I made my first-ever log cabin squares yesterday and just snapped a photo of one before I turn it into a pillow: The other one, in a different color mix, is tucked away in my flickr instead of posted here because it’s a gift and I don’t want the recipient to track it down yet….
1. Tonight is the start of daylight savings time, so don’t forget to set your clocks forward when you go to bed. 2. If you’re in Portland, Crafty Wonderland is tomorrow! There will be 40 crafters selling their work, including Heather Joy/CROQ, Crafty Scientist, and Button Arcade (who will have Pink Craftie along, be sure…
ooh, I just saw the Adorn blog post today: they’re sponsoring a new contest to win one of five new craft books featured in the spring issue! I haven’t seen any of these yet but they look really fun — Re-Creative especially looks like it’s right up my alley. And all you have to do…
Since today is International Women’s Day, I wanted to spotlight this poster that the City of Portland commissioned, honoring 31 women who have made history in the community. You can see a full-size (ie more readable) version here. I especially love that Beverly Cleary (#7) is included, and the whole project is really inspiring. Thanks…
In the spirit of my list of the best things in Portland from last month, I thought I’d mention some of my favorites here in Los Angeles! This is totally subjective, and mercilessly slanted towards the east side, but heartfelt. Best breakfast: the Alcove Best coffee: Casbah Best lunch: Clifton’s Best dinner out: the Kitchen…
First, on a happy/crafty note, I got to write something really fun for the Adorn blog yesterday, about Amy Karol‘s Mailorder and Tie One On projects. So here it is if you’d like to read it. But today I feel that I need to write something political here, which I only do occasionally, and I…
I mentioned yesterday that I love to walk, and it’s a good thing I do — because thanks to parallel parking too close to an unforgiving curb in Silver Lake, I got a wicked flat tire on Saturday and ended up neighborhood-bound for the rest of the weekend! My only regret was missing the Logic…
In honor of the LA Marathon today — an event which seems to royally screw up any planned activities by car via street and freeway shut-downs — I thought I’d write about not-driving by choice today. I really don’t like driving much, personally, and I love walking in LA, especially to the movies or the…
I adore craft magazines, and when Nancy, one of my editors at getcrafty, suggested that I write a spring round-up for my column this month, I thought it sounded like a lot of fun! So here are five of my personal favorites in alphabetical order. Full disclosure: I write for several of these publications, so…
Since this is the last week I’ll spend with Pink Craftie, I want to post about a few more of the things we did in Los Angeles. Of course, we went to Clifton’s and Michael Levine downtown, and got to see the Institute For Figuring‘s crocheted coral reefs. But she also came to Griffith Park…
I have an article in the new issue of Cutting Edge, which I’m really excited about… I got to interview three DIY Network hosts — Jennifer Perkins of Craft Lab, Allison Whitlock of Uncommon Threads, and Cathie Filian of Creative Juice — about their favorite ideas for organizing their sewing spaces. They shared plenty of…
Working on our crazy freelance/self-employed taxes has pretty much worn me out this week. And if I ever needed something cute to look at, it’s about now… so on a happier note, here are my favorite Pink Craftie snapshots from our visit to Portland! Our first stop was the library for a Super Crafty valentine-making…