patchwork oakland fall 2013
The night before I threw my first party I hardly slept. I was eighteen. I’d just moved to San Francisco and into my very own apartment. It was an 80s themed party and I’d planned every single detail including the…
The night before I threw my first party I hardly slept. I was eighteen. I’d just moved to San Francisco and into my very own apartment. It was an 80s themed party and I’d planned every single detail including the…
Carla Roque is a whimsical illustrator– her work instantly transported me to childhood, where I was constantly nestled under a table or in a closet, completely transfixed by the drawings that leapt out at me. Carla has THAT sort of…
Last Sunday at Patchwork Show Long Beach a first time Patchwork vendor came up to me and thanked me for putting together the show. Moments like this mean so much to Delilah and me. Patchwork takes months of planning to…
Julia is a knit phenom at theLOVEstitch, and she’s just the person you want to know as we head into the colder weather. Her knits are bright, fun, and textural– and the best thing is that they can come in…
Vanessa Cochran is a soap maker. She also runs her soap making business, Soap Farm. It’s a lovely line of soaps with variety… and that’s to say the very least. When you go to her website, you’ll see everything from…
We’ve been told this old chestnut time and time again—if you are selling online, you need great photos of your product. As eyeroll inducing as it is, that old chestnut is correct. Images are the direct way to show your…
to live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. – joseph Chilton pearce hey all! delilah and i are headed to palm springs for working retreat at camp mighty. we’re so looking forward to spending a…
how to make DIY screenprinted stencil WALLPAPER Every Sunday there was an enormous pot of marinara sauce bubbling on the stove in my grandmother’s kitchen. Those afternoons, she and I played cards at the kitchen table. Every so often she…
to my own detriment, everything that happens to me becomes fodder. sometimes i wonder if i would be a bit happier if i were more in the moment, and less trying to translate the moment into a piece of writing…
How to create a Marketing Strategy by: tara gardiner *editor’s note: before delilah and i met tara we didn’t even know we needed a marketing strategy. tara has shed so much light on a side of our business we had…
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