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 […]
VickiDiane EXPOSED!
Today I’m going to introduce you to a wonderful seller on etsy, VickiDianeDesigns. VickiDiane puts together these amazingly stunning and popular treasuries that ‘exposes’ the artists’ of etsy. It’s a wonderful opportunity to see the face behind the work…like going to an online craft fair! I have worked with her on a couple of different […]
Fabulous Feedback
Here is some feedback that I’ve recieved from my customers. “Hi Kim–My husband and I were at the WIST trunk show last night and bought a few items from you for Christmas. Just wanted to say thanks for the great jewelry at fabulous prices. All of your things were absolutely awesome–it was so hard to […]
Work In Progress – My Woven Quilt
I have chosen to enter my woven quilt into the virtual quilt festival because of a few reasons: 1) It took me four years to complete it2) I love the color3) It’s a technique you don’t see very often! I hope you enjoy reading about this quilt! Since publishing this post, I did decide to […]
Treasury Saturday
Another week of treasuries gone by. I was able to snag two of them. The first I will talk about it called ‘Playground for Cora Paige’. It displays twelve etsians that have special items whose proceeds go 100% toward the Cora Paige Playground fund. To read more about this cause check out the article written […]
Meet EllaBellaMay!
My Background: Technically, I am not a typical artsy person. Currently, I am in clinical research, and previously, I was a chemist. So, making my elephants is a creative escape for me. I started out making quilts when I was 18, and still love creating them, but the elephants that I make now are faster […]
Winter Dyeing Adventure
On Monday, February 23rd, Diane and I decided to do some fabric dyeing. I have a custom order for seven different shirts/tanks/rompers for one family and I was going to fill that order. As I was going through our white clothing inventory I discovered that I was ONE large t-shirt short…so, it turned out into […]