So Nick & I are learning a new craft: Embroidery. I’m up for just about any new craft (especially one that doesn’t have a huge cash investment required) and Nick wants to learn to add nifty borders to his fighting tunics. As of yet, I kind of suck, but Nick’s attempts have been pretty decent. [...]
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Reader Challenge: Answered
February 22nd, 2010
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So, one of the soap blogs I read (The Sage) recently had a reader challenge to create a milk soap and write a blog post about it. I don’t have the picture yet (I’ll probably wait til Wednesday to unwrap & slice it) but I can write up the rest of my entry now.
Precursor: [...]
Put to a better use
February 14th, 2010
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Nick’s been away most of the week, and I put all my free time to good use:
My new Kindle-hider, specifically for SCA events so that I’m not the dick with the eBook ruining the illusion.
Mmm, crafty!
Self deprecating humor
February 4th, 2010
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I tend to be fairly self deprecating. I don’t actually mean any of it, and my self esteem is fine, but it’s definitely a holdover from when I had the self esteem of a particularly ugly rock. I gained a defense mechanism which was to put myself down first, and do a much better job [...]
Lists are good
February 2nd, 2010
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I have seven million craft projects on the go. I’m starting to lose track of them, and suddenly go “Oh shit! I want to do X too!” so I thought I’d make a list so that I could refer to it when I need to shop.
Felting Soaps
- My ginger & white tea soaps smell [...]
The little known Lesser Red Velvet Marmot
January 28th, 2010
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There are a lot of different types of marmots. The yellow bellied marmot, the hoary marmot, the long tailed marmot, the severely endangered Vancouver Island Marmot, and everybody’s favorite Johnny Marmot.
But little is known about this elusive rodent, the lesser red velvet marmot. What is known is that it was originally in Hastings-Sunrise, but [...]
It’s beginning to smell a lot like Christmas
December 22nd, 2009
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Sunday was the December Blim Craft Marketplace, and thanks to a last minute cancellation, kdot & I were able to get a table for Christmas Selling Goodness.
It was grand! I’ve had some time to develop my table a bit more, and had hit up Wonderbucks (incidentally, if you are not aware, Wonderbucks is amazing. It’s [...]
Soap Opera
December 14th, 2009
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…minus the opera.
So, I’ve been making some soap, right? Some of it, I’m totally proud of. Like when I came across these skull shaped ice cube trays at a curiousities store on the drive, and made these:
Seriously, how awesome is that?
Busy little beaver
November 12th, 2009
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Point form insanity:
- I got 80% on my midterm. I’m reasonably okay with this, but really must study more. I get lazy about this sometimes, and I need to get into good habits NOW while I still only have one class.
- I unofficially launched a website for my soapmaking stuff over a month ago. [...]
Handcrafty Goodness
September 17th, 2009
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I’ll be selling candles, bath bombs, soap, & other wonderful things at the Blim Monthly Community Market at the Cambrian Hall (Main & 17th) from 11 – 5 PM on Sunday, Sept 20th. Come visit!
And someone tell me how to display things in a way that look nice, because I have no concept of [...]