I just saw in a few places that the CPSC has granted a one-year stay on implementing the law governing testing in children’s products — a huge relief to crafters and small businesses! The February 10 deadline has been pushed to 2010. Right on! To celebrate, I think I’ll actually post twice today… a first…
I’m in a rush today so I thought I’d post links over to three tutorials I’ve done for CraftStylish recently… they’re all jewelry-making-related but I guess more embellish-y than anything else. Hope you like them! Yesterday’s how-to is one of my favorites lately: converting broken costume jewelry into a spiraled flower brooch. This is one…
Christina let me know about a really lovely handmade Valentine drive that Etsy is hosting — Special Delivery: Share Your Love. They’re rounding up crafty Valentine’s Day cards, which City Meals will deliver to homebound seniors in New York City, along with a nutritious meal and a friendly visit. Such a sweet idea! You can…
I have been looking for a non-princess/sports/ugly toy box for Pearl’s room for awhile (my dream is to find the alphabet chalkboard-sliding door one from my childhood, but no luck so far) and craigslist and eBay hadn’t turned up any good leads. So last week when Caitlin and I went by Village Merchants, I spotted…
We watched the inauguration at home and had some lovely French toast (me and Andrew) and crunchies (Pearl). What a great morning! I loved the music, the moment of, the address after, and the poetry (which Melissa posted, it was so good to read it again). Pearl clapped with excitement for the new president while…
I read a captivating poem by Langston Hughes in the books section of the Oregonian yesterday that has stayed with me ever since… I thought his beautiful lines were also beautifully framed by David Biespiel, who wrote: “A deft political poem, a poem that inserts itself into civic discourse with one eye on time and…
So the Handmade Nation signing last night drew tons of crafty folks, and Faythe said it was her biggest crowd for a book event so far! Here are a few of my photos of the evening, and don’t miss my fellow gocco-er Kate Bingaman-Burt’s pictures, too. (I will warn you: the lighting was great for…
If you are in Portland this weekend I hope I’ll see you at the Handmade Nation book signing at Powells Sunday night! The marvelous Faythe Levine herself will be coming to town for the reading, and I am really looking forward to it — the book is amazing and it is so cool to see…
Sarah took me to the Blazers game last night (a surprising victory over the Pistons — woo hoo!) and surprised me with this excellent hand-screened Channing Frye shirt. So cool! I’m hoping it isn’t really cursed… In a nutshell for the crafty multitudes who are not Blazers fans, Channing kind of translates everything I love…
I love seeing all the cool things people made in the sleek and lovely photo mosiac format, and it’s been a treat to see Linda’s and Sarah’s colorful craft collages so far this week, so I thought I’d mix up my favorite crafts of 2008 as well! They seem to fall into four categories with…
We’re back in Portland, hooray! Two more bouts of snow really mixed things up but we’re home, settled, and happy to be here. And for once (unlike the many, many years I have vowed to learn to crochet, ahem) I have excelled so far at my New Year’s resolution: keeping my craft room organized! Last…
Wishing you a year full of good luck and good food!