the benefits of taking a break
the benefits of taking a break a few weeks ago my husband, seth told me a secret. we took the afternoon off and drove to goat rock beach. the thing i hate about northern california beaches is that they play…
eight product packaging tips + all my ex’s
8 things your product packaging should be: if all my ex’s were in room together and a stranger walked in and was asked, “what do all these people have in common?” chances are the stranger would run through a hundred…
marketing on a budget and growing your business
When I first started my clothing line, Random Nicole over a decade ago the internet was hardly a marketing tool for entrepreneurs the way it is now. There were no creative small business conferences like Craftcation. I built my business…
how to build a chicken coop + raise backyard chickens
how to raise and care for backyard chickens Last week I found a mouse in my purse. I like to claim that I’m a little bit country and a little bit rock n roll but honestly, I’m mostly just rock…
basil, goat cheese + marcona almond stuffed apricots wrapped in proscuitto recipe + a little reminiscing about pintxos in san sebastian
i made these lovely basil, goat cheese + marcona almond stuffed apricots wrapped in prosciutto a few weeks ago for a pool party at my parent’s house. they were a huge hit. six years ago i finally went to europe….
honeymoon part deux: montreal…mr. t…bikers…and kitty glitter
Mrs. Phelps was raised in the Netherlands but had lived in france for over a decade with her ‘lover’ before moving to California to teach French at my private junior high school. I’d never heard anyone referred to as a…
honeymoons…camping…and lycra
the first time i went camping i was seven, alone and pitched my tent on the fenced in 10 x 10 patio of the condo where my mother and i lived. this first camping ‘trip’ was the result of two…
patchwork show santa ana spring 2013
in 2007 i had my heart broken. it was bad. the kind of heartache that makes sleeping almost impossible because your brain races through every moment of the failed relationship trying to figure out what went wrong. it was the…
patchwork show: oakland spring 2013
i hate bridges. if you know me, you know i have a lengthy list of things i’m not comfortable with…elevators, airplanes, doctor’s offices and intense roller coasters are a few. but last sunday as i drove home from oakland…
camping (and getting lost) in bodega dunes
our big little trailer on the dunes one of my favorite movies that i can watch over and over again is national lampoons vacation. i love the scene when clark w. griswold is wandering the desert searching for help after…
