Heartful Handmade Blog

cool looking slippers from broken hallelujah

 Brandy at Broken Hallelujah, in Wilmington, North Carolina, crochets Mary Jane style slippers (or house shoes) that are stylish and fun and come in a variety of color combinations.  She also makes coin purses, coffee cozies, and other useful items.

Visit Broken Hallelujah in Handmade Lookup

karen in the woods wool socks, scarves and hats

Karen (in the woods somewhere in Wisconsin) makes rugs, socks, scarves, and hats using old world traditional methods.  She also spins her own wool (and offers some of it for sale).  

Visit Karen in the Woods at Handmade Lookup. 

valentine's day purse from bags of blessing

This sweet little Valentine's Day purse is 100% felted wool, with a recycled leather strap and wooden beads. At 12" across, 6" high, and about 4" deep at the base, it's also pretty roomy.  $35 at Bags of Blessing in Indianapolis.

Click here for more info.

crochet snowflake ornaments

Here's another set of crochet ornaments that I like.  These are from AniemanCrochet in Akron, Ohio.  I like their snowflake quality and vintage vibe.  And that they remind me of the doilies my grandmother made.

Click here for more info on these ornaments.

 

fun crocheted christmas ornaments

There's something about these wool crocheted ornaments from KkCuriousities that works for me.  Their wooly crafty down-home warmth is in tune with what the holiday season means to me.  And the fact that they're totally unbreakable is definitely a plus.  Click here for more info.

mary's granddaughter creates embroidered artwork

Mary's Granddaughter, in Gainsville, Florida, has brought the embroidered wall hanging to the level of artwork.  These are not your over-the-doorway home-sweet-home variety pieces, but whimsical artistry that combines embroidery with doll parts, keys, needles, and what-have-you on a ready-to-hang embroidery hoop frame.

misi -- new uk "make it sell it" collective

Emma Hogg, in Bristol, England, Is doing her part to advance the handmade movement. Her company, MISI (Make It Sell It) is a new UK based collective that connects people who make with people who buy things handmade. 

way cool warmth

Rosetung's freestanding cowls/turtlenecks are multi-taskers: (1) They warm your neck, (2) they can be pulled up to warm your head or face, and (3) they make you look way cool.

a warm and arty noggin

Rosetung is a self-described "artist-crafter-designer" who took the names of the two grandmothers this Etsy shop owner never knew.  A browse through the shop proves the truth, and the understatement, of that description.  Rosetung's kritted and crocheted creations exude style and artistic expression.  And the preference for natural fibers--wool, silk, cotton--makes them almost precious. 

off the grid wool socks

Victoria Collins went off the grid in 1984.  She packed up and headed for a moutain top in New Hampshire.  Then she invested in sheep and set about living at one with nature, respecting the land and, in her own unique way, "contributing to feed and clothe America."  Victoria's Maple Winds Farm, in Groton, New Hampshire, has run on wind and solar power for over 25 years, but modern satellite internet service brings her handiwork down off the mountain top and directly into our homes.  I was searching for good handmade wool socks.  What I found at Maple Winds Farm is good handmade wool socks woven from hand spun yarn made with wool from sheep in Victoria's small herd on the mountain.