Crafting since birth; drinking since noon.
Year: 2013
Another before and after
This is my roll-top desk, and in the after photo you can also see my painting surface (if you’re facing those white shelves, my laptop is to the left; it’s an “L” shaped desk). At the start of my vacation, I went to go order new white shelves for all …
Care fatigue
I think I have care fatigue. Not full-on compassion fatigue, it’s just that my personal care.com is coming up with a 404 page. It’s redirecting to “I don’t give two shits dot com.” I’m supposed to care about the suffering of those less fortunate in my own neighborhood. I’m supposed …
Get shit done
Two of the questions I get the most are “how do you find time to do everything you do?” and “but why can’t I have this by Friday?” (sometimes these questions are from the same person, often in the same conversation, which slays me). So let’s talk about how I …
An embarrassment of riches
I hope your Christmas, or your Chinese Food Day, or whatever, your Wednesday, was as lovely as mine. Loved ones, tasty food, good conversation, perfect gifts from Santa… surely my cup runneth over. I hope yours does, as well.
Merry Christmas!
From Chiron Beta Prime! Where we’re working in a mine! For our robot overlords! Did I say overlords? I meant protectors!
It’s like a day off! Y’all should try this!
I did pour coffee and go straight to the weaving yesterday, weaving that I started last February and hadn’t worked on since March. I woke up with a migraine but was hoping it would go away; unfortunately it stuck around most of the day… which was a pity because I …
If I can keep that floor empty…
… and not put anything there, like boxes of crap, or piles of things…. … then starting tomorrow, I’ll be able to start starting my days with a cup of coffee and half an hour at the spinning wheel, or the loom, or the sewing machine. I left a spot …
Oh, and…
… I’m going to apologize now to everyone who follows me on Pinterest, because now that my vacation has started and I have time to let my creative mind wander towards next year’s adventures, I plan to go pin a lot of Fairy Doors for inspiration because I’ve been wanting …
Nobody move, I think my vacation started
So, in case I started talking about something else yesterday and never did finish what I set out to say – IT HAPPENS – one reason that I take such a long vacation this time of year is that I’m exhausted. Another is that the bookend of my dad’s birthday …
Here’s one for the yarnies – 12 in ’14
Are you a yarn lover? A HaldeCraft yarn lover? Are you on Ravelry? If you answered yes to all three questions…. I have an -along for you. This is loosely inspired by -alongs like the “Self Imposed Sock Club”, which is where The Yarn Harlot suggested sock knitters with “too much stash” – …
Here’s one for the yarnies – 12 in ’14
Are you a yarn lover? A HaldeCraft yarn lover? Are you on Ravelry? If you answered yes to all three questions…. I have an -along for you. This is loosely inspired by -alongs like the “Self Imposed Sock Club”, which is where The Yarn Harlot suggested sock knitters with “too …
’tis the season, yeah?
This year I’ve had more invitations to holiday things than ever before. Or maybe I just have never noticed it before? Maybe Evite and Facebook have made it easier for people to invite ALL THE GUESTS, so I’m seeing more not because it’s my presence that is wanted but it’s …
Home again home again jiggity jog
Not a recent photo, but still one of my favorites – Aunt Gay and Uncle Joe are safely out of the wild snow of Boston, and back home in Gainesville. This year the semester was bitter-sweet; they’d decided to retire after thirty years of moving back and forth twice a …
A reminder, at any time of year
I’m often surprised not by the line at the post office, but by the people who walk in after me who are surprised at the line. Have these people never BEEN to a post office? Near Christmas? Did they JUST fall off the turnip truck? And then there was today: …
Hints of things to come
I think I’ve mentioned before, that even though now is when a lot of the “here’s how to run a business” blogs are talking about planning your next year, I usually start thinking about the next year in October. If you’ve ever worked retail, you know that November and December …
Getting better, but still full of snark, so get offa my lawn
I think this is the new theme with which I’m going to stick. I’ve figured out how to rotate the headers (right now I have about nine photos so you’ll get one random one each time you land on or refresh the page) and I’ve figured out the typeface. I’m …
Well, this is a little better
I’d still kill for a serif typeface, though, and to be able to make the header and tagline italic. You’d think that would be in the CSS, wouldn’t you? Yes, you’d think so. You’d think that if you just replaced “Verdana” with “Georgia” or “Bookman Old Style” that it would …
Things be whack in the Land of Snark
I noticed yesterday that my entire title and blog image had poofed — I didn’t really have time to deal with it yesterday but this morning it’s bugging the crap out of me. So while having coffee I started tooling around with new themes, because, hey, who doesn’t like a …
GLAM 2013 in review
If you’re viewing this in a Reader you might not see the photo album right under this sentence. Come to my site and see it! I promise that there’s no pop-ups begging for you to join my newsletter, no advertising other than pictures of HaldeCraft items on the sidebar, and …
That thrilling free feeling of feeling free-wheeling
There is excitement in the air. I can’t tell if it’s because I’m ready for and looking forward to GLAM, because I’m ready for and looking forward to my annual Christmas/New Years/Family Birthday vacation, or because I’m ready for and looking forward to what I’m planning work-wise for next year. …
Got yarn club? Want it?
This product listing is for the Spring 2014 yarn club, a club that runs from January through March and is for three skeins of yarn in the weight of your choosing. This listing will be active until December 31st, 2013. (Photo of “Why the Sea is Salt” from the Fall 2013 …
Mountain Mama
Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed Emma in “Buttercream” (solid) and Lorna’s Laces Honor in “Chocolate” Pattern: driftwood by Isabell Kraemer Started: August 14, 2013 Completed: October 24, 2013 Notes: Knit mostly on the road trip to West Virginia and back, I love, love, love, love, love how this turned out. I plan on wearing …
That thrilling free feeling of feeling free-wheeling
There is excitement in the air. I can’t tell if it’s because I’m ready for and looking forward to GLAM, because I’m ready for and looking forward to my annual Christmas/New Years/Family Birthday vacation, or because I’m ready for and looking forward to what I’m planning work-wise for next year. …