Maker: Bess of Bird vs Bird
Today we are featuring Bess Petty of Bird Vs Bird. She has some lovely designs, and in her own words “has been putting a bird on it since 2007”. She’s learning how to balance being mom, and creative at the…
Today we are featuring Bess Petty of Bird Vs Bird. She has some lovely designs, and in her own words “has been putting a bird on it since 2007”. She’s learning how to balance being mom, and creative at the…
We are limping towards the finish line of the end of the school year, and motivation to get places on time, finish projects and check everything off the to-do list is really waning. Summer is literally right around the corner, and…
I’ve always loved watching my kids make things. My oldest daughter takes after my husband in her love of art. She’s been sketching, and drawing, and dreaming since she was very little. She asked me one day if she could…
I met these guys last fall at Patchwork Oakland. I walked past their booth, and then came back. They had a beautiful display of soaps setting out, just asking to be smelled. I’m a smeller. I love the scent of…
While I was at Craftcation last month I got to participate in a workshop creating a terrarium. We learned the type of soil to use, how to layer it, and how to *hopefully* keep the succulents alive as we traveled…
I am back from Craftcation, and inspired to make, and learn, and do. Being surrounded by so many creative people is so incredibly awesome. Hearing their stories, and listening as they share how they have gotten to where they are…
When we got married, my husband and I decided to give each other a gift. I shopped around EVERY-where, and finally settled on a pocket watch that I engraved for him with our wedding date. I felt like it was…
I think art should be fun. I think it should make the artist AND the viewer smile. I’m particularly drawn to pictures and graphics and 3-D pieces that are on the satirical or whimsical side. My husband likes pictures of…
Last Christmas my cousin asked me what was on my wish list. I told her I really wanted a lotion that would cure the old lady skin on my dry and over-washed hands. We had just been through four rounds…
I ran away when I was 7. I had an argument with my parents, grabbed my hello kitty backpack, a flashlight, a blanket, my book and my favorite stuffed animal and headed out my front door. I walked across the…
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