I’ve found a slew of new color tools, thanks to 99designs’ morning tweet about this awesome and very thorough blog post on Different Methods for Choosing Color Schemes in Web Design! In it, web design agency Vandelay Design…

Wall, Info, Photos, Discussions, Boxes. Those default tabs on Facebook Business Pages are great, but oh so limiting don’t you think? Sure, you want all your standard business info on your fan page. But what about that special content, like…

Anna gave me a gift certificate to fabric-printing company Spoonflower awhile back, and I’ve been hoarding it while trying to come up with just the right fabric design. But how’s I gonna do that?! So every now and then…

Have I mentioned that I love weddings? I’m excited enough as it is to see our new friends Rob and Elisa get married tomorrow in Berkeley, but I’m looking forward to it that much more because I had the privilege…

First, a tribute to the web phenomenon that inspired the title of this post:

Admittedly, I’m a late adopter of Google Base and have only recently uploaded my Etsy shop products to the free service. Part of my…

So you’ve picked yourself up a fabulous new pillow cover or two from the shop, and now you’ve gotta find the perfect insert. You could sew your own, but perhaps you want more instant gratification.

This post…

I’ve spent countless hours over the past several months struggling to improve the product photos in my Etsy shop. Happily, I’ve now worked it out to a relatively pain-free photography workflow that works for almost every product that I currently make, and Google’s Picasa3 had a lot to do with it. Here’s how I use it.

The Mission
Create custom-fit clothing on the sly for Snuffles the stuffed elephant and Dirty the stuffed dolphin for Eric (aka Bang) to present to Vyl as a surprise Christmas Valentine’s Day gift.

The Subjects:

Snuffles and Dirty,…

Shave minutes off of your work day with this collection of handy shortcuts for managing your Etsy shop, Gmail and of course Windows XP. Come on, you know you’re excited.

These are the latest bright and billowy pillow covers that I’ve added to the shop. They’re 18″ square cases that come on and off the pillow insert of your choice with an invisible zipper, and the edges of…