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I just seem to have slacked off a bit from posting here! This is mainly because I've been a wee bit busy with so many other things, that it's hard to keep up on all of them at once!

I've done a TON of shows this year, starting back in October. I think I had five or six holiday shows, and there were three weeks in a row when I had a show, so that definitely kept me busy. Luckily, my last one for the year was this past Saturday, so I'm actually enjoying a tiny bit of free time now. Not m…

So I've been working sort of sporadically on making Christmas cards over the past few weeks. Last night, I went really crazy with it, and made a portion of about 20 cards, two of which I actually finished. :) I've settled on a fairly simple design for the ones that are identifiably "Christmas" cards. I'm also working on some more general purpose winter cards, which could theoretically be used for any sort of winter holiday or birthday.

I've still got a bit more work to do on all of the…

(Before going too much further, I should explain that "bebe" is the spelling for baby that my sister started using when our nephew was about to be born and for a few months after he was born. Somehow, I just think it's cute. :) )

So I've finally expanded the selection at my Etsy shop to include hats for babies and small children. I did a bit of head size research when I first started making hats, and I discovered that most adults have a head size within a few inch…

Well, in reality, it's not all that new, it's just more of it! :)

Since I did the Seattle Punk Rock Flea Market on Saturday, I decided that I would need to take a lot of stuff that would appeal to punks. So I spent the better part of last week working on bottle cap belts.

These are fairly simple affairs. I punch holes in a bottle cap with an awl-like tool, and find thrift store belts that either have well-spaced grommets…

So I've gotta ask. Am I the only person who loves switching around my featured items in my shop, and thus switching up my Etsy Mini? I think I must change it at least twice a week. :)

What's more interesting for me is that I have the top three in my shop, and then a 2x2 Etsy Mini at Shop Etsy and a 2x4 here. So when I'm setting mine up, I have to think about how they will look in each of those configurations.

The real question, I think,…