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Sunday Snapshot: Pretty Paper Flowers
Sunday Snapshot: Pretty Paper Flowers | The Zen of Making I’ve never been much of a paper crafter, but I just can’t stop thinking about making paper flowers. Ever since last weekend, when I took Kayte...
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Sunday Snapshot: All of the Scissors
Sunday Snapshot: All of the Scissors | The Zen of Making Sometimes, a girl just needs to line up her favorite scissors and gaze at them lovingly, know what I mean? *sigh* I do love a pretty pair...
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Sunday Snapshot: Tea Leaves Cardigan and Simon the Cat
Sunday Snapshot: Tea Leaves Cardigan and Simon the Cat | The Zen of Making I left the room for five minutes during my Tea Leaves Cardigan update photo shoot, and when I came back, Simon the Cat had...
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Sunday Snapshot: Colette Patterns Party
Sunday Snapshot: Colette Patterns Party | The Zen of Making Yesterday, I got to meet Sarai from Colette Patterns at her New York Spring Party at Brooklyn General Store! Spending the evening in a room...
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Sunday Snapshot: Spring Comes to Brooklyn
Sunday Snapshot: Spring Comes to Brooklyn | The Zen of Making Spring has sprung in Brooklyn! I took full advantage this weekend by partaking in two of my favorite warm weather pastimes: drinking beer...
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Sunday Snapshot: Beer, Knitting, and Porch Sitting
Sunday Snapshot: Beer, Knitting, and Porch Sitting | The Zen of Making Beer, knitting, and porch sitting. Two days packed with fun, food, friends, and relaxing. Really, does it get any better than...
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Sunday Snapshot: A Very Dremel Weekend
Sunday Snapshot: A Very Dremel Weekend | The Zen of Making It’s been a very, very Dremel weekend. Today, I picked up a shield accessory for my beloved (and, alas, much in need of replacement) Dremel...
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Sunday Snapshot: Crocheted Cat Nap
Sunday Snapshot: Crocheted Cat Nap | The Zen of Making Pixel kitty, curled up in his crocheted cat bed, all tuckered out after a long day of bird watching from his brand new kitchen window seat. He...
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Sunday Snapshot: In Search of the Perfect A-Line Skirt Pattern
Sunday Snapshot: In Search of the Perfect A-Line Skirt Pattern | The Zen of Making It’s a dreary, rainy Sunday here in Brooklyn, and the only thing I want to do is sew. More specifically, I want to sew...
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Monday Snapshot: Handmade Ceramics
Monday Snapshot: Handmade Ceramics | The Zen of Making Hello from lovely (somewhat damp) Portland, Oregon! While we’re here, Jeremy and I are staying with our pals Elsa and Tyler from Always with...
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Sunday Snapshot: Pixel the Yarn Cat
Sunday Snapshot: Pixel the Yarn Cat | The Zen of Making Due to the unscheduled post-trip death of my beloved laptop—and the subsequent acquisition of the MASSIVE 27" iMac desktop and iPad Mini that...
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Sunday Snapshot: A Very Hexie Week
Sunday Snapshot: A Very Hexie Week | The Zen of Making This week, I snatched up all the spare moments I could, then I spent them making hexagons. There are quilt blocks in progress, my friends! What do...
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Sunday Snapshot: Booze and Hexies
Sunday Snapshot: Booze and Hexies | The Zen of Making Turns out, much like knitting and crochet, hexies make for excellent bar crafting. Once again, English paper piecing FTW! Sunday Snapshot: Booze...
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Sunday Snapshot: The Crochet Perfectionist Blues
Sunday Snapshot: The Crochet Perfectionist Blues | The Zen of Making A mere two inches from finishing the second sleeve on my crocheted lace cardigan, I ripped the whole thing back to fix a mistake at...
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Sunday Snapshot: Hooray for New Sewing Needles!
Sunday Snapshot: Hooray for New Sewing Needles! | The Zen of Making There are few things in this world that I find quite as satisfying as a pristine new book of sewing needles. They’re just so lovely...
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Sunday Snapshot: Drawing Cats in Bed
Sunday Snapshot: Drawing Cats in Bed | The Zen of Making Yesterday, I finally purchased a drawing book and took the first steps toward overcoming my fear of sketching. (I’ll tell you about the book...
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Sunday Snapshot: CHA Summer 2013 Las Vegas Highlights
Sunday Snapshot: CHA Summer 2013 Las Vegas Highlights | The Zen of Making What’s even more ridiculous than Las Vegas? Las Vegas filled with crafters, of course! This year, CHA Summer 2013 took over the...
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Sunday Snapshot: We Made a Giant Crochet Hook!
Sunday Snapshot: We Made a Giant Crochet Hook! | The Zen of Making Today, Jeremy and I made a giant size T (22mm) crochet hook by hand, and it was awesome. Hooray for trips to Vermont and hooray for a...
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Sunday Snapshot: Hexie Cat is Helping
Sunday Snapshot: Hexie Cat is Helping | The Zen of Making You know that moment when you’re trying to finish up a tutorial shoot, but the cat decides that it’s nap time? Yeah, that. Ah, cats in the...
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Monday Snapshot: Simon the Cat, Craft Photo Stylist
Monday Snapshot: Simon the Cat, Craft Photo Stylist | The Zen of Making “I want to help you take craft photos, mom!” I hope you’re all having a great Labor Day! As you can see, Simon and I have spent...
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