6/24/2017
I wrote this blog a little over three years ago. I am happy to say that Christine Naugle has just ticked over 20,000 sales in her Etsy Shop. Great to see indie designers making a huge contribution. Congrats Christine! Today T.k. Wilson and I will do a dual blog on Christine of Sweet Potato 3. Christine designs both clothing accessories and toys. I will be covering the clothing, and accessories from newborn through adults, T.k. will be covering the whimsical clothing and toys. First I should note that Christine has an Etsy shop, a Ravelry shop, a Facebook page, website https://sweetpotato3.com/ and designs for sale at LoveCrafts . No shortage of pages from which to buy Christine's patterns! If you follow her facebook page you’ll get updates on the latest news from the drawing table. She's also very interested in and active on her Facebook page. I enjoy reading her posts and updates. I don't know about your experience but in my world babies seem to come to friends and family in bunches. Finding the perfect gift is hard. I mean I put my heart and soul into finding the perfect gift as many "makers" do. (Makers: time.com/104210/maker-faire-maker-movement/ )Every once in a while, but not often, we take a knock for giving handmade. However, when you see designs like those Christine of Sweet Potato 3 you draw in a sharp breath and exclaim " I HAVE TO MAKE THAT!!", loud enough for the neighbors to hear :) . (So you do :)) Picking a few favorites out of the pages of work Sweet Potato 3's Ravelry pages was really a challenge. Mercifully T.k. will be helping to cover more. The baby patterns are too "sweet" (if you’ll pardon a little play on words):
For kids there is a plethora of great accessories that make a great back to school gift or something for holiday gifting. Christine has 3 kids of her own so she gets a lot of practice creating cute pieces. I like her out of the box style.
There are some great accessories for the grown ups too. Christine has designed a piece for many different occasions . She also designs for charity so be sure to check out her designs for the cancer challenge. These patterns
I truly do enjoy all the accessories for men and women. The shawls and scarves designed by Christine are so pretty. Living in the Northern Adirondacks of New York we often have cool evenings even in Summer. I hope you'll read T.k. Wilson's blog for more on the extensive designs of Sweet Potato 3 at laterosedollclothes.weebly.com/ I have very much enjoyed writing about Sweet Potato 3. Her work is inspired and her cancer challenge designs are inspiring. I wish to thank Christine for her hard work and beautiful designs.
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Granted, I'm a bit stuck on Autumn this year. I think because the colors of Autumn came and went so quickly. The remnants of the brightly colored leaves are hanging on, as you can see from my panoramic picture. I live in a place where the difference between seasons is pretty stark, the Northern Adirondack region. Color, however is important in many different aspects of the art/craft/ home decor world. Today's blog deals with color and the palettes of life around us. Nature provides the inspiration for color palettes of many sorts I've created an colors of nature aesthetic board or two of my own on Pinterest. I'm giving it a try anyways :) Like this from my favorite icolorpalette.com made from a photo of my fall hydrangeas. Color options like this can make it easier for my customers to choose colors that they might want in a project. I can't guarantee that I can find the exact colors but having this tool makes the hunt so much easier. My daughter started doing aesthetic boards some time ago. I love the idea. Such a useful tool. However, there are times when a simple color palette will do. Pinterest has a MULTITUDE of color palette boards. However, there are times when a customer, family or friend might want something very specific. The easiest way to find that color is to use the icolorpalette tool. There's no guessing or trying to shop as your customer describes that color to you. For instance my favorite plaid shirt has this great green tone to it and I wanted to make a tank top to wear under the shirt. Here is the color card from icolorpalette.com (I can wear green so that's a good thing!) This color card gives me great options for matching yarns, some of which I probably have in my stash right now. The next project I want to complete is a change to the color scheme for our kitchen. This has been difficult, not only because we are doing most of the work ourselves but also because the supplies are hard to find. Paint, yarn, fabric... all among the things that are very difficult to get in any quantity since May. However, thanks to the Make & Do Crew, we have learned how to shop our stash of yarn and fabric. For instance this next color palette is based on a table runner made of bright crochet cotton. My daughter made this runner couple of years ago. She and I decided to try to incorporate more of colors from this cute hexagonal pattern into our kitchen scheme from our current stash of yarns. With that in mind I created this palette: This simple tool, icolorpalette.com has helped me to develop new ways to use the materials I have at my finger tips. I do tend to get a bit of tunnel vision when it comes to my own stash. I see the yarn but I don't really see the potential in the yarn. I want customers considering my business to know that I don't remain stagnant. Moving forward I can help them choose the right yarns for the right job. Also I have a wide enough selection of yarns in my own stash to create a project even when some yarns are still in short supply. I'm sure many of the makers who read this blog will feel the same way.
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