In case you haven’t picked up on this, Tim and I have been talking about moving the HaldeCon Household. We started earlier this year with an unexpected turn; we decided to start verbalizing what we wanted, and within a month or two of that, some friends whom we love dearly …
I was so busy the whole weekend I didn’t have a lot of time to whip out my camera; I think this is the least number of photos I’ve ever taken at Fiber-In. Thursday night my living room looked like this: And when I went to pick up Rhea, after …
OK; ya’ll get the unedited version; I’m going to post a slightly cleaner (no f-bomb) version on my work blog tomorrow. — I was so busy the whole weekend I didn’t have a lot of time to whip out my camera; I think this is the least number of photos …
What are you working on this week? I’ve got so much on my list that I’m hoping writing this blog post will help me focus! In ceramics, I have some green mugs I took out of the kiln last week that need to be photographed and listed. I’m hoping these …
And you know what that means… tomorrow morning I leave for the Florida Fiber-In! Fiber… Oh! Shit! I never did post about that over here; I did on my work blog, though, and you can read about the 11th Florida Fiber-In here. Oops. Sorry about that, I could have sworn …
Duncan Envision glazes are my current go-to glaze of choice. And look at these rich colors – you can see why I like them so much! Envision glazes are non-toxic and food-safe, and are great for items that will come into contact with food or drink. They also come in …
Like, well, pretty much everyone else, I am app crazy. I just got a new phone about a month ago (a Samsung Note 3, hello, stylus, I love you!) and of course I wanted to sort through all the apps I’ve previously loaded on other phones and decide which ones I …
I’ve been busy over the last month, and if you’ve been half as busy as I’ve been you may have missed some things. So to recap… New ceramics include the plant markers, an owl tumbler and toothbrush holder (set), jumbo yarn bowls, Irish Coffee mugs, and a set of nesting/mixing …
This year was going to be amazing. Back in January, in spite of being worried about Lenny the Boob Pea, I had such plans for HaldeCraft this year. Part of those plans included expansion, and by that I mean actual physical space expansion (not necessarily product expansion, although that would …
What are you working on this week? This week in ceramics I’m afraid I’m not doing much — I listed a few things (expect to see pictures scattered throughout the rest of the week) and that’s about all I’ve had time for (of course that didn’t stop me from watching …
Do you labor over finding just the right gift for certain people? Something that is functional, yet beautiful, something they will love and actually use? My mom is one of the people who is hard to shop for, because I want to get her something amazing, but also something useful …
We never really know if something is going to work (or not) until we try it. I know I’ve had my fair share of “this would be AWESOME” followed months (or weeks) later by “this was the WORST IDEA EVER.” But if I were to somehow get a peek into …
What are you working on this week? I’m dyeing club yarn like a fiend, and lining up fiber to dye after that… I have put a couple of spoiler pictures up in black-and-white, but when I get to the fiber, since that’s not a surprise, I’ll show those off in …
Because why else would you take a day off? This morning, Tim was like (when I said I was contemplating not dyeing yarn today, but instead, running errands, doing laundry, and getting some things done I haven’t been able to do), “Don’t dye yarn today. Sure, it’s not a day …
Next up in my series of color chart posts are the Spectrum “Low Stone” glazes. They’re called “Low Stone” because they are low fire, Cone 06, but they give the same results as a high-fire stoneware glaze. I’m relatively new to this line but have loved almost every single one …
Since Monday of last week (not yesterday Monday, but the Monday before that) my daily schedule has been the following: Wake up. Start the coffee. Start the dye pots that I set up the night before. Pour coffee. Let dye pots heat for one hour (while drinking coffee and catching …
Hey, Floridians (or those willing to travel)! Put this in your calenders — The 11th Annual Florida Fiber-In (Guess who’ll have a booth again this year?) September 19-21, 2014 Allure Resort International Drive (same place as last year; hotel name change) 8444 International Drive, Orlando FL 32819, Reservations: (407) 345-0505 …
