It’s my personal belief that if you start dating someone in the winter, it’s true love. You see, when you live in upstate New York, you spend about six months under layers of clothing, covered in hats and scarfs, with mascara running down your face from the wind making you teary eyed and snot dripping [...]

I’ve been eying Fezya’s IKABags shop since it opened – with so much positive feedback in such a short period of time, I wondered if she would share some of her experiences on Etsy and as a craftsperson with me.
Tell me a little about yourself, where do you live, what is it that you do?
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WHoooa, I actually joined two new clubs, so maybe I get bonus points for that? I’ve joined the sailing club to, of course, learn how to sail, and the Judo club to learn how to kick ass. Or as my friend Kevin put it, to become even more deadly than I was before. I’m somewhat [...]

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Doing new things: So one of my goals was to join a new club at school…and while I will make a separate post at the end of the week on this subject, I actually ended up joining two new clubs. Yay! Anyway, both are quite fun, even if one does involve [...]

Yeah, I kind of really want this dress. Being made out of a wool blend, it seems like a perfect dress for winter….not to mention the color is sure to brighten up the monotone gray days of Troy. However, I just can’t bring myself to spend $148 (+ shipping!) on single item of clothing right [...]

I’m pretty excited because I’ve finally made something that is pretty close to what I was going for. Lately, a lot of my craftiness has been time constrained – people needing things by deadlines…which really impedes on the artistic and creative processes in my opinion. However, with those deadlines past I’ve managed to make some [...]

I never thought wedding cakes were such a big deal…I mean, it’s a cake, you eat it, and then it’s gone forever, so what’s the point in spending a lot of money on one? There are so many wedding shows on right now, and a fair number of them seem to be orientated around “Amazing [...]

This dress is kind of amazing. Louise Fairburn is an award winning sheep breeder in the UK. Her love for her sheep knowing no bounds, she decided to get married in a dress made from the wool of her favorite Lincoln Longwool sheep, Olivia.  The dress cost £1,500 and took a spinner and dressmaker 67 [...]

I recently read Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, a novel I couldn’t recommend more. It is, more or less, the fictional biography of  Jacob, a young man who finds himself joining a circus as a vet during the turn of the century – back when the circuses were huge and still traveled by train. [...]