30 Days of Creativity - Day 29 Wire Spool Holder

The other day, I was coiling some wire with my fairly new Foredom/drill wire winder set up for the first time.  I had my spool of wire just sitting on the ground as I coiled but that wasn't really working out so well.  The loose wire kept knotting up since it wasn't feeding easily off the spool.  I knew the setup I needed to solve the problem, but I'm not a carpenter so I really was unsure how to implement it.  Enter Scott.  I explained the design I had in my head and the purpose it would serve.

One trip to Lowe's and some time spent in the woodworking shop and he built my spool holder!  The PVC pipe comes off to reveal a metal pipe of a smaller diameter for smaller spools so that the whole rig is interchangeable for whatever spool size I'm working from.  It's nice and big to allow for the larger spools and to be closer to the work area when it's sitting in it's home under my bench.  Plus, the little tray on the bottom will be a great place to store my drill/winder apparatus when it's not being used.

I love it and can't wait to use it!

Wordless Wednesday: Corks!!

No, I didn't drink all of these bottles myself.  They are a collection I got from a friend that works in a restaurant for a craft project that fell through.  Now I have to figure out another project for this huge box of amazing corks.  I'm thinking about making a trivet, cork board, etc...

Call for Guest Bloggers

I've been thinking about adding a guest blogger post for a while now and after reading this post by Kanelstrand, I'm in!  I thought it would be fun for people to hear about a topic often discussed around here from a different perspective.  Or maybe to even branch out in a new direction based on popular themes here in the Armoury.

There's a wide variety of topics that we can focus on for your guest post including but certainly not limited to...
-renaissance (faires, history, etc.)
-jewelry (trends, inspiration, how-to's)
-feminism
-goddess lore
-fantasy
-green anything
-gardening
-blogging, SEO, Google Analytics, etc.
-entrepreneurship, small business, craft business
-craft projects/tutorials
-charity (obviously, I'm a big supporter of The 3 Day!)
-fundraising
-fitness
-alternative health

Or, if you have another idea, let me know!

Why would you want to guest blog?  You'll have a new audience to hear your voice and they just may check out your shop or blog after reading your post.  Not to mention that you'll have permanent backlinks to your blog from the post which will make your blog's rank higher.  Your post will be promoted to over 1,400 Twitter followers and be seen by 60 (average) daily blog visitors.  Guest posting also paints you as an expert in your field and gives you an opportunity to be creative.

I'd like to have a weekly guest post and it absolutely doesn't have to be the same blogger each week, but we'll see how this goes to start.  If you do have an idea to do a series, let me know because I think that would be a lot of fun, too!

Leave me a comment here with your proposed post idea and a way for me to contact you (either your e-mail, through your shop, etc.) or you can also contact me through my shop.  I'm really looking forward to hearing your ideas and working with you!!

30 Days of Creativity - Day 28 Smoothie Experiment

I have massively fallen off the 30 Days of Creativity project!  I've had a couple of weeks of life massively getting in the way but I'm going to try and at least finish up the month.

Today, I really wanted a smoothie for breakfast.  I'm not too experienced making them so I was looking at our Super Smoothies recipe cards.  Unfortunately, we didn't have the full ingredients for any of them, so I just made something up anyway.

Into my blender:
1 banana
1 cup frozen sliced peaches
1/2 cup plain low fat yogurt
1 scoop chocolate protein powder
squeeze of honey

It basically tastes like a chocolate banana.  Very yummy.  In hindsight, however, I think I used too much protein powder and the honey wasn't necessary since it's sweet enough.  Guess that just means I'll have to experiment some more!

What are some of your favorite smoothie recipes??