Crafts

I've become the keeper of my partner's grandmother's sewing box. Mimi died several years ago, and I never really knew her. I feel like I can kind of get to know her now, though. A little bit, through the stuff in her sewing box. In it are a few pairs of scissors, countless sewing needles...
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This post was originally published on the now-retired Make and Meaning blog on November 30th, 2009. When I left my job in the yarn industry about a year ago, I was pretty much a crafting mess. My hobby had been lost to work, the thought of yarn sparked in me nothing but ambivalence,...
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UPDATE: Due to my travel plans on Friday, the contest will close at noon, but a winner will not be drawn until later in the day. Any comments that come in after 12pm Pacific Time on Friday will be disqualified (but they'll still make me happy). --- You read that right, my little creative geniuses. Let my...
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All I really want to say is that I hope the people at Hello Craft invite me to next year's Summit of Awesome. Because the one last week was fantastic. I've got my work mojo back. And there are lots of ideas I want to tell you about. But for now, I'm just going to sum up...
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Where's my favourite west-coast place to visit? Portland! The home of Powell's Books and mecca of the crafts world will play host to the Summit of Awesome from June 16-18. Why do I love working in crafts? Because when crafters throw a conference, we call it the Summit of Awesome. It's put on by promoters...
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So many little things collecting in my brain, and I haven't set any of them down here. Time to remedy that! *Rolls in my trusted bulleted list.* After a decade wondering what it would be like, I was on the radio. Not live radio, but radio all the same. In a studio, with a schmancy...
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A couple of weeks ago an idea pounced on me while I was riding the bus home at night. The kind of idea that led me to run home from the bus stop and have a domain registered and half a website built before I went to bed. I've written about intentionally making ugly crafts...
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Cryptic title, eh? The Museum of Vancouver's had a craft exhibit on for the last few months, and in January they held an epic night of crafting to go along with it. It was such a successful and popular event, they're holding another this Friday night. For $15 you get materials, workshops, music and a...
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On Thursday I'm going where few people who don't live in New York City get the chance to go. Dude. I'm going to Etsy! Kari Chapin, author of the fantastic crafts business book The Handmade Marketplace, has organized a wee panel discussion for the Etsy Speaker Series. I'll be joining her, Jennifer Judd-McGee, Betsy Cross...
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Check out what Teresa Sullivan does with beads. I met Teresa when I went to Portland last spring for the epic craftgasm. She gave me a ride in her Dodge Dart and she let me watch over her shoulder while she worked on a bead piece. We've been in touch ever since,...
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