I’m super excited at Ethel’s news this week: Portland’s beloved Knittn Kitten has a new Etsy shop — perfect for those who can’t get to the brick and mortar shop often enough! In other news, I made these lovely raspberry-yogurt popsicles this week after we picked berries a couple times, and they have been a…
If anyone in Portland is interested, I wanted to mention that I’m teaching a Log Cabin Quilting workshop at PNCA next week – July 12-15, from 10 to 4 every day, as part of the Summer of Making. There are a few spots left and I’d love to see some crafty friends in the class!…
Two cool events are going on this Thursday in the Alberta neighborhood, pretty much back to back! First, from 3 to 5, some friends of ours are hosting the first Boxcar Boogie family dance party. Babies under 1 are free, everyone else is $3, and DJ Cuddly Kittens will be playing 80s music all afternoon!…
Yay, I have some new crafty posts up this week! So nice to have them all out in the world and everything. I feel like I’m always working on stuff that will finally get to see the light of day sometime in 2011. I wrote up my five favorite sewing products for CRAFT: – scissors,…
Just a quick post to say that my first day of Summit of Awesome coverage is up on CRAFT:! Thank you so much to everyone who gave interviews and shared photos with me, I’m so appreciative. The Summit was such an amazing experience and I tried to capture as much of it as I could!…
I’m super excited about the Summit of Awesome starting up in a few hours — hope to see you over there! I’ll be around all three days, and I’m covering it for CRAFT:. There are so many great workshops, demos and talks going on (four things at once most time!), and I’m going to do…
a vintage sheet patchwork swap! I am so excited about the pretty, colorful package that just arrived from Katie, who organized the second Vintage Sheet Swap — perfect timing to receive on about the hundredth gray, rainy, dreary day in a row. I really needed the colorful pick-me-up! I sent in ten vintage sheet fat…
Wow, two weeks since I posted last, huh? Things have been so crazy lately — first there was the excellent and busy Crafty Wonderland weekend, then Pearl turned two (yay!) and there was plenty going on for that… plus lots of work and regular stuff, and then in the middle of that whirlwind (thankfully, after…
This weekend (May 1 + 2) is the big spring Crafty Wonderland! I would love to see you there!! There will be fantastic tote bags full of handmade delights to the first 200 shoppers, both mornings! Hundreds of vendors are selling their crafts, and I will have a few things there too. I’ll have signed…
Yay, it’s my giveaway day! I am so pleased that Vickie Howell has offered up a signed copy of Button It Up on her Craft Corps blog today — I would love to have a buddy win it, so please stop by and leave a comment on her post before 8am Central time Friday, April…
I closed comments and drew two random gardening book winners on Friday afternoon, but things have been crazy busy around here since then, so I’m sorry to keep everyone who commented waiting til now! The winners of The Western Garden Book of Edibles and Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades are: #15 – Gillian, who…
I was very excited to review two of my favorite gardening books for CRAFT: this week — The Sunset Western Garden Book of Edibles: The Complete A-Z Guide to Growing Your Own Vegetables, Herbs and Fruits, and Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades: The Complete Guide to Organic Gardening. The publishers have generously offered up…