a couple days ago i realized that i missed my 1 year anniversary of being self-employed – kind of a big deal, pretty freaking awesome! i honestly didn’t think i’d make it a year without getting some kind of part-time job or taking work i didn’t want, but i did it! so, in traditional blog-relatedContinue reading “a landmark and lots of reflection”
Category Archives: craftstylish
lost in code-land!
ohmygosh i feel totally out of touch with the world. a little while back i started planning a website redesign, kind of vaguely, and then about a weekish ago i started teaching myself css. (the current version of leethal.net, as well as leemeredith.com and my other sites are all just plain html, no style sheets.) Continue reading “lost in code-land!”
craftstylish celebration month tutorials and more
oh hello there world. i’ve been so out of everything lately, it’s been a weird last couple of weeks. pete had a semi-emergency surgery a week ago and has been home recovering since, so i’ve been working less than usual, and things like blog-reading and twitter-following almost not at all, so i’m pretty detached. we’veContinue reading “craftstylish celebration month tutorials and more”
recycled tee skirt on craftstylish!
this week’s craftstylish tutorial was a special one to me – i designed this skirt a couple years ago for myself, and i loved the design concept (super easy, no pattern, custom fit, crazy comfy) but i loved it so much that i wanted to hold off doing a how-to… it’s silly, but i justContinue reading “recycled tee skirt on craftstylish!”
newish projects and knit design pattern reveal!
hey have you been keeping up with craftstylish this month? lots of great earth-friendly crafts… here are mine! first, make a vest from an old pullover sweater, with different embellishment ideas… like crocheting into the knit fabric: and embroidery with recycled cotton: this one has hand-stitched knit tape stuff i got at knittn kitten: andContinue reading “newish projects and knit design pattern reveal!”
a couple tutorials
quicky post before my friend gets into town… just want to show you the last couple of tutorials i did for craftstylish. my last button post was a super fun, kid-friendly project – pipe cleaner button displays! as i said in the post, this is a craft project to bring out your inner-child-crafter. I feltContinue reading “a couple tutorials”
stuff dump – buttons and knitting
hi! it’s been quite a busy week around here! i just wanted to post a bunch of randomness to keep updated around here… so first of all, my button post for last week on craftstylish was 3 different scarf remake projects – making boring fringed scarves into different styles of buttoning scarflets… i scored withContinue reading “stuff dump – buttons and knitting”
yay button month!
i had been excited about susan beal‘s new book, button it up, since she was writing it, and now it’s out and my review over on the threadbanger blog just went up! to celebrate the buttony goodness of the book, craftstylish has been having button month all march! so many fun projects! i was alreadyContinue reading “yay button month!”
catching up… 2 things now
well this post was supposed to happen on monday, but i woke up monday morning with a horrible cold – i’ve been sick more in the last few months than any other winter, no good! i was couch-ridden through wednesday, then thursday and yesterday were spent slowly catching up on work that should have beenContinue reading “catching up… 2 things now”
quicky gift idea – before and after photo
this is a gift i gave my parents a couple years ago, pre- do stuff!, and when i saw it here at the house i thought it would be a good project to share. i’m sure i saw the idea somewhere else, but i don’t know where. you could either make it in a photoContinue reading “quicky gift idea – before and after photo”
Lee Does Stuff 