Welcome

Fusion Handcrafts offers accessories and home items made by blending modern and old-fashioned methods, materials and designs.I currently offer a constantly growing line of soap and bath products, as well as knit and crochet items.
Welcome to the Fusion Handcrafts blog.

Hello fellow "forward thinkers". That's the new term for us old-fashioned folks that choose to grow and make our own "stuff", according to "Ivory" at Little House in the Suburbs.
For the first time in almost 40 years I get to be hip.
Well, this blog will be my place to share about what I do to live more naturally and frugally. And to get to "meet" you folks that are also interested in such things. I will give info on my soaps and other products available (for those of you who would rather buy natural items) as well as give info about how to make some stuff (for those of you who prefer to make natural items.)
If there is something you would like to see included or that you have questions about let me know.

Friday, March 27, 2009

Hi, welcome to my first blog. I am BobbieSue Hill and I am the owner of Fusion Handcrafts. My website, www.fusionhandcrafts.com lists all of my currently available items with new items being listed weekly. Here is an excerpt from my wholesale catalog as an intro.

Like I said this is my first adventure into the world of blogging. As soon as I figure out how, I will post some photos of my soaps and a little more info. In the meantime, at least say "hi".

What it is

Fusion Handcrafts is a business that offers accessories and home items made by blending modern and old-fashioned methods, materials and designs.

How it Started

Fusion Handcrafts is the result of a lifetime of making things with my hands. From simple embroidery and ornaments to pass the time with my Grandma when I was child, to woodworking and remodeling to be with my father as a teenager, to sewing wedding dresses to pay for college, to making cloth diapers and diaper covers to save money when my kids were little, to now, as a Homeschooling mom of three I find myself knitting and crocheting to relax and maintain my sanity while I oversee the children's schoolwork. And let’s face it, there are only so many knit items that one family can wear, once there is an afghan (or two) for every bed and a scarf and hat (or two) for every head, something has to be done. Eventually you’ve got to sell some of them. So I started selling stuff online. First I sold on eBay, now I have my own website.

Where it’s going

For a few years Fusion Handcrafts has been mostly about yarn– buying yarn, winding yarn, knitting yarn– then last year my daughters and I did a soapmaking project with a couple of their friends. And that started a new obsession. So I had to make room in my knitting studio for soap supplies. I currently offer a constantly growing line of soap and bath products as laid out in this catalog. I will soon be adding liquid soaps and laundry soaps.