Archive for February, 2008
Catching Up Just Got Easier
Blogs. I love them. Once upon a time I limited my regular blog reading to the number of links I could squeeze into a toolbar on my computer screen. In an effort to cram as many as I could on the one line, I reduced the names to one or two letters. Eventually, I caved […]
Puzzle Process
I use a lot of scrap paper when I craft puzzles. I save every bit of marginally useful paper I get my hands on: half-empty pages, junk mail, etc. I’m a huge fan of trees and clean air, so I try very hard not to waste paper.
One puzzle today took some serious finagling of […]They’re Here!
My copies of Hogsqueal’s Activity Book and Thimbletack’s Activity Book arrived. Yippee!
They look very slick. Hats off to the designers; they did a great job. Sometimes I wish I were a graphic designer. It looks like a fun job, and I get pleasure out of a good design.
Anywho, there were some bumps along this project […]Preparing For the 2008 Bookmark Challenge
If you click on the links to the right, you can see how I’ve spent my day. I updated most of the pages on this Web site, the official Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy Web site.
It’s time to buckle down and prepare for the 2008 Bookmark Challenge. I need to get shop owners […]New Patterns Posted
I spent many hours today updating the Funk & Weber Designs Web site. Thanks to the Needlework Nutshell newsletter, I do quick monthly updates of the home page, if nothing else, but it’s been several months since I updated more thoroughly. Notice I said “more thoroughly” and not “thoroughly.” Ahem.
I like updating the Web site: […]Research Pitfalls
Thus far, I’ve spent more time researching sports facts and trivia than I’ve spent creating puzzles. Research is addictive, as I think most non-fiction writers will attest. It’s a little like gambling or gold panning: You never know when you’ll hit the jackpot, or find that fabulous nugget of info that will propel your work […]
Still Puzzling
Yesterday, my break from sports puzzles was natural history puzzles. Today, my break from sports puzzles was a needlework puzzle. Hm, a busman’s holiday? I dug out our “new” puzzle design that was about half-stitched in early December and remains about half-stitched today.
Before we left in December, I took the piece off the frame, […]Puzzles, Puzzles, and More Puzzles
It’s all puzzles all the time around here right now. Not a bad way to spend a day, eh?
I am creating puzzles for the Sports Illustrated for Kids 2009 Year in Sports. No, I’m not predicting the future, and I don’t know who will win the 2009 World Series, etc. The contents of the book […]Back in the Saddle
Testing, one-two-three. Testing.
The sheets are off the furniture, surfaces are dusted (allergies are having a hayfever-day), and the tumbleweeds have been released in the wind, on their way to Glennallen. I’m home.
Between December 9th and today, I’ve been home intermittently for a total of 13 days. Research suggests I have a hard time blogging […]
