Apr 15th, 2010
Thank you so much to all those lovely crafties who came out to Club Etsy at The Urban Craft Center last night! I had a blast sharing my knowledge and listening to everyone’s experiences and juicy tidbits of information!
If you couldn’t make it to last night’s event you can still check out my guest post on Crafty Scout, plus Paper Pastries‘ take on the mysterious world of craft shows! And keep your ears tuned in because before the week is out I’ll be posting about merchandising your craft table!
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Mar 30th, 2010
Sorry my lovely readers, I know I’ve sort of vanished all week. It’s been a wacky one! But I promise I’ve got some juicy stuff for you. Everyone loves a good Before and After! This one goes out to all my bias tape lovers out there- An XL floral cami from the thrift store becomes a heart-necklined fitted Spring-to-Summer wardrobe staple!
BEFORE
AFTER
Here’s how I did it:
1. I washed my garment and then removed the existing straps.
2. I used 3 yards my favorite new vintage bias tape and folded right over the existing hemline, including the slits on the sides.
3. The neckline had tons of ruching that was a little distorting to my already ample bosom, so I trimmed off some of the excess and re-shaped the neckline into a much more flattering heart shape. I then stitched my bias tape all the way around the top of the cami.
4. To make the straps I just put the cami on and had my hubby help me figure out a good strap length, which we pinned in place. When you’ve got . . . no point in being polite- when you’ve got big boobs it’s hard to hide your bra straps and that is the main reason I wanted to convert this cami. To get thicker straps I just ironed my double fold tape open and sewed it to another strip, wrong sides together. I then sewed my straps in place.
5. To finish off I made a cute little bow and hand stitched it in place. And voila- an adorable fitted cami that is great layered but can also be worn alone!
If this before and after made you happy, let me know in the comments and maybe I’ll do some more!
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Feb 12th, 2010
I’ve made and sold plenty of craft aprons in my day, usually to a lone crafter, teacher, or gardener, but my favorite way to sell them is in multiples! Some of my favorite crafties use theirs in matching sets at craft fairs- a kind of adorable and useful uniform.
Tricia Barrett of Epiphany Crafts, used hers in her booth at CHA. a few weeks ago. She bought a trio of The Scissor Fetish Crafty Aprons and added her own special touch- so cute! The aqua gerber daisy plays off of the aqua scissors strap, which isn’t shown in the picture. Love the E for Epiphany Crafts!
Before Christmas, Brittany and Shaun of Tiny Whales asked me for customized variations of The Hansel Crafty Apron. Instead of the typical pocket set up they asked for 4 change pockets, a bill pocket, and a pen pocket. It came out super cute!! I might just make this a new apron option!
Other superstars sporting Polly Danger aprons? Team Paper Pastries, who wear lovely aprons in pink and brown (I keep forgetting to take pictures!) But you can see them in person at The Pink Parlour on March 14- right next to my booth!
If you are a crafty superstar who is in need of team aprons you send me an email (shop@pollydanger.com) or a convo through Etsy!
Some lovely aprons for your perusing pleasure-
The Garden Artist Crafty Apron- very romantic! 
The Crafty Forest- featuring indie fabric from Cicada Studio
Very Springy, no? Happy Friday!
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Feb 5th, 2010
I’m sure I’ve told you all about The Polly Up North- Miss Polly Conway, of Pollyanna Cowgirl Designs. Well in case you didn’t know, this bubbly, fun-loving super craftstress is now in charge of writing Make Nice, the ReadyMade craft blog. And she’s posted about my Kettle Cozy Tutorial!! I LOVE that she refers to me as “Other Polly”. I know so few Pollies (only one actually) that it gives me warm fuzzies to be called that. Go read the post but be sure to check out Bay Area Polly’s other fun and easy crafty posts!
Happy Friday!!!
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Feb 4th, 2010
Just got an Etsy Success email and found Eric’s “Thinking of You” robot binary card staring back at me!!! EEEEeeeeeh! Yay Eric!
Click HERE to see the above adorable binary-ness!
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Feb 3rd, 2010
See those tabs in the upper-right hand corner of my blog? Well, two of those little guys used to be crossed out. But notice that now they are not! That means that my “about” and “tutorials” are open for viewing! And whatsmore there’s actually a tutorial in the tutorials section!!
Here’s how this is going to work- I’ll be sending out a tutorial on the 15th of every month via the Polly Danger Newsletter (better go sign up now!) and eventually those lovely little tutorials will end up on the blog in the Tutorials section! If you’re signed up for the newsletter then you’ve already seen this tutorial! Whee!!
The first tutorial posted is the oh-so-sugary-sweet Oven Lovin’ Mitt. It’s the oven mitt for lovers!
Now just click on the Tutorials tab for instructions and a template!!!
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Feb 1st, 2010
Oh how I love me some tea in the afternoon . . . but I don’t love burning my hand on the melted handle. Yuck. The handle has a tendency to fall sideways and the plastic has been melting off bit by bit. And every so often I or a loved one gets burnt. So finally I decided to do something about it. I took twenty minutes and made this oh-so-adorable handle cozy!
If you want to make your own just knit a 5″ x 3″ swatch in any pattern you’d like (I used stockinette with the 2 stitches on either end purled on the RS and knit on the WS). Once you’ve woven in the ends and blocked it you can add the buttons. I used very little buttons so that I wouldn’t have to worry about making button holes. Now a few warnings **MAKE SURE YOU USE A NATURAL FIBER YARN and 100% cotton thread for the buttons- no polyester!! Since your cozy is going to get quite hot you don’t want any melting fabric or thread- what a mess!
So cute!
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