Jan
19
2012
Rob and I decided that it was a great day for a field trip. So we decided to go visit The Mannings in East Berlin PA, which is only about 15 minutes from his house. Click to see full-size images! 1. The Mannings, 2. IMAG0032, 3. IMAG0033, 4. A view of the buildings., 5. I’ll take one of each., 6.
Jan
05
2012
Thank you to everyone who participated in our poll – it was very informative for me, and hopefully a snap for you to take. Here’s the breakdown of results: Top request by far was for more art batts. This is a good thing, as I have plans to fulfill your needs! Besides Box of Crayons batts, I’ll be adding a
Jan
01
2012
I hope that your Holidays and your New Year’s celebrations were happy, fun, and safe! I have many plans for 2012, and although I probably will not implement *all* of them, it will be fun to try and see how many I succeed at creating. You might notice that I’ve got some new spins [see what I did there?] on
Dec
13
2011
Hi there, my lovelies! I have a big Thank You I Love You Happy Holidays gift for you. FREE SHIPPING UNTIL 2012! You don’t have to do anything at checkout, the shipping’s already been removed from the cart. I still have some holiday yarns available, too! MERRY HAPPY!
Dec
08
2011
Rob and I had SUCH a marvelous time at the Heap! Big thanks go out to Charm City Craft Mafia, who made the magic happen and did amazingly hard work to create a fantastic holiday craft show… GrrChe Gourmet Grilled Cheese for a fantastic lunch… Red Emma’s for the caffeinated lift in the afternoon, and Meep!Craft for being such awesome
Dec
02
2011
Hi everyone! I just wanted to post a quick reminder to all in the area that I will be both vending and demonstrating at HOLIDAY HEAP tomorrow, December 3rd! The craft show is located inside St John’s Church, at 2640 St Paul Street in Charles Village. Doors will be open from 10am – 5pm, and you can find me at
Nov
26
2011
I’m so pleased to direct you to Sarada’s contribution to the Handmade for the Holidays Blog-Along: http://artbysarada.blogspot.com/2011/11/handmade-for-holidays.html Sarada makes wonderful, magical paintings filled with curiously captivating Fantasy, Halloween, Gothic and Victorian imagery – I love her colors and subject matter and if I ever get around to writing a book, I know who I need to illustrate my book cover.
Nov
25
2011
I do this full time: spinning, fiber wrangling and dyeing and carding, blogging, selling, teaching, talking. It’s a really hard job in some ways, especially in the current economy and during my current personal economy. But it is the best job I’ve ever had, because not only do I get to create something that I love and believe in, and
Nov
16
2011
What’s this? I’m starting somethin’! I believe with all my heart in buying Handmade for the Holidays – and every day. But the Holidays are a special time to shop and show the people you love just how wonderful buying Handmade can be! So I will be blogging until the end of the year about buying, making, and selling Handmade.
Nov
11
2011
Heya, all! Just in case you missed it, my very first day of my “world-famous” [hurr] spinning class hosted by Lovelyarns in lovely Hampden, Baltimore, MD, happens this Sunday, November 13th. I am excited! Here’s a little background: I will teach using basic top-whorl drop spindles and provide a spindle, fiber, and detailed instructions/book recommendations/website references for students to take
Nov
07
2011
^^ current knitting project http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45169565/ns/nightly_news/t/faribault-blanket-mill-revival-restores-us-jobs/#.Trd6FvQnqC0 THIS is the most amazing story. Two men invest locally by purchasing the woolen mill that was on its way to Pakistan… and reopened it in town, offering jobs – and hope. Source: ravelry.com via dreamversion on Pinterest https://market.android.com/details?id=us.ravulo.projects – Ravulous is a knitting / crochet project browser app for users of Ravelry.com. Log in
Nov
06
2011
…just something to make you giggle on a lovely Sunday. I suggest taking a stroll through Stéfan’s Flickr account if you like geeky humor like me