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Bringing sexy back?

By phoenix | September 11, 2009

In the realm of sexy knits, the iPod cozy ranks only slightly above the dishcloth. No one makes an iPod cozy for the glory, the kudos and the prestige. No matter how beautifully crafted, or cleverly designed, chances are a handmade cozy isn’t going to make you anybody’s favorite gift-giver come the holiday season.

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A series of one-night stands

By phoenix | September 10, 2009

Swatches are so low commitment, low time investment. Swatches can be unravelled without guilt. Swatches are the one-night stand of crafting.

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Crafting in the ‘burbs

By phoenix | September 8, 2009

Every year the tiny village of Arden invites people to celebrate the end of summer with a craft fair featuring arts, theatre, music and food.

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Norwegian Boatneck

By phoenix | August 14, 2009

A finished project I can blog about! Really!

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Movin’ on up

By phoenix | August 10, 2009

It is accomplished, to borrow really loosely from The Last Temptation of Christ. Or as George and Weezy might say:

“We’re movin’ on up, to the East Side, to a self-hosted server in the sky–i—y….”

Well, I don’t know if the server is in the sky, but we’ve finally got our piece of the self-hosted pie.

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Being social

By phoenix | July 23, 2009

I haven’t had a lot to blog about, but I have been catching up on the social networking, namely, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and even Plurk. If you are on those networks, you should see me pop up from time to time.
Also August marks a break in me doing projects for others so I may [...]

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