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The Phat Hemp Studios

Saturday, June 13, 2009 No Comments

Like many handmade jewelry makers across the country, I’m pretty much working out of a studio carved out of the little bit of bedroom between the wall, the wardrobe, and the bed. So pretty much I have a table and that’s about it – but you know what, the great thing about having a small [...]

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My House Hunting Adventure

Saturday, March 21, 2009 1 Comment

So I’ve never bought a house before – hell I never expected to be buying a house at 25 to begin with. But here I am, after spending two years cleaning up my credit and getting my income up to where it needs to be to qualify for the house that I’m after. We’ve had [...]

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Yay Happy Bead Day

Monday, March 2, 2009 No Comments

You know what’s nice ? Getting the mail and finding three packages full of neat glass beads! I gotta say that it’s almost like Christmas for me when I get a nice shipment of beads like this in. Now I just have to get a chance to make things with them – as of right [...]

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Phat Hemp Journal #1

Saturday, February 28, 2009 No Comments

I just got back from vacation from my Mom’s, so needless to say my schedule is all over the place. I just started two new writing projects, on top of my original client list, so I’m slowly getting through that while continuing to work on my jewelry. On top of that, we’re getting ready to [...]

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Phat Hemp Update

Saturday, February 7, 2009 No Comments

It’s been six or seven months since I’ve climbed back on the crafting horse after a four or so year hiatus, and now it’s a time for reflection. This has really given me the creative outlet that marketing writing hasn’t, and I love the fact that I’ve met so many cool people. I’m really looking [...]

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My Handmade Holiday

Saturday, December 6, 2008 No Comments

So I like to practice what I preach, so this holiday I am making up 8 different gift boxes full of fun handmade stuff. As you can see in the picture, there are four different handmade items in the box – a lip balm by Faerie Made Soaps, a festive holiday soap from Sun Basil [...]

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Things I’ve Bought on Etsy

Thursday, November 6, 2008 1 Comment

I’ve been on another buying spree, and I wanted to highlight the awesome crafters of both supplies and other Etsy items – enjoy! First for the non supplies: Dennis Anderson is one of those soap sellers that everyone seems to know about and love, and I am so very excited to be trying out this [...]

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Christmas Gift Packaging from Phat Hemp

Thursday, October 30, 2008 No Comments

I got in a shipment of tags from Pacokeco – the Thank You tags are my standard packaging in the gift bags, or you can request a blank gift tag to be attached. And remember, free shipping til Christmas in my hemp jewelry store.

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Etsy Goodies

Sunday, October 19, 2008 No Comments

So I’m a diehard Etsy shopper by this point – so let me go ahead and show you some of the neat stuff I picked up this week.

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Bra Cat Loves Bras

Friday, September 26, 2008 No Comments

I love cats, I really truly do – but god some of ours do the most retarded things at times. This is Domino, he is a giant fat cat (15 pounds) and apparently he desires a pillow…made out of something for holding in dirty pillows. The things I put up with…

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