All in a Jumble
I’ve been in a bit of a state lately, and I woke up this morning finally determined to quit flailing about, arms pinwheeling as I try to grab onto something solid, and to just do […]
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Embracing the Ugly Side of Business: Video
Back at Hello Etsy in Portland over a year ago, I was pretty stoked to see that all the workshops were being recorded. Editing those videos and correcting for challenging sound conditions led to most […]
Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2012, Visual Recap
I love Maker Faire so much I became a founding member of Vancouver’s Maker Foundation, which was set up this year by Emily Smith, the woman responsible for launching the Vancouver Mini Maker Faire. We […]
Bringing Mighty Ugly to Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2012
By which I mean, like, TODAY. Or, well, we’re setting up today. The event is tomorrow and Sunday from 10am-6pm at the PNE Forum, at Hastings and Renfrew here in Vancouver. (And it is going […]
New Tutorial on CRAFT: Need a Push to Make Something Ugly?
I’m really psyched to have had the opportunity to write a bit of a guide to making a Mighty Ugly creature for the CRAFT blog. I mean, it’s CRAFT! And I got to sit for […]
Videoblog the Second: Mighty Ugly and CreativeMix
Last Thursday I spent the day doing very ugly arts and crafts with all sorts of interesting people as part of the Exhibition at the CreativeMix conference here in Vancouver. It was the first time […]
That Summit Really Was Awesome
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 […]
Heading Back to Portland: Summit of Awesome
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 […]
Housekeeping!
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 […]
Introducing Mighty Ugly
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 […]
