Well, I have suddenly found myself in the toddler-passed-out-in-the-carseat trap so after a trip through the Burgerville drive-through, here I am in my car, in front of my house, with my laptop jammed awkwardly between myself and my steering wheel. Thank goodness for wi-fi! I had planned to post some new Valentines to make but…
I wanted to share some of our Valentine’s Day crafts (toddler edition), in case anyone else is looking for a fun and easy project to try with little ones. Pearl’s school is hosting a little Valentine’s party on Friday and I volunteered to help the kids (ages 18 months to 3) decorate their treat bags…
Pearl and I are heading down to Salem Thursday afternoon to testify in favor of SB 1032 — the bill I mentioned the other day. It’s up for vote soon and if it passes, it would ban BPA in all children’s products here in Oregon! The Oregon Environmental Council invited me to speak and submit…
Reading Frenzy is hosting their 11th Annual Valentine’s Invitational with a silent auction of artwork by dozens of contributors, including me. Thank you for inviting me, Chloe! The show will benefit the Special Education PTA of Portland, and the opening should be a lot of fun! Stop by the shop on Thursday, February 4th between…
I’m so happy to report that from what I saw, both Haiti fundraisers were a huge success! We brought our bag of food, diapers, and first-aid stuff to the Super Sunday event right when it kicked off around 11. It was so great! They were setting up the food (vegetarian and meat barbecue, awesome) and…
There are two events for Haitian relief this Sunday, January 31st here in Portland. I’d love to see you at either of them! First, from 11 to 5, Jeff Lorton, the organizer of the Portland Haiti Relief Container, is hosting a Super Sunday event to fill a second (!) shipping container with supplies and food…
I got a very fun assignment recently: I wrote a round-up of my favorite kids’ art and craft supplies for CRAFT:’s Bazaar section! Each product review also includes a handmade spinoff version like melting your own crayon discs, making an easel from a stepladder, and making a colored-pencil roll-up case (if you’re less of a…
I wish I could be in Los Angeles today… my friend Jenny is hosting a bake sale for Doctors Without Borders at her lovely shop, Home Ec, this afternoon! I hear there will be heart-shaped vanilla sandwich cookies and double chocolate brownies and all kinds of delicious treats. Stop by and pick out some favorites…
My first post listing crafty fundraisers for Haiti was getting pretty long after several updates (yay!) so I wanted to spotlight the local events I know about going on in Portland in a fresh post. Please check back there (and don’t miss the wonderful round-ups from Lee over at Threadbanger and from Victoria of sfgirlbybay)…
Like everyone else, I was devastated to hear the terrible news of the earthquake in Haiti this week. My thoughts are with everyone there and I hope that relief efforts will be swift and sure. I have an empty Etsy shop and no time to fill it with crafts or books to benefit those who…
Thank you to CRAFT: for posting up one of my favorite little projects from awhile back this week: felt needlebooks with appliqued covers! This was originally a Quick Craft project I contributed to their print issue 06, and they were nice enough to republish it on the site this month as a flashback. It’s good…
Happy new year! I hope you had a lovely holiday season and plenty of black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day — we had three servings each, including firsts and seconds at Paschal’s in the Atlanta airport on our long trip back home. After a busy December with lots of travel, I’m so happy to be…