Synopses & Reviews
Handmade? It looks like you made it with your feet!
A chicken poncho. A painting of a corn dog. A clock made out of an old mostly clean cheese grater. All this and more await you in the pages of Regretsy, a veritable sideshow of handcrafts gone wrong.
Based on the eponymous hit blog and arranged in categories such as Decor, Pet Humiliation, and Christmas, Regretsy showcases the best of the worst, ranging from the hilariously absurd to the purely horrifying. Each page of this jaw-dropping volume features the actual seller's online listing with a light coat of snarky commentary to give it a good shellacking.
So join us as we descend into handmade hell and gawk, gasp, and marvel at the disturbingly odd artifacts that Regretsy has collected for your viewing pleasure, proving that you can never have too much of a bad thing.
Review
"A hall of fame for artistic impulses gone oddly awry." Salon
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"Uproarious." Entertainment Weekly
Review
"It's easy to be disgusted by people who achieve monstrous overnight success with their little side projects, especially if said projects are based on lampooning others. But, luckily for her — and for us — Winchell is uproariously funny. It also helps that some of her victims are, well... asking for it. It's not enough to be just weird, the items she features need to contain, in her words, a 'mitigating factor that allows me to be an asshole.'" Megan Zabel, Powells.com (Read the entire Powells.com review)
Synopsis
The Best of the Worst Ah, those tacky trinkets that find their way into our suitcases and our hearts…
The Hugo Chavez action figure from a trip to Venezuela.
A bikini-clad plastic flamingo commemorating your favorite vacation to Miami Beach.
And those Mussolini boxer shorts to memorialize your visit to Italy.
Whether you have some of these items scattered on your shelves or you like to poke fun at those who do, this illustrated collection of tacky souvenirs is for anyone who appreciates the finer aspects of off-the-charts kitsch.
Synopsis
The Best of the Worst Ah, those tacky trinkets that find their way into our suitcases and our hearts…
The Hugo Chavez action figure from a trip to Venezuela.
A bikini-clad plastic flamingo commemorating your favorite vacation to Miami Beach.
And those Mussolini boxer shorts to memorialize your visit to Italy.
Whether you have some of these items scattered on your shelves or you like to poke fun at those who do, this illustrated collection of tacky souvenirs is for anyone who appreciates the finer aspects of off-the-charts kitsch.
About the Author
April Winchell has enjoyed a multi-faceted career in the entertainment industry, working as an advertising executive, a radio show host, a comedy writer, and a voice actress. She lives in Los Angeles, CA.