Getting Hitched?

Weddings are in the air...you can smell them.  Here are some wedding ideas.

Get a custom wedding band or engagement ring at Fancy

Custom invites for reasonable prices found here

If you've got a case of the jitters, nothing a little liquid courage can't cure!

The cake toppers by The Air Castle

Cute decorations are found here

Custom flag's for cupcakes or placeholders by Kate Greiner

Don't forget a party favor!  Seed Bombs by Visualingual

And then blamo, you are married!  Fun on a stick

Fiber Arctic- Kate Greiner

It's funny to write about your friend. I love Kate. She's always fun to have around, she's funny, she's nice and a real hard worker. AND she makes awesome stuff. She has a large range of talents so it's hard to pick a favorite. So basically I have concluded that I like whatever she does. She's my friend and should be yours too.



S- How long have you been sewing and what are your favorite aspects to this art medium?

KM- Junior high is when I got really into sewing- I guess that coincides with me getting my first sewing machine. My favorite aspect to sewing is the backwards or reverse thinking part, I am also a printmaker and use the same part of my brain for that- it is satisfying.



S- What are some of your current projects you are working on?

KM- Right now I am making cashmere strawberries and dresses. I try to use almost all recycled fabrics. I keep thinking about Indiana Jones while I am sewing- I am about to add secret hidden pockets to everything.



S- Many artists struggle with living as an artist. You always seem to be working on some kind of project. How do you stay motivated? How do you manage all of your different loves?

KM- My husband and I are both artists and all we do is make stuff. I could never stop…it is a stupid joke to pretend that I could (I do pretend this sometimes). Ideas just come to me and the motivation follows. In terms of managing when I use certain materials first I work to fulfill orders, commissions, and restocking my store then I do whatever the hell I feel like doing!

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Kate Greiner's first ornament.

It’s hard to find a person who doesn’t have at least one good story about the confusion of being a kid. I still remember waking up from a very detailed flying dream (at an age when I was old enough to know better); I eagerly pulled my covers off, climbed onto my dresser in a state of great concentration and flapped my way straight into the carpet.

A lot of artists I love seem to be, in one way or another, inspired by their early years. Kate Greiner is no exception. Last week she told me about cashmere elephants she was working on for Nancy. For her very first Christmas, Kate’s mother made her a yellow, elephant ornament with a “1” stitched onto its side.


Kate explained the above ornament as the inspiration for her new cashmere ones.


There’s cute Kate Greiner standing by the tree and her elephant.

Here is an example of the elephants Kate started making –









First off, I love this elephant! Its shape and eyes are incredible. Secondly, when I was taking the photo, he kept making an endearing, slow motion topple onto his trunk. It made me laugh every time.

Do any of you have plush pieces from your childhood that still inspire you today?

Also, if you can’t make it down to see the shop (Nancy is neighbors with Schmancy and Fancy Pants), Kate keeps a flickr and has just started an etsy shop. The elephants will be featured soon!!