I’m so excited — I just got my advance copy of Bead Simple this morning! I had a B+W galley to look over before, which was great, but the glossy, colorful, real version is just so amazing to see. I’m so happy to hold it in my hands and flip through the pages… I love…
Thanks so much for the birthday wishes last week! I had a really nice day — pretty relaxed, which was exactly how I wanted it. We ended up going to Burgerville for lunch, seeing Juno, finding a vintage couch at Era in Sellwood, and going out to the Farm for dinner. Then I finally got…
Just a quick note to let you know that Kristen Rask, the author of Plush You! has donated three copies of her book to give away this week! I posted all about it and did a mini-interview with her over at Adorn, so comment there for your chance to win. She’s also accepting entries for…
Cathy of California has just listed some of her magnificent vintage flower loom kits in her etsy shop! I snapped this one up (on the right) at Felt Club and it’s a prize possession, to say the least. She has several styles up for grabs, including one with four different looms — don’t miss them!…
Today is my birthday so I’m taking the day off — yay! I’m getting a massage (my first one since 2005, I’m so excited), going out to lunch with Andrew, picking up my much-anticipated birthday present from my mom (a bobbin winder from Cool Cottons — more on that later), going to vintage stores to…
I just posted about a few things that caught my eye this week over at the Adorn blog: –ReproDepot is having a great sale on all their Marimekko fabrics through January 15 — don’t miss it! -And Khadija has organized a Sew Giving baby blanket drive: she’s gathering and hand-delivering handmade baby blankets to expectant…
Maggie mentioned today that the post office is coming out with a set of stamps honoring Charles and Ray Eames this summer! I think they are absolutely gorgeous — I can’t wait to see them in person. Eames Demetrios (of the Eames Office) says, “These stamps were designed by the remarkable Derry Noyes, who designs…
If you’re in Portland and looking for a place to work on your Warm and Fuzzy SF scarf (or whatever cool thing you’re in the middle of making) Twisted is having their weekly open craft night tonight at the shop, the first one of the new year! I wish I could make it — unfortunately,…
Andrew and I unpacked a lot more stuff this weekend (including 40 or 50 boxes of books-!) and I had fun making some little arrangements of collectibles here and there. It’s been three years since we lived somewhere with enough space to have my favorite things out instead of mostly boxed up and I was…
Thanks so much for the nice comments and emails about my new craft room! I’m so excited to have more work space, but almost more so to get the big stuff I don’t use everyday stashed in the basement, and out of my way — so I’m not navigating around bolts of fabric or bins…
I recently got a note from Ellen, who is working on a very cool project: I’m a high school student in San Francisco organizing a scarf drive in the city. You know, folks knit scarves, donate them, we get them to folks in need. (In this case, they’re being donated to the Bay Area Rescue…
I love Elliott Smith — I can never pick a favorite song of his, or even a favorite album, and honestly I get kind of emotional trying to talk about his music (I have actually tried writing this a couple of times over the last few months and given up). I didn’t know him personally,…