Sewing in a Straight Line by Brett Bara — How to Sew a Round Bowl with Straight Lines Only from Rarebit Productions on Vimeo. We’re very excited to announce that our resident sewing expert and all-around awesome crafter, Brett Bara, has a new book out titled Sewing in a Straight Line. To celebrate, Brett is…
Try as I might, I cannot seem to grasp even the most basic of feminine beauty rituals. I’m constantly struggling to master rudimentary hair and makeup techniques, and my one-time foray into the “subtle” art of perfume left everyone in the room with burning nostrils. This DIY solid perfume locket from artisanal perfumer Mandy Aftel…
Ashley Lloyd is not your average milliner, not by a long shot. Drawing inspiration from reliquary collections she discovered while studying in Italy, she couples delicate materials like flowers and feathers with macabre elements such as insects and animal skulls. Her avant-garde headpieces are quite spectacular, and her workspace is a fantastic extension of her…
The office is one my favorite “rooms” in the house because so often it’s not even a room— it’s a converted closet, a dining table working double duty, or a well-organized nook. I love seeing how people customize their homes to make room for a workspace that suits their needs, and I can say from…
Last weekend I got a great tour of Alberta street in from Jen of Honey Kennedy. She took me into a fantastic gallery called the Together Gallery and I was instantly transported back to some of my favorite San Francisco spots that combine skate culture with great art. Together is currently showing some really strong…
I’m a big, big fan of Matt Shlian’s work. An MFA graduate from Cranbrook, Matt is both a teacher and creator of some pretty spectacular paper art. He recently finished a project with Ghostly that is just stunning. He did a series of raised tessellation pieces that look so pretty I think I’d be too scared…
The Sheltering Sky is a slow and steady looker of a film that follows an American couple as they travel through Northern Africa in 1947. Hoping to rekindle their faltering marriage, the couple sets out for an adventure but is met with more desperation and depression at every turn. It’s hardly a bright ray of…
Today’s Biz Ladies post is by Jordan Moore, an internet marketing consultant and previous Biz Ladies contributor (Email Marketing). She helps empower artists and creative entrepreneurs to grow their businesses online, has authored the best-selling ebook, “The Etsy Kit” and blogs about marketing at Handmade Success. Today she offers some valuable advice on creating a…
Image via Andrew Hurley Today’s Belfast City Guide comes to us from Meagan Williamson, blogger at the Row House Nest and current resident in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Originally from Toronto, Canada, Meagan moved into a charming Irish row house (the inspiration for her blog) and now shares with us some of the many other charming details…
These colorful cement tiles from Tracey Reinberg at Kismet Tile use simple but beautiful geometric patterns that allow them to be combined in a number of ways. I’ve always wanted to cover an entire backyard space in tile and these can be treated for outdoor use as well as indoor. Tracy has a range of…
One of the good sides of not being able to drive everything home to Brooklyn next month is that it’s prevented me from buying larger pieces of furniture in town. However, it’s lead me to stock up on amazing jewelry from local artists instead. Who doesn’t have room for an extra pair of earrings…or two?…
Speaking of cute cards…these little love notes from Red Cap cards have a clean geometric feel that I love. I like when sweet cards have a simple feel- sometimes the sentiment and a little picture is all you need to get the idea across. Click here to pick up a Red Cap of cards online…
Last night I couldn’t sleep (For some reason the rainy Portland weather makes me want coffee 2-3 times a day) so I spent way too much time browsing through the archives of a great Tumblr site called Things Organized Neatly. I’ve never been a particularly neat person- or someone prone to organizing collections neatly- but…
Jessica and Ash Bettenay sure know how to stay busy, mastering the art of building business on special friendships and their joint loves of travel, style, family and far too much laughing. In addition to the convenience of living above their gastro hotel, Bettenay’s — a busy local establishment built on the notion of having great…
Artist and design couple Peter Dunham and Linnea Gits run a design company in Chicago called Uusi that focuses on limited edition or one-off prints and objects for the home. They’ve lived in this Chicago home for 10 years. They try to keep the overall look simple, allowing the wood surfaces and collected objects to…
Downtown couple Shayna Kulik and Justin Kalifowitz merge their love of music, deign and travel in Manhattan’s West Village. They moved into this one-bedroom apartment in a former 19th-century paper mill turned pickle factory (and later a co-op) three years ago when they gut-renovated the place to expose hidden details and add their own personal…
Lauren Naimola is the woman behind Dear Golden, a favorite Etsy shop for vintage clothing. Lauren has a great eye for vintage, which is very apparent in her home. She is always on the lookout at estate sales, antique malls and thrift stores. When decorating her house, Lauren loves a naturalistic and rustic aesthetic; she…
Around this time every year, my parents would go on a mission to get the garage organized. Everything would come out, the cement floor swept and hosed off, and then it would all go back in. In a family of six, this was no small feat, and pitchers of sun tea were necessary to sustain…
I’ve always been something of a pattern nut, but I’ve gotten better about not combining them like a crazy person. Then I saw Kate’s post on custom patterns & prints for tech devices and immediately felt the desire to get at least five different prints for everything I lug around in my bag. I’ll try…
One of the words I’ve been saying a lot since I got out to Portland is earnest. So many of the artists, musicians and store owners here have an earnestness that is both admirable and, at times, surprising. I’ve gotten pretty jaded living in New York, and it’s always good to be reminded that someone’s…
