Etsy Finds: Room for the Whole Family
While many children have recently headed back to school, there are plenty of families who are settling into another productive year of homeschooling. This week's Get the Look: Decor is inspired by the Filer-Dougal family, who have created a home that doubles as an inspiring educational space for their …
The Sister Project
It just doesn’t feel like an office to Margaret Roach unless people are excitedly showing her things they just made by hand, and she is in turn showing those to an audience. The former editorial director of Martha Stewart Living left last year to pursue her own forms of creative self-expression from her …
Etsy Finds Decor: Family Matters
This weekend's Get the Look: Decor is inspired by the playful home of the Hanson family of San Diego, California. Amy Hanson has decorated every corner of her home with handmade items that have significance to her family of five. She has created thoughtful vignettes using her amazing collections of …
Handmade Weddings: Five Sisters = One Amazing Day
Ann Marie Popko, a.k.a. superduper and cocktailparty, lives in the French Quarter of New Orleans and has been designing accessories for almost 20 years. Her professional creative life includes hair accessories and hats, Mardi Gras costumes, nature photography, pecan cookery and newsletter writing. In …
Crafty Genes: A Mother-Daughter Etsy Story
I owe so much to my mother, Raquel: my freckles, an undying love of stinky cheese, and an affinity for Victorian, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco objects. Most important, though, is the creativity that can be traced through her family tree — no generation has been spared! Both of my mom's grandfathers were successful …
Inside A Mother-Daughter Shop: The Story of a Mouse and her Chic
When Carmen Marti bought a new sewing machine and gave her 25 year old Singer to her daughter Jamie Halleckson, little did she know what it would lead to. Carmen has sewn since the age of five, when her grandma and mom taught her to sew Barbie clothes. As a single mom, Carmen stitched up many outfits and toys for …
Mother-Daughter-Grandmother Shops: Crocheting the Generation Gap (en Español)
“To be, or not to be,” Shakespeare's Hamlet asked. How about “Two Knit or Knot to Knit?” This is the question for granddaughter Eve Neuhart and her grandmother Martha Villa, who started a shop called TwoKnit. They were introduced to Etsy by Roxana Villa (IlluminatedPerfume and RoxanaVilla), Martha’s daughter and …
Personal Passover Traditions: Afikomen
Last year I shared my grandmother’s version of my mother’s Matzah Ball Soup. This year, instead of sharing a food memory, I’ll share my favorite Passover custom: the hiding (and seeking) of the Afikomen. In a nutshell, at the beginning of the Passover Seder, half of the middle of three pieces of Matzah (called the …
Carl Honoré on the Power of Slow
Carl Honoré is an award-winning Canadian journalist and author. He worked with street children in Brazil before turning to writing. He has covered Europe and South America for the Economist, Observer, Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle, National Post and others. His first book, In Praise of Slowness …
Passover: The Jewish Fest for Artists
Passover is just around the corner (April 9, 2009!), and Israeli jeweler rafya is here to explain the handmade significance behind the holiday. Her post is in Hebrew and English, so if you're familiar with both languages you're in for a treat! First up: Hebrew. פסח – חג יהודי לאומנים. בדומה לחגי סוף השנה הנוצריים גם …
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