I forgot to mention yesterday that Mark bought a grill over the weekend.
Okay. I might have lied about the “forgetting to mention” just there. If you didn’t notice the expiration date on the yogurt from yesterday … you probably didn’t know that I pre-scheduled that post. I knew I’d be too busy to [...]
There are so many craft and art shows this season there isn’t any excuse not to support local makers and get some of your holiday shopping done at these local events. Unlike buying from a franchise store, when you support your local makers the money goes directly to them and directly back into the community. [...]
Hi. I’m chimes. If you’ve been reading my blog and are just now figuring this out, well howdy. I’ve decided to try Craftzine’s 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Profile questions. Enjoy!
One Project You Are Particularly Proud Of
1. My musical flowers pitcher. And the resulting photos of [...]
Okay so it’s not actually a finished object. It’s getting there. But I am moving (AGAIN) soon, so I’m not going to get to finish it. However — I’ll have a whole room for crafting when we move! SO excited.
There was kind of a bit of shrinkage. I was going for 50″x50″ but the width [...]
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 [...]
Yay! I finally finished it.
A while back my grandpa had given me a bunch of quilt blocks that my granny (my great grandma) had made some time ago before she died in 2002. She was kind of the queen of WIP, so I’m still collecting some random crafty things she’d started and going through [...]
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 [...]
I’m still working through Denyse Schmidt Quilts and I’ve decided to make one of the actual QUILTS instead of one of the mini projects.
As you’ve probably noticed, I’m kind of in love with square blocks created from strips (mendocino, wonky log cabin and repro fabrics). They’re easy. They’re [...]
Adria lent me her Denyse Schmidt Quilts book a while back and I’ve been slowly working on a few projects in it.
A while back I made a quilted heating pad cover and I’ve been meaning to work on some of the scrappy projects to get through my [...]
I’ve been obsessed with Wonderland by Momo ever since it came out. So, I’ve started working on two new projects with what I’ve got left.
I bought a jelly roll a while back and decided to make Thea’s Puzzle Quilt (a pattern by Amy Butler). I’ve got the middle section done, so [...]

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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