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I felt shocked and devastated after the horrible events of March 11 in Japan…and even more so when I saw the reactions of numerous people (some anonymous, some not) on the Internet. I felt compelled to apologize to the Japanese people because of this.
My second video where you can hear me speaking Japanese.
xoxox
Carly
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Forgot to mention this – I was featured on craft-tutorial sharing site Cut Out + Keep a couple weeks ago, as a Crafty Superstar!
Since I was feeling sort of black-and-white at the time and wanted to share a range of projects that utilized a variety of techniques, I contributed four projects (click the name to go straight to the how-to):
Thanks so much to Cat and whole team at Cut Out + Keep – I’m so thrilled to have been featured!
What do you all think of the projects? Anything that you’d like to try out?
xoxox
Carly
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In today’s local newspaper here in the suburbs outside of Portland (circ. 26,000) they ran an article about local people and their efforts for disaster relief in the wake of last Friday’s events in Japan. A small photo of me happened to land on the front page – and hopefully this will be able to attract more attention to everyone’s efforts and encourage people in their support for Japan during this dark time.
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Thanks so much to Angela, Jaime, and the whole team over there for making the effort to get the word out about this! I am so indebted to all of you.
Additionally, I emailed the head of my son’s school on Sunday and let him know about Socks for Japan, and he decided to share it with the entire community of parents, staff, and students, asking for monetary donations to be collected and given to Mercy Corps, and collecting a pair of new socks and a care note from each child if people wished to donate that as well. Sock Dreams, a local Portland retailer of socks and legwear, set up a table selling socks (really nice ones, too) for $2 a pair in front of the school for parents who hadn’t had time to go out and buy a pair…and then donated all the money received to Mercy Corps. This morning as I came into school and bought another pair to send with a care letter from my son, I saw people buying 4 and 5 pairs of socks at a time, and all of them being sorted into boxes ready to ship out for tomorrow.
Despite the obnoxious, petty, and ill-informed voices of critics that have brought so much sorrow to my heart since last week, the events of today brought tears to my eyes when I saw the goodwill and good intentions of so many people manifest.
xoxox
Carly
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Yay! I think this is the first time I’ve seen a photo of someone wearing one of the pieces I’ve made. Joni looks absolutely beautiful, and I love the sweatpants combination with my cross rings!
On her right hand: Silver Itty Bitty Cross Ring. On her left hand: Silver Sideways Cross Single Finger Ring (Silver is currently unavailable, but Gold Double-Finger Sideways Cross Rind and the Gold Single-Finger Sideways Cross Ring still are.)
Joni has a great sense of style and always looks so chic! Check out her blog:
Thanks, Joni, for featuring my rings! I hope you like them!
(And if anyone else out there has posted photos of themselves on their blogs wearing any of my pieces from my Etsy shop…send them my way, and I’ll feature you here!;-)
xoxox
Carly
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Wow, I can’t express how incredibly flattered I am! And to think…just as I migrated my blog and everything looks cattywompus. I love that word – I’ll have to use it more often:-) Amazingly, Chic Steals was nominated in the “Favorite Fashion Blog” category….up against some heavy-hitters like The Fashion Insider and Honestly, WTF…cattywompus, I say!!
This was brought to my attention by the multi-talented superwoman that is Heather Mann, creator of Dollar Store Crafts (which, BTW, is also nominated for an award in the “Favorite Crafty Blog” section!!)
So please check out all of the nominees, votes for your faves and let your voice in DIY be heard….and if you feel so inclined, I’d love it if you could send a vote my way…;-)
xoxoxo
Carly
Edited by Thom of The Sunday Best
Here we are, face to face, a couple of silver spoons. My run as an editor for this venerable list is coming to a close, and as it does I’d like to take a moment to reflect on what makes the internet such an awesome place. Ahem. It’s you. Yes, you! I don’t get to read as much online as I once did, and this list kept me in touch with the, dare I say it, zeitgeist of style writing. I was often amazed at the diversity of topics you writers were willing to tackle. Keep those keyboards clacking, stay strong, and be good to the incoming editors. We are only human.
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xoxox
Carly
Carly J. Cais I am a DIY’er, designer, sewist, maker, and marketer. Chic Creative Life is where I share what I do, and help others bring their unique style into their own lives.
