Archive for 2010 March
Do you want to hear about the rain again?
I am dying to show you some really cool sewing projects, but I haven’t made them yet. It’s Spring Break around here, both of the kids are home, and when we’re not traveling to/from Grandma’s house, or playing some cutthroat UNO, we’re exploring color theory with Sharpies and prepping for a family party this coming [...]
continue reading "Do you want to hear about the rain again?"New Publications for March
Perfectly Paired Kimle, Patricia Paperback Book (Kalmbach Publications, 2010) ISBN: 0871162946 112 pages List Price: $21.95 Buy this Book Polka Dot Creations Powell’s Books Barnes & Noble Amazon.com Each stunning project in Perfectly Paired: Designing Jewelry with Polymer and Metal Clays explores the interplay of textures and colors by combining two beautiful media: polymer clay [...]
continue reading "New Publications for March"The Texture Collection, and other stories
You know how you go through your creative life picking up little bits of information from one artist whose work you admire, a few tidbits from another, an interesting idea from yet another? And all of these inputs take up residence in your brain, waiting for just the right little nudge to make them come [...]
continue reading "The Texture Collection, and other stories"Ancient history
Allow me to dust-off the admin panel here for a moment – it’s been entirely too long since my last post. I’ve got some show-and-tell and a shop update to talk about later tonight or tomorrow, but first really quickly I wanted to let you know I’ve got a little piece of ancient PolymerCAFE history [...]
continue reading "Ancient history"Buried treasure
I finally came up with a plan of attack for the basement. You may recall we were flooded last weekend. It was only an inch or so of water, but it was across the entire floor, and anything that had been sitting on the floor was damaged. Thankfully that wasn’t too much stuff, but Neil [...]
continue reading "Buried treasure"The Edison Museum
I tend to avoid taking the kids to museums, as this is the dramatic kind of reaction I usually get. But when Aidan came home from school and told me he was writing a biography report on Thomas Edison, I suggested we visit Edison’s laboratory museum. It was an idea that was met with actual [...]
continue reading "The Edison Museum"And the winner is…
Thank you all for the nice comments regarding my new earrings! I enjoyed making them, and there are more in the works! So, I asked the ol’ husband to choose a number between 1 and 23, (because we had 23 comments, when you eliminate duplicates) and he selected number 17. That makes our winner Beth, [...]
continue reading "And the winner is…"Perfectly Paired + giveaway
I feel so lucky these past few months, to be getting the chance to flip through some very excellent craft books, often before they officially hit the market. Today I have to thank Karin, who is a blog reader and also the editor of Patricia Kimle‘s new book, Perfectly Paired: Designing Jewelry with Polymer and [...]
continue reading "Perfectly Paired + giveaway"Sunshine and crocuses
Who knew March was open to suggestion? It was 60 degrees and sunny today, and should be more of the same for the rest of the week. And look! A flower already! Me = happy Maybe I owe my least favorite month a tiny apology.
continue reading "Sunshine and crocuses"The results are in
I asked my kids to choose a random number between one and sixteen, and they decided on “3.” That means the winner of Sherri Haab’s Jewelry Inspirations is Antoinette, who said: That is the sweetest bracelet! I can’t wait to show my daughter when she gets home from school (8 yo). She’s definitely going to [...]
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