Tell me a little bit about your background in arts and crafts. I have a long history in hand crafted items as small businesses. I originally started by designing and hand crafting unique hats for babies and children (Ratty’s Hats). Sadly, 10 years ago people were still afraid to ‘go out of the box’ with […]
Color Me… Color Me Not… Color Me!
by Guest Blogger, Amie Bressers I’m not really much of one for color. Well, that’s not entirely true. I have two red chairs, and instead of a black car I went with blue. Admittedly, the red is dark and tempered with black, and the blue is prefaced with “graphite,” as in grey, but that’s gotta […]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIAN!
Today is my brother’s birthday! (Happy Birthday Brian!) In honor of his birthday, I decided to do a little ‘shopping’ for him. So, here’s what I would get him from etsy if I had a limitless budget! One thing my brother loves to do is go snowboarding! He has two bad knees (ACL surgery on […]
GIVEAWAY!
The blog “New to this Whole Mommy Thing” has graciously done a feature on my shop and is including a giveaway of one of my fabulous pairs of earrings! Make sure you check it out and enter to win a pair for yourself! http://stepmomextraordinaire.blogspot.com/2009/03/kims-crafty-apple-giveaway.html
My Squarey Quilt
Today I’m going to talk a little bit about my “Squarey Quilt” (actual pattern name is ‘Window Panes’ but I’ve always called it my squarey quilt). I RARELY keep things for myself. Initially I was going to make this quilt for my brother (sorry Brian) but I just fell in love with it and had […]
Treasury Saturday – and I have a cold…
Alight everyone…it’s time for treasury Saturday. I’ll do my best but I have a pretty nasty cold and I’m waiting for my head to stop feeling like it’s about to explode…no fun. If you could take a second and let me honestly know if you enjoy these treasury Saturday Features or not…that would be wonderful! […]
Meet Lorene from BoogaBooBabies!
Tell me a little bit about your background in arts and crafts.When did you first start creating things? I’ve always been a little crafty, though I didn’t know it for much of my life. My mom taught me how to sew in 4-H when I was a little girl. She always made our Halloween costumes […]
I'm the WINNER!
of DorsetHillBeads Theme for Thursday blog giveaway for the month of February! Each Thursday, DorsetHillBeads posts pictures from various Etsy Shops and we (the readers) have to guess the Theme for Thursday. Then you make a comment as tto what you think the theme is. At the end of the month DorsetHillBeads randomly picks a […]
Flip Flop Quilt for Capri
I have shown you Karma’s True Lover’s Knot quilt already. Today I’m going to show off the quilt that she made for her second niece, Capri. I call it the Flip Flop Quilt because the fabric in the ‘ball’ area is an adorably fun flip flop design.Karma used Barb’s You’ll Have a Ball pattern when […]
Vote for your FAVORITE EtsyBABY Spring Fling Challenge Item!
I recieved this email today and it solved my dilemma on what to write on my blog today!: Good Morning EtsyBABY!!! Today’s the BIG DAY!!! It’s time to cast your vote! The surprise is that now there will be 2 winners of the Spring Fling Challenge! We will vote as a team here in our […]