It’s a week late, but last Saturday we went out for my friend Steph‘s bachelorette party. Not the typical bachelorette. That’s not how we roll. No giant plastic penises (peni??) or beads or leis or whatever else.
The plan was to eat sushi, have some lovely homemade desserts at her place and head to [...]
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 [...]
I am beyond excited to see this band next week when they trek through Des Moines. They’re a bit of thrash, some Iron Maiden-esque meets death metal vocals with some southern rock infusion. They’re at the Vaudeville Mews next Wednesday, March 2 at 5:30 PM Enjoy!
I’m currently in love with a local creamery — Picket Fence Creamery.
Although their website is in comic sans *hisssssssssssss*, their ice cream is beyond amazing. But you have to know how to eat it.
That sounds silly. But hear me out. It’s really hard and kind of icy if it’s completely [...]
This week’s Humpday Blog Love installation is dedicated to The Hipster Housewife.
The Hipster Housewife is a blog started somewhat recently by Des Moines’s own Cat Rocketship. If you live in the Des Moines area and haven’t heard of Cat, get out from that rock you’ve been living under. [...]
I’d like to start out by saying Happy Birthday to my friend Lora and to another good friend who shall remain nameless.
You know who you are. You’re lucky I didn’t send you a birthday card. Fortunately, I didn’t think to save your address from a previous letter you’d sent me. But I WILL GET [...]
This week’s Humpday Blog Love goes to my friend Cara at Little Pretties.
I met Cara a couple months back at Market Day. I didn’t realize until later that I’d been following her on Pinterest and that we have very similar taste in things. I [...]
I don’t have a photo of my Halloween costume just yet, but let me just say it’s pretty awesome.
I spent most of my time in my costume at Market Day yesterday. I think the costume helped my salesmanship.
Here’s a few pix from yesterday’s sale … it was a great [...]
This week’s Humpday Blog Love goes to Domestica, a lovely shop in Des Moines that holds such fabulous art, design and accessories.
Domestica is always on the cutting edge of fun and funky handmade items. They carry June Craft, from Cedar Rapids, who just a bit ago was [...]
So I turned 26. Last Sunday. I’m a little late on this post, but I’m a little partied out. Not to mention I’ve had a ridiculously busy week at work! We moved from our old office to a brand new space that was built out just for us.
Anyway, 26-year-old festivities began back in [...]

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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