I began my study of Japanese language in grade 9. Here in Canada we are required to take French until grade 8, and let me tell you the moment I was able to leave French behind, I jumped at it! I found French and I didn’t mesh well ;) My grade 8 French teacher was constantly poking at my inelegant pronunciation and telling us crazy stories about getting stuck in elevators or in traffic jams and desperately needing to go to the bathroom. (The poster above is from Nan... → Read the rest of this article
Amy L.
You can find Amy online, selling posters in her etsy shop and blogging about handmade.
Say Hello to this little Scrabble tile Gnome from Crafty Bird Creations.
Remember in the early 90′s when Friendship Bracelets were all the rage? (And I think I single handedly kept the Scottish Friendship Bracelet Market in business.)
They were quite the sensation and suddenly any craft store worth their salt stocked all shades of the rainbow threads in order that Friendship Bracelet Junkies could stock up on the colours that their hearts desired. Yes, of course... → Read the rest of this article
Cara Quinn
Cara lives in Scotland with her husband and baby. She works at home for an on-line publishing company,
North Highland Publishing. She
blogs about life's melodramas as a new Mama and dreams of owning her own sock monkey/photography business.
It’s impossible not to get swept up in World Cup Fever, even if the sound of the Vuvuzela is hazardous to your health.
Hosting the 2010 World Cup is a tremendous accomplishment for this complex region, hopefully the excitement of the moment will continue to inspire economic growth and social change. The growth of the handmade industry is also taking root, with traditional African artistry becoming globally relevant. Enock Mpofu is a fine artist who grew up in public... → Read the rest of this article
Emily Anderson
Emily is the author of three books, mother of two small children, wife to one husband, and designer living in New York City. Emily also writes about the creative life, and her pursuit of all things that are good with style on her
blog.
When sixteen year old Abby Sunderland lost contact on her solo voyage last week, she was right in the middle of the Indian Ocean. There’s very little in the way of land in this part of the world, where Perth, Australia sits at the eastern edge of the ocean’s water. But creativity knows no geographical boundaries, and even in this far away place, there are handmade goods to tempt you.
Olivia and Michiko YasueIt are the sisters behind My Furoshiki, a collection of... → Read the rest of this article
Emily Anderson
Emily is the author of three books, mother of two small children, wife to one husband, and designer living in New York City. Emily also writes about the creative life, and her pursuit of all things that are good with style on her
blog.
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was born June 30, 1017 in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. She recently passed away on May 9, 2010. She was a singer, actress, dancer, and civil rights activist. Ms. Horne is probably best known for her role in the 1943 Stormy Weather, considered to be a time capsule showcasing some of the top African-American performers of the time, during an era when black actors and singers rarely appeared in lead roles in mainstream Hollywood... → Read the rest of this article
Emily Anderson
Emily is the author of three books, mother of two small children, wife to one husband, and designer living in New York City. Emily also writes about the creative life, and her pursuit of all things that are good with style on her
blog.
