Sweet Geekery Cookies and Crochet

09/28/2026

Zucchini Bread!! I am hiding it in baked goods. Bonus content: a tour of my massive kitchen!!

09/26/2026

Hooray for local Art!!

09/24/2026

Vote for local art!! Does it say connection? Does it say Everyday Connections? That is what we want!

Vote. VOTE. VOTE!!

Without "Art", the earth is just "eh".

09/22/2026

So I know it's not cookie related, but if you know anything about this Fiber Goblin, you will know I am a foodie. Today is the last Capitol Farmer's Market on the Capitol lawn and because I didn't have the short one with me, I got to choose lunch. (No offense Mouse, I love taking you with me!)

Look, you have 2 hours left to go buy some incredible stuff from some fantastic vendors. Cattywampus Handcrafted Soda (the tart cherry is divine) J girls Pasties-the BEST, and get some sweet potato pies, so good. BUT get some food at The Fifth String food truck. You cannot go wrong with Fire and Rice Paella, but, The Fifth String will make a foodie's soul happy! I got the Mushroom Miso Poutine and added pork belly. So. Amazing.

Go. Go now. You won't regret it!

09/17/2026

Please go view the Online Gallery and vote for your favorites! We want to show off these talented artists'work!

Though its is absolutely worth seeing this artwork in person, we would love for you to view the work in our Online Gallery and Vote for your favorites in all 3 Divisions. Please share this as we are so proud of each entry and the artists that created them! Good Luck to each one!
https://www.mybluebus.com/artcontest/

09/13/2026

So here's the deal. I have decided that I will be on my business page a lot more. I still have the Gallery Director gig and I love it, but I love you guys more. I want to create fun beautiful cookies and crochet for you including videos and Tanya-Nonsense. We are doing Old Krampusnacht again this year because we LOVE THAT FESTIVAL. You should too. Tell your friends.
I would like to know, my geeky besties, what would you like to see? I am posting something fun below and if you share your name according to the chart and it makes me cackle with laughter enough to scare my cats off the couch, I may have to recreate them as cookies and send you a dozen. Seriously. Ready? Here we go!

Signed, the Bitey Demon Barista🧛🏼‍♀️☕ AKA Tanya, Head Fiber Goblin on this Boat and the Keeper of the Cookies.

09/11/2026

My faithful friends and followers, the time has come! I am building this page up. More presence, more content, just MORE. And if I am going to have any hope of my community being there for me, I need to be there for my community. LET'S GO.

Community, it is time to show up for Deadtime Stories Books & Gifts. Visit this awesome business, spread the word, and rally around a local business. Get into Reo Town and show them we care!

Y'all. I'm EXHAUSTED. A Festival of Oddities always drains the life out of me, but usually in a good way. This year was a whole different ballgame. Those of you who pay attention know that I went into this year's festival running on less than empty. All I really wanted was to get through it. I had no clue how hard that would be to do.

For a full accounting of the tea, peep the posts on the A Festival of Oddities page. The TL;DR version: a Charlotte local (Jonathan Potter, owner of PotterVilla Applied Technology, for inquiring minds) brought in professional agitators from out-of-state to disrupt the festival, and disrupt it they did. When the local police failed to put a stop to their harassment, my plan of attack became to just keep them in front of my booth. If they were harassing me, they weren't harassing someone else.

This, obviously, was not great for sales. Or my central nervous system. So I've got a lot of UFO books and merch to unload, but also, as previously stated, I'm exhausted. I need a break. So we will be CLOSED FRIDAY, 9/11. I need a day to reset both myself and the store, which is full of boxes of festival merch that need to be absorbed into stock.

We will reopen Saturday, 9/12, with some sort of sale for the weekend featuring a clever ufo-ish play on words that I will come up with tomorrow. If you can fit it into your schedule, come visit us. We are open 11-6 Saturday and 11-4 Sunday. Just as much as we need to make some sales and get rid of this alien s**t, we also need to see some friendly faces. 🖤

08/21/2026

Artist friends! Share with your artist friends!!

08/10/2026

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05/15/2026

Hey artist friends and art lovers! Pass the word! We are trying to make this celebration one to remember!

Attention Artists in Clinton, Ingham, and Eaton Counties.
We are collaborating with our good friends at Clinton Transit in celebration of their 25th Anniversary! Their gift request is some new, local art for the Clinton Transit Admin Building. That is where you come in.

We are having an Art Contest and we want you to create some amazing new art to celebrate. And yes, there are definitely prizes! Do you think you can help us get them what they want for their gift?

Questions? Ask away! We are so excited to see what amazing talent we have here locally!