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”
Category Archives: portland stuff
if you’re in portland, crafty good times for you!
hey portlanders, aren’t you glad you live here?! so many exciting crafty events coming up!! first of all, susan is doing 2 events for button it up – first one tomorrow (or today, depending on when you’re reading this) and another next week… i went to susan’s bead simple event at powell’s last year andContinue reading “if you’re in portland, crafty good times for you!”
yarn and some other things…
so sorry for my bad blogging lately… i’ve been working a lot on posts for other blogs, and just focusing on other things, bad excuses. i wanted to tell you about a few things tonight, then i’ll try to post more often… first of all, i meant to post about this sooner: i have someContinue reading “yarn and some other things…”
flared hat pattern: for sale now with proceeds to outside in!
whoa 3 posts in 3 days, so unlike me! i meant to get this out here sooner, but here it is now… this pattern was originally part of the yay, you voted! pdf giveaway, which is over now, so since i wrote the pattern up for that purpose, i wanted to use the pattern forContinue reading “flared hat pattern: for sale now with proceeds to outside in!”
buildup post: bingo, hair, bday, astoria, film…
it’s been a super eventful week, and i have lots to share, so i’m gonna shove most of it into this post, and i’ll try to keep each thing brief so it doesn’t drag on too long… first of all – bad movie bingo has an official website! when i first posted about our gameContinue reading “buildup post: bingo, hair, bday, astoria, film…”
holiday adventures, 2008
ok this is going to be a mostly personal post, but there are a few craft projects thrown in to keep it fun. these last couple of weeks have been totally nutso, so i have quite a bit to catch up on. i’ll try to speed through stuff, but there’s a lot i wanted toContinue reading “holiday adventures, 2008”
craftstylish tutorials and other updatey stuff
once again, i’ve fallen a bit behind in letting you know about my craftstylish tutorials… yesterday was my semi-photorealistic 3-shade freezer paper stencil how-to! this is a pretty crazy project – the result of having an idea pop into my head one day and then going for it. the tutorial uses the christopher walken stencil,Continue reading “craftstylish tutorials and other updatey stuff”
hats! and more hats! yeah hats!
quicky post tonight before i get some sleep for the 100th monkey twilight sale tomorrow… the handmade nw show on tuesday went ok, not exactly busy (why tuesday? hmm) but i got lots of good feedback and decided to focus on hats for the upcoming shows. if you’ve been following my stuff for awhile youContinue reading “hats! and more hats! yeah hats!”
2 things related to holiday shopping
i’m happy to be participating in both Buy Nothing Day and Make Something Day this black friday, although now that i’m working from home, i make something and buy nothing more days than not. but i am starting to think about holiday shopping/gifting; with all my holiday gift tutorial writing, i’ve hardly thought about myContinue reading “2 things related to holiday shopping”
trillium artisans!
i feel bad about this, but for some reason i’ve never blogged about trillium artisans, which i joined a few months ago. trillium is a portland non-profit for people like me who try to make money selling things made from recycled materials. it is located in se, on foster and 95th-ish, and the store isContinue reading “trillium artisans!”
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