Category: Ramblings

Satisfaction Guaranteed

A couple of months ago, I had an urgent order for my first “lovey” from a friend whose son was sick with an ear infection, about to have surgery to have ear tubes put in, and his bunny lovey was about to fall apart. I had never made a lovey before, but I was happy…


Every Friday afternoon during the summer, our town has a farmer’s market. I always try to go and buy fresh eggs, and sometimes a treat like goat cheese, jam, honey, or veggies. A couple of weeks ago, I noticed that my favorite booth to buy eggs from, Sweet Pumpkins Farm, also sold handmade soaps. I…


Our very first order and all-time best-selling product so far is the tiny crochet sloth. I am so grateful to my dad’s former co-worker who first posted a link to the pattern on Facebook and asked if I could make her six of them! The pattern was a bit difficult for me to follow at first–it’s simple,…


Our first Project in the Spotlight has to be the Enchanted Rose with Diamonds that Jason made last fall! Jason responded to a Craigslist post asking for a skilled artisan to make a beautiful display base for the Beauty and the Beast rose that was given to the poster’s significant other as a gift previously….


Crafty Beginnings

On a chilly evening in November 2016, while we were watching TV (somewhere in the Doctor Who episodes with Jon Pertwee as The Doctor), Jason taught me how to crochet. A lot of people are surprised when they hear that my boyfriend taught me to crochet, thinking that crochet is more of a female hobby,…