Kayte Terry has a lovely new craft book out from Chronicle, Applique Your Way — it’s just gorgeous. She brought her fabulous crafty book tour through Portland last month and I was lucky enough to get a front-row seat! She did a very cool event at Powell’s Kayte reading from her introduction and brought us…
Thank you to everyone who came to the button hairclip demo at Crafty Wonderland! It was a wild success — I brought zillions of buttons and 288 (!) blank hairclips with me, and left with about a quarter of the buttons and about a dozen clips. It was super fun and I got some fantastic…
This is the time of year when a quick, easy gift to craft up is just the thing (for me at least, anyway). Even the simplest present can be luxurious when the materials are special! I made sets of these little Carnelian and Black Agate Earrings using my favorite semi-precious stones for Pearl’s teachers at…
I made Pearl’s teachers some carnelian and black agate earrings for gifts this year, and stitched up a set of Tiny Ribboned Gift Bags to put them in. Both halves of the project are very quick and easy (perfect for a day like December 17th, ahem) and I thought I’d share the how-to over here…
Just wanted to pass on a few holiday things I like lately! Two posts in an hour, woo hoo. Loving Diane’s beautiful and ultra-simple menorah project on CRAFT:. And Pam’s yarn stars are lovely too! What a mother and daughter team those two are! Speaking of holiday crafts to try, I keep forgetting to mention…
If you’re in Portland on Sunday, I hope you’ll swing by the Crafty Wonderland Super Colossal Sale! There will be over 200 vendors selling all things handmade and awesome, plenty of food, a full bar with signature crafty cocktails, and a full day of free craft projects to try at the super-sized DIY table. In…
This Sunday, I’ll be doing a free crafty demo and signing copies of Button It Up at the Crafty Wonderland Super Colossal Holiday Sale here in Portland! Please come by between 1 and 2:30 pm on Sunday to make a set of Button Hairclips with me. I’ll have everything you need to make a pretty…
I’m so excited that our collection of Kitten-inspired projects has been turned into a snappy new e-book, Crafts for the Knittn’ Kitten (courtesy of Diane Gilleland and her tireless Craftypod Publishing). The beautiful craft supply photos are by Lee Meredith, and the Kitten projects graphic is by Diana Schreiber. So thanks to Diane, the book…
I crossed county lines to visit Oregon City last week so I could check out my friend Kathy Cano Murillo’s new Crafty Chica line at Michaels — so cool to see it in person! She has a list of all the stores that carry it nationwide if you’re looking for it, too. It’s also on…
I’m so excited that my Red and Gold Holiday Wreath project is featured in the Houston Chronicle this week! Thank you so much to Mary Vuong for spotlighting it. The entire how-to is here, but if you have the book handy, I’ll point you to the illustrated techniques that go along with the written instructions:…
I’m so pleased to be one of the contributors to a fantastic new holiday ornament e-book, Crafty Tree Trimmings! You can find it right here through December 31st, so be sure to order soon if you like it. The book is an instant PDF download with printable pages that includes directions and templates for making…
I hope you had a lovely holiday (or if you are not here in the US, a lovely regular) weekend! Our Thanksgiving was a very welcome break from an overwhelming wave of work, and we had a nice time cooking way too much food for ourselves and Pearl, and then getting to hang out with…