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Posted on August 24, 2017August 24, 2017 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Polka Dot Cottage Slack Chat

I’ve changed up the way I do customer support here at Polka Dot Cottage, and in the process have created a new way for PDC followers to get together (virtually) for a chat if they want to!

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Categories: blogging, chit chat
Tags: slack, technology
Posted on February 17, 2017August 25, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

Well, duh.

Greetings from Galloway, NJ! I didn’t really want to bring my laptop to the Clayathon this year, because I am all about traveling light this time, but I did it anyway, because of TWiP. I can’t miss my weekly post! But guess what? I left the camera home (see above RE: traveling light) and some […]

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Categories: blogging, polymer clay
Tags: clayathon, clayathon2017
Posted on November 16, 2016June 15, 2022 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Quiet Time 4

Today I tore my hair out over a technical problem, and I made a new playlist. Those two things are not related at all.

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Categories: blogging, playlists, Polka Dot Radio
Tags: cd mix, headway themes, mix tape, quiet time, wordpress
Posted on June 9, 2016June 9, 2016 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

How to add Polka Dot Cottage to your phone

You can add Polka Dot Cottage to your device’s home screen or your computer’s desktop. And with the right device, you can get push notifications when I publish a new post. Here’s how.

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Categories: blogging, tutorials
Tags: android, chrome, firefox, mac osx, safari, windows
Posted on March 9, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 24 Comments

There are no images in this post

If you’ve been having trouble accessing the blog since the new design, please read this!

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Category: blogging
Tags: mobile web, web design
Posted on March 4, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Snowy Boston

Thoughts about my blog redesign, and a whole lotta pictures of Boston before, during, and after a blizzard.

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Categories: blogging, excursions
Tags: boston, snow
Posted on March 3, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 1 Comment

Ch-ch-ch-changes

Wherein I break the blog for Polka Dot Cottage’s greater good.

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Category: blogging
Tags: mobile web, web design
Posted on September 22, 2014September 22, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Morning Coffee with bzzzzgrrrl

In this final-for-now installment of Morning Coffee, we chat with my friend bzzzzgrrrl of City Mouse Country!

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Tags: bzzzzgrrrl, city mouse country, interview, morning coffee
Posted on September 15, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 5 Comments

More Morning Coffee?

So. Are you up for more Morning Coffee? Would you like to be interviewed, too?

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Category: blogging
Tag: morning coffee
Posted on July 14, 2014July 8, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Morning Coffee with Blair Stocker

In this installment of Morning Coffee, we chat with Blair Stocker about her blog, Wise Craft. It’ll be fun. You should join us.

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                          I make and sell multicolored buttons in flamboyant I make and sell multicolored buttons in flamboyant patterns, but for my personal knits, I like the buttons to blend in as much as possible, to be almost invisible 😁#knittersofinstagram #polkadotcottage #polymerclay #buttons
                          It's October 1st and my September Sweater is almos It's October 1st and my September Sweater is almost done 😊Next up: knit the button bands, make some matching polymer clay buttons, block the sweater, sew on the buttons, wear the finished sweater every day until I am sick of it 😁Hopefully I can make a dent in some of that today!#knittersofinstagram #knitting #SweaterKnitting #CarolFeller #StolenStitches #TravellersEndCardigan #SeptemberSweater #SeptemberSweater2023
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