DIY potted plush succulents
During the first two years that I lived in my house I donโt think I stepped foot in my backyard more than a handful of times. It was a real shame considering the fact that my house is fairly small…
During the first two years that I lived in my house I donโt think I stepped foot in my backyard more than a handful of times. It was a real shame considering the fact that my house is fairly small…
Happy summer! Hope you all are having a rad June filled with family + friends, backyard BBQ’s, inspiration, making and whatever is on your summer bucket list! We’re taking a short summer break but we’ll be back July 11th with…
Editor’s note:ย Our friends at Academy of Handmade asked me to share some of my tips for keeping your cool at craft shows on their blog. I’m super excited to shareย some of the ways I’ve learned to deal with unexpected circumstances…
I love to close the Spring Patchwork Show season out at our Long Beach location–what better way to spend a day near the ocean! Personally, it was also the culmination ofย a pretty intense four months. At the beginning of March,…
The day before our spring Patchwork Show in Oakland my three show helpers (including my dad) and I spent several hours in the blazing hot sun with no shade measuring and marking out the vendor spaces. After a few hours…
One of the things I cherishย most about Patchwork Show Santa Ana is the location. I love the beautiful historic buildings in downtown and seeing the streets that are normally filled with parked cars and vehicles rushing by, filled with people,…
Today on the Dear Handmade Life podcast Delilah and Nicole are drinking a Hillbilly Mimosa and talking with photographer, fellow creative business owner, and lawyer Kiffanie Stahle. We discuss the biggest mistakes creatives make when it comes to legal issues…
Each of my husbandโs days off start with the same phrase, โIโm hungry.โ He wakes up ravenous and immediately thinking of breakfast. The majority of our days off together are spent talking about food… What we ate the night before….
Iโll never forget my first online shop. My barber father introduced me to a guy whose hair he cut who made websites. This was 2004! Back then sites like Squarespace and Shopify didnโt exist. Back then it was basically all…
Iโve been keeping a sketchbook off and on for over 20 years. In that time my sketchbook has been home to working through ideas for my former clothing line, too many to-do and bucket lists to count, whole sections of…
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