Posts from — October 2008

I am hereby calling my first virtual style council. I’m the sister of the groom. The wedding is one month away. I am not allowed to purchase anything new. I need your help!!!

I’ve gone through my closet and pulled out everything I think is even close to working. I’m going for elegant & sophisticated. Though it isn’t formal, my brother will be wearing a tux. It is an evening wedding.

Help me Obi-Wan, you’re my only hope. Comment below on what you think works and doesn’t. Make suggestions. Be honest about how fat my ankles look in those shoes.

Special thanks to the best boyfriend ever: photographer & blog tech support.

Welcome to the craftiest season of the year. If it’s not whipping up your Halloween Costume, it’s creating a holiday meal, warming up with a ball of yarn, or planning a party to share the spirit of crafting with your friends. I’ve been up to the latter!

Tickets on sale now!
Church of Craft‘s DIY Salon at the Museum of Arts & Design!
Thursday November 6, 2008 7-10pm
$10/$9 for members
2 Columbus Circle (their new home)
for more info call 212.299.7777 or purchase tickets here

Join MAD and the Church of Craft for a night of hands-on making, music, food, and drink in celebration of the Museum’s current exhibition Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary. Local do-it-yourself artists (your fellow CofCers!) will demonstrate their personal skills and help guide you in creating your own projects. Techniques will range from making notebooks out of junk mail to making yarn out of old sweaters, among other contemporary twists on classic crafts. In addition to do-it-yourself workshops, the DIY Salon will include handmade snacks, craft beer, and a live DJ. Guided tours of Second Lives will be available. Over 200 people did-it-themselves at this event last year, so don’t miss out this time around!

Just to keep you posted, here’s the juicy details.

opened on our last day in Indiana this summer

I’m a month into my Clinical Pastoral Education Unit, which began in September and ends in April. The class part is once a week and then I have ten clinical hours a week beyond that class time. It is mind blowing, consuming, super challenging, hard, sad, and a little thrilling. I have learned so much about myself and about how to be of service to people in crisis in just the last month, that I’m not sure how my brain and heart are going to hold everything that is yet to come. And belive me, there is more to learn than I could possibly have imagined.

Still figuring out what might be next. To be a board certified chaplain will require four units like the one I’m taking now, plus three years of theological school. Not to mention all the personal work and social networking that seems to also be important (like anything). But is being board certified the goal? Not sure.

one of a kind bag in stock!

I’ve decided to make CallieCo bags my sort of part time job. I’m spending about one day a week trying to sell some of the inventory I accumulated this summer to participate in the fairs and fleas. So you’ll see some one of a kind items pop up on Etsy, and you’ll see less of the custom work I’ve done in the past. I’m trying to keep the bag business simple and fun, so two new rules for me: no more custom work (except for loved ones, you know who you are), and no more selling at shows, fairs, or fleas. Yes, I am still selling things, but it is surprising how much easier it is when you take out the parts that make you cranky, and it is towards something you really care about.

grown with love

Our financial lives feel pretty bleak these days. I had some moments last week, some of those “this is an important moment and things will be different after this” kind of moments. But I’m strangely optimistic. I’m also working at my favorite yarn shop one day a week and last week the proprietor invited me to come build a yurt on her property if the poop really hits the fan. So I’m not too worried. We’ll grow tomatoes and dye yarn.