Archive for general craftiness
Morning Coffee with Penny Richards
It’s been a long time since we last sat around together for a cup of Morning Coffee and a chat, hasn’t it? I thought it was high time we rejuvenated this little idea, and so I am happy today to introduce Penny and her blog, Pennamite. Pennamite I think I find it easier to write [...]
continue reading "Morning Coffee with Penny Richards"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 [...]
continue reading "Seasonal Inspiration Overload Disorder"Body Powder Gift Set
Over the course of this past autumn, I swore off shampoo, deodorant, and moisturizer. I know. Either you’ve done this before yourself and are thinking “good for you” or you’ve never done it and are thinking I’m crazy (not to mention stinky). Well, maybe I am a little bit crazy, but I smell just fine. [...]
continue reading "Body Powder Gift Set"Eco-friendly gift wrap
This is a very simple way to wrap small gifts, like CDs, DVDs, or books. If you raid your stash for the materials, it is completely free and eco-friendly. (If you don’t have a fabric stash, a pretty pillowcase would work just as nicely!) Supplies fabric fat quarters (I used Amy Butler’s Daisy Chain) coordinating [...]
continue reading "Eco-friendly gift wrap"Five days
We’ve been on our own, the boys and I, since Thursday, when Neil left for the World Science Fiction Convention in Montreal. We have separations like this from time to time, but this has been the longest one. Even though we got to see him every day via Skype, we’re pretty much ready to have [...]
continue reading "Five days"Seeking balance
I’ve got a tendency to obsess. That’s Neil‘s word, not mine, and while I don’t like the negative connotations of it, I’m at a loss to find another term that fits. So obsession it is, I guess. Polymer clay, sewing, knitting, website design… I love making beautiful things, and I know that sometimes I am [...]
continue reading "Seeking balance"Can you show me how to do that?
“Mom, can you show me how to do that?” he asks, looking at my fingerless gloves in progress on the loom. “Sure! Would you like to make yourself a hat?” He nods excitedly, and scurries off to choose his yarn. We cast on. And he, in usual Eamonn fashion, allows himself to be distracted by [...]
continue reading "Can you show me how to do that?"Down with ugly recycled packaging!
I regularly receive boxes full of books, magazines & DVDs on my doorstep, and I also send boxes full of books, magazines & DVDs back out to polymer clay addicts everywhere. As such, it only makes sense that some of those first boxes should be reused to serve the second purpose, don’t you think? I [...]
continue reading "Down with ugly recycled packaging!"A pad for all seasons
I’ve been having such a hard time getting into the idea of keeping my house clean. Not that it’s ever easy for me to get there, but it’s been even harder lately. I’m thinking it may be the fault of the weather, and the fact that our heat is out of commission and the house [...]
continue reading "A pad for all seasons"Temporary insanity
My most recent batch of Moo Cards showed up this week. I love these things. I use them as business cards, I slip them into orders that I’m shipping, and I use them as hang tags for my work. But I have to admit that besides all of those useful uses, they are also great [...]
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