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I have a crystal or two

At least once a week I think I’m crazy for having this job. Like when I look at my to-do list a mile long and know there’s no way I’ll accomplish it all.

At least once a week I think I’m lucky to have this job.… Read More

Guilty pleasures

I started my addiction to magazines at an early age. My babysitting income went to Vogue, Glamour, Bazaar, and Seventeen (along with some trashy romance novels when the income allowed.) I would pour over every little piece of every page – the clothes, the shoes, the jewelry, the hair, the makeup.… Read More

My own worst enemy

So I spent my night’s worth of work doing the following:

  • Making a new sample for a workshop I’m teaching in Detroit in a 10 days – and as I am halfway through I discover that I’ve made the rookie mistake of sewing both snaps on upside down so it can not be clasped.
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Sideways photos and all


This is what it looks like around our house (production factory) these days. I never did figure out why the photos insist on loading sideways and such. Oh well.

Sideways kits
A few end caps for the Kumihimo classes

There’s a wee bit o’ printing happening…
Some Fireline being spooled.
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