I have been doing this handmade business for 6 years almost. Six years full of creating and learning and success and failure. What brought me to sewing was all the wonderful creative and useful things I could make- dolls for my kids, pillows for my sofa, hotpads for my kitchen, handbags for my friends. I LOVE making useful and beautiful things. It is the essential hook of … [Read more...] about Useless but wonderful
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Community Is Not Clubs: How We’re Segregating the Internet & What We Can Do
Community is not clubs Lately there seems to be examples everywhere of how we are segregating the internet into exclusive cliques and clubs instead of communities where we share real human moments. Statistics from the 2014 Employee Diversity Reports for our major networks show that online giants like Facebook, Twitter, Google, Pinterest, Ebay and Etsy all fail to hire employees … [Read more...] about Community Is Not Clubs: How We’re Segregating the Internet & What We Can Do
Print Your Life with AFRORETRO & The School of Uganglish
Hey all my name is Anna and I am one half of sister designer/maker team AFRORETRO. We started our making journey about a year ago and we have had so many highs and lows, but facing them with your little-big-sis holding your hand makes it somehow easier. It also means in your darkest hour when it all hits the fan and every instinct in your body says quit and run, having your sis … [Read more...] about Print Your Life with AFRORETRO & The School of Uganglish
Aeolidia’s Pretty Massive Creative Business Giveaway
Hello, I'm Arianne, and I am "Captain & Founder" of a web and graphic design studio called Aeolidia. I've learned over the past few years to quit calling it a "small design studio," now that there are 21 of us. Though I did get a little flustered introducing myself to someone over the weekend and saying that I "work for" Aeolidia - like I'm the receptionist or something … [Read more...] about Aeolidia’s Pretty Massive Creative Business Giveaway
One of the things we know about making is this…
One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book, or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something … [Read more...] about One of the things we know about making is this…
