This week has been so fun — I really love it here on the central coast! I can hardly believe that later today I’ll be in San Francisco (yay!) and seeing the sights there, too. Yesterday we went into San Luis Obispo and visited the mission, which was absolutely beautiful. I’ve always been interested in…
Andrew and I are on a little California birthday-week adventure, staying in San Simeon for a couple of days, and it’s been amazing… gorgeous weather and lots of time outside. Our very first stop yesterday was Hearst Castle, for Tour 2 (we went on Tour 1 when we were on our honeymoon way back in…
I just got to spend some time making stuff with my five-and-a-half-year-old nephew Julian, and wow! is he ever crafty! He loves drawing, making books, collaging, and (be still my heart) making his own jewelry. Right now he does his own beadstringing, and for the more complicated pieces, like this good-luck charm we made, we…
Andrew and I zipped down to San Diego for a quick Christmas-in-January visit with my super fun in-laws Alex and Heather this week. They took us all over town, from the seal beach in La Jolla to the magnificent Turf Club, a very Portland-type place where we grilled our own dinners. How Portland was it?…
Okay, two non-crafty posts in a single week isn’t very crafty of me, but I hiked up to the Observatory again yesterday and this time I did schlep my camera: I really love it up there — the Observatory is my favorite building in LA (tied with the Capitol Records building and the Disney Concert…
The Kim family auction is now live on eBay, with 48 amazing pieces of handmade art and craft up for sale to the highest bidder. 100% of the proceeds go to the James Kim Memorial Fund, so bid early and often! Christina recently did a lovely interview for SFist with Lisa Congdon, who co-organized the…
I just loved the Bead Museum, but there’s another DC-area crafty spot that’s not to be missed: the Friends of the Library Bookstore in Wheaton, Maryland. Whenever Andrew and I visit his parents, we get to go to the sale — a cavernous basement filled with used books, priced to move. I usually find a…
p.s. happy birthday, Cathy!
Andrew and I just hiked up to the Observatory in Griffith Park, just as the sun was setting, and it was so lovely out that I wished I’d brought my camera (like I do practically every time I go up there — I hate carrying anything but a water bottle along though!). It was such…
My friend Libby called yesterday to invite me to meet up at the farmer’s market this morning, and I’m so glad she did! I’d kind of lost track of what day it was this week after so much traveling, and I’d barely registered that Sunday/Hollywood Farmer’s Market day was on the horizon. We met up…
I’m back in Los Angeles after three weeks on the East Coast, which was super fun but ended with an unexpected five-day internet vacation… so now that we’ve picked up the mail, done some grocery shopping (including champagne for tomorrow night, yay) and unpacked, I’m finally back online. When we were in Maryland last week,…
I spent a good chunk of yesterday afternoon wrapping all of our presents on the fly, since Andrew and I exchanged our gifts with his parents last night (my family is up next). I never wrap my holiday presents at home, where all my cool art supplies and fabric live, since we always fly to…