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Home / 2016 / January

Month: January 2016

Posted on January 30, 2016December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 5 Comments

TWiP: White Out

This Week in Pictures, Week 4, 2016

Snow, snow, and more snow. That pretty much dominated more than half of the week.

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Category: this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365
Posted on January 27, 2016January 27, 2016 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Lucky Charm Scarf

I had this gorgeous alpaca worsted in all the right colors, and I needed a scarf, so I grabbed an E hook and just improvised my way through it. I’ve published the pattern, so come have a look!

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Categories: crochet, downloadables, show and tell
Tags: morning moon alpacas, scarves
Posted on January 23, 2016January 27, 2022 by Lisa Clarke — 6 Comments

TWiP: January Stuff

This Week in Pictures, Week 3, 2016

Polymer clay, crochet, and winter weather. Sounds like January.

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Category: this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365
Posted on January 22, 2016January 21, 2016 by Lisa Clarke — 1 Comment

Weekend Favorites

Here are some links to keep you entertained in the event you are snowed in this weekend 🙂

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites, instagram likes
Posted on January 20, 2016January 20, 2016 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

The Jubilee Cane

I’ll bet my polymer clay friends thought I might never get around to saying this again, but here I go: I have a new tutorial available!

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Categories: downloadables, polymer clay
Tags: jubilee cane, millefiori
Posted on January 19, 2016April 27, 2016 by Lisa Clarke — 1 Comment

January Hymns

Another playlist with more of the usual: relatively recent indie pop/folk tunes, and a few favorite oldies. Many of the songs have a wintry aspect to them, but not all do.

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Category: Polka Dot Radio
Tags: cd mix, mix tape, playlists, winter
Posted on January 16, 2016January 15, 2022 by Lisa Clarke — 8 Comments

TWiP: Giving myself a hand

This Week in Pictures, Week 2, 2016

I’ve done it again. I’ve stepped into roughly half of my own photos this week. Sure, it’s usually just my hand, but it’s there. I’m becoming predictable…

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Category: this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365
Posted on January 14, 2016August 25, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Ornaments are forever

Would you like to see the Winter 2015/2016 Family Portrait ornaments so far? I’ve still got a few more openings for those who’d like to order one…

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Categories: polka dot cottage, polymer clay
Tags: christmas ornaments, clayathon, ornaments
Posted on January 12, 2016June 16, 2016 by Lisa Clarke — 6 Comments

Three Little Porthole Cardigans

For Christmas I made up a pattern and knit matching sweaters for two nieces and a doll.

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Categories: knitting, show and tell
Tags: cardigans, porthole cardigan, sweaters
Posted on January 9, 2016December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

TWiP: Shutterbug

This Week in Pictures, Week 1, 2016

I’ve been kind of a shutterbug. I’m enjoying having a new phone that takes decent pictures!

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Tags: instagram, project 365

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Our 15th long weekend in Ocean City has come to an Our 15th long weekend in Ocean City has come to an end. As usual, Neil and I easily could have talked ourselves into staying for the rest of the week. One of these years, we are going to have to do it. Maybe 16th time will be the charm 😁. Today was the first non-foggy morning we had. I could even see my shadow on my morning walk! We played some games at @jillysocnj Arcade (as has become our last day tradition), and I stopped in at @mancoandmanco for a slice of pizza before we hit the road. Wow, was it ever delicious! Why did it take me so long to stop in there? 🍕We're home now, and it's back to work tomorrow. *Sigh*#iloveocnj #oceancitynj #jerseyshore
Our last full day here started off even foggier th Our last full day here started off even foggier than the previous two, if you can believe it. But then the sun pushed through, and I rented a bike from @bobsgrilloceancity and broke my own mileage record (it was awesome and I am pooped). I finished a pack of instant film and added to my collection of sub par snapshots 😜. There were falcons on the boardwalk again this year, sitting nicely still for pictures when they weren't working to deter seagull aggression. And I had a delicious ice cream sandwich (coffee ice cream between two peanut butter cookies) - it was huge and a bit much for me to finish (though I did 🙊). Maybe @famouscookiecreamery will consider selling half sandwiches sometime, lol.P.S. pictures of me by @clarkesworld 📷#iloveocnj #oceancitynj #oceancityboardwalk #jerseyshore #lisadoesinstant
So much walking today. I've broken a personal reco So much walking today. I've broken a personal record for number of steps, which is really impressive when you consider it rained all afternoon and I spent a few hours inside reading back issues of #taprootmagazine and watching #annikapbs 😁. My day has been bookended by trips down the boardwalk: alone in the morning for coffee @oceancitycoffee and with Neil in the evening for soft serve @kohrbrosocnj ☕🍦💗#iloveocnj #ocnj #oceancitynj #ocnjboardwalk #jerseyshore #oceancitycoffeecompany #kohrsbros
It's been foggy here all day long. This is the liv It's been foggy here all day long. This is the living room of the condo where we are staying. It's a nice little place, with more space than hotel room the four of us usually share when we're here 😁The next two pictures are from this morning on my walk to get coffee, and the rest are from a walk tonight with Neil. So much fog! 🌫️
We've stayed at the same hotel in #ocnj since 2008 We've stayed at the same hotel in #ocnj since 2008, but this year there is just this empty space where the hotel used to be.@oceanfrontmotel #oceanfrontmotelnj #oceancitynj
I usually start the day on my laptop, but today I I usually start the day on my laptop, but today I feel like going analog 🙂Edited to add: I forgot #memademay starts today, but I am coincidentally wearing my #pdcfancypants PJ bottoms, which I sewed two years ago in some lovely @theshopcabin fabric I picked up from @hawthornesupplyco 💗#morningcoffee #noromagazine #memademay2022
Wanna see something cool?These little polymer cl Wanna see something cool?These little polymer clay doodads are NFC-enabled. Each of them can be programmed to do a specific task when held up to an unlocked phone. They can do stuff like this:- open a website address
- open an app
- sign you into a wifi networkI have one on my keychain that is programmed to open Polka Dot Cottage, so if somebody asks me where they can buy one of those colorful rings I'm wearing, I can tap the polymer tile to their unlocked phone and it will open lisaclarke.net in their browser.I have one in the car that I use to quickly open Spotify on my phone.I have one in the family room that friends and family can use to connect to my wifi network without typing in the long password.I'm still exploring this technology, as well as playing with ways to encase it in polymer and make it pretty. These prototypes make me happy. Even the pink one where the tip of the teardrop broke off. I just sanded it down and drilled a new hole. Weird shape, but good as new.I'm thinking about making tiles like these available in my shop. What do you think? Can you see yourself using a custom polymer clay bauble that lets you easily share your website to a friend's phone? Or share your Instagram profile with that kindred spirit who noticed you snapping photos in the park? So many possibilities!What would you like to be able to do with a tap?
Tfw three minor/routine health/medical things that Tfw three minor/routine health/medical things that by themselves are nbd, converge in a single week, making you spend more lazy days feeling meh and watching TV than you really want, but then the week is over, and everything is back to normal, and you take a shower and go outside and spring has sprung spectacularly 💗💚💗
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