Crafts by Chris

Musing on polymer clay, beads, jewelry and other stuff.

spring colors

Even though winter hasn’t officially started yet, it’s time to be working on those spring designs. I’ve been working on mixing up colors inspired by the PANTONE® spring/summer 2010 collection. I put them together in an ebook which is for sale in my Etsy shop and ArtFire shop. It includes 38 polymer clay color recipes [...]

lots going on

I haven’t disappeared, just been super busy. I had a baby shower to put on for my daughter.
The cake I made for the baby shower.

Here’s the blanket I crocheted for the baby.

AND I’ve been working on a big order among some smaller ones. Here’s what went out the door today. I hope to get [...]

RAGBRAI

RAGBRAI is the longest, largest and oldest bicycle touring event in the world. Indianola was the overnight stop for Tuesday. We happened to be directly on the route, so we spent the day watching and greeting the bicyclists. The first bikes rolled in around 8:30am and they were still coming in at 9:00pm.

All but one [...]

ahhh summer

Why is it that the cold dreary days of winter seem to drag on and on while summer just flies by?
Between bead orders, kids, summer activities, etc., I just don’t manage to keep up with everything. I finally got around to working one of the ideas from the sketches I showed in this post, [...]

each day is an adventure

There is never a dull moment around here. Yesterday, my son, Brandon, had a routine check up and was due for a tetanus booster and something else. So, the nurse comes in and gives him the shots. Brandon then leaned forward a little and I thought he was goofing around until he didn’t stop. The [...]

garage is down

The garage is down. We still have some small stuff to clean up if it ever quits raining. Now, I’m trying to catch up on bead orders and some new things to list.

Yes!

It was a resounding YES for including a coin in bead photos for size reference. So, I will start including at least one photo with a coin for reference.

Last week was a busy one. Ben had a doctor appointment on Monday, Ben’s school music program was Tuesday evening, daughter’s taxes Wednesday, and finally completed [...]

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