About
Lorena
My name is Lorena Haldeman, and I am the owner, maker, creatrix, artist, and hard-working woman behind HaldeCraft. I was bitten by a crafty bug as a child, when my…
ceramics
Getting a handle on those mugs
GET IT? SEE WHAT I DID, THERE? Thank you, thank you; I’ll be here all week. Please tip your wait staff. This photo is actually a couple of weeks old;…
Brain! On! Fire!
I want to thank the entire Conyers (et all – I don’t think I even know *everyone’s* last names!) clan for letting me borrow Colette for the week — the…
We went to the Faire
We went to the faire about two weeks ago; our faire is small in compared to some (Crownsville, I’m looking at you) but it’s always a good time and a…
Playing catch-up
I got a lot of yarn winding done last week, in spite of Tiny Kitten “helping” me. I wish I could tell you that she was absolutely well-behaved, but as…
Countless hours spent
I can’t tell you how many hours in my life I’ve spent roaming the stacks, here. When we first moved to Gainesville when I was nine years old, I begged…
On pricing (and asking for discounts)
Sometimes I have a hard time pricing my work. For one thing, this is a hobby I’ve had most of my life. How do you put a price on something…
Project new shelves: Round Two
My life is a constant state of “I can’t do THIS until I do THAT first.” What I really, really needed was more shelf space in the ceramic studio, because…
MOAR BEBEH HEADS
Who would have thought these would be so popular? I guess I didn’t really think about who my friends are when I thought “now here’s a wacky idea of something…
Wednesday June 20th
How awesome is this 16″ bar of chocolate? Hahahahaha – I wish. That would keep me content for a week or two. I think it’s the sepia tone in the…
Monday, March 19th
Sigh. Nobody likes the kissing booth! They will lay near it… occasionally even ON it… but nobody hops in and looks cute. What kind of cats are these, that they…