cottageindustrialist

Charleston, SC, US
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30-something mother, wife, lawyer, design junkie, craftaholic

likes: clever tools, snazzy colors, working for justice, toddler wrangling, Coca-Cola

dislikes: inefficiency, civil discovery, purple, Tori Amos

craft interests: jewelry making, knitting, paper crafts, quilting, restyle, sewing

my etsy page:
http://printabilities.etsy.com

Member Since: 11/15/2008

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You Rang -- Customizeable, printable calling cards

Apr 11, 2009

Back in the day, when stopping by a friend's house was "coming to call," ladies and gentlemen carried calling cards to announce to their would-be hosts just who had arrived--or who they had missed if...

2009 Printable, Giftable, Last-Minutable Calendar

Dec 24, 2008
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I wanted to develop a project that would fit my preoccupation with illustration and be simple enough that I could share with the rest of the crafting community. This is a fully year calendar that can...

Re: The Relentless Urge to Create: the Work of Earl Joseph Martell

What a beautiful story--both in its essence and in its retelling. I can understand why you have been so captivated all these weeks.

posted: 2:13 pm on May 26th

Re: Crafte's Inferno: Crafting for Christmas, a Lie in the Making

Oh my. I feel like I just flipped to a page from my own diary.

If I could just get back the countless late night hours I've spent toiling over gifts for people who never expected anything, much less a baroquely detailed handmade whathaveyou, I would be very well-rested, indeed.

The scarves in your story hit particularly close to home. One year my mother asked me to knit scarves for her two favorite students. Quick-knit chunky yarn? Oh no. Worsted weight intarsia. Which I had never done before and for which I designed a four-color pattern. Totally mental. Did I mention she asked me for them two days before school got out? And I was in law school? Really, totally mental.

Here's hoping we and all the other poor saps like us out there can keep it reasonable this year!

posted: 3:47 pm on December 13th