A Crunchy Life

Whether it was taking a design from sketch to reality. . . . . . or finally finishing a sweater for me that I’ve been knitting since January, it was a week for following things through to the end. I’ve continued to work on my the idea of “if not now, when?” in my daily [...]

That sounds nice, doesn’t it?  Balance, like I was finding peace and tranquility, right? In actuality, my balance was one between little bouts of freak-out and finding my breath and being present.  There may have been more middle ground, but to be honest, the week is a bit of a blur. Why, you ask? It [...]

I recently got news that I was accepted as a vendor in the Mayday Underground 2013 Spring show! So, amidst day job, getting back from a wonderful visit with my BFF, her spouse, and adorable new baby, I added gearing up for this show to my practice plate.  It feels so good to make in this [...]

Coming to A Crunchy Life on Etsy in June 2012 . . . First up will be this one, by the end of the week: All outer fabrics are organic cotton, lining fabrics are traditional cotton. If you see one that you’d like, send me an email or convo me on Etsy and I’ll save [...]

Mayday! Underground was this past Saturday.  In a word, it was fantastic.  I went into the show very nervous because the last time it was held here was my first show and I didn’t do that well.  I did my best to let go of expectations ahead of time and just went with it.  Best [...]

That’s what I wanted to share with you this morning.  Our green here has been given a little white accessory, though: Truly, I shouldn’t be surprised as this is typical for where I live, 80+ degrees on Friday, snow on Monday. This sort of weather happens here every year, it seems. I remember one Mother’s [...]

Nothing like an upcoming craft show to kick start me into a mode to make again after simply sketching & daydreaming about making for what seems like forever. I started this design several weeks ago: I’m calling it the “Inside Out Seams Skirt” made in organic jersey knit, it’s a new take on my A-line [...]

I love this skirt and I love the photos L1 took of it.  Sadly I am limited to five photos per listing on Etsy, and one of those always goes to show fabric options.  (Find the listing here!) I had to cut some this time around and these were it.  But oh how hard it [...]

Lately I have this sense that I don’t know what I’ve been doing with  my time.  I certainly haven’t been in this space, as evidenced by my lack of posting.  I’ve had a hard time letting myself be okay with not knowing where my time has gone.  I worry that much of it has been [...]

Today I finished up an order for someone who saw this knitting case that I made for a friend a couple of years ago: She requested a tool case made in the same style. After some talk back and forth about fabrics I made a sketch for her: It was fun to make the sketch [...]