Archive for 2010 April

Yarny things

So this weekend is the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival, and I’m heading down there with the yarn shop on their annual bus trip. This is the first time I’ve gone (on their bus or otherwise) so it should be interesting! One of the activities planned on the bus is an “outrageous earring contest” and [...]

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Setting the table

So, it’s a rainy Spring Sunday, and I’ve been thinking.  Thinking about the vendor event I did this week, the kind of events I always do, the ways I set up my table, what products I show, what products I choose to leave in the box under the table… And what I’m realizing about all [...]

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Scratching that itch

The sewing machine has been liberated from it’s basement prison, and I am scratching that itch.  What did I choose to make?  Something that wasn’t even on my list… I’m making a nice little pile of skirts in vintage fabrics.  They’re (mostly) not for me, though.  They’re destined for the shop, in fact.  I’ve been [...]

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Seasonal Inspiration Overload Disorder

I don’t know for sure if it happens to me every year, but I do very clearly remember the first time it happened.  It was Spring 2007.  I had just discovered the indie craft movement, and was starting to feel the urge to expand my creative horizons.  I was exploring new blogs, flipping through new [...]

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Business and pleasure

It’s a beautiful Sunday.  I nearly succumbed to the temptation to have my breakfast out on the patio, but I decided it’s still a tiny bit too cold for that.  Instead I sat in my favorite living room chair, as always, and I opened the window next to it.  Best of both worlds, I think. [...]

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