Yesterday I had the honor of teaching a jewelry-making project at the last meeting of the Portland Church of Craft. It was a lovely get-together with lots of sparkly earrings to show for it, as well as some unexpected treats: fresh raspberries Sally brought from Dennison Farms and a bag full of vintage baby dresses…
I wish so much that I could be in LA this weekend to go to the Handmade Nation screening and fundraiser party — if you are in Southern California, don’t miss it! The evening sounds amazing: the first 50 auction guests will get fantastic crafty swag bags as they arrive. At 7:00, filmmaker Faythe Levine…
If you’re in Portland and would like to make yourself some sparkly new jewelry this weekend, please come by the final meeting of the Church of Craft on Sunday — I’ll be teaching the Solo Earrings project from Bead Simple. I’ll have tons of vintage beads on hand to pick from… along with pliers, findings,…
If you’re in Portland and would like to make yourself some sparkly new jewelry this weekend, please come by the final meeting of the Church of Craft on Sunday — I’ll be teaching the Solo Earrings project from Bead Simple. I’ll have tons of vintage beads on hand to pick from… along with pliers, findings,…
Just wanted to mention that a post I wrote for The Storque‘s Handmade Kids series is up today — I picked a dozen of my favorite handmade gifts for a new mama and baby, which was super fun. In case you’re wondering, the single most useful thing we have for her is a good swaddling…
okay, hi again! I’m really going to do better about updating over here, I miss writing for fun so much. I’ve been slammed (as usual, blah blah blah) but at least today I have some other things I’ve been working on to finally share… First, I’ve been meaning to post about this for ages and…
I spotted some things I’m excited about this week and finally have a few minutes to post about them… Etsy is offering a whole month of free, live crafty how-to video tutorials in their Virtual Labs. I wrote a bit more about it here and highlighted the jewelry-related ones — I think it’s such a…
Okay, I’m back for good this time after yet another break due to my adorable baby and my substantial workload — I turned the tide on my current round of freelance jobs late last week and wow, it felt so good to have everything pressing finished up! I’ve really missed getting to write over here,…
Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever gone two weeks without posting before! Things have been really busy with Pearl, freelance work, and planning our first with-baby trip to LA this upcoming weekend. So here’s a quick almost-summer post about something fun we’ve been doing lately — our first-ever garden! Andrew and I planted Spanish lavender,…
I’m super tired so this is going to be pretty quick… but I wanted to show some pictures of the fantastic handmade cute as a button bracelets from the CRAFT: party Diane and I co-hosted yesterday. People made such cool ones — it was really fun to see all the color combinations! Michaela and Elliott…
If you’d like to see the five-minute segment I filmed yesterday making the Pink Floral Ribbon Choker, it’s been posted on the AM Northwest website under “Simple Beading.” I should get a copy of it in the next few days and I’ll put it up on YouTube then. As a cool bonus, the show people…
Hi, just wanted to check back in after a few weeks… I had my adorable baby girl, Pearl, on May 6 and have had such a great time getting to hang out with her! So I’ve been a bit distracted lately, but wanted to mention a few cool things going on in the jewelry-making realm:…