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We Need Your Help! Let's Find Myrtle!

Tuesday, October 16, 2012 by Jessika Hepburn

Hi friends! Today's post has nothing to do with DIY branding and everything to do with supporting someone in our community who could use our helping hands and big hearts. Our new contributor and tireless cheerleader of creative awesome, Danielle Maveal, has been sharing a weekly advice column on Tuesdays but when her sweet furry friend Myrtle went missing she threw herself into … [Read more...] about We Need Your Help! Let's Find Myrtle!

A Taste of Ila's DIY Cat Craft Fever Birthday!

Monday, October 8, 2012 by Jessika Hepburn

Hello crafty cats! This Saturday I threw Ila a handmade 8th birthday party at The Lunenburg Makery celebrating her favourite things: cats, crafts, and cakes! I promised myself  years ago to take her to Paris for her 16th birthday and since we are halfway there I threw a Parisian twist into our theme. Voila! Crafty cat madness. I took over 400 pictures this weekend and have a … [Read more...] about A Taste of Ila's DIY Cat Craft Fever Birthday!

DIY Branding, Oh My!

Monday, October 1, 2012 by Jessika Hepburn

Hello October! September flew by in a month of lessons learned and getting down to business, now it is already time for a brand new theme. This month we are diving into DIY branding on the request of our #OMHG crew- they asked to know more about how to create your own brand from the logo, to the website, to the packaging. Since your wish is my command for October expect to see … [Read more...] about DIY Branding, Oh My!

Design Journal for Knitting & Crochet Rockstars

Monday, September 10, 2012 by Jessika Hepburn

Do you remember this awesome moosey mascot from last October? He's back again to give our fibre loving readers the inside scoop on an exciting new project from Lisa of Petite Tuques! If you love knitting & crochet and have thought of creating your own patterns to share with the world but are not sure where to start, Lisa has you covered. Her new printable PDF design … [Read more...] about Design Journal for Knitting & Crochet Rockstars

10 Lessons I Learned During Summer Vacation

Thursday, September 6, 2012 by Jessika Hepburn

Okay, so we didn't really have a vacation, we had a work our butts off movecation instead (literally-I lost 30+lbs!), but amidst the busy there was time for soaking up the summer glow and learning some major life lessons. This was a big summer for us as a family and as a result lots of things got put on multiple back burners while other pots were stirring. I narrowed my aha! … [Read more...] about 10 Lessons I Learned During Summer Vacation

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Care/Carry/Cure an essay from ‘You Care Too Much’

Mine-Mill organizers claimed that the first of four concerts, held at the Peace Arch in Blaine, WA, in 1952, attracted 40,000 admirers, mostly from the Canadian side of the border near Vancouver. Source: Pacific Tribune Archive.

On Distance: Paul Robeson and the Rolling River of Resistance

New Year's Revolution, illustration of hands breaking free from shackles

A New Year’s Revolution

Go Do Some Great Thing, Lawrence Hill

Go Do Some Great Thing

Dr. Pauli Murray, "I intend to destroy segregation by positive and embracing methods. When my brothers try to draw a circle to exclude me, I shall draw a larger circle to include them." An American Credo

Draw a Larger Circle

Fellow Makers, young Italian immigrant garment worker in Brooklyn

#FellowMakers History & the Triangle Factory Fire

Seventy Ways to Build Community, Save Your Sanity, and Change the World

70 Ways to Build Community

Stop the Hustle | Oh My! Handmade

Stop the Hustle: On Slowing Down, Stepping Up & Paying Attention

Community Is Not Clubs: How We’re Segregating the Internet & What We Can Do

Letter to Etsy Board of Directors on Behalf of #EtsyStrike

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Care/Carry/Cure an essay from ‘You Care Too Much’

In June of 2016 I supported my love Chris as we dealt with the death of both his parents and a co-worker over a three week period. This essay written the summer of those deaths is my attempt to make sense of grief and the struggle to carry all that I care for. Originally published […]

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