The holidays are a perfect time to get crafty. Spending time with family and friends making decorations together can be a great excuse to try a new technique. Maybe needle felting is something you’ve always wanted to experiment with? Or cross-stitch? When I’m yearning to venture into new crafty territory I like to start with…
Settling In
These past few weeks have been a bit of a transition as I settle into shifting the bulk of my content creation over to Craft Industry Alliance. The podcast and newsletter have now officially been moved and it feels great. There were so many technical and design details that went into making all of that…
An Important Announcement About Some Big Changes
I have some big changes to share today about both my podcast and my newsletter. The changes are related and they’re rolling out on the same day which makes it nice to be able to do a single post explaining everything at once. I’m excited and a little nervous to tell you about them. If…
Doing Some Visible Mending on Jeans
I’m short. Actually, at 5′ 2″ I’m taller than my mom and my grandmother (my younger sister is taller than me by an inch), but in the grand scheme of things I’m still pretty short. This was rubbed in recently when my middle son, Simon, who is now 13-years-old and in 8th grade, grew taller…
Podcast Episode #153: Stacie Bloomfield of Gingiber
On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about building an illustration business with my guest, Stacie Bloomfield. Stacie Bloomfield is the founder of the company Gingiber, based in Springdale Arkansas. She is an illustrator and printmaker who sells prints, stationery, fabric, and homewares in over 500 retail outlets around the country….
Podcast Episode #152: Pati Palmer of Palmer/Pletsch
On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about building a business in the sewing industry with my guest, Pati Palmer. Pati is the driving force behind the Palmer/Pletsch publishing company which has published dozens of sewing books and how-to DVD’s and creator of eight Palmer/Pletsch sewing notions products, including PerfectFuse™ Interfacings….
Vinyl Stickers for Your Laptop that Will Let Everyone Know You’re a Crafter
It’s back-to-school time, my favorite time of year. I loved being a student and I spent many years as a teacher so when the weather turns cooler and all the back-to-school catalogs begin arriving at my house I can’t help but get excited. School supply shopping is always so exciting. Fortunately, I have three kids…
Podcast Episode #151: Lisa Solomon
Photo of Lisa Solomon by Sarah Deragon. On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about making a career as an artist with my guest, Lisa Solomon. Lisa Solomon is a mixed media artist whose work has been exhibited and collected all over the world. She received her BA in art practice…
Checking out TikTok
I joined TikTok. It’s been an interesting experience in every way, not least of which is simply telling people this. My older daughters are now 13 and 15 and they are horrified, to say the least. “There’s no way you can understand TikTok, mom. It’s memes you don’t get.” Okay, I’ll accept that. There’s definitely…
Episode #150: Laura Zander of Jimmy Beans Wool
On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about running a brick-and-mortar and online yarn shop with my guest, Laura Zander. Laura is the co-owner of Jimmy Beans Wool. Along with her husband Doug, she worked as software engineers during the dot-com boom in the San Francisco area. When Laura and Doug…
- « Previous Page
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- …
- 54
- Next Page »