Last One This Year

12/08/2009  |  No Comments

It's shopping season for sure, and this time last year I had 8 broom orders to fill in the two weeks before Christmas. As soothing as it may be to (read more...)

Post Christmas Post Part I: Ingenious

12/28/2008  |  6 Comments

There aren't really words to describe what the last three weeks have been like... the ones that come to mind are "insanity" "exhaustion" "run over by a Mack truck" and (read more...)

‘Twas the week before Christmas, and down in the shop…

12/22/2008  |  1 Comment

... there was sawing and sanding and painting non-stop; Tools were lined up on the bench in a row, As a girl in her bare feet ran back to and fro; She dreamed of (read more...)

Polka Dots Squared

12/02/2008  |  4 Comments

I wasn't sure what to call this one. MysteryMan suggested "Puff the Magic Dragon" broom, but I think I've settled on just refering to it as Awesome. Also, why in the (read more...)

DIY & Memorial House Update

11/23/2008  |  4 Comments

I bet with all the Red Pepper deliciousness on this page you thought I forgot I owned power tools, but fear notpeople, despite the rapidly decreasing number of usable hours (read more...)

Polka Dots are the new Black

10/20/2008  |  No Comments

There has been a crookedbroom explosion around here lately... and here's one of the newest additions to the crookedbroom family, for Jen in Monroe.   Because there's really no limit to what (read more...)

Because working with paper doesn’t make me sweat…

06/09/2008  |  2 Comments

I had to beat my printer into submission over the weekend so that I could finally put some crookedbrooms business cards together. See? Fun. Seems that I have been starting more (read more...)

Pink-on-Pink & Heaven

05/29/2008  |  7 Comments

Today was a pink-on-pink day...   ...as requested by my oldest and dearest friend, who I first met when I was sixteen days old. She will tell you stories of our childhood wherein (read more...)

Leopard Print Crookedbroom

05/13/2008  |  7 Comments

As promised. The leopard broom! Handle close-up. MysteryMan demonstrating improper sweeping technique. This was an experiment gone right, and thank god since it was a present for MysteryMan's sister and I finished it the (read more...)