R.I.P. Sewing Machine

February 14, 2010, 4:21 am

The old singer passed away last night. It was a decent little machine, and a bargain at only $140. I performed an autopsy, and determined the cause of death as “crappy plastic mechanical parts”. I only had this machine for one year, but I did complete hundreds of projects with it. I guess that’s not [...]

Radical Super-Awesome Puppets by StaceyRebecca

February 2, 2010, 7:55 pm

I was hanging out in the Etsy chat room a few nights ago, when I came across the most killer shop. StaceRebbeca makes puppets. Really awesome handmade puppets: She also makes little finger puppets. Her food puppets are, of course, my favorite: We got to talking, and it turns out that she occasionally opens for [...]

Zibbet – The Good And The Not So Good

January 29, 2010, 3:12 am

I opened a premium shop on Zibbet a little over a month ago. That’s enough time to do a review, right? Well, I’m gonna do it anyway. Here we go: The Good Design. The site is simple and easy to navigate. Unlike some other handmade venues, they don’t jam pack every page with a kabillion [...]

My Coupon Buddy

November 30, 2009, 11:53 pm

This is my Coupon Buddy, Cuong. He’s modeling the handmade Sho Nuff costume that we made together for Halloween. He had never sewn a stitch in his life before this, but he picked it up pretty quick. He could probably make some sweet pillowcases now. I call him my coupon buddy, because he comes to [...]