L's ripple throw

 For a while there, I was crocheting a ripple throw every year! When my mental health fell apart in 2016 (and continued to deteriorate till late 2019), it was one of the many, many activities that fell by the wayside for me. But I picked it back up during the pandemic and now I'm in the midst of another one.I finished this ripple throw for my bestie L back in... April? But I procrastinated shipping...

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baby's first craft fair

 This weekend, I tabled for the first time at a little craft fair.I've mentioned this in a couple of blog posts in the past, but my mom's church has an annual holiday marketplace -- it's a craft fair and a rummage sale and there's a little restaurant aspect, too, where food and desserts are sold from the church's kitchen.My mom's excessively crafty on top of being a fine artist. My youngest sister's...

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miniature books

A random project I have been working on lately is making some more miniature books to plop into my dolls' Huset bookshelf. These two album-sized books are ones I particularly like!I'm sure there are several ways to go about a DIY like this. Different ways to do the pages, or ways to make the books look super realistic. But I'm just kinda doing my own thing using leftover scrapbooking card stock...

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acnh drip part two

I feel like posting anything about Animal Crossing is pretty boring, haha. It's not quite peak zeitgeist anymore. It's trending passé​​. But I frankly don't care! I post about stuff I enjoy! And I really enjoy doing these ACNH lookbooks. For me it's quite fun to look back on all these outfits.As with my last ACNH outfit post, I named each fit. I found that dirty green tank in the recycling...

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mushroom bag!

Just thought I'd post about this mushroom bag I got from Maobabie! (Direct listing here!)I saw prototypes for this bag a long time ago on Twitter and waited ages for them to drop! When they did, I became paralyzed with indecision about what color to get. So paralyzed that I never pulled the trigger on getting one. I don't usually spend much on purses. Buuut I finally ended up getting one when...

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karma (my new old guitar)

Okay, so. On Cure Touch I post about things that make me happy, and this... this. Takes the cake.I need to give a little backstory so I can properly explain the nuclear levels of joy this guitar has brought me. Long post ahead, y'all.I learned to play the guitar in 2011 during a period of out-of-control anxiety. I actually wrote about it in 2012 in this post, on my one-year "guitariversary." (Wow,...

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re-opening my Etsy shop

 For the past couple of months I have been working doggedly towards re-opening my Etsy shop.It's been slow-going, and I'm nowhere near done taking photos for all the things I want to sell (socks, tights, and crocheted stuff). But I'm pretty happy because I did finally get a few listings up yesterday! I thought it'd be cute to make some sock packs: five various pairs for $13. I just have fun organizing...

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sewing Blythe tights

Having mastered the sock creation process, I set out next to make Blythe tights.O, hubris. I bought this pattern, but since I am a sewing ignoramus, I was halted in my tracks here. I think this particular pattern is for people with more sewing experience (or general spatial skills) than I have. Ones who can just see pattern pieces and know how they go together, either because they've done a lot...

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sewing Blythe socks, part two

My number one jam this month has been making little Blythe socks. I have made... so many, it's sickening. I want to estimate I've made about 75 pairs in many varying lengths and colors. One reason I made so many is that I've wanted to re-enforce my hand-sewing skills and just practice a lot, with the aim to increase my comfort level with sewing in general. Another reason is that I want to send...

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acnh drip

I had a nice, chill birthday! I bought that rotary cutter set I linked in my last post and it's a game-changer for me. Sewing clips have saved me already. I'm still hyperfixated on sewing (😅) but I wanted to divert course momentarily to post a compendium of some of my favorite outfits I've worn in Animal Crossing New Horizons. Which I'm still playing! Not with 100% regularity, but in months-long...

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Taurus szn

My birthday's this coming Saturday. Good golly, I'm getting long in the tooth. I think you would not guess my age if you looked at me (although you might clock the ever-present dark circles under my eyes and wonder if I had recently taken a 2x4 to the face -- no, that's just how I look, permanently: severely malnourished, and/or haunted).Anyway, it's been some years since I posted a wish list here....

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sewing Blythe socks

Hey, y'all. I'm still in a sew-y mood. And a post-y mood.I saw this ribbed knit fabric at the craft store and instantly thought I'd like to make Blythe socks out of it. I've always liked the ribbed socks I have. So I got a small bit of these two colors -- kind of a rust and a dusty blush-pink -- and bought this sock pattern off Etsy.Here they are on Wisp and Klara. I've actually made six pairs now...

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springy skirt on

Another post?? Yes! Ah, sewing. I'm not good at it! I desperately wish I could be. I do not have the kind of brain that understands construction and how things go together. It also does not understand sizing things or conceptualizing things in steps. We all have our strong suits and understanding how things work is not mine! But I've been dinking around with hand-sewing tiny doll clothes this...

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