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 [...]
Yay! I’m excited that I finally got around to making my lovely cake stands from vintage plates and milk glass bud vases. They turned out beautiful and eclectic.
I’m not sure where I’m going to sell them other than at local craft shows [...]
This week’s Humpday Blog Love goes to an awesome local lady — the one, the only, Laura Palmer. Her blog is called “A Love Letter to a New Year“. My favorite recent post is about her fandom of Glee — she even called herself a total GLEEk.
Her [...]
I’ve been looking for a necklace or a pair of earrings that match my lovely jade ring that Mark brought me from Antigua when he visited for his sister’s wedding in February.
Finally … I found something!
… and it was from a Cedar Rapids vendor, to boot! [...]
So, I’m kind of a big deal. Maybe?
I’ve been in the paper a lot lately. Featured in Des Moines Register a while back and I’ve had my photo in various publications advertising for Market Day. And the etsy shop has been HOPPIN’ this week. Not sure what the deal is, but [...]
Yay … I broke down and ordered more fabric. I probably shouldn’t have because my stash is kind of ridiculous, but I needed some new stuff. I had a custom request come through Market Day last week for a black and white wallet. I didn’t have any wallet-worthy black and white fabric. [...]
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) [...]
Love goes to Des Moines local Cara Hall this week and her ironically titled blog, Failed Feminist.
I met Cara last year through Craft Saturday in Des Moines. In her own words, Cara “is a writer in Des Moines, Iowa (which is cooler than [...]
check it out … my cute onsies were blogged about today. I feel famous!
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 [...]
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