By: Meighan O’Toole Every time I leave a conference, I feel exhilarated! Once home, I start to apply everything I’ve learned, and try and harness that energy. In the past, it’s faded after a few weeks, but over the past year…
My favorite DIYs are those that cost little to throw together and just happen to land in your lap, like a gift. Which is why I was thrilled to stumble on a pack of black and white vintage French postcards…
Today I have the pleasure of introducing Melissa of Family Store. I love her advice for creatives! Meet Melissa and check her out at her store, or online, or if you are close by, go hang out with her at…
Editor’s Note: We’re excited welcome Rachel Gregg from CreativeLive to the blog for this guest post on 3 mistakes most beginner Etsy sellers make. Rachel interviewed experienced Etsy sellers including Craftcation Conference presenters Lauren Venell and Marlo Miyashiro. CreativeLive is one of the best…
I’m almost tired of seeing himmeli everywhere…almost. Sure the days of being really impressed by glass geometric shapes are waning, and the time you found out that those coveted hanging himmelis were made from mere straws is long behind…
I can remember the first time that I ate frozen yogurt. Apparently I didn’t get out much, because it wasn’t until 1992, and when I just googled “when did frozen yogurt become popular” I found out that it started to…
This week on the Dear Handmade Life podcast Delilah and Nicole are drinking “cini-backs” (a shot of tequila chased with pepperoncini juice) and talking about Craftcation 2016. Craftcation is our annual four-day business and makers conference in Ventura California. Delilah…
6,045 pounds. If you took all of the scraps of fabric that I’ve accumulated over the years and weighed them, that’s the number you’d get. Okay, so I totally made that up. But it sounds pretty compelling. I recently cleared…
I find myself staring at string art in amazement at the lines and paths that the string takes throughout the design. It’s almost hypnotic to try to follow the individual paths of the string with your eyes, and when you…
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…
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