I would like to introduce you all to an inspiring artist, seamstress, childhood preservationist and appreciator of mountains, Kristy Davis. She lives and works in Sequim, Washington at the foot of the Olympic Mountain Range (my beloved homeland), where she creates amazing dresses for her business, The Sixth Day of May. She recently posted the above photograph, and it so ...
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Mother Earth Festival 2012
It was a beautiful weekend out at Stillpoint Farm and I was one happy handcrafter to have my artisan booth there for the third annual Mother Earth Festival. Each year in August, Kathy and Gina open up their farm to a gathering of artists, healers, musicians, and teachers and welcome folks in for this benefit for the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers. I have been vending there since the first ...
Kick up Your Heels at the Country Faire!
The Oregon Country Faire has come and gone once again, and I count myself lucky to have soaked in a full day of all the visual, auditory and all around experiential art I could possibly absorb. To call our community of artists vibrant barely does it justice. The earthen pathways through the forests along the banks of the Long Tom River were lined with booths overflowing with beautiful wares, ...
Me and My Banjo Down by the Riverside
What more is there to say? ...
Spring Goddess Class
A couple weeks ago, I had the honor of being invited to teach a needlefelting class to a group of ladies affiliated with Wintergreen Farm, a local Biodynamic, Organic farm that raises wonderful vegetables, fruits and beef. I wrote a post about my kids class field trip to the farm last year called Farm Field Trip, which you can read about by clicking the link. With a ...
Web of Inspiration
"The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web." ~Pablo Picasso ...
Pumpkins all Aglow
As far back as I can remember, Halloween has been my favorite night of the year. While life has gone along, and the magic and delight of many childhood pastimes have faded in their awe, Halloween night has never dulled. The fun of dressing up as whatever you want to be for an evening, seeing all the amazing costumes other folks think up, the comforting glow of jack-o-lanterns on front steps ...
A Girl and Her Banjo is a Beautiful Thing
I've got a confession to make here. I'm madly in love, and I'm going to tell the whole world about it. After twelve years of waiting, I finally got a banjo, and I've been smitten ever since. I don't remember exactly when the banjo fever took hold of me, but when I was about 18, I started entertaining visions of sitting out on the back porch picking away. College kept me pretty ...
Stripped Down Patchwork
I would like to introduce you to my friend and great inspiration, Erin Gilday, the amazing woman behind Patchwork Underground. Erin is a fiber artist, crafts instructor, freelance writer and pattern designer from Portland, OR. Her sewing patterns and craft culture pieces have appeared in Stitch, Sew News, Quilts and More, Threads, SewStylish, The Quilt Life, Piecework, Sew Hip and Curve ...
The Magic Rattle
If you can think back and remember the first time in your life you wanted something so badly you saved up all your pennies, birthday money from relatives, lawnmowing wages, and stray quarters picked up off the sidewalk until you attained the object of your heart's desire, I'll bet you treasure it among your gems of character-building childhood memories. These early lessons in the power of our ...