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Fiber Arts Friday 9/18/9

A while ago, I spun my first yarn: I finally realized I needed to, uh, ply? it with another strand so it could puff out and be the soft awesome that I knew it really wanted to be. I used some cashmere from Jags Funky Fibers (August Phat Fiber Box) to improve what I had spun. [disclosure. i have a book on spinning. i can’t find it. and i’m stubborn… Read More

Fiber Arts Friday – Phat Fiber Box pt 2

Remember the Phat Fiber box from last week? Here’s what I’ve done this week. The detail is from Mama Jude’s Plant Dyed Stuff and the base is from my Shadysidefarmstudio stash. Tiny afghan (made 2) using Autumn Harvest from The Spinning Sheep, some Cherry/Strawberry themed from my8kidsmom and some yellow from my Shadysidefarmstudio stash. (Quick story – my grandpa made me a dollhouse and furniture, my mom and grandma made.. Read More

Fiber Arts Friday – Alpaca Hat from Phat Fiber box

I’d heard of the Phat Fiber box that is sold from the etsy Phat Fiber Store. Each month has a theme and a charity that proceeds to toward. They drop the box once a month – and I had no idea how popular it was. At the 5pm (Eastern) drop, I was there waiting and refreshing. When the items popped up in the store, I selected, picked my address, checked.. Read More

You were always enough

I read your words. “I was sexually abused. How I hate typing those words. But they have been in my mind forever, swirling around, hiding at times, but it?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s always there.” The words surrounding your experience and your life continued. They overlapped your initial words, until those words were almost forgotten under the layers of your current fears and challenges. You talked of how you coped, how you resisted touch,.. Read More

How to get a Sponsor for BlogHer ’10

Costs for BlogHer fall into three categories: Conference ticket, lodging and travel. I have found the Kaiser Mommy method of finding conference sponsorship to be 100% effective. I thought about asking people to pay me for my knowledge but then decided that was snatchy and counterproductive and wouldn’t help the community as a whole, so for you, free of charge, The Kaiser Mommy Method of Conference Sponsorship. Before you sit.. Read More

Waiting till the last minute: all about the Room 704 Party.

We are Queens of Procrastination here at Room 704, and the lovely ladies we align ourselves with love them some procrastination, too. SO. Without further ado, I present to you: THE OFFICIAL ROOM 704 PARTY PIMPAGE POST (in it’s full glory): DRINKS sponsored by: and And of course, drinks paid for by YOU!!! AWESOME swag from: PLUS MANY, MANY MORE!!! (We can’t give away ALL our surprises! But oh yes!.. Read More

Because I need a new hobby

yeah right. Katy sent me a couple of ziploc bags of fleece from Pink Cyclone and Hope – I’ve never spun before, even though I’ve had the drop spindle since Christmas. I started with Pink Cyclone. After burying my face in the big puff of fiber for a loooong time, I got started. It ain’t necessarily pretty, but for a first attempt, I’m pleased – it held together, so I.. Read More

A little more organization

Oh hai. It’s been a week since I posted. Whoops. This week Katy asked us to think about fiber arts and father’s day. Now my hubs isn’t into the fiber arts, but he IS into our house not looking like sugar honey iced tea. With that in mind, I continued organizing the guest room/craft room. I have a lot of buttons. I pondered and then saw a corkboard I never.. Read More

Fiber Arts Housekeeping

I think some of you were ready to spit on me when I said I was starting with organizing a room in our house. I could hear the “oh yeh, you have a whole ROOM? #suckit) I could have been more specific, but I knew I was getting ready to bore several of you and over stim Zoeyjane with glee when I showed you where I started. I started with.. Read More