Chaotic Whimsey

Getting pieces finished for the Mistletoe Market next Saturday. It's going to be a full day out here in Taylor with the Mistletoe market, the Christmas parade and tree lighting, the holiday market at Old Taylor High, the soft opening of the new gaming shop too! I wish I could go to all of it!

(Events are in the comments-- add more if you know of anything else!)

I went to a lovely natural dye workshop lately at H2Grow near Bastrop. TheDyePriestess led us in getting some beautiful things dyed, and Hannah (owner of H2Grow) made a super tasty meal for us to sample while working.

I probably should have taken more pictures, but was loving the space and the company.

Featured in this pretty treasury:

Frosted Cranberry by Melissa Davison on Etsy

I don't know about you, but I keep seeing the thing about using sharpie on ceramic and baking it on Pinterest and thinking it's too good to be true. Here's one blogger's well executed test---

Sharpies on Ceramics It's all over Pinterest...that you can draw on ceramics with a Sharpie and bake at 350°F for 30 minutes and it's permanent. I've used a number of special glass paints available at the local craft s...

Aren't these adorable? Something my mom gave me when she closed her antique shop.

Oof, a bit behind with my shop. Newest orders packaged to mail though! Including one to Switzerland. Fun!

Second batch of fat quarters. A bit more earthy that the first batch

A glance at my latest dyebath. This was one of my favorite color sessions from this set of fat quarters.

Mixing up some more dyes on my hot hot screened in porch this afternoon. A bit tight of quarters since the bunk bed my husband is building for our girls is still out there too, about half done.

Check it out :)

12 Custom Dyed Fat Quarters A pile of fat quarters for your quilting or applique enjoyment! I custom dye these using a low immersion dyeing process when I get the order, on