A Card For You
I would have loved to send each of you a card this year, but since I didn’t, I’ll share it here. Wishing you all lots of love, rest, and joy in the coming days
Book Trees Tutorial
We’ve been making a few new holiday decorations to replace the ones we lost, and these are my new favorite—trees made from old books. Here’s how to do it: Start with a paperback book and tear off the cover as well as any paper on the binding. You can make your tree as tall or short [...]
Why I Had An Art Attack
My booth at SoWa Something didn’t feel right. Fidgeting in my bed, I tossed and turned. My breathing was rapid, my toes were twitching, and my belly was churning. I had just returned home from the most successful weekend ever of selling my jewelry. Shoppers showed up in droves, I got to meet lots of [...]
Yay! A Giveaway!
AND THE WINNER IS…Erin, at Tiny Twist Creative. Yay! First things first: I’m having a sale. Take 15% off everything in my shop through December 10th. Just use coupon code EDEC10 at checkout. Now to the giveaway: I’m offering up a feather bookmark to one lucky winner! sterling silver feather bookmark To enter to win, [...]
Handmade Holiday Ideas
In the spirit of handmade holidays, I thought I’d share some of the things we have made for our kids over the past few years. Most of them are super easy and quick to make: Rubber Band Board. It doesn’t get an easier—nails, a piece of wood, and a bunch of rubber bands. May I [...]
23 Projects in 32 Days
Seems all I have completed so far is the list. The rest will happen, I suppose, by December 25th. Hmm. I’m choosing to ignore the fact that it also happens to be the busy season, jewelry-wise. Double hmm. (deep breaths…)It’s List-it Tuesday!
Artful Stones
When I read GardenMama’s blog post announcing an artful stone swap, I believe my response was, “I’m In! I’m In!” She asked us to specify what medium we would be using with our stone and, of course, I said silver. At the time I had no idea what, exactly, I would be doing or how [...]
Craft Show Hangover
Whew. Another show over and done with. I did the fabulous hand-made artisan show, Craftopia, yesterday and oh, how I love these events. It’s like going to a party, that lasts from early in the morning until dinner time, where I see old friends that I only see at these shows. We catch up, share [...]
Nana’s Portfolio
The special piece I mentioned in my previous post about handmade books is a portfolio of my grandmother’s artwork. When she passed away, we cleaned out her apartment and found her portfolio stashed away in the back of a closet. It was full of pieces she had completed when she studied fashion in art school [...]
