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I'm back.

Well, hello there readers from the past, present and future. I haven't posted here at HeyJenRenee in awhile. It's actually been almost a year. I moved on to a new blog which I haphazardly named makexdo. I thought it was a brilliant decision and was super excited for a fresh start.

Until I realized that no one could find me. What was I thinking? I had chosen a blog name/brand name that was hard to remember. Let alone say out loud. My papercrafting/scrapbooking friends all knew me as HeyJenRenee. My knitting and Ravelry friends all knew me as HeyJenRenee. My blog traffic was clearly all coming from HeyJenRenee.

Whoops.

So I've decided to come back. To continue blogging in this space I've kept since 2006. Luckily, I hadn't ditched this domain name. Yesterday, I snagged my old Twitter handle and switched back to my old Facebook page and updated all of the social media links everywhere I possibly could. The links to the right all work properly. The posts below are current. So we're good to go, people. Once I imported all of my 2013 posts from makexdo over to this blog, there was a sigh of relief. I am back home and it feels right.

So yes, that was dumb. I am sorry. And not to be a huge pain in the neck, but I would be so incredibly appreciative if you would add HeyJenRenee back into your blog reader. If it's not there already. I will keep makexdo up for another year or so, and everything I've written there has been brought over here. So you won't miss a thing. But pretty please follow me at HeyJenRenee from here on out. I promise I won't leave again.

Sorry for the confusion and THANK YOU for reading. You rule. xoxo.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Here's where I'll be this fall and winter ...

Market Day – Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Market Day – Saturday, October 30, 2010 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Market Day – Black Friday Holiday Show, November 26, 2010

Craft Saturday – Holiday Show, Saturday, November 6, 2010 from Noon - 6pm 

(downtown at the 4th St. Theatre)

Knitting Classes at Ephemera Stationery Studio

Check out Ephemera's monthly 2010/2011 class schedule here.

ABOUT

Hey! I'm Jen. Thanks for stopping by. 

If you've just landed here, this blog is mostly about crafting. Knitting. Concerts and music. (I might be the biggest metal-head you'll ever meet.)

I am a graphic designer, a knitter, a blogger and a maker. By day, I am a stay-at-home mom and at night, I knit and do freelance graphic design. I have been making things ever since I can remember. I scrapbooked photos and memorabilia when I was in school, and spent hours in my room drawing and painting. I went to college to study fine art and graphic design and made a career out of making things look pretty. When Etsy came along, I opened up shop and dabbled in all kinds of things that I could make and share with others. (You can find my Etsy shop here.) These days, I'm making things to sell at craft fairs like Market Day, Craft Saturday and Renegade Craft Fair. I'm also passionate about sharing the love of knitting by teaching knitting classes.

I'm always looking to architecture, graphic design, typography and music for inspiration. I'm a huge fan of heavy metal and punk rock and alt rock. I look to colorful fabric, mid-century modern furniture, and lots of blogs, magazines and mail-order catalogs for ideas that may spark something new. I am truly an A.D.D. crafter, so I'm pretty much all over the place.

(But that totally makes me happy.)


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