I’ve got another great tutorial I’d like to share with you. It comes from Sew Mama Sew — camera case/iPod cozy tutorial.
This is a great project for beginners. It takes a little amount of fabric and a small investment of time. I like this project because it takes me as much [...]
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 [...]
You should check out my friend Calee’s etsy store.
Yes CALEE — and she pronounces it the cool way like I do — Cah-LEE. I met her at the dawn of facebook when I was curious as to how many Calee’s there were that pronounced their names like I do. It was about 50/50 [...]
We are moving again soon. And this weekend is the last weekend that I don’t have plans before the move, so I’m getting my last hurrah out of my system because all my crafty stuff has to go in storage as soon as possible.
I started going through my craft stuff and decided to finish [...]
It’s been a VERY long time since I’ve done a giveaway. (In case you’re curious, I did one at the beginning of June of 2009, another in the middle of June 2009, one at the
This is probably going to be my last wedding invite update post for a while. I really probably should have spaced them out more, but now I’ve hopefully created interest and suspense. I have a Vegas invite but I need to tweak the size so it’s the 5×7″ size I’ve been working with. I’d like [...]
I’m thinking I should probably quit posting these or else you’re going to expect a new invite every week from her on out.
Sorry — I’m not going to post one a week. But I have a few that I wanted to share NOW.
I created a text-only invite after seeing a few really pretty [...]
Thought my lovely blog readers would like a sneak peek at my wedding invites as I design them for the wedding invite store I’m opening on Etsy this fall. (PS the shop name is weddingchimes invites — already reserved the etsy username and storefront)
You’ve already seen this one, but not with all the color [...]
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 realized I’ve not blogged lately. Which is weird. But I have been SUPER busy.
I’ve been crafting up Christmas presents — for my friends and for those who’ve purchased crafty items from my etsy store for the holidays. I’ve been spending the past several days filling a pretty large order of [...]

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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