From the Weed Patch: Garlic Mustard Pesto

I heart pesto. Basil Pesto. Sundried Tomato Pesto. Cilantro Pesto. Spinach Pesto. If it’s green, garlicky and full of “heart healthy” fats, I’ll eat it. So imagine my geekish glee when I learned the incredibly invasive garlic mustard weed can be turned into pesto. It’s cliche but true: If you can’t beat ‘em, eat ‘em, and [...]

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Snow Days Are For Cleaning Out Your Junk Drawer And Being A Kid Again

Another Snow Day? Your kids are probably under your feet chanting “I’m Bored. I’m Bored. I’m Bored.” Or your neighbors/siblings/cousins/mail carriers were in a pinch and dropped their kids on your doorstep because you have nothing better to do. Either way, it’s time to get crafty! First, send the kids to gather some woodland stuff, like [...]

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Tablescape Architecture: DIY Spring Egglings

Every spring, my boyfriend’s mom Susan asks me to do a floral centerpiece for Easter Dinner. Last year, we used mostly household items and annuals from the Garden Center to create a cheerful, but inexpensive tablescape. Several weeks before Easter, Susan grew a batch of grass from seed in her windowsill and wanted to use [...]

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Introducing Bauble Garden’s Book Club Series

Creativity is an escape. Immersing yourself within a project, whether its painting your bathroom, decorating a cake, or organizing photos in a scrap book, time stands still, and larger scale worries disappear for a little while. Books work the same way. Each story transports you into another world and lets you glimpse life through somebody [...]

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Creative Space in a Small Apartment

What happens when you combine a small apartment with zero closet space and an intense need to make things? Mostly, a mess. For a long time, tools and crafting supplies intermingled carelessly with my kitchen table, couch, floor, and boyfriend (not in that order). By the way, as kitchen tables go, mine is about the [...]

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An Engagement Necklace Story

Designing a piece of jewelry for a friend? Fun. Designing a piece of jewelry for her boyfriend to propose with? Eek! Challenging, fun, nerve-racking, exciting, and slightly OCD. I recently had the honor of creating a necklace as a surprise engagement gift for one of my closest friends. Her boyfriend-we’ll just call him “Bud” in [...]

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I’m a Featured Artist

Thank you Brenda Zapatosky of BdoodleZ! She profiled me as a Featured Artist in her blog this weekend. Read the article here and then feel free to browse her Etsy shop to see the creative cards she designs. FYI- She also does customized Christmas Cards and Invitations featuring her quirky and fun pen and ink doodles.

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Local Artisans get Friendly with Etsy

Thanks to Beth aka Bethela, who was kind enough to stop in Falmouth as part of her MegaBeth Etsy tour, I got to meet with a few local artisans this month.  It was fun seeing the broad range of styles and creativity in such a small group: from felted seussical vessels to handmade journals, mermaids, [...]

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Ten Signs You Are The Crazy Neighborhood Cat Lady

  1. You brush your teeth in the kitchen because the cat you recently adopted sleeps in the bathroom sink. 2. The first cat you adopted lives in a teepee (that you sewed yourself). 3. You consider cleaning the litter box your zen garden meditation routine. 4. You buy new slippers because your cat doesn’t like [...]

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Plantable Packaging

Last weekend I attempted to make my own plantable paper.  Until now I’ve been packaging my jewelry with old seed catalogs and boxes randomly pilfered from coworkers and friends, or salvaged cardboard from office coffee shipments.  Recently, I hit upon the brilliant idea of biodegradable packaging. Its not exactly a new concept:  If you can [...]

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