Craft Yourself Happy

Last night was our monthly Craft Yourself Happy night at the Art Hive. It's like a Stitch'n Bitch but we wanted it to include more than just Knitters and we wanted it to sound a little less harsh.
Last night it was just the core group. Erin, Wendy, Suzanne, Kim and myself. Suzanne and I were spinning on drop spindles, Wendy was on her spinning wheel, Kim was knitting and Erin was working on a wire necklace.
I enjoy these nights so much because I am only responsible for my own happiness. Sometimes at the Crafty Girls events I find myself worrying that people aren't having enough fun or liking the project or whatever but CYH is super relaxed. Kim of IndigoDragonfly Yarns always brings an enormous box of her delicious hand-dyed yarns and we fibre fiends dive right in like hungry beasts. Her colourways are gorgeous, the yarn itself is dreamy to work with and the names are awesome. I picked up three skeins last night the names of which are as follows "Vancouver Melt" (teal, turquoise and lime), "One Turtle Short of a Pond" (rich emerald green to almost black) and get this - "I'm Going to Have Abandonment Issues" (a delightful and varied mixture of purples, turquoise, gray and raspberry red)
For more of her great work and titles, I've linked Kim's blog at the left, check it out!

Spring Has Sprung!

And there is much work to create!
I'll try to remember everything I have been up to in the studio since my last (very distant) post.
In no particular order:
I'm involved in a sewn potholder swap put together by Malka Dobrowsky of StitchInDye. You can check out her blog at . Here are the potholders I made to trade with a woman in Reseda, California.

I made this little toque for a friend's baby in Germany.

And this is a "work in progress" shot of a piece I did for a secret project. Soon to be revealed.

I'm currently working on making a library book bag for a friend of a friend.

My Logo Again

Me and my logo made it to the front page of the local paper!

New Year, New Blog Post

I am perched on my worktable in what is now my new studio space. The other day, after driving for 3.5 hours in the rain and drinking a large cup of coffee I proceeded to rearrange all three bedrooms in this small house. The master bedroom is now my beautiful studio space, The Shark's old room is mine and he is in the old studio. Oh I love to rearrange the furniture! And my new workspace is grand!

Things Are Happening!

Mine was the winning entry for the logo contest! It's for the 2011 Senior Winter games to be held here in Haliburton! I drew this, took a photo of it and farted around with it in Photoshop et voila! I won $200 bucks. I actually submitted 2 entries and liked the other one a lot more but I was not the judge and I am certainly not complaining! Here is the other entry:

What I'm Up To these Days

I have a new job, to fill they spare time after parenting and running my own small craft business and keeping a reasonably tidy house and continuing an amicable relationship with my partner.
So my terriblogging will continue here at www.sewresourceful.blogspot.com as that is what I should be putting most of my spare energy into.
Looking forward to seeing you there!

Update from the Terriblogger

Yep that's me. I suck at regular posting. But I refuse to beat myself up about it!
I am excited to tell you all that I bought our plane tickets today! The Shark and I will be heading to Berlin via Munich on September 20th and staying until October 6th. We have reserved a small apartment near a friend's apartment so the living will be less expensive and more relaxing.
I'm really looking forward to:
- Seeing two of my lovely German friends. (It has been almost 4 years!)
- Drinking beer in the park with a picnic of German bread and cheese.
- LegoLand!
- Checking out the Berlin craft scene
- This store. It's right in my neighbourhood.
- Rekindling my love affair with the German language. Echt!!

This is some work by my favourite Landshut potter, Meinhild Mielitz. Beautiful glazes and exquisite craftspersonship.