I am actually learning how to knit, with yarn. But that is not the knitting I am talking about. I have learned to do a method of creating chain called viking knit, which is hundreds of years old, back to 700 AD. It is an offshoot of chainmaille work, but it is wire that is [...]
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Resurfacing.
Once again, I disappeared. Let’s sum up. Happy New Year! I had to get a new kiln for beads recently, my old Paragon now has two issues, and frankly, my customer service experience with Paragon last time was so crappy, I just didn’t have it in me to fight through what I needed to fix [...]
What to say, what to say, I have been away!
So busy. So busy! Mom, artist, house cleaner, cook…it goes on and on. I have been making glass drinking straws, utilitarian compared to jewelry, but beautiful in their own way. They have been selling great. But I HAVE been in the studio making jewelry. And I have something new that I can show here in [...]
Crammed
Oh, I am busy. Busy busy. I am doing torch demos at the show at the Oregon Convention Center next weekend. Hooray! I love torching for an audience, and teaching them about working with glass. It is such a passion of mine and I love talking about it! I will be on the torch on [...]
Wow, I updated WordPress….
For some reason this blog stands alone from some of my others. Even though it lives on the same hosting server, it can’t do the fancy one click install the others can through the hosting company. Which means I have to do it manually. Which, in itself, is not hard, WordPress makes it pretty easy. [...]
Save Handmade for Kids: Save Small Business From the CPSIA
The Sky is Falling – CPSIA Issue December 17th, 2008 Article by: Heather FlottmanOwner/Designer liliputians NYC Courtesy of: www.boutiquecafe.com The sky is falling! Yes, I feel a like an overly dramatic Chicken Little. And I wish it were true considering recent congressional legislation is about to crush the life out of the handmade clothing and [...]
