When Chronicle Books asked me to join in on a new type of blog tour to promote Jennifer Paganelli of Sis Boom's new book Happy Home I almost said no. Don't get me wrong I love Jennifer & all things handmade + Chronicle but my life is pretty mad with renovating, selling and planning to move + homeschool and work. The sad truth is my sewing machine is buried under a mountain … [Read more...] about Come Visit Our Handmade Happy Home
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Cultivating Both Online and Offscreen Communities
I love this month's theme because community is something I have been yearning for ever since I sold my retail store Rare Device last February. Like Lisa, I am building a new resource for creative freelancers and small business owners. It's called Makeshift Society and I picked up the keys to a nice little storefront in San Francisco just a couple weeks ago! I wanted to talk … [Read more...] about Cultivating Both Online and Offscreen Communities
writing as a pie-making party
Image credit: Homemade Pie art print by Jenna Park of Sweet Fine Day I belong to a garden club. We meet, we share stories and plants, and we try to make our town a better place. A few years ago, wanting to dovetail into a greater town plan to revitalize our gorgeous, unique, and underused riverfront, we starting making pies. Pies for the riverfront! Hurrah! In late summer, … [Read more...] about writing as a pie-making party
We Have Enough//We Are Enough//We Do Enough
So much of the marketing world is filled with pitches and imperatives; 'do/buy/make this and you will...' and promises of grandness; 'join this/that/the other thing and double/triple your...', so many of them implying that what you have or are right now is not enough. You are lacking the secret sauce, the magic mojo, a red pill to open all the doors to your … [Read more...] about We Have Enough//We Are Enough//We Do Enough
Meeting the Makers: Nanako of Pig & Fish
Oh My! Guest submission by Nanako O’Donnell of Pig + Fish Up until the spring of 2010, we lived with an internet monster named ‘Dial-Up’. This monster would make you very frustrated + impatient, which meant we engaged very little with the world just beyond this beast’s cave. When DSL finally made it onto our island, we felt like a superhero came to the rescue! Coupled with … [Read more...] about Meeting the Makers: Nanako of Pig & Fish
