After crafting many-a-bias tape tutorial I’ve realized that it would be quite handy to put all of my hints and tips in one place. So I’ll be adding bunches of how-to tidbits in my Tutorials section which you can find in the Categories box over there ==========> and down a little bit
The first post is dedicated to the the basics of my favorite method of attaching bias tape, which also happens to be the simplest one: The Taco Method.
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!
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!
NUM num Num! The other day my lovey dovey husband texted me with a very casual, “Hey Charles Phoenix can’t keep these slide cabinets, do you want them?” Which part of this sentence is more awesome- getting a couple of beautiful handmade cabinets for free or getting them from someone as incredibly badass as Charles Phoenix?! Even before I saw them I wanted them, though naturally once I saw them they made me drool just a bit. They were made by a pilot to house his impressive collection of slides he’d taken over the years, and they’re just perfect for organizing ribbon and rickrack and millinery bits! He also sent me 3 gorgeous vintage travel case which probably housed some kind of projection equipment or maybe more slides. Talk about a lucky day!
They’re really nicely put together, with sliding doors and tidy little cubbies.
Once the cabinets got home I had the tedious and kinda sad job of removing the sticker labels, but I had to photograph them first. I mean this must have been quite the collection. There are a couple of labels titled, “Water- not ocean” and “Water- ocean”. Other great labels were “Visual Delights” and “Sky”. I would have loved to look through them- lucky Charles!
Now that they’re de-labeled (it took 3 hours and quite a bit of elbow grease to do just one of the two cabinets) I get to make them mine! My plan is to stack them, screw them together, and add some molding and table legs to the bottom.
I will certainly post photos as soon as my project is complete!
Just in case you need a Monday morning pick-me-up, take 5 minutes and hear her Capucine’s story about about les hipopotames- one of my very favorite things EVER!
Last night Eric and I went to see The Decemberists play at the Palladium. Holy sweet Mother. Who is this Shara Worden person? HOW do sounds to incredibly big come from that little person?! I think I am in love. If ever there was a magical connection between people, I swear this is it. Maybe she’ll join the band? It was a pretty damn rocking show. I was kind of nervous about this show, but it was completely mind-blowingly fantastic. I think a lot of the mind-blowing-ness came from Shara’s singing. Gave me goosebumps. Here’s a little taste, though in the Colbert Report show they seem to be holding back about 80% of the ROCK-ASS-ness. Still an awesome clip.
In case you don’t know who The Decemberists are, let me entice you with a photograph.
I picked this photo because I have the fan on the right. Squee!
What a lovely thing to do when you feel overwhelmed and exhausted, to go out and actually do something fun! You know how I knew it had been ages since I’d been anywhere? I felt completely awkward and socially inept around all those people! I seriously, seriously need to leave the house more often. We had a really fantastic time. I was nervous at first, because the very first time Eric and I saw The Decemberists was at the Hollywood Bowl, where they played with the L.A. Philharmonic. How can you beat that? Andrew Bird also played that night. So I was nervous about the show last night. But it was pretty damn cool. Pretty damn cool.
In crafty news, I finally put up some new goodies in the shop! Pin cushion rings for your pin protection pleasure! They’re lovely, and oval shaped, and tufted, and sweet. I’ll be putting up more stuff in the near-ish future, but I’m trying to stockpile some stuff for BAZAAR BIZARRE, which is in less than two weeks!
