Busy Bees and New Projects

Oh, to have a week where nothing is due. What would that look like? Not sure, exactly.... But I did finally have a bit of, if not free, then stolen time this weekend to work on a project:



Slippers! I saw a picture recently from the fifties of a woman sporting some crocheted slippers and thought.... crocheted slippers.... These are quite different from the ones I saw-- in particular the maryjane style-- but crocheted slippers none the less.


I wasn't exactly sure how to make them, but after a few false starts I sorted it out. Yay! Slippers!

Fab and not so Fab Fabric

Been busy in the cage packaging and sending needle cases like crazy the last couple of weeks. I don't think there's been a day when the post office is open that I haven't been there... and I have a couple of packages that are going out today, too. Not that I'm complaining-- always good to have things heading out!

I ordered some specialty fabric from Spoonflower in November. There are some awesome designs available (I love this one, and this one, and this one... I could spend hours just poking through fabrics on that site...)


Not only do they have awesome designs, but when there was a problem with my order they fixed it right away-- my replacement fabric came in earlier this week.


*And* when it arrived it came in a biodegradable "plastic" mailer that instructed me to reuse it (how much do I love this kind of responsibility? A whole lot).


Which is all in contrast to a recent problem I had with the fabric behemoth Joann's. I pulled out some cuts of fabric that I'd bought a while back and discovered that they had shorted me by two inches on all 8 cuts (except for the one that was shorted by 4 inches). When I brought it back in not only did they not fix the problem, they were super nasty and dismissive. I sent a letter to their corporate headquarters and got.... nothing. Not a peep. Apparently, that's just how they roll. I haven't been back since. So my order with Spoonflower was a reminder that there are some companies who value their customers. Go Spoonflower!

Just got an email that some super neat fat quarters I ordered eons ago from Spoonflower are on their way. Can't wait til they get here!

Utkatasana and such

One of the things I've been working on are a whole pile of new yoga mat bags-- including some new bamboo forest style bags.

Busy busy birdie

Whoo, it's been seriously hectic in the birdcage the last couple of months! So hectic I've barely been able to come up for air-- though some of it has been pretty exciting, I'm about ready for the pressure release.

Despite all the big doin's (as my grandfather would have said), I've still found time to work on some creative crafty goodness.... though I've been very, very short on daylight time for taking pictures of anything. The days are getting so short, and we had a long string of rainy weekends... I'm hoping sunny days are ahead and I can get a few pictures up! Lots and lots and lots of bags-- purses, project bags, yoga mat bags! And all sorts of other things in process (and even a few experiments).

In the meantime, in honor of my current pace of getting the documentation part of my projects done, a new pair of booties!

Entirely capable

A dear friend's birthday is coming up and she requested..... a cape!




I'm digging this cape thing.... and apparently it's a fashion trend, even. And me thinking I was the only person with a thing about capes. Basically, I saw a picture of Twiggy in a cape when I was a kid, and I've wanted one desperately ever since.

But I mean... how could you not? Apparently I'm either way out ahead, or I've been so behind for so many years I was bound to catch up, because the cape is an official trend of the season. Ha!

Whooooo, it's been kind of a wiiiiild summer. Wild and crazy crazy busy. In between about a million other things, I have managed to get finish up a couple of things...




First off, a cape! Which I made for myself for my birthday. I've always wanted a cape. Now I have one!



Next up, some knickers! I had a hankering for some knickers... and now I have some!


And a special order, for a yoga mat bag and matching tote. I enjoyed making them.... maybe things will calm down enough for a bit more playing...