From the monthly archives:

July 2008

Wowee! Austin Rocks!

July 31, 2008

So, when Rachel came to visit last week (wait – was it only last week?), she brought me this freakin’ grand Tiki towel, which she embroidered. Love, love, love this thing. Love her!
And then, because she’s also awesome, she gathered up a sampler of goodies from Austin artisans. All these nice people donated pieces to [...]

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Meet My New Bag, Part 2

July 30, 2008

It’s been an incredible couple weeks of mail, and I’ve just taken a whole lot of pictures so I can start sharing. First up, will you just look at this beautiful wristlet Alice made me?! I could not love those little embroidered flowers more.

Her craftsmanship just blows me away – every detail so perfect. right [...]

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Meet My New Bag, Part 1

July 30, 2008

See this? It’s the product of this:

Plus these:

Plus some Swistraw!

OOh . . . it’s all dimensional and stuff. I attached the flowers with a good old-fashioned needle and thread, stabbing right through the bag to the inside. Not so elegant, perhaps, but it got the job done.

This is also, near as I can tell, [...]

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I Heart the Weave-It

July 29, 2008

What, two posts in one day?! Yeah, well, I had to share my newest crafty obsession: the Weave-It Loom. Truly one of the most elegant simple devices I’ve ever used. It’s a real pleasure to use a piece of equipment like this, where every tiny bit of the design has a purpose. It’s easy to [...]

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Rachel and Diane go to White Castle – I mean . . .

July 29, 2008

I had such an awesome crafty day with Rachel last week, and although I managed not to take a single picture all day (lame), I wanted to share some of the fun.

First stop was a trip to the Knittn’ Kitten. On the outside chance you haven’t heard me wax rhapsodic about this place dozens of [...]

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Two new posts…

July 27, 2008

Just a note to let you know that I have two new posts up at CraftStylish:

The first is an interview with Spoonflower’s co-founder, Stephen Fraser. And in honor of that, I’ll share two things: first, this photo of what I did with my Spoonflower fabric (a tote for Rachel), and second, a little hint: you [...]

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A Grand Market Day

July 27, 2008

We had a wonderful time at the Beaverton Farmer’s Market with K’s family this weekend. We’re at that stage of the season where everything is busting out – so many options!

Tomatoes are here in full force, and I just loved this gorgeous display from Denison Farms.

I was so excited to find the season’s first [...]

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Wait . . . what day is this?

July 25, 2008

A post as scatterbrained as I am this morning!

I had the Best. Crafty. Day. Ever. with Rachel yesterday. It’ll take several blog posts to share it all. For now, I’ll just say that Lee, Susan, Josh & Sarah, The Knittn’ Kitten, Umajiwaya, Twisted, and Thatch are all freakin’ awesome.

Don’t miss the Chronicle Books Friends [...]

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Hey, Geeky Crafters!

July 23, 2008
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Some plastic canvas-y goodness

July 22, 2008

Popping my head up for a few moments to share some awesome plastic-canvas goodness from a recent eBay score. Those bags are quite a feat of engineering!

I quite like the stitch pattern here, and is that a lining stitched inside? Somebody’s a PC-ninja, that’s all I’m sayin’.

This gingerbread house is very cute, I think. I’ve [...]

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