HELLO bloglings!
I am BACK. Finally. It seems like it has been so much longer than 5 days. Driving from Iowa to Texas is kind of a long trip, in case you were wondering.
While I was out, I was working on trying to do the Fitmixer Bootcamp (week 1) while on the [...]
Hi. I’m chimes. If you’ve been reading my blog and are just now figuring this out, well howdy. I’ve decided to try Craftzine’s 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Profile questions. Enjoy!
One Project You Are Particularly Proud Of
1. My musical flowers pitcher. And the resulting photos of [...]
Hello bloglings. Tomorrow is my first Market Day of the season. They’ve been going on since May, but I’ve not had a chance to do much crafting until this last month.
For those of you who don’t know and are around Central Iowa, you should come check it out. It’s pretty awesome.
Actually, for you [...]
I’m really excited because this Saturday (June 18) I’ll be teaching a class at Reiman Gardens in Ames.
I’ll be bringing some adorable mugs I’m collecting for this and we’ll be painting flowers, butterflies and other things that Reiman Gardens might have to offer.
You should probably sign up for the class. I would LOVE [...]
Hey all! Just a little reminder that my Moving Sale on etsy is still going. Pick up some fantabulous deals. As always, shipping to Des Moines and Ames areas (within 25 miles of each) is FREE. Convo me or drop me an e-mail, tweet or facebook message before buying so I can adjust shipping.
Also [...]
Fiiirst of all, I’d like to say happy 25th birthday to my friend, Steph. If you have a chance, head over to her blog and leave her some love. Or hit her up on twitter.
I finally finished my yellow dinnerware set. I’ve had it since my [...]
Welcome to my much-needed new feature … FO Friday. FO stands for finished object (as opposed to UFO — un-finished object).
To recap my embarrassingly long list of UFOs:
Mug for a friend’s birthday present (2 weeks ago) Tattoo Dish Set (July 2009) mom’s pleather jacket restyle (September 2009) quilt for my mom (March 2009) [...]
I’m going to do a Market Day recap … but I scheduled this post earlier to show you what I’ve got that’s new this month. I have quite a few things!
New ceramics (posted a while back) and these guys:
Wish me luck! I’m sure [...]
You know it’s going to be a fabulous day when you wake up, check your e-mail and see that somebody nice and talented has included you in her etsy treasury.
MimiBird included me on her Birdies Tweet Tweet treasury today.
Check out the adorable things she picked out. Mine is definitely [...]
Happy Monday! In honor of yesterday’s holiday, I didn’t have to work today. However, I have a whole bunch of crafting to do, so I used today to catch up.
I’ve had some lovely vintage ceramics sitting around the house and I finally had a chance to play with them today. I had a lot [...]

Hi there. I'm Calee. Not Caylee. Also known as chimes or the chimes. I'm 27, a designer, a runner, a self-proclaimed fitness queen, a craftster, a foodie, a music snob — some might call me a hipster. Here's the unabridged version.
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