Recent Posts Tagged With 'crafting'

• Our Labor of Love...

  Posted on Friday September 11th, 2009 at 13:47 in Wedding, DIY, crafting

  This is the result of weeks worth of work, and headaches (and I'm not going to lie, many arguments), but the invitations are finally finished!  We dropped them off at the post office this afternoon.  I was a little reluctant to let them go, they lo...

• Our Labor of Love...

  Posted on Friday September 11th, 2009 at 13:35 in Wedding, DIY, crafting

  This is the result of weeks worth of work, and headaches (and I'm not going to lie, many arguments), but the invitations are finally finished!  We dropped them off at the post office this afternoon.  I was a little reluctant to let them go, they lo...

• Get to soaping!

  Posted on Wednesday August 26th, 2009 at 15:06 in Soap, crafting, soap making, craft shows

  As if I needed one more thing to add to my to-do list, I just found out that I was accepted to participate in a local holiday craft fair! I'm so excited but also super stressed about the idea of having to make all those soaps. I need to get started...

• Get to soaping!

  Posted on Wednesday August 26th, 2009 at 14:53 in Soap, crafting, soap making, craft shows

  As if I needed one more thing to add to my to-do list, I just found out that I was accepted to participate in a local holiday craft fair! I'm so excited but also super stressed about the idea of having to make all those soaps. I need to get started...

• Print Gocco

  Posted on Thursday August 20th, 2009 at 08:37 in Wedding, DIY, etsy, crafting, craft projects

  I really would love a Print Gocco. We almost bought one recently to create our wedding invitations but decided to go with good old fashioned printing instead. I have a ton of ideas going through my head and a lot of the projects I want to start inv...

• Print Gocco

  Posted on Thursday August 20th, 2009 at 08:37 in Wedding, DIY, etsy, crafting, craft projects

  I really would love a Print Gocco. We almost bought one recently to create our wedding invitations but decided to go with good old fashioned printing instead. I have a ton of ideas going through my head and a lot of the projects I want to start inv...

• Shop Talk

  Posted on Friday August 7th, 2009 at 12:05 in business, Soap, etsy, crafting, shop talk, kopah

  I'm ready for a complete shop overhaul. I want to revamp my logo, my colors, my shop photos, everything. I'm basically looking to do a "shop baptism."I need a cohesive look and right now I don't think I have it. I have some shop photos that were t...

• Shop Talk

  Posted on Friday August 7th, 2009 at 12:05 in business, Soap, etsy, crafting, shop talk, kopah

  I'm ready for a complete shop overhaul. I want to revamp my logo, my colors, my shop photos, everything. I'm basically looking to do a "shop baptism."I need a cohesive look and right now I don't think I have it. I have some shop photos that were t...

• For all the locals...

  Posted on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 at 11:23 in new york, crafting

  Lotta Jansdotter is holding a surface printing workshop at her studio in Brooklyn on Jan 17th and March 7th. I'm a huge Lotta fan and this class looks like a lot of fun. It would probably be a great accompaniment to her book, Lotta Prints.Photo: Lott...

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  Posted on Monday December 15th, 2008 at 14:19 in crafting, craft projects

  I'm almost finished with the quilt. I have it all pieced together and now all I have to do is baste and bind it. I'm proud of myself considering this was my first quilt. It was not very forgiving and there are a couple of minor things that just co...

• More holiday crafting

  Posted on Friday December 12th, 2008 at 13:20 in crafting

  Purl bee has a week's worth of Christmas projects on their blog. These will go great with the soft trees I posted about yesterday. I'll be indoors all weekend working on the quilt, drinking tea, listening to Christmas music, and spending time with Mi...

• Christmas craft project

  Posted on Thursday December 11th, 2008 at 13:37 in holidays, crafting

  I love these Christmas tree softies, a fun and easy craft project for the weekend! Pattern available here. Photos: Stephanie Congdon Barnes ...

• Flying off the shelves...

  Posted on Tuesday December 2nd, 2008 at 13:45 in crafting, kopah, etsyl

  well kind of. My dog soaps have been doing pretty well since the feature in Bark Magazine. I've had a couple of large orders come through because of it, which I am grateful for. It has given me the motivation I need to get back into making soaps. The...

• Free Amy Butler Holiday Patterns

  Posted on Thursday November 13th, 2008 at 14:39 in sewing, crafting, craft projects, amy butler

  Amy Butler has some free holiday patterns for download on her site. Here are some of my favorites!Snow Mum PillowTree ForestGift Box SashThere are many more on her site!...

• More linen love...

  Posted on Friday November 7th, 2008 at 14:55 in sewing, fabric, crafting

  you know my obsession with linen...isn't this fabric gorgeous!! I can already picture what I want to make with itPhoto: maramiki...

• The Knitting Bug...

  Posted on Tuesday October 28th, 2008 at 13:41 in knitting, crafting

  I have the knitting bug, ever since my friend at work made this adorable neck warmer for herself. I have had the itch to start knitting again. You remember that knitting class I took last winter...um, yeah, I haven't picked up a knitting needle sin...

• Apple Pickin'

  Posted on Thursday October 23rd, 2008 at 09:59 in sewing, fabric, crafting

  Ok so I am kind of obsessed with linen fabric, I love it...I want to use it in every sewing project, even when it's not always appropriate. So you can imagine my excitement when I found this free pattern for a linen apple picking tote! I think this...

• Quilting...

  Posted on Thursday October 23rd, 2008 at 09:31 in sewing, crafting, christmas gifts

  I'm starting to work on Christmas gifts already. I'm hoping if I start now I won't be rushing at the last minute to finish everything like last year. Most of our gifts will be hand made this year, my most ambitious project will be a quilt for my pare...

• I need a change...

  Posted on Monday October 13th, 2008 at 14:52 in inspiration, etsy, crafting, kopah

  I think one of the reasons I haven't been motivated or inspired lately is because I have sort of lost my desire to continue with bath products. I started out making soap and then I had all these ideas for bath salts and scrubs and all kinds of other...

• Almost there...

  Posted on Friday August 15th, 2008 at 10:59 in inspiration, etsy, crafting, kopah

  I have almost reached 100 sales on Etsy! This may seem like small potatoes when there are so many Etsy sellers out there who have thousands of sales but for me this is a big milestone! I started selling on Etsy just under 1 year ago. I remember how e...

• Crafting

  Posted on Thursday August 7th, 2008 at 14:53 in sewing, crafting, at home

  I made some cloth napkins for the house a few weeks ago...my stash of fabric is starting to take up greatly coveted space under my bed and I have a loooong list of things I want to sew and napkins were the first easy thing I could think of to make. I...

• In the works...

  Posted on Wednesday August 6th, 2008 at 12:34 in crafting, craft shows, kopah

  I hope to be adding some new soaps to the shop soon. We had friends in town a few weeks ago and they completely wiped out my inventory! They bought almost everything I had so I am now in the process of re-stocking. I also signed up to do Atlantic Ant...

• Little Stitches

  Posted on Thursday July 24th, 2008 at 09:12 in inspiration, sewing, crafting, craft projects

  Amy Butler has a new book out, Little Stitches. I heard about this book a few months ago and the release date wasn't supposed to be until September but it's available now! I can't wait to get my hands on this new book, especially since my best friend...

• Need some inspiration?

  Posted on Friday June 27th, 2008 at 13:50 in crafting

  Check out these inspiration boards courtesy of flickr. black_kat1; knack studios; quaint handmade; nikkipeterson Happy Friday!...

• Label Update

  Posted on Tuesday June 3rd, 2008 at 11:44 in crafting, kopah

  So you might remember a while back when I mentioned that I was going to be doing a revamp of my packaging. While I haven't mentioned it since, Mike and I have been working behind the scenes trying to get the Craft Robo to work with a Mac...this was m...

• New Stuff

  Posted on Tuesday May 13th, 2008 at 11:43 in updates, Shop, crafting, kopah

  I just sent off a few items to be included in the Sampler for the MTV Style Lounge goodie bags!! The opportunity came up through the Etsy Street Team I belong to, The New New. I'm a little nervous because instead of sending soaps I sent a new concept...