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Introducing three new color families and a simplified collection of designs for 2026! Cloudy, Teal, and Celadon are new, plus there are new design options available in Lapis, Salmon, Spring, Olive, and Honey.
Read More: Streamlining Color and Pattern Choices for 2026
This Christmas, I knit hats for each of my four nephews, four nieces, and one nephew’s girlfriend. It was a fun, easy, stash-busting project.
Read More: Nibling Hats
I know I am two months late, but I wanted to share a bit about last year’s Polymer Claycation.
Most times when I have several dedicated days of claymaking ahead of me, I have a bit of a theme in mind to guide my work. This year was the year of the tiny flowers. In other words, I had decided that I was going to make my Calico Cane design in as many of my popular color schemes as possible. In all, I finished eighteen canes, nine of which were brand new. The other nine were replacements for designs I had run out of.
Read on to see what I did!
Read More: The Claycation of Tiny Flowers
Wherein I share what I’ve been up to for the last few weeks, and tell you about what’s new in the shop.
Read More: December check-in
We visited Ocean City, NJ in May and I brought three cameras with me. I am eager to show you some of what I captured on 35mm film, because I’m really happy with these. I am usually a 50mm-focal-length kind of girl. I like it for everyday life pictures, but this particular weekend I was drawn to exploring the “compression” effect of long lenses. If you don’t know what I mean by that, click through to see two images that should illustrate my point.
Read More: Ocean City Once Again
After my last sewing session I thought I was done. But it was a hot day. And I was wearing shorts. And I was starting to feel like maybe having my legs out all summer would be a nice thing. I used to wear skirts constantly (remember that?). And then somewhere along the line, I started feeling like shaving my legs was too much work, and none of my t-shirts looked good with my skirts, and blah blah blah. I’ve spent the last several summers pretty much living in jeans, except on the really, really hot days where I just can’t take it anymore. I still think shaving my legs is a royal pain in the neck, but I can probably be convinced to go above the knee maybe once a week, and put on something nice 😁
Anyway, I dug through my vintage sheet stash and found two things that grabbed me right away: a set of pillowcases that were in excellent shape and had a bold mod floral design, and a green 60s/70s era sheet that was still in the package.
Read More: Treating myself to pockets, part two
How about something frivolous and lovely? How about a little sewing show-and-tell? I put my self-made sheath pattern to work again, and made a shirt, and a dress. The dress has pockets! Come see.
Read More: Treating myself to pockets, part one
I visited Livingston Mall two days before Christmas, and instead of buying anything, I had an unexpected photo shoot. I knew the mall was experiencing a decline, and while I wasn’t anticipating large crowds, I still found it jarring when I saw barely another soul in the whole place. It was dead quiet, and many of the stores were shuttered.
Read More: A Dead Mall Liminal Space
I thought you might like to hear about my latest obsession and see what I’ve been working on.
I recently found a new source for brass channel ring blanks, which gives me access to a much wider range of ring sizes than I had before, and has triggered a bit of an obsession on my part. If I could, I would sit at my clay table making rings all day every day. One for me, one for the shop. One for me, one for the shop. Two for me, one for the shop 🤣
I love these colorful little hunks of brass so much, I can’t even explain it.
Today’s blog post is a stream-of-consciousness brain dump about the hold that brass rings currently have on me. I talk about a few other things, too. Maybe click through and read the whole thing if you’ve got a few minutes? Maybe even post a comment and tell me, am I in good company? Or have I possibly gone a bit off the deep end where brass rings are concerned? 😁
Read More: Five (or more) Golden Rings 💍💍💍💍💍
Last week I attended the first Polymer Claycation, an event that has risen up from the ashes of the old Clayathon. It happened at a different time of year, and at a different venue, but I saw many of the same familiar faces, and the make-whatever-you-like-to-make vibe was alive and well.
Read on to see everything I worked on, and to hear a little bit about the experience!
Read More: Polymer Claycation
Bangle Bracelets
Price range: $19.95 through $41.95
Stick Pens
$15.95
Inlay Rings
Price range: $23.95 through $31.95
Dangly Earrings
$29.95
Seam Rippers
$27.95
Shawl Pins
$29.95
Crochet Hooks
$23.95
Stud Earrings
$19.95
Barrettes
$29.95
Focal Buttons
Price range: $7.95 through $9.95
