this just in

greyish blues and blueish greys and greyish greys today.

i just added a new batch of shoulder bags to my shop. take a look please, if you would like to.







oh, and a few more snap clutches as well.

been so long

hey, hey!

sheesh! it has been far too long since my last post. this is not to say i have been unproductive. quite the opposite, actually. i have been stitching and stitching and re-organizing and re-thinking on the madebyhank part of life. i finished up some special bags for friends that should have been finished so many months ago. and in the katie part of life, i have been celebrating birthdays and making new friends and finding new adventures and rediscovering my love for baking.

i have also been shy about posting because i have some sad news to share. it is with a heavy heart that i must tell you that i will not be attending the renegade craft fair in brooklyn this weekend.

there are one hundred reasons why, but mainly because, sadly, i am not a superhero. i am just a katie, and i know that i need to catch up and keep my shop stocked and i know that both of those things will not happen for quite some time, and for even more time if i went to renegade. i also need to take care of myself, and these frustratingly delicate arms of mine. i need to keep my body healthy and myself happy and i want my love of sewing to continue to grow.

and so i will stay in philadelphia, and i know many of you will be very disappointed in me, myself included. but! on the bright side, this means i will be able to do a much better job of keeping my shop stocked, so look for new items added daily.

there will be some new clutches later today.

perhaps it was magic

i probably should not type this, but i think the internet has been magically restored in my home! hopefully i am not jinxing myself.

thank you to everyone whose purchases earlier today led to a stocked-then-empty shop in the time it took me to finish my iced tea.

i just snuck a few more bags into the shop, if you want to take a look.

and by technical, i mean technical

i just wanted to say a quick hello and offer a quick apology. our internet is down and i have been trying to do as much as i can from the coffee shop, but would like to ask for a bit of extra patience while i find the internet access and time to respond to each of your requests and inquiries. hopefully the internet will be back to normal tomorrow or perhaps even be magically restored by the time i get home!

in the meantime, please enjoy these photos of the pets, frances houseman and vinegar vincent price. frances and i have been taking care of vinegar while his person (my housemate) is in guatemala. they seriously love each other and have been snuggling and playing and melting my heart.

a sunday well spent

kaitlin and i went to see zoe strauss's photographs displayed under I-95 earlier today. this is year nine of this ten-year project, and i am ashamed to admit that this is the first year i have made it out to see it. there were 231 photographs on display. it was pretty incredible.

because it was raining and because there was a movie theater just a few blocks away and because i sort of love beyonce, we went to see obsessed afterward. it was pretty entertaining. the fight scene between her and ali larter is pretty badass.

all in all, a sunday well spent.

a certain preppy alligator

here's the thing. remember yesterday when i said i would list that small batch of new shoulder bags? well, about ten minutes ago, i did just that very thing. and about thirty seconds later, they were nearly gone! sold! tomorrow they will be on their way to their new homes, and i am very flattered and excited.

thanks everyone!

and if you missed today's update, do not despair! more to follow very, very soon!







as of now, there are two of this style available. these fabrics together with the handles remind me of that certain preppy brand with the alligator. you know the one (it rhymes with schacoste).

... and by technical, i mean emotional

hello!

i am here!

and i am sorry!

madebyhank has been experiencing some technical difficulties.

i am very, very glad that april is just about over, because i am completely over this month. this has been sort of a terrible month for me. i moved to a new home/workspace at the beginning of the month, and have been busy mending a broken heart and settling in and organizing (and turning twenty-eight). but mostly i have been busy being sad and distracted and frustrated (and watching four seasons of weeds and two seasons of dexter).

not only has my heart been hurting quite a bit, but my brain is a little overloaded also. you see, i am terrible with computers and technology of any kind, and also have no knowledge of how to use a camera properly (or at all, really). i invested in a new computer, camera, and printer, but have no idea how to use any of these objects, and it has been incredibly frustrating.

and because up to this point, the person who is no longer sharing my life with me took such great photos for me, and because i have received so many compliments on them, i am super intimidated to take the giant leap and start shooting them myself.

but! i also do not want to give up, and do not want to let down those of you who have been waiting so patiently. and so! i will just do it, and be not-so-great at it in the beginning but hopefully i will develop some skills with time, and also will have some help from a friend soon, so things are looking up.



i added a few small items to my shop today, and will add a batch of shoulder bags some time tomorrow.

also! i am also working on stocking up for the renegade craft fair in brooklyn in early june. maybe i will see some of you there? more on that soon.