New dresses, hand dyed totes, and buttons are finally up in the shop!

And, I'm happy to announce my new venture, Craft Test.etsy.com, the home of all my crafty endeavors that don't fit in with Hopeful Monsters.

Fancy buttons, hand spun yarn, and handmade homegoods will be showing up for sale over the next few days. Take a look!

We had a short reprieve from the chilly spring rain and got some lovely, warm, and even sunny days all in a row. The pigs and I spent some time in the front yard eating grass and sleeping (them) and reading and having good beer (me). It was a very pleasant afternoon off work!

I've also been busy practicing spinning with my little drop spindle. I've made three mini skeins that are pretty neat, if I do say so myself.

I love the super textured overspins + underspun slubs, so its pretty fortuitous that my spinning ability allows me to make those!

The new dresses will hopefully be up for sale early next week, if we get enough sun to get some photos done outside.

Sneak Peek!

I've been hard at work, and these little babies are almost ready!