Idyll, not Idle, Hands

It’s brought up to me, quite often, that Idle Hands are the devil’s playground. Yes, I know this, that’s why my shop name is Idyll Hands. My hands are poetic, musical, dreamlike – in no way would the devil have time to play around on these hands. As you can tell from my previous post, […]

And go!

Today marked the start of my “handmade for the holidays” marathon that will take over the next couple of weeks… scratch that, few weeks. While I’m not going to go entirely handmade for this season, I am going to do as much as I think will be valued. I’m not going to lie, handmade is […]

all I want for Christmas

As I’ve spent time this past weekend browsing around my favorite blogs, I’ve begun to make a mental list of things I want for Christmas. I’ve noticed as I’ve grown older, or wiser, or more mellow (can’t be sure which) that my tastes have changed dramatically. Or, perhaps it’s not my tastes as it is […]

Giving Thanks

Sweet Potatoes – something to be VERY thankful for Happy Thanksgiving to all of my friends, blog readers, customers and random people who happen upon this post today. I hope you all have a chance to take some time to really enjoy the day, no matter where you are. I’ll be watching the parade, snacking, […]

Things

Yesterday I posted some pictures on Flickr of things that made me happy at the time. I got a couple of exciting things in the mail and I was making a spectacular dinner and those things just made me happy. Along the same lines, I’ve noticed a lot of people posting on their blogs or […]

Well Hello

Yes, I do manage to finish a big project every now and then. These little fingerless gloves might look small, but this was a very big project for me. I picked out roving from my stash, spun it up specifically with these in mind, set the yarn, waited for it to dry, waited some more, […]

Photoshop makes me a happy girl

Laila, AKA Rawfish on Etsy, shared her photoshop tricks on Flickr. Now I’ve gone Photoshop happy and I’m not too proud to say it. Hi, I’m Erin, and I’m a Photoshop addict. Well, addict is a strong word. I’ve only made a new banner for Woolyhands and this cute little image as seen here…… but […]

Holiday Ideas

I’ve got so many different Holiday ideas for my fiber shop swimming around in my head and no time to do them and it’s killing me! Okay, I’m making that up, I have plenty of time to do them, just not before my next show which is… uhh… two days from now! I had HUGE […]

Another one bites the dust

Another show down, one more to go. The Handcrafted Holiday boutique that I participated in on Saturday night was a success. The crowd was down compared to last year but I’m really thinking the random warm spell we’ve had didn’t help. People aren’t in a Christmas mood when you can practically wear shorts during the […]

Did someone say shopping?

Come one, come all to the Handcrafted Holiday special shopping event! Bring a friend, bring 2, heck, bring three and head over to Walton Arts Center’s Nadine Baum Studios on Saturday, November 7 between 6PM and 9PM to enjoy some great snacks, tasty drinks, wonderful massages and fabulous shopping! It’s a great chance to buy […]