Diane and I went to Amy Karol‘s Bend-the-Rules Sewing book party at Bolt last week and it was so much fun! As promised, Amy had plates of donuts out for everyone to enjoy and prizes for the first five crafters with completed projects in hand. I really love her book, so it was a lot…
I wish I could teleport to Texas this weekend! I’ve always wanted to make it to Stitch and so far it’s never worked out… hopefully next year, though. If you are in town, it should be a super crafty weekend of fashion, drinks and fun! First, of course, there’s Stitch itself: close to 20 runway…
Thanks so much for the nice comments and emails about the book — I can hardly wait until March! I just got the Taunton catalog in the mail, with a pretty photo-filled listing for Bead Simple, which was fun to see: Left to right, the projects they featured are my Duo Earrings, Sparkle Band, Wineglass…
I’m so pleased that the new issue of CRAFT is out! I really love this one, there are tons of inspiring projects to try (33 total!), super interesting crafters featured, and some truly great holiday handmade picks too… here are a few of my favorite things in no particular order: Diane Gilleland‘s profile of Teresa…
Sorry for the short notice, but I wanted to quickly announce that my father-in-law Paul‘s documentary, “Sputnik Declassified,” will be on most PBS stations tonight at 8 pm. It should be fantastic and I’m so looking forward to seeing it!
If you missed Not Martha‘s fantastic guest blog series at Design*Sponge, her entire collection of interviews with crafty businesswomen is up — two weeks’ worth of daily posts! I was so honored to be included, thank you so much, Megan. Everyone she talked to had such great advice and insights, and here’s the list with…
The Great American Craft-off contest just started this week, running through January 1, 2008. You can get lots more info and enter your original handmade creations at the official contest website. The grand prize includes: – An all-expenses-paid trip to the John C. Campbell Folk Arts School including one week’s tuition, room & board, and…
I was just looking at my Day of the Dead post from last year, when I went to Olvera St. with Jessica and Cat (all my photos from our adventure are in a flickr set here). That was such a fun day! I built my favorite altar ever last year, too. This year, I’m sorry…
I’m not sure how much Halloween stuff I’ll have time to get to do today (especially after the monkey costume marathon last week), and unfortunately our apartment is not too trick-or-treater-friendly (no doorbell!) so I thought I’d post my little Clothespin Bats from this month’s Crafty Wonderland DIY Table. The full instructions and template are…
I’m so excited to announce my new jewelry-making book, Bead Simple: Essential Techniques for Making Jewelry Just the Way You Want It! It won’t be in stores in March 2008, but now that it’s up on Amazon for pre-order and wish-listing, I can finally unveil it over here, too. It’s being published by The Taunton…
The CRAFT magazine “Last-Minute Halloween Costumes for Kids” segment was on the CBS Early Show this morning, and here’s the monkey costume I made! Complete instructions for how to make it are here. It’s a very easy project — just grab a hoodie and pants that fit your child and embellish them with a little…
I’m so pleased to announce my new jewelry-making book, Bead Simple, coming out in March 2008! It includes 150 projects, 111 from me and 39 of them created by some of my favorite designers — everything from necklaces and bracelets to embellishments and ornaments. It’s published by the Taunton Press. The photographs are by Burcu…