

The Handmades Shop will remain open for the summer, so you can still buy plenty of polymer clay goodies. Custom work, however, is on hold until September. Also? There are two new monthly newsletters that may interest you.
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The Handmades Shop will remain open for the summer, so you can still buy plenty of polymer clay goodies. Custom work, however, is on hold until September. Also? There are two new monthly newsletters that may interest you.
Read More: Summer Handmades

If you have enjoyed one of my eBooks, would you consider writing a review, and helping to spread the word? You could win a free book, – and I’ll blog all about you!
Read More: Introducing: Review-a-Book, Win-a-Book!

Whether you are motivated by frugality, by the desire to live in an eco-friendly way, or by an abundance of fun and funky vintage sheets in your linen closet, this simple tutorial should appeal to you.
Read More: I Like My Skirts Fast and Cheap, 2.0

There are improvements happening behind the scenes, and today I share the first of these with you, and ask you to share a little feedback with me.
Read More: Upgraded: Flufy’s Granny Square Blanket

The shop is open for custom crochet hook orders! Hooray! I decided to try something completely new this time, and offer only one pattern, but offer it in multiple colors. Allow me to present Polka Dots! What can I say? It seemed appropriate somehow… I am excited to be switching gears a little bit this […]
Read More: Polka Dot Crochet Hooks!

I have to admit, I thought I’d have a big pile of potential handle designs to show you by now, but I haven’t been nearly as prolific as I’d have liked to be. In fact, all I’ve managed to do is come up with a simple way to make a polka dot cane, rejected that […]
Read More: Polka dots and chevron stripes

I’m getting ready to re-open the Handmades Shop for custom orders. Today, that meant sweeping up some of the virtual cobwebs and updating the stock on the shelves. I concentrated mostly on the Crochet Hook section. Remember that handful of hooks I made at the Clayathon back in January? Well, I finally photographed them properly […]
Read More: Almost time…

I am always so excited when I can finally unveil a new pattern that I’ve been working on, and this is no exception. I came up with this idea and made the first prototype when I was supposed to be getting my house ready for Christmas company. So, it’s been a while in the making. […]
Read More: The headband pattern is here!

[UPDATE as of October 2022: Nine years ago, I published this blog post, because I had taken my three loom-knitting eBooks and put them together into a single collection. That collection is no longer available, but I do have the three individual patterns (plus two new ones) available in the Loom Knitting section of the […]
Read More: Last-minute loom-knitted gifts

I hope you’ll forgive me putting on my salesperson hat, but I think this may be the easiest way to get the word out… Remember Polka Dot Creations? And how I closed up shop at the end of June, saying I would ship just two more times before closing for good? Back in September, the […]
Read More: All that glitters