Not too long ago, I was googling around for info on sewing oilcloth (for a tablecloth project), & I ended up at Dioramarama's post about what a pain it is to work with (!). A while later, I'd received the Denyse Schmidt book as a gift & was doing some more (lovestruck) googling, & lo, Dioramarama again.
Of course all of this led to link-clicking & flickr-looking & a whole lot of excellent blog discovery, which in turn led to a piece falling into place for me: I have been thinking for some time now about whether I wanted to add a blog to glamscience, my business site, but I just couldn't get a good head of creative steam up about an ongoing business blog. Finding the current crop of arts/crafts bloggers, though, people who were doing the kinds of things that I was or wanted to be doing or doing things that I only wish I could be doing, doing it with kids in tow or after hours or in odd stolen moments, just because they can't help but make stuff, got me thinking about a blog that's a little more casual, a little sloppier around the edges, than the strictly-business one I'd first imagined. And now, I'm going to give it a try.
(Oh, & the tablecloth? More of a table-sized placemat really, & it worked out fine -- probably because I didn't do any hemming, ha -- despite being dinged by my fatal sewing flaw, the mostly complete inability to grasp spatial relations of any significance. This is probably why my drawings are almost always tiny, & definitely why I almost always have to take apart a sewing project at least once & put it back together the right way again.)
Of course all of this led to link-clicking & flickr-looking & a whole lot of excellent blog discovery, which in turn led to a piece falling into place for me: I have been thinking for some time now about whether I wanted to add a blog to glamscience, my business site, but I just couldn't get a good head of creative steam up about an ongoing business blog. Finding the current crop of arts/crafts bloggers, though, people who were doing the kinds of things that I was or wanted to be doing or doing things that I only wish I could be doing, doing it with kids in tow or after hours or in odd stolen moments, just because they can't help but make stuff, got me thinking about a blog that's a little more casual, a little sloppier around the edges, than the strictly-business one I'd first imagined. And now, I'm going to give it a try.
(Oh, & the tablecloth? More of a table-sized placemat really, & it worked out fine -- probably because I didn't do any hemming, ha -- despite being dinged by my fatal sewing flaw, the mostly complete inability to grasp spatial relations of any significance. This is probably why my drawings are almost always tiny, & definitely why I almost always have to take apart a sewing project at least once & put it back together the right way again.)
Glad to see you're joining the craziness of the crafty blog world. It's a hard-to-describe, yet wonderful part of my life. Thanks for the link. I'll be watching to see what you're up to.
Posted by: michelle | March 30, 2006 at 11:32 AM
thanks so much for the welcome! I'm looking forward to figuring this whole blog thing out!
Posted by: daria | March 30, 2006 at 09:27 PM
Hi there, I must say Thank you to you. Ive been wandering n browsing around for ideas for my book cover project but found nothing interesting until i accidently found your blog with many creative crafts that spark an ideal idea.
Keep up the good work.
Im frm Malaysia btw..
Posted by: Nabil | June 08, 2008 at 09:23 PM
Love the necklace! Etsy it up!
Posted by: ed hardy | September 19, 2010 at 01:28 AM