Studio life isn’t always resin pours and glitter mixes — sometimes it’s cuddles, coffee breaks, and dogs who remind me what it means to just be. ✨
This is Harley + City (a.k.a. my biggest critics and softest supporters). They don’t care if I had a messy pour or a perfect finish, they just want snuggles — and honestly, that’s the kind of perspective we all need. 💕
Behind the sparkle, there’s a whole lot of love, laughter, and little moments like this that keep the creativity flowing.
Updating organization at the Adabench for the New Year
This coming year, we wanted to update our storage and organization: with about 700 original designs, a couple dozen in progress, and thousands of items in the shop, it's hard to keep track of all the components and devboards we need to test various combinations. Historically, we've used double-sided totes
This tote is "totes awesome" - plenty large with lots of storage, double sided design, solid clips, clear tops and a pleasing, eas
, which are good, but the double-sidedness is a bit annoying, or the little divider boxes for small breakouts
Storing your components in old Adafruit shipping boxes is a fine way to keep organized, but our black boxes make it hard to know what's
, and snap-top boxes for SMT components
Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits : Search Results - Tools Gift Certificates Arduino Cables Sensors LEDs Books
But all these cases were sort of swimming around, and it was getting unwieldy. We're going to try to use the large IKEA ALEX drawers
ALEX drawer unit on casters, gray-turquoise, 263/8x26" A clean look that’s easy to like and mix with other styles, either supporting a desk
- we like them cause they're wide and thin - and maybe use something like gridfinity
The modular, open-source grid storage system for your workshop.
to make a flat storage surface so we can quickly find any PCB or part we need.
#MarchMeetTheMaker Day 9 Catchup: Trial & Error I often liken our one of a kind combed top batches AKA Elli AUs (for alternate universes) to sketches. They are a low stress way for me to not only use extra dye but also to play with new ideas, colors and techniques. Some of these ideas are refined into new, repeatable core colorways and some are just moments in time that a select few will get to enjoy transforming into handspun. Continuing to engage play and take chances in a low risk format is critical for my artistic mental health. How do you engage play in your day to day life? #LladyLlama #LLFC #indiedyer #fiberart #combedtop #handdyed #spinningfiber #handspun #handspunstagram #fiberartistsofinstagram #spinnersofinstagram #spinstagram #handspun #handspunstagram #makerslife #artistlife #handmade #yarnmakersofinstagram #iloveyarn #behindthescenes #wool #dyersofinstagram #dyeing #immersiondyed Image Description: A closeup of four twisted hanks of wool combed top mostly submerged in water in a stainless steel catering pan. Dark royal purple dye has been poured over the bottom half of the fiber and tendrils of the dye make their way towards the undyed portion of the pan. https://www.instagram.com/p/CpoAe0wpSw_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
My four pieces from this week! A fiery wisp, a Swampmother, a loveray, and a lovebird. The Swampmother and loveray are both still available on my etsy!
Yay surprise!✨I am so excited to share with you all that my work has been featured in this months ‘Be Creative’ magazine. This is such a proud moment for me.🤩
You can find the hearts embroidery art inside this feature. There is complete step-by-step guide on how to create your own satin stitch hearts with a small template project of “Trailing Hearts” for you to try!💕
The Kimono Kitty Creator Challenge is now complete! So many adorable and unique kitties were born during this CAL! Check out the submissions and winner on my blog, as well as the Kimono Kitty “family album” on my Youtube channel. Free Kimono Kitty crochet pattern: https://www.sweetsofties.com/2021/03/kimono-kitty.html #crochet #crochetersofinstagram #instacrochet #handmade #wonderwoolmen #crochetpattern #freecrochetpattern #freepattern #freeamigurumipattern #amigurumipattern #yarn #kawaii #amigurumiartist #amigurumilove #amigurumi #makerslife #makersgonnamake #makersmovement #amigurumidoll #crochetdoll #amigurumicat #crochetcat #sweetsoftiescreatorchallenge #sweetsofties #crochetalong https://www.instagram.com/p/CM7U-I7LlsV/?igshid=kgy7b54g38s3
