Since it is now 2010, you can expect that I’ll make about a million bad jokes 2010 being the “Year We ____.” Those of you who are too young, or not nerdy enough, to know what I’m talking about just go visit Wikipedia. I’m not even going to link to it for you I’m just [...]
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Project Monday
I enjoy the freedom of a blank page – Irving Welsh I’m probably in the minority, but I love Mondays. I also like fresh notebooks, new calendars and empty purses, so you may be able to see where I’m coming from. I also used to love the first day of school. Monday’s have endless possibilities [...]
A note from our sponsor….
Ok, not really, but it is apt. I work with different companies in my “day job” and one of them based here in Omaha – Tender Heart Treasures – and they are awesome – I really love working with them. Because I heart them so much, I wanted to pass along the deal they have [...]
How do you make things?
Everyone has different things they do when they make stuff – and different things for different types of making. When Jason is working on some video or something on the computer, he’s listening to music (probably loudly). When he’s painting the basement, he’s watching TV. When he’s down in his workroom, its the music again. [...]
The Crafty/Make-y Bucket List
As I mentioned yesterday, before the baby was born I cobbled together a list of crafty/maker(y) oriented stuff I wanted to start learning after the baby was born and I regained the use of my hands. I found this list the other day, and in the interest of starting to actually use it, I thought [...]
Summer Crafts, Bacon, and a Super Cat
While I’ve been busy with the baby there have been some great posts out and around that have been incredibly inspiring: The Long Thread has some great posts about summer reading crafts – crafts you can do with kids based on books that you read. I can’t wait to do something like this with the [...]
Saturday Yums
Every weekend, I spend a little bit of time just playing online – looking at different things that are interesting, inspiring or cool from a design, crafty, or visual perspective. It gives me a little bit of focus for the week to come, and adds some ideas for things I’d like to try. (Of course, [...]
Sweet Tea Alabama
As I’m getting slower and more sluggish as the baby gets bigger and more obstinate, I’ve found that some of my grand crafting plans have to get scaled back a bit – even though I have the time to sit and knit for four hours a day, I can’t do it thanks to carpal tunnel [...]
Some thoughts on things while I wait for the baby to finish cooking.
It is hot. I have eaten all the popsicles in the house and the closest thing I have to a cooling popsicle is ice cubes made from orange juice. (Which aren’t bad, actually, just not as exciting as twin pops). The Pinnacles came and went, and went off rather well, aside from an issue with [...]
To plan or to play?
Lately I’ve come to see knitting and spinning as something for which I do not want to use a plan. By “plan” I mean, I’ve frequently had the following conversation in yarn stores: You: “Great yarn – what do you plan to make with it?” Me: “Buhhhhhhhh…..I dunno” I buy yarn because I like the [...]
