Hello Again My Life 3 Years After My Last Post

So it's been a long time since I posted any thing to my blog. A lot has changed since my last post!

2013 moved back to Seattle and quit my day job!! I'm now my own boss and live off my sock money!

The first part 2014 was I accepted as a Pike Place Market crafts person permit holder! You can now buy my SLUGS fleece rain boot liners in person along with my Tongass the SLUG stuffed animal. 

                                    

                                    

                                   

                                     

October 2014 I became a MOM!! We welcomed little miss Charley Paisley into the world!! 

I'm much better at keeping my facebook fan page, twitter, Pinterest and Instagram update find me here.

Pinterest: 

www.pinterest.com/withtherain

Instagram: 

www.instagram.com/withtherain

Facebook:

 www.facebook.com/withtherain

Twitter: 

www.twitter.com/akslug

I just got the blogger app on my phone so I hope that helps me post more here!

~Rayana

Front Page Of Etsy May

This month is off to a great start for Etsy front page features! Last night I had a pair of SLUGS fleece boot liners featured and a treasury I created on the front page. Here are the screenshots from last night. I hope this month keeps this pace.

These are the SLUGS featured above:

This is the treasury I created:



Front Page Of Etsy Earth Day

Happy Earth Day!!

Today I woke up to this pair of  SLUGS fleece rain boot liners on the front page of Etsy!!

Here is the screenshot of the feature.

 

Xtratufs Rain Boots AKA Ketchikan Sneakers



Jake and I took a early spring hike last night to one of my

 favorite places on earth Carlanna Lake. I spent many summer days

 up at this lake which is about a 20 minute hike from my childhood house.

We picked blueberries, camped, swam all day and search for salamanders for pets.

This photo is part of my iPhone fine art series to

learn more about this project check out this blog post:

http://withtheraincomesslugs.blogspot.com/2011/06/iphone-fine-art-photography.html

Hunter Rain Boots What Color To Wear?

I own ten pairs of rain boots that is my little dark secret, six of which are Hunter boots. I tell myself it is a business expense. Hunter Green Lace-Up Hunter boots, Yellow, White, Pea Green, Purple, Red. I need one more pair of Hunters and I can wear a different pair of Hunter Rain Boots for everyday of the week.

 

Need help finding your perfect pair of rain boots?

Check out this blog post I did all about my boots.

http://www.withtheraincomesslugs.blogspot.com/2011/05/perfect-pair-of-rain-boots.html

Front Page Of Etsy March

It was a very exciting weekend for my little Etsy shop these two pairs of SLUGS fleece boot liners made it to the front page of Etsy!! Here are the screenshots from the features.

SLUGS Fleece Boot Liners As Seen On TV

This pair of SLUGS fleece boot liners were worn by Dee Dee (Lauren Lapkus) on “Are You There, Chelsea?” the episode that aired 02.08.12 called “TheGynecologist”!!

I was contacted back in November 2011 by my friend Nicole; she works as a stylist for “Are You There, Chelsea?” Nicole asked me to next day air 7 pairs of SLUGS fleece boot liners down to LA for this new show. She was working on a boating scene. It was stressful in the middle of the busiest time of year for me, but I made it happen with help from my mom and Jacob. To see my SLUGS on TV is such a dream come true!!

Here are some screen shots from the show:

Receive 15% off your SLUGS fleece boot liner order by using this coupon code at

 my Etsy shop:

ASSEENONTV

And A Few More Front Page Of Etsy November

I’m behind on posting SLUGS fleece boot liners front page features. Here are two out of three that happened within the last 2 weeks.



Xtratuf Gift Guide

WithTheRain

SLUGS fleece rain boot liners

Bison Booties

Cordoury Brown Size 6 to 12 Months Baby Toddler

Anoif Designs

t-shirt featuring my XtraTuf boot design

 

nature of art

Xtratuf Rain Boot Necklace

Alaskan Girls Are Extra-Tuff !

Xtratuf Hoodie

You're So Tuf

You're So Tuf

Xtratuf

By: Rayana White

March, 19 2011

Ketchikan, AK

iPhone Fine Art Photography "Our Boots"

Mine Yours His Hers Ours Theirs

By: Rayana White
 Ketcickan, AK
Taken with my iPhone

This photo is part of my iPhone photo series.

The Perfect Pair Of Rain Boots



I hear this question a lot I LOVE your rain boot, where did you get them? What’s the brand? So I thought this would make a great first blog post. I wear two kinds of rain boots Xtratufs and Hunters.

Xtratufs only come in the brown and crème combination you see in a lot of my photos. They do come in different heights 16”, 12” and 6”. I prefer to wear the tall 16” boot you can roll them down to make them shorter.  They only come in men’s sizes for example I wear a 7.5 shoe size but my xtratufs are a size 5. Xtratufs are the Alaska state shoe we in Ketchikan call them Ketchikan sneakers. You can purchase Xtratufs from Cabelas and you can also find them on EBay.

Xtratufs Boot 16" & 12"

The colorful rain boots are called Hunters and they come in a rainbow of colors. I own three pairs of Hunters Aubergine Purple, Pea Green Gloss (This color is no longer available I tell people to check EBay, that is where I found my pair) and my newest pair are Watling Lace Up Full Knee Boot green (Jake my BF bought me for my birthday). Hunter boots do run large so I wear a size 6 in them I have larger calves and have trouble finding boots that fit, but Hunters and Xtratufs fit my calves. You can purchase extended calf Hunter Boots.

                               

Hunters Aubergine Purple

Pea Green Gloss Hunter Boots

Watling Lace Up Full Knee Boot Green

I CANNOT wear either brand of rain boots without SLUGS fleece boot liners. SLUGS stop the annoying problem of your socks slipping down to the bottom of your boot and bunching up. They also make it easier to pull on and off your boots and stop the rubber from rubbing your legs raw. They are stylish and functional to boot.

 I hope this helps you on your search for the perfect pair of rain boots.