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the cluttered state of crafting… and a giveaway!

This week, random stories and pictures, and a giveaway! Read through the post, then find the giveaway bit at the end, where you can win this adorable wee tentacled friend: —————————————– Since high school, I’ve moved to six different homes in two different countries, which isn’t that much moving compared to a lot of folks […]

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pirate eye patch

Yarrr, me hearties, it be Friday, and time for some craftin’! Next Wednesday, the 19th September, be Talk Like A Pirate Day, and ye best be prepared! Brush up on yer Pirate with this instructional video. Set sail to a tropical isle to get ye a parrot friend. And get yer pirate garments well in […]

felt jellyfish

I’ve been making a lot of octopuses lately. No, not octopi, that’s something else  – the correct plural is in fact octopuses, as my friend Leelee will adamantly explain if you doubt me. First I made little free standing octopuses for my store, because they are cute and fun and that is half the reason […]

PAX 2012 – an incredible weekend in review

There was no blog post on Friday, I know. I got crazy busy preparing for PAX and had no time to write a post in advance. And then as of Wednesday I was in Seattle doing pre-PAX stuff, and then PAX stuff, and it was crazy and wonderful and exhausting and left no time for […]

crafting panel at PAX Prime!

Announcements announcements announcements! PAX Prime starts in just a couple days, and I am delighted to have the privilege of heading up a panel there this year. I’m sure it will be no surprise that the panel is about crafting – geek crafting in particular. Hopefully a bunch of you reading this already know about […]

Convention prep – buttons and bag inserts

It’s one of those little those little truths in life: there are never quite enough pockets. Whether in bags, backpacks, pants or other clothing articles, there are just never quite enough pockets not to be shuffling your fingers around the bottom of your bag, looking for whatever small item has gotten lost in the depths. It’s bad […]

LRR scouts – an outdoorsy adventure in web video costuming

I was never in Girl Scouts or Girl Guides or (obviously) Boy Scouts or Cub Scouts or any of the various youthful North American scouting groups there are to be in. I know that Boy Scouts carry pocket knives (well so do I, thanks very much) and Girl Scouts sell cookies, and that the Girl […]