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 [...]
Another lovely tutorial to share: tissue holders by Very Purple Person. Super easy. Super quick. Great way to get rid of scrap fabric. Since I can’t seem to find photos of the cases I made, here is a photo of cases made by Very Purple Person — and I used this fabric [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Um, I may have gotten the t-shirts for this in the spring of 2009. Like March 2009. Regardless, I finally finished it. It broke my sewing machine twice. Twice. Therefore, not making any more quilts (at least quilting them). So if you want a quilt, I’ll make the top, but you’re on your own for [...]
Did I mention that I make onesies? I think I did a couple of other times. I do, but I don’t sell them. Just for gifts.
Check this cutie out! This is my friend Dani‘s niece.
She [...]
I’m going to be doing Craft Saturday this month on April 30th, so I’ve been working on some crafts.
I made a rule for this show — I can’t buy any new supplies — only use what’s in my stash and scraps. That way I can reduce the [...]
A long time ago I created a TON of blocks for what was going to become my ugly string quilt. I quickly realized that entirely too much work goes into making a quilt for me to purposely make an ugly one. And my blocks weren’t turning out as nice as [...]
This is definitely an F-O Friday. F standing for a very naughty word that for the sake of my bloggity-readers and my facebook friends, I will edit out.
My friend Lora (who doesn’t have a blog that I know about so I can’t link here) recently went through a very traumatic time. Her mother [...]

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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