He’s baaaaaack. Free pattern here and the finished product for sale here. New Thanksgiving creations and recipes coming soon!

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It came to my attention, only a few years back, the stark truth about autumn and the changing color of leaves: they are dying! Waaaaaah. Less sunlight, shorter days, colder temperatures all mean that trees can’t do their photosynthesizing thing.

Sure, the leaves look beautiful when they change from green to yellow, orange and red, [...]

Categories: Artsy/Crafty · Life

I think I can safely say that no one else in the entire virtual world has that blog post title! Speaking of blog posts, Sarah of Pink of Perfection wrote a fabulous one called 8 Things I’m Happy About in October, which naturally inspired comments of the same topic, including one from yours truly. The [...]

Categories: Artsy/Crafty · Foodage · Life

Well, in my opinion, it’s the cutest pumpkin out there. Maybe just the cutest crochet version, or cutest softie? I dare you to find a cuter pumpkin–send me pictures and I will take a look! I’m selling it on Etsy, as well as this set of the two, but if you are a crocheter, the [...]

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Last year around this time is when my Etsy took off with the above Halloween toys: Candy Corn, Ghost and Pumpkin. I was flabbergasted. Sure, I thought they were cute, but I had no idea they would receive so much attention (and so many buyers). Patterns and the already-made versions are available in my Etsy [...]

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I just wrote a guide for Guidespot called The Bad-Ass DIYer’s Guide to New York (pardon my French), highlighting DIY magazines like Craft and Bust, DIY books like Sew Subversive, DIY sites like Threadbanger and BurdaStyle and New York DIY events like Swap-O-Rama-Rama and Etsy’s Monday Night Craft Nights. (You want links to all of [...]

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