I was crazy busy this weekend making a ton of bags for a sale this upcoming Saturday. FORTY FIVE of them to be exact. I almost ran out of zippers from my bag o’ 100 zippers and I’m going to have to re-order from the bulk zipper lady on etsy before I can make any [...]
Hey, Des Moines! Come downtown today (from 9–2) for Market Day’s special September Suitcase Showdown. Be sure to hit up the Farmers Market while you’re at it … we’re right next door. Thirty vendors with everything they can fit into suitcases or whatever they can find. Don’t miss it! See you there.
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 [...]
Well kiddos, it’s almost that time again: Market Street Media Foundry’s Market Day is this Saturday!
Here’s me and my booth from last Market Day.
For those of you who don’t know what Market Day is … check out the info on MSMF’s website. It’s Saturday [...]
Here’s what I came up with last week during my last-minute-pull-stuff-together-for-Market-Day freakout:
birdies and coffee on corningware (see, I need new designs!) I have 6 of these. exciting.
musical flowers pink plate
musical flowers yellow plate
teatime with gram turquoise mug — “one lump or two?”
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helllooooooo! It’s 5:30 AM and I’m raring to go.
My car’s packed full of crafty things… and I’m ready to hit the road. My good friend Steph is graciously helping me out today — which means she’s getting up super early on a Saturday morning (what a trooper). Seriously, I owe that woman! [...]
I’m preparing for my first ever craft show next weekend and I’m upcycling a buttload of vintage ceramics…fiestaware…pyrex…cornin gware, etc.
Instead of sectioning them out, I decided to dump them all in one post. I hope you don’t mind. I’ll probably have another big post like this next week as well. I’ve got about 15-20 more [...]

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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