Summer break
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…
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…
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 of 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 cherish 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,…
We’re so excited to share our video from Craftcation Conference 2016. If you missed our recap of the conference with photos you can see it here. Big thanks to our beyond talented videographer LP Hastings for creating this rad video. If you’re…
A note from Nicole: Five years ago Delilah and I got an email from a man named Eric who was the Creative Economy Specialist for the City of Ventura. “We’d love to have you do a Patchwork Show in Ventura…
Just a quick post today to let you know that we’ll be on break for the blog since we’re headed out for our Craftcation: Business and Makers Conference 2016. If you’re not joining us this year you can follow along…
I was talking to a friend today and when she mentioned that she might be moving away from the West Coast one of the reasons she cited was that she really missed living somewhere where there are seasons. Even though…
If you have been running your creative business for more than a year, then you already know that there is an ebb and flow to sales. Summer in particular is a natural time for many creative biz owners to see…
We’ve had this in the works for a while but the day is finally here! Our online workshops and shop are now open! Our online workshops will feature the same amazing things that our in-person workshops at Craftcation Conference have…