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It’s been 1.5 years of hardcore Madness for this family, for this Momma. Making my blog public and sharing with you my love of handmade and homemade everything has turned into so much more! I’m back into clay work, finally selling on Etsy, planning my melon trellis, writing my ode to Nutella, COMPETING in crochet design battles and planning a crafters’ retreat for Spring 2014. A few short, busy months has brought about more changes than I can reasonably keep up with but I’m loving the challenge. Thank you folks for supporting me along the way.
TODAY is the day I’ve been waiting for. It’s been weeks now since I found out that I’d been accepted to compete in the Design Wars Challenge and TODAY the final product pics were released and voting has started! Eeeeeeeeeep!!! My design is called the Happy Everything Motif, and I would love your votes but I really want you to vote your conscience and vote for YOUR FAVORITE DESIGN.
Red Heart yarns is sponsoring this amazing event as well!!! No joke! Red Heart!! Not only have they provided the lovely yarn for us (more about that later) but they are providing a gift basket to one of the Voters as well! (Details can be found here.)
Throughout the competition, I’ve been able to interact with the other designers (some were friends already, some are handmade heroes of mine and some are new to me) and let me tell you something, THESE LADIES ARE AMAZING! I’m going to be taking some time here on the blog to do a post about them, and highlight their individual styles and passions. Though this is a battle of sorts, as we pit our design skill against one another, we are also caught up in mutual respect for each others skills and styles. I love this group of talented Ladies and cannot wait to share more about each one of them with you.
In the meantime, make sure you head over to the Design Wars blog to see what they have each designed and to cast your vote~ YOU CAN VOTE EVERY TWELVE HOURS FOR TWO WEEKS, so be sure to make a note to return as often as you can to let your voice be heard.
Below is a pic of my sneak peek photo (mistake and all) . . . before you head over there to see the finished design feel free to leave a comment below with what you think the finished item is.
When the Design Wars Challenge is officially done and the votes have been tallied, I’ll be making the pattern available on Craftsy, Etsy and Ravelry. Can’t wait to show you more pics of the projects I’m making with it.
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Are you familiar with Design Wars? It’s a wonderful crochet design challenge hosted by Baca Creations and now sponsored by Red Heart Yarns. I’ve been following this event since it started two rounds ago and one of my crochet world buddies won the DW2 challenge last time! Congratulations Jonna (Frayed Knot)!
So I’m writing this post to tell you about this awesome, incredible and inspiring event and also to announce that for some reason THEY ARE LETTING ME COMPETE IN THIS ROUND!!!! Whoohoo!!!!!
I received all of my gorgeous yarn from Red Heart and now I’m in the design phase. What an exciting venture this is going to be!
I can’t divulge too much just yet but I can say that starting tomorrow (4-24) there are going to be giveaways EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR 40 DAYS and SUPER DISCOUNTS IN EACH NEWSLETTER but you have to sign up for it in order to get the discount codes.
Thank you for coming along on this ride enjoy the DW3 challenge!!
I’ll be offering free patterns and Love Handles throughout the 40 days of freebies so be sure to follow the DW Facebook page to keep up with how to enter for each day’s goodies. Good luck!
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The only think I like better than getting “mad” money to play with is giving Mad Money to play with. Many of you know that I’ve started on a new adventure of working with other handmade businesses to promote and learn from each other. In this giant online world, the saying “safety in numbers” could easily be changed to “success in numbers.”And we’ve banded together to create a wonderful handmade giveaway! We are offering $175 in Etsy gift cards (keeping with the theme of supporting ‘the Handmade Revolution’).
I’m convinced that if we spent more time collaborating, then the millions of cottage industries around this country, and even the world, would be be able to make a dent in our own family economies. All us little guys sticking it out together are bound to be able to stand up and shout over the noise of the mundane, the massed produced, the monotonous. VIVA LA HANDMADE REVOLUCION! I may not be Pancho Via, but I’m ready to overthrow the status quo.
Are you ready to join the Handmade Revolution? Buy Indie, Give Handmade! The amazing Merchants are counting on Folks like YOU to visit, to share and to shop BUT TODAY, THEY ARE GIVING SOMETHING AWAY!
Please follow this link, and enter to WIN $175 IN MAD MONEY! Good luck, may the Force be with you, may the Spirit of the Revolution free your soul!
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It’s just the beginning. I’ve jumped head first and eyes wide open into my familiar old world of polymer clay. I shared with you some samples of the first few hooks (LOVE Handles) and my production line has exploded since then, thank YOU for your support.
There’s a lot more going on too. All quite suddenly, I’m so busy with Mad Mad me that I cannot keep up. How does this happen? It started exactly on January 1st, and has only gotten busier in a wonderful and exciting way. Wanna know what’s in the works?
I’ve started a professional network of handmade businesses and have about 60 amazing shops involved that truly represent the most talented Ladies I’ve had the pleasure to know. The group is called Mad Mad Makers, and my socks are being knocked off daily!
I have an active Etsy shop, finally!! My dream of helping Momma owned and handmade businesses is coming true. I’ve made some local contacts and I’m feeling brave enough to plan a yarn-centric meetup with some online friends (very brave indeed for me). And I’m going to be reaching out to a couple of local businesses to work on building a local Mad Mad me community and to start planning a Mad Crafters retreat for Spring of 2014!!! On top of these exciting events, we’ve got a logo revamp by the amazing Mad Queen Mother (thanks Mom) and even graphics for my network group! So much, so fast, and it’s so exciting. Thank you Lord in Heaven for your rich and unexpected blessings!
You are so appreciated folks, I can never express my gratitude fully for your support and encouragement. So ‘muuaaahhhh!!’ a big smacker for you.
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Do you ever feel like you are just falling into well and the good and bad is just zipping by you. You may catch a glimpse of detail here or there but overall, it’s just a blur?
For the past two months we’ve been sick, infected, dizzy and busy. This old woman needs a real live break from the norm. And I could not be happier that Spring (the real deal, not the the calendar event) is just around the corner.
I’ve got grand plans with my outdoor space, we are in a different house this year, so I have to start over on my beds for the garden, but that is always fun. I’m definitely going to go melon crazy this year, with trellises and lots of lovely hanging melons that I cannot get in the stores.
And I’ve FINALLY picked up my clay work again. Really and truly picked it up and run with it. It’s been years since I’ve created new canes and I’m very out of practice but it is slowly coming back to me. I’ve got some pictures to show you all my first creative passion (besides guitar and singing).
I started working with Polymer clay when I was 17 years old, 24 years ago. And it is my first crafty love.
Here is the part that is simplest to do but the most difficult to plan. What shall I make this time? How shall I combine the colors this time? The endless possibilities are just boggling.
It was fun making anatomically incorrect butterflies, my ode to the 70′s.
And then applying the canework to various crochet hooks. Combining my two crafts is quite fun.
The ‘stained glass’ looking canes are still my favorite. There is no end to combining color and shapes and both the symmetry and contrast are very appealing to me.
More hooks!
This is my new workstation. I’ve got this set up in the corner of our bedroom and the creative clutter is both exciting and overwhelming at the same time. Thank goodness it stays over there, in the corner.
Hooks can be purchased in my Etsy shop.
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Hello. I am the proud mother of 3 creative children and married to an adorable man who loves me more than coffee. My blog is filled with the Madness of our home, our lives, our hands, and our Love for each other. All toil is for my family, whom I love more than chocolate.
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SO exciting to see so many beautiful items made!! They are ALL fantastic designers!!
It was an honor to vote for you!!! Good luck!
I actually landed on the voting page after following a different designer whom I love. Was delighted to find you today! Happy Everything makes me HAPPY! Good luck!
Great!! Thank you for stopping by and leaving a note, welcome!! ~Charissa
so cool. lucky you!
I love your design- really like the colors I voted, shared and pinterested, ivoted for you loved it good luck hope you win
I cannot thank you enough Ruth!!