I've been looking everywhere for the right words to share my Spark Retreat experience with you. I've moved from gently prodding myself to strict "start writing now Jessika" prompts and it all just fails to do the week justice. I started out writing about the loveliness of New Mexico and moved on to trying to encapsulate the week in one post-not going to happen. … [Read more...] about Spark Retreat: Bursting Into Flame
Join Us for A Live Handmade Evening: 6PM PST Monday
Tomorrow night (Monday, May 14) I'll be visiting with Srini of BlogcastFM & the incredible Mayi Carles, April Bowles Olin, Tara Gentile & Megan Auman to talk about handmade business and our creative community! Come hang out with us live tomorrow to ask questions and hear our insight at 6pm PST. To sign up, visit here, and RSVP. I can't wait to connect live and in person … [Read more...] about Join Us for A Live Handmade Evening: 6PM PST Monday
Announcing Ink Yourself: Using Story to Make a Bold Impression e-course
Special guest post & giveaway from Genevieve Brazelton of Lightbox SF In our first two years of working with clients on strategies to better market their business, we noticed that no matter how long they’d been in business we always tended to start in the same place – clarifying our client’s brand story and defining their target market. All of the businesses we worked … [Read more...] about Announcing Ink Yourself: Using Story to Make a Bold Impression e-course
{Sponsor Review} Nesting with CherryWalls
Spring makes me so nesty! I want to hang clothes on the line, tackle home projects, and make my space pretty. Sadly, this year I am stuck in home renovation limbo as we finish getting our house ready to put on the market, so I can't indulge my crow girl impulses. I have packed up all my lovely things and most of my artwork in preparation for selling and moving so our walls … [Read more...] about {Sponsor Review} Nesting with CherryWalls
Design How-To: Using contrasting patterns
A special guest post by Julie Gibbons of http://tractorgirl.com.au. I love pattern! My fabric stash is full of it, and one of my favourite things to do in my own applique work is to combine two or more fabrics to create fabulous contrasts. There is a definite skill required in judging which ones will work together, and which ones will not. In my years as an art teacher, I … [Read more...] about Design How-To: Using contrasting patterns
