I wanted to blog about this on Monday, but I’d already posted something and my Tuesday was taken with a pre-Christmas tutorial I wanted to share. SOOOooo …
Today I bring you MY submissions to Handmade Ryan Gosling.
For those of you who don’t follow the internets very closely, this is a newish meme [...]
I thought I would share with you the tutorial I used for my clutch wallets. I made a few modifications (obviously), but this is the tutorial I used to make my first wallet (pictured below). It’s from Purl Soho.
Get creative and make as many [...]
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 made this cute baby blanket for a friend. It was really easy. I actually just used my method from handmade napkins but used larger pieces of fabric. I sewed with fleece for the first (and hopefully last) time. That was an adventure! Fuzzies everywhere. I almost poked my eye out finishing this [...]
A while back a co-worker of mine introduced me to sewzinski‘s handmade embroidered leather wallets. He had ordered one for his wife and was so excited when it was finished that he brought it in to show me.
I was blown away. How much time went into this little piece of art? [...]
I’ve been up since 4:30 and I’ve got a few things I still need to do in preparation for Market Day.
I decided last Sunday to make some clutches. And by some, I mean 18. And I managed to forget to sew on a closure to 3 of them. Unlike some things I [...]
I’ll be participating in a craft/art/thrift bazaar next Saturday. I’ll be selling my ceramics, some vintage and handmade clothing, and some craft supplies. I know it’s a Saturday…and it’s kinda early (for some of you folks), but I’d love to see some peeps at the show.Here are the details:

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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