My new article on Gocco printing is up on venuszine.com! I got to interview Mark Pawson of Print More Postcards and Cathy Pitters of Bossa Nova Baby and feature some of their amazing Gocco artwork. The piece was originally going to run in the fall issue of Venus, but got bumped to the website since…
Can you believe that this month is three years since The Sampler started up?! So I’m sending my best wishes for a happy birthday to Marie, Jennifer, Lynn, and Judieann — you do such a beautiful job with the Sampler each and every month. xo I got my September Sampler last week and it is…
There’s a lot of cool stuff going on in Portland this weekend! Saturday has back-to-back free events on tap: the Oregon College of Art and Craft‘s Century Celebration and then the Fir Fest (featuring an itty-bitty Crafty Wonderland) at Doug Fir Lounge. At the Century Celebration, “the wooded campus comes alive with fun and interactive…
I went to the last one of these and it was amazing! If you haven’t gone to a big free-for-all swap like this one, do yourself a favor and mark your calendar now. When: Sunday, October 7th, 12-4 pm Where: The 100th Monkey Studio, 110 SE 16th Ave (SE 16th and Ankeny), Portland Admission: Bring…
I adore Cool Cottons (especially since I can walk there from my house!) — the owners, Pam and Marie, are both so sweet, and their fall line-up looks pretty amazing. Here are some of the highlights of the current schedule from their newsletter: – – – – – – – – – – – –…
Just a quick passing-it-on post since I’m about to leave for our show — but if I weren’t already tied up tonight, this sounds very cool: Flourish Fashion Show at the Mississippi Social The September Mississippi Social will feature Flourish, a collaborative fashion show with new looks from Phlox, Gypsy Chic, Sameunderneath, Pin Me Apparel,…
I’ve been craving my grandmother’s pound cake for the last few days, but I’ve had no luck finding anything like it anywhere here — so today I went through all of her recipes that my mom gave me for my birthday and halved the pound cake recipe to make a batch of cupcakes. They turned…
Etsy has just premiered its new online magazine, The Storque, this month! They’re posting an ever-changing mix of features like This Handmade Life, How-To, and Craftivism, and spotlighting the crafty goings-on that they’re most excited about. I’m interviewing Rebecca Pearcy of Queen Bee Creations for an upcoming Storque article, which I’m really looking forward to….
I’m a huge fan of Craftypod, Diane Gilleland‘s fabulous blog and podcast. I just marvel at her energy for all things crafty and the sheer volume of her writing, crafting and podcasting — so inspiring! But let’s face it, we all burn out at some point. It’s so tempting to keep saying yes and doing…
I’m very excited to announce that my husband Andrew and I will be premiering our new show, Sell Out, at the PICA TBA Festival this weekend! As with the AC Dickson: eBay PowerSeller show, he will be performing and I will be running the PowerPoint side of things. If you are in Portland, I hope…
Just wanted to announce that there will be a gala Art Yard Sale-show-party-hoedown at the Ace Hotel event space in downtown Portland this Saturday, hosted by PNCA, Crack Press and Plazmfonts. It sounds amazing and I am very excited to check it out — they’re also accepting donations of artwork and art supplies, so if…
I saw a dual show of Dan Stiles’ screen-printed posters and Melissa Stiles’ Stubborn jewelry line last night at a party for ReadyMade — I loved their stuff and bought some of the super graphic earrings they collaborated on (the birds especially caught my eye)… Here’s some of her resin-and-metal jewelry, too, which I thought…