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Month: March 2018

Posted on March 31, 2018August 25, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

TWiP: That’s a Wrap on March

This Week in Pictures, Week 13, 2018

It’s been a typical last week of March here, with crochet, coffee, pajamas, and a visible tug-of-war between winter and spring. I’ll give you one guess who I’m rooting for in that competition!

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Categories: crochet, this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, mandalas, project 365, say it with flowers mandala
Posted on March 24, 2018March 23, 2019 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

TWiP: This is not Spring

This Week in Pictures, Week 12, 2018

We lit a fire this week, brewed several hot drinks, and watched the snow fall. Did Mother Nature not get the memo? Spring was supposed to start three days ago…

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Category: this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365
Posted on March 17, 2018March 16, 2019 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

TWiP: Mug Town

This Week in Pictures, Week 11, 2018

It’s one of those weeks where half of my pictures feature a coffee mug… Most of the mugs I use are ones I designed myself from polymer clay or crochet designs. If you like them, I’ll tell you where you can get one!

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Category: this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365, zazzle
Posted on March 16, 2018March 17, 2018 by Lisa Clarke — 1 Comment

A Fraction of a Bedroom Makeover

Desk Decluttering: After

Last week, I decided it was finally time: time for some serious desk decluttering. I am so pleased with the results. And, as usual, I am wondering why I don’t declutter things more often. It’s possible that I just never, ever, ever, learn…

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Categories: crochet, domesticity
Posted on March 12, 2018January 15, 2020 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Scrape and Drive

Polka Dot Radio: Scrape and Drive, A Winter Commute Playlist

I know we’re just about into spring (PLEASE let us be just about into spring!) but I have a Winter playlist I never shared. Oops. Check it out. It’s not overwhelmingly winter-themed anyway. It’s suitable for springtime listening, too.

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Category: Polka Dot Radio
Tags: cd mix, mix tape, playlists, winter
Posted on March 10, 2018August 25, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

TWiP: Snowed In

This Week in Pictures, Week 10, 2018

This week’s big news around here was the arrival of the second Nor’easter in the space of a week.

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Categories: crochet, knitting, this week in pictures
Tags: floating lotus mandala, instagram, mandalas, project 365, sweaters
Posted on March 3, 2018August 25, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 1 Comment

TWiP: Colorful

This Week in Pictures, Week 9, 2018

I’ve been working on putting my clay work back into the shop this week, and so I feel like I’ve spent a lot of time looking at patterns and colors. It has been a colorful week!

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Categories: polymer clay, this week in pictures
Tags: bangle bracelets, instagram, pens, 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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