every new day!

You continue to hug Snoopy even though she's not too sure about it.

You pose for my never-ending requests of strange and wonderful portraits.

Thank you for being my husband. You are the husband of the year every year in my book.

Boy Oh Boy! Boxing Day is a Brillant Blogger!

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:20:00 +0000

Shucks! I can't thank 13delanceystreet enough for nominating me as a Brillant Blog. I've enjoyed my conversations with her immensely so this really is the icing on the conversation cake!

Hmmm. Cake. That sounds good! Speaking of cake, I would like it alamode... here are my nominees for the Brillant Blog Award!

http://alamodestuff.blogspot.com/
http://vermillionrules.blogspot.com/
http://elisaannlindstrom.blogspot.com/
http://shiborigirl.blogspot.com/
http://wonderfulworldofetsy.blogspot.com/
http://dlpom.blogspot.com/
http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/

Here are the rules for the nominees: 1) Add the logo of the award to your blog 2) Add a link to the person who awarded it to you 3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs 4) Add links to those blogs on your blog 5) Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs!

And one more thing! I've had a lot of interest in what was going to happen with the frozen yogurt containers!

Well I created Yarn Barns! (Thanks to Barking Dog Designs for the name! Check out her shop!)

The delightful Yarn Barn will keep your yarn safe from playful kitties and curious children! This is the first design. I'm working on several others. Let me know what you think!

The pig says "Oink!" The cow says "Moo!" The daisy says "She loves me!"

The Wolf is at my Door!

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:09:00 +0000

Yawn!

The wolf is knocking at my door today. So I made a box to honor him. I put it in my shop as a PIF (pay it forward) because I feel grateful to be walking around and recovering this week!

I am tired. But I set the goal of creating 100 items for myself again while I recover from my surgery.

At this moment, I have 25 separate items finished. I am about to start the remaining 75.

If I can get this wolf to stop knocking at my door. I know he'll stop knocking if I take a nap.

So maybe a nap first and then 75 items after that...

It's a plan.

How are all of you out there? Thanks for coming back after it being so long. I've missed you!

But now, I must go and dream about all my friends in the ether...

More soon.

Clouds in My Coffee

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:57:00 +0000

I think clouds are the theme today. The marine layer hasn't burned off yet. The layer almost looks puffy like clouds, whereas it usually looks like just a gray mass.

Clouds make me happy. That is one thing I miss living here in southern California - clouds.

I am feeling unfocused. My brain is cloudy.

My vision changed yesterday so my right eye is cloudy.

Yesterday I was a crazy painter. Today I feel like my creative focus is cloudy.

But all these clouds will clear up soon.

Until then, I will drink the clouds in my coffee. I don't mind clouds -- clouds make me happy. And I always appreciate the sunshine that comes later on...

Good-bye, Mr. Petey Pie

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:15:00 +0000

Yesterday was a hard day. We had to put Prickly Pete down. He had fractured his pelvis and his diabetes had come back in one fell swoop. It was a very hard decision. But when we saw him -- we knew it was the right one.

It was a sad day. My husband and I loved Petey like crazy. We miss him more than I could ever express.

Thanks for picking us at the shelter, Mr. Petersworth. We are so glad to have known you.

Nesting

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:17:00 +0000

There has been a bit of buzz around the little swallows nests made out of beads. I guess I'm always surprised when people are excited about what I'm making. I mean I get excited but it is still a great and wonderful thing when someone e-mails me and asks me about what I've made!

All I did was glue giant 1970s macrame beads together that my aunt sent me. I sanded them to look more organic. Then I glued moss that I had saved for almost 20 years into some of the little nests.

I love the swallows. Their homes are very close to mine and I see them every morning. They are my friends, whether they know it or not.

The ruler in this photo was from one of my grandparents' visits to Florida. I still use it after all of these years!

More soon, ether friends.

Weaving a Tony Award Winning Musical

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:52:00 +0000

Think of the music for There's No Business like Show Business from Annie Get Your Gun...

There's no business
Like the crafting business,
Like no business I know!
Everything about it is appealing!
Everything nimble fingers will allow!
No where could you have that happy feeling,
When you are trimming that extra dowel!

There's more in my head... but I won't get any more carried away than usual.

The musical I wanted to write after this year's Tony Awards was based on the strange feeling I have when travelling home to Ohio and then coming back to Orange County, California.

I have two songs thus far. One is about how I feel skinny in Ohio but then fat in California. The other is how when we arrive back at the airport in California, every man is a metrosexual. All are very tidy and tan and fashionably dressed and ALL have manicured facial shrubbery.

Men in Ohio look like men. Men in California look like they have stepped off magazine covers. Men in Ohio look like farmers and truck drivers and business men. Men in California look like models.

I really only experience this feeling for the first 20 minutes in the airport. Get out into Orange County and I see other types of folks. But the airport people... well that is a different sort of folks.

And speaking of weaving... since that is in the title of this post...

Santa brought me, in 1983, my very own Fisher Price loom. I got it out last week, put it together, and have been making projects on it ever since. Here is the photo record of these events:

Fisher Price was a division of the Quaker Oats Company in 1983. That fact is on the plastic pieces as well as all over the handbook. They wanted to make sure that we knew that the Quakers were selling these looms I guess.

I'm pretty psyched about this new little endeavor. I'm cutting up clothes tomorrow to make a woven rag rug. Yea!

The Art that Gave Birth to Boxing Day

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:05:00 +0000

I listed a copy of the art that gave birth to my shop Boxing Day this morning.

I plan to sell some prints of the art piece too at some point... but for now, a big magnet is my homemade version.

A few months ago, I was so afraid when I thought about opening my shop. I didn't trust myself. Even though all the signs were pointing to open the damn thing already, I still felt fearful and worried and all those good things we do as human animals.

So what does an artist do when things are confusing or scary? They make art! I worked in collage which is something I rarely do. And I used words which again is something I rarely do.

Explore for yourself here!

What else is going on in my world? Thank you for asking!

The usual crazy recycling insanity abounds! My dear friend Buzz gave me seventeen of these plastic containers and I am going to turn some of them into yarn homes for knitters. I think they will be awesome. Thanks, Buzz!

Listen for the tune "Goin' to the Chapel"

Eatin' a big tub of yogurt,
Givin' the container to Kelly.
Eatin' a big tub of yogurt,
Givin' the container to Kelly!

She'll turn it in to a yarn home,
Sell it on her Etsy site,
A big yarn home filled with love!

Stay tuned for the next episode where I talk about the musical I want to write every year after watching the Tony Awards!

A Perspective Shake Up!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:29:00 +0000

I went on a walk this morning and I couldn't help but be filled with the joy of the earth around me! After yesterday's quake, I don't know... it puts a new light on everything for a few days. I can't help but think what could have happened if it had been worse than it was. I can't help but appreciate what I have and how beautiful my life is.

The mountains were shrouded in a veil of white and gray mist. I actually saw a squirrel! Everyone I said good morning to -- said good morning back. There were so many birds in the field this morning eating breakfast. I saw the white tail of rabbit hiding under a bush. Men working doing stone work in the neighborhood were taking a break and they had a little propane fire going. They were cooking a full pan of meat on the curb near our house. I said a cheerful good morning and breathed in the thick smoke of cooking meat and I think all ten said good morning back! A lizard crossed my path, paused and looked at me, and I swear he winked!

Three years ago today, my husband proposed to me. Again, another reason to be filled with the energy of joy. His love has given me more gifts than I ever thought I could know. My eyes well up just thinking of his pure and unconditional love.

I appreciate it all. For a moment yesterday, as the earth moved violently, I thought it might be all gone. And I'm blessed because it is not.

The last song I listen to on my iPod Shuffle as I head home is always U2's Beautiful Day...

The heart is a bloom, shoots up through the stony ground
There's no room, no space to rent in this town
You're out of luck and the reason that you had to care,
The traffic is stuck and you're not moving anywhere.
You thought you'd found a friend to take you out of this place
Someone you could lend a hand in return for grace

It's a beautiful day, the sky falls
And you feel like it's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away

You're on the road but you've got no destination
You're in the mud, in the maze of her imagination
You love this town even if that doesn't ring true
You've been all over and it's been all over you

It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away

Touch me, take me to that other place
Teach me, I know I'm not a hopeless case

See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by cloud
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
See the Bedouin fires at night
See the oil fields at first light
And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colors came out

It was a beautiful day
Beautiful day
Don't let it get away

Touch me, take me to that other place
Reach me, I know I'm not a hopeless case

What you don't have you don't need it now
What you don't know you can feel it somehow
What you don't have you don't need it now
You don't need it now, you don't need it now

Beautiful day

Everybody loves cake!

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:14:00 +0000

So I thought readers might want to know something new about me. For a short time last fall, I thought I was going to become the Space of Cakes. I say space, because I am not an ace. As in just about every creative endeavor I undertake, I do my best to figure it out from the tv and internet. These cakes comes from the space in my head as I am certainly no Duff!

It started with this present cake. I did it for a friend's daughter's 18th birthday. The inside was dark mocha cake with vanilla buttercream and then a layer of fondant to make it pretty!

I then made cupcakes for a wedding shower for another friend. She had created her wedding invitation, so I then copied her design for cupcakes!

The last fondant project I undertook was brownie points. It was an attempt to win a Halloween contest at work.

Alas, it did not work. But I did think of the scariest thing I could create in fondant and show people: a pig eating bacon. Does it get any scarier than that?

Why did I stop making cakes? Because a little white cat came to live with us who could jump on counters. Here she is on her first day... sigh!

More Recycle Mayhem and My Husband's Photography

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:54:00 +0000

While I am happy to report that the mannequin finally got the picture to the proper place and up, I am sad to report that I did not make it to 100 items by my deadline. I missed it by eight.

If I count the pairs of earrings I made as two instead of one, I am there. But I didn't clarify that rule when I started.

I'm going for it again this week. I like how having a numbers goal keeps making things in my mind at all times.

So here's what's been going on since Wednesday! Recycle Mayhem!

Recycled Chain and Memory Wire Fringe Necklace. Sometimes the best way to get rid of a knot in a chain is to use your wire cutters!

Toliet Paper Roll Wreath! Finally finished and beautiful!

And I had another item here and the photo has vanished. Sigh! I hate it when my blog eats my photos. It was probably because it was my oatmeal box art. It's listed on Etsy if you are really interested.

Speaking of oatmeal, here is a series of photos taken by my husband last night with my interpretations. (I say "speaking of oatmeal" because our carpet would take an oatmeal spill well.)

His feet. I find many photographs of this particular subject. Someday I shall gather them all in one place and create a coffee table book.

Here is a statement where he combines the title of a book and the snowflake-like design on the bookshelves.

Here is a cute photo of Snoopy.

And then a capture of Petey's demon side. Just in time for Halloween! Thanks, Honey!

Challenge: Creating 100 Items in a Week

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:25:00 +0000

I decided to create 100 items this week. It is a mix of things that will be for sale and also my surprise gifts that I send to Etsy customers when they order.

I am now going to illustrate the insanity in my being as I am struggling with this self-imposed challenge.

Monday. I felt like the craft devil was chasing me. You can tell this is the craft devil because there is a wreath in the non-pitchfork hand. One item complete.

Tuesday morning, I felt like I was hanging by a string and fear was imminent. One item complete, sixteen others started.

Tuesday afternoon. Why did I think I could do this? My brain was feeling kind of moldy. One item complete, twenty-seven started.

And then Tuesday evening, I felt a certain push of imagination. A place I had walked a gazillion, trillion, billion times. One item complete, forty-eight started.

Wednesday morning. Obviously in the night I had been sleep-crafting or the cats were nice enough to get into my studio and finish some things for me or my other personality that does not write this blog worked on some things. Forty-eight items complete, fifteen started.

Wednesday now. I feel serene. Like this challenge will be accomplished. I wasn't sure at first. I'm really good at giving myself too much to do all the time. This time, though, I'm going to get to one hundred items and if I stop writing this blog, I might get there ahead of my deadline! Ah!

Serenity now.

And as for my husband. This will be Skippy on Friday, happy, as he is looking forward to his weekend. It is hard work being one of the characters in a Dr. Seuss book.

The Box of Light Inside My Brain

noreply@blogger.com (Kelly) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:41:00 +0000

So even though the box of light (tv) is off, there is one inside my brain that is always on.

During this morning's walk, I saw landscaping gentlemen from two different companies. One had green shirts on and one had red shirts on. They were working across the street from one another. In my brain's box of light, I saw a Scrubs-type musical number in my head...

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..." They drop their rakes and clippers and run towards each other and begin to dance as they sing. "...everywhere you go..." And then it starts to snow!
"There's a tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well, The sturdy kind that doesn't mind the snow..."

So as I'm working this afternoon, (I'm scraping paint with an old credit card , Target coupons in background made into a flower, toliet paper roll wreath nearby, and cereal box art painted green all as my friends) the box of light in my brain comes up with a new show...

In my mind I can see the newest Bravo Reality/Competition show in the vein of Project Runway or Top Chef or Top Design or Shear Genius:

Crafty Folks!

Listen as Martha Stewart presents the challenge:

"Take these salt and pepper shakers,

this dog,

and this rock...

and make something you can sell on Etsy for an astounding amount of money. The person who sells their item for the most money will win immunity. Now make it work!"

Here is the winning item in the episode in my head...

It sold for $28. I have immunity! I have immunity!

Oh wait... this isn't a real show... this is all in my head. Dammit!