2008 was a huge year for me! i quit my day job, lucked out with several dream-come-true crafty jobs, got engaged, got a kitten, made some amazing friends, really settled into my new portland home.
so i put together a massive flickr mosaic (divided into 3 images) of my favorite things i made throughout the year, in semi-chronological order. i limited it to things i made (so no garbanzo shots, haircut, ring, etc) and it’s not even close to everything i made, just an assortment of significant items – things i loved making, things with some kind of special meaning or connection to events of the year, samples of a craft i got really into, you get the idea. click over to the flickr image for links to each individual photo.
so i’ll leave 2008 at that – it was a great year! as for 2009, it’s off to a pretty darn good start so far. i have some super exciting things coming out in february and march, i’m continuing to blog for craftstylish and threadbanger, i have some secret projects in the works that could be unbelievably awesome, i’m designing several knit things that i wish didn’t take so long because i can’t wait to show them to you…… yeah, i am seriously excited about everything happening this year!
and i have a list of things i want to do this year (resolutions i suppose, but i don’t like to call them that). i’m going to list them here because that may better motivate me to do them!
- issue #2 of do stuff!
- natural dyeing
- more spinning, get better
- shoot more film and start developing it again
- get photos displayed around portland
- organize studio and keep it that way
- get better at the bookkeeping/business part of freelancing
so there’s my new year post, a little late, like most things in my life these days! welcome to any new readers who may have found me through the scarf pattern or bad movie bingo. hope you stick around! i don’t blog super frequently, but i try for quality over quantity, for the most part. anything you want to see more of this year? let me know!
oh, and one more thing, if i were to be sent a coraline box, i would definitely blog about it, wink wink nudge nudge!
Lee Does Stuff 
I’m still looking back on 2008 too so I don’t think you’re very late. January is still looking back and planning ahead for me. Your beautiful things make me happy!
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I’m still looking back on 2008 too so I don’t think you’re very late. January is still looking back and planning ahead for me. Your beautiful things make me happy!
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Wow! Busy year, eh? I just have to say – hooray for film! I love my digital and all, but it’s really just not the same.
can’t wait to see what else you come up with 🙂
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Woot woot! Ice cream ear muffs made the list for 2008!!
I’ve actually been checking out your post on crazy ski hats and that’s on my to do list for this year (like now, while it’s still cold!) I only hope that when I make it, it turns out and also it fits under my helmet!
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Woot woot! Ice cream ear muffs made the list for 2008!!
I’ve actually been checking out your post on crazy ski hats and that’s on my to do list for this year (like now, while it’s still cold!) I only hope that when I make it, it turns out and also it fits under my helmet!
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New issue of do stuff!, all the way! One thing I really want to do this year is finally figure out what to do with the handspun I bought from you over the summer! :oD
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New issue of do stuff!, all the way! One thing I really want to do this year is finally figure out what to do with the handspun I bought from you over the summer! :oD
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Happy to see the crotch patch!
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Happy to see the crotch patch!
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LOL! I’d TOTALLY send you a Coraline box…if I had one.
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LOL! I’d TOTALLY send you a Coraline box…if I had one.
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Wow! Busy year, eh? I just have to say – hooray for film! I love my digital and all, but it's really just not the same.can't wait to see what else you come up with 🙂
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