I hope you will indulge me for a minute or two and let me talk about one of my favorite subjects. For the past 15 years, my life has been filled with craziness, laughter, drama and love - and a...
"Pearly Queen of Jubilee Gardens" by Ann CarringtonOn the occasion of the Queens Diamond Jubilee I am thinking of Jolly Old England and my desire to return! After spending a semester ab...
Years ago, while teaching at Silver Bella, I met Shea Fragoso and Debbie Murray - also known collectively as A Gilded Life. At the time, the two, along with Sheas kids and 2 very large dogs, were loc...
We are getting ready to leave for the summer - ten more days and we will be in France to host our annual Chateau Getaway. This summer we will be meeting up with three groups of women - all who ...
Our Woad Workshop was another beautiful day of outdoor dyeing and camaraderie - its always a good mix of the two and I think its why students return over and over again. This year, Jody, Dawn and I d...
A few months back, a really nice guy named Andy threw a sweet 16th party for his daughter here at French General. Dawn taught 16 girls a jewelry workshop and Andy and I sat in the kitchen hanging out...
When school started this past year, Sofia decided to run for Commissioner of Public Relations - thats a fancy title for "dedicated sign maker". She tied in the election with a good friend, so...
Im getting ready to head out to Kansas City this week for the International Quilt Market - held twice a year to showcase all of the latest fabrics, patterns and new notions and machines in the quilti...
Years ago when JZ, Sofia and I first visited Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val in France, we stayed in a 17th century townhouse called Le Sejour. Tom, the Englishman and owner of Le Sejour, renovated the...
I loved hearing about everyones favorite dress memories - I see a whole book with drawings of each and every little dress - anyone out there want to do the sketches?? Thank you so much for digging de...
Our new line with Moda, Petite Odile, has just arrived! I designed this line with a story in my head...the story of a French girl named Odile who had an armoire full of petite dresses. Each day Odile...
About a month ago, my friend John Cohn, asked me if I wanted to go to Ireland for four days. It sounded a bit crazy - but he had won a trip to Dublin - everything included. I said why not...
I found an old quilt at a flea market a couple of weeks ago. And although I will look at ANY old quilt, I didnt think I needed to add this quilt to my collection. It was hand tied and the fabric look...
Rachel woads Cheryl woads Joan woads Cathy woads Lisa woads Sofia woads Teree woads Marcia woads Wendy woads Kick woads Monica and Meleen woad Danielle woads too! Even Molly woads! Wanna woad? ...
My favorite afternoon is usually an afternoon spent in Summerland, California at my friend Mogulls house. Mogull, as she is affectionally known to all of us, used to visit us at French General back i...
Ive been in jury duty for the past two weeks and it is beginning to take its toll. When I was first selected to sit on a jury panel I was at once shocked and excited. Shocked that I had actually been...
Today we received our line of paper arts from EK Success! When we started this project, over a year ago, I never imagined that we would be able to create a line of vintage inspired papers and embelli...
Weve got a full day of creativity planned at French General on Saturday, April 21st from 10-5! Our morning workshop will feature Mavis Leahy, a local Los Angeles fiber artist, who creates mixed media...
Years ago, at a dinner party, I met a woman named Joan Bunte. Joan took me under her wing and has kept me there ever since - pushing me to do more... design paper, teach more, and basical...
Three words I never knew I would write together - turkey red damask. And then, digging at a flea market, I found this....Twenty one differnt turkey red damask scraps sewn together to make a tableclot...
Im headed out to New York today, not for business or a bead dig...but to remember an old friend who passed away in December. Molly, Ryan and I are meeting up in the Big Apple to celebrate the life of...
I wish I could send everyone a bag of our paper scraps....it is so hard to only give away a handful! But, I have to limit myself or I will be packing and shipping for the next week! So, without furth...
After our Art of Craft weekend, I am left with a bag full of scraps from our new paper craft line with Jolees Boutique. I would love to send some bits out to someone who would like to create somethin...
Lately I have been plagued with the idea of art and craft and how we come to create our own style. I am inspired by so many things every day...music, nature, color, beads, Sofia, stripes, old houses,...
I guess I am addicted to Woad! I have dyed with the natural weed seven times now, and by the end of this summer I will have done it another it another four times! I still get excited by the process a...
Another creative-filled weekend has come and gone - but what fun we had! This year we had students from all of the US come for three days to make jewelry, stitch a sailors valentine, build a valentin...
Come learn to make a custom, hand-blocked hat at French General this Saturday, February 4th. Join Michelle Jorgensen as she walks us through the basics of hat making and learn to create a beautiful c...
You are no longer following . Undo?
English
Suomi
Svenska