Featured Seller: Petits Details
“I feel fortunate to be able to meet so many kind and creative people who appreciate these things that I consider to be treasures.” – Shannon
Vegetarian Fajitas
Tasty and versatile, fajitas work for both casual home cooks and aspiring foodies, combining easy preparation and a flexible roster of ingredients.
Fresh Shops: Just a Bunch of Baskets
For thirty years, Billie Ruth Sudduth has created remarkable baskets using traditional techniques and classical formulas of beauty and proportion.
The 99 Feelings of ArtMind
How do you visualize the human experience — courage, happiness, hope? Ceramicist Mitsy Sleurs started with a Matryoshka doll and 99 emotions.
Bright and Beautiful Summer Parties
Summer’s the season for impromptu get-togethers and spur of the moment celebrations. Hank and Hunt shares picks for casually fabulous fêtes.
Short Stories: Edible Chocolate Seashells
Just where do these exotic marine sweets originate? Why, just north of the chocolate-filled candy nut trees, of course.
Featured Seller: Better Off Wed
“A small part of me is actually there on the most important day of people’s lives. That’s extremely special.” – Tina
How-Tuesday: Petal Card
Celebrate Mother’s Day with a handmade floral card showered in tissue paper petals.
Noted: Defining Success as an Artist
Out of dismal facts and figures comes a pointed question which no artist can avoid.
Short Stories: Celluloid Rings of Bob Dodd
A heartfelt gift leads two women to Bob Dodd, a remarkable folk artist who spent seventy years turning celluloid fragments into rings.
Storyboard: Lunch!
A reverie on loneliness, hunger, appetite and the magic of making your own sandwich.
Featured Seller: Creative Chics
“Some call us renaissance women, and given our vast number of interests, I think this might actually be true.” – The Creative Chics
Home Styles: The Artist’s Studio
From darkrooms to ateliers, the spaces where artists work maintain a tender balance of utilitarian needs and aesthetic tendencies.
News From the Craft and Style Blogsphere: 5/4/2012
All the best eye candy, fit for a Friday.
Noted: The Original Instagram
Instagram’s pretty photo filters have an unexpected relation —the 18th-century craze for admiring landscapes through colored convex mirrors.
