Just a quick note to let you all know that tomorrow I will be at Canzine, Canada’s Largest Zine Fair.

Canzine runs on October 29, 2006 from 1-7pm at The Gladstone Hotel 1214 Queen St. West (Queen just East of Dufferin), Toronto, Ontario. There is $5 admission fee which includes the latest issue of Broken Pencil.

I will there selling my brand new Critter Charms, Apple Scarves and Heart Totes, as well as some older favourites. Please stop by and say ‘Hi’!

See you tomorrow!

I forget some times how important it is to take breaks, and I really needed the time I took just to feel like I could tackle everything that needs to be done.

Lots of updates tomorrow!

Kevin has informed me that the “RSS Feed(My RSS Feed)”:http://karissacove.com/feed for my website is fixed, if you’ve been having problems with it.

I didn’t even know it was broken, he’s keeping secrets from me!

(You can subscribe using the icon above or by the icon at the bottom of the page, under “Updates”.)

Doesn’t it look different around here? Welcome to part one of my new website, and the beginning of a fresh start for me. When I wrote about getting back-to-basics, this is what I was planning to do, chop down my website and my business and build it up again from scratch.

I love being crafty, it’s my favourite thing in the entire world, and I want to share that feeling instead of keeping it all bottled up. When Kevin (my main squeeze and partner) and I went back to the drawing board, the thing I wanted most was to be able to share all the crafty things I do, and show everyone else how to do them as well.

The first thing I’m going to do on the site, while the rest of it is being built, is document the process of making my next project, a purse made especially for knitters! This is something I’ve wanted for make forever, ever since I picked up needles, and I’ve got a tonne of ideas to work with.

The website’s going to be changing a lot over the next few weeks, as well, there’s a new shop on the way and I’ve got plenty of other crafty tricks up my sleeve. I feel so happy right now, I love my new website!

Now I’d rather mail out all the totes and iPod slippers at super great prices than pack them away, so starting right now until this Saturday April 8th @ Noon, all of the remaining sale items in my shop will be an additional 25-40% off! That there’s some big savings, folks!

Don’t make me store these purses in the back of my closet, they’ll be so sad!

For those that don’t know, the Next Big Thing is an annual call-for-submissions from Fred Flare, who picks the best crafty & cute stuff and sells it on their fab website, here’s “last year’s winners”:http://www.fredflare.com/diary/nextbigthing.php?xid=117fbb83b8294438b28cfe2cd417b3c0.

Ok, back to my entry…

It feels weird to have my stock so low, it makes me nervous. I’m pretty excited with what’s coming next, though, and promise to have more details soon.

What I can tell you is that there’s a new website coming, sorta — It’s really this site but a lot simpler. (“Kevin”:http://houseofirony.com/ might as well be using a chainsaw to build it.) After this sale wraps up, the cat’s coming outta the bag, I swear.

Hope you enjoy the first day of Spring!

Just so’s you know, this is the last of all of these products, and they won’t be available again (including my zines).

Really, I’m excited about what comes next, but one thing at a time, right?

You’ve probably noticed that my site has been moving pretty slow, I haven’t been posting or drawing or anything like that. I’ve just been so darn busy and frantic with balancing life, business, family, odd jobs and keeping up with wholesale orders — and it’s making me feel dreadfully overwhelmed and just about stressed to the max. (I’m sure you all know the feeling!)

So instead of feeling that way, I’ve been trying to think about what I REALLY want to do. I really want to get back to basics. It’s easy to let your head get the best of you and kind of forget about what actually makes you happy.

Later this week, I’m going to be putting everything in my “Shop”:http://karissacove.com/shop on sale, and after it’s all gone, I’m going to try something different. I’ve started designing and making prototypes for a new product that I’m sure all you crafty girls are going to love.

More soon, I promise!