Checkerboardskirt

So here it is mid-winter in beautiful Tennessee. I'm over it. We don't get snow, we get rain and mush. Occasionally we get ice on our unsalted backroads. It's gross and mean. My skin, hair, and nails are so dry that no (however copious) amount of lotion or product is going to fix this. It's lame and I'm sick of it. And: Glee is not back on until April. April ? I've decided to start thinking about Spring so I'll be good and ready for March 20th, the official first day of the season. This includes first and foremost: the ever appropriate cleaning. Our house has not gotten as untidy as I would have expected for three ADD crafters like ourselves, but it does deserve a good wipe down. I'm probably going to be putting some supplies for sale on our etsy site in order to declutter. In other news, I got a cat, who's awesome. Her name is Samwich, or Sammy. This crappy photo is courtesy of my blackberry! This is what I've been up to lately. There...

Wow, it's been a while since I've updated this thing. January has been an exciting month for many reasons, but work hasn't been one of them. December was a great month, full of holiday cheer (booze), parties (booze), and the usual festivities (booze). In light of this, I decided that January would be a detox month, on the way to drinking less during the work-week. That was my new year's resolution. This has gone pretty well on the days that I've not been stressed out at work. The boo on this is that I seem to be constantly stressed out at work, or have been more so this month. I've had a few irate customers, a few idiot ones, and a co-worker that makes me want to cut myself so far. It seems that the last..8 or 9 days at work have made me want a vodka tonic more than air. In other news, I'm working on a sweet art project involving embroidery and bleach! Maybe pictures soon (If I can get it in gear!). TheCraftateria has also been doing better this month. I t...

Hi! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas (or whatever holiday you may celebrate..) I had an excellent holiday seeing friends and family. There are major updates and improvements on our etsy site theCraftateria !! Check it out here !

Well, we (my industrious roommates and I) have finally gotten it together enough to upload some stuff to our etsy collective, TheCraftateria . Check it out! I'm going to be promoting it and (hopefully) adding product as much as possible in the near future.

Though it makes me a little ill to know that Christmas is coming up, I have decided to think about it anyway. This year, I'm aiming to have a hand-made Christmas. I'm going to attempt to only buy hand-made goods from others or make my own presents (in hopefully a non oh-look-at-this-crappy-home-made-thing-you-made-me way). You should too, you industrious, clever thing! Some ways to do this: etsy.com http://www.renegadehandmade.com funkyfinds.us

This is what I feel like. Happy Halloween. I was informed yesterday that I have the H1N1 virus, yay. So I'm stuck at home cursing my body and watching way too many movies. I'm feeling better today than I have most of the week, so I decided to try to use my down time to be productive. Lately, I've been working on lots of felt stuff. Check these out! I hope these will be going in TheCraftateria at some point soon. It is still empty thus far. :/ I also made a bracelet with one batik side and one embroidered side:

Update #2. In a week. (holy shit.) I've been really obsessed with embroidery lately. Pictured above is a coffee-cup cozy thing for a girl I know. My roommates and I are starting an etsy together: TheCraftateria . It's still pretty empty right now, but we've got someone who's going to help us out with it. (Someone with actual photography skills, I can't wait!) So uh..stay tuned. PS - I wish basement cat would help me with my hobbies. So bad.