I've been stuck on the idea of treasure boxes for a while. Probably my whole life, but especially the last little while. When I say treasure box, all I really mean is a small box filled with sma...
Local friends & readers, on Sunday, Feb 19th, at 2:00 pm, I will be signing Oddfellow's and making mischief at adorable Green Bean Books on Alberta. I will be bringing cookies, drawing suppl...
Today is my birthday. I woke up with a cold - whatta cruel coincidence.But I'll soldier on and have some pie and possibly cake and heal myself that way! In my inbox today, waiting from one of my...
Richard Buckner has a song called Gauzy Dress in the Sun - they are one of those universal things of beauty, I think. I happened into my rat's nest of a dressing room the other day when the sun ...
I love Valentine's day a lot - of course, I love holidays in general. But Valentine's day is special to me, both for its proximity to my birthday (which falls on Valentine's eve) and a...
Powell's just posted an interview with me in which I talk a bit about Oddfellow's as well as cover topics as wonderful and varied as "Favorite teacher", "Favorite fictional c...
Thank you so very much for all your kind Oddfellow's book-birthday comments and well-wishings! This was a really exciting week. And to say hello before the weekend comes, I wanted to share this ...
Today is the day that Oddfellow's Orphanage lands on shelves! I'm all jittery - full of excitement (and tea and a very sweet blueberry muffin.) It is available now for purchase via Amazon, ...
Oddfellow's Orphanage comes out on Tuesday, the 24th! As in, only a few days from now!I've already heard via Twitter of sightings of it in the wild. Huzzah!Behind the scenes, I have been ma...
For Christmas, a thoughtful, generous friend gave me some of the most beautiful tomato-y red silk yardage, along with matching tomato-y thread, and then sweet little buttons and buckles and such in c...
Butterfly photo source here1.) The Armed Garden by David B.: a collection of legends from one of my favorite comics artists. Epileptic, the book he is probably best known for, is one of the most memo...
Why, hello & how do you do?Happy New Year, though I know I'm a week late. I needed another week of keeping a distance from internet-life, I think. I have posts I want to compose and things I...
I had an idea this year that I would wrap all our gifts in white or kraft paper tied with pretty colored yarn, all finished off with a bouncy pom pom or two. I don't have a tool (and was too anx...
I haven't been able to make any really involved Christmas gifts or projects this year (really, this is the way it goes most years!) It does feel good to embark on little 1-2 hour projects, thoug...
Hello there! I have a freebie printable treat for you - the winter-y paper miss & fur friend I created for the lovely Crafty Wonderland programs are now available for you to download and print. I...
Local Portlanders, come see us at this year's Crafty Wonderland holiday shopping extravaganza! December 10 & 11 (Saturday and Sunday) from 11:00 to 6:00 at the Oregon Convention Center in Ha...
I moved my studio around this Summer, which was a little project that siezed me one day out of the blue. My work room is quite small, no more than a walk-in closet. And it's important for that t...
To help all you elves with your holiday shopping, everything in the shop is 20% off 'til Tuesday at 12:00 am Pacific!
The two card designs from last year (A Winter's Ride & the Holly and Ivan Paper Doll Cards) are available in very limited quantities alongside this year's Girl & Bear design. Visit ...
I only just found out about this from my friend who keeps me informed of all manner of neat things. What a marvel to read here about the restored color print of George Méliès's fantastical 1902 ...
Just a head's up here to let you know that December 1st will be the last day to place an order for made-to-order lockets and have 'em delivered to U.S. addresses in time for Christmas. For ...
I'm gearing up to smash some gingersnaps into smithereens (a crust for pumpkin cheesecake!) The one I make is similar to this Allrecipes one, but I've never split up the filling into two la...
It was a Thanksgiving-week treat to see this nice review from P.W. today! Oddfellow’s Orphanage Emily Winfield Martin. Random, $14.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-375-86995-2 Martin’s poignant and gently hum...
The Frankie calendar for 2012 has my little bandit girl on the cover!I feel so proud. As always, the calendar features a bunch of wonderful illustrators I feel really happy to think of as peers (and ...
This is a snap of a partially-finished up little doll (with fur friend & lots of clothes!) I'm making especially for the Crafty Wonderland crew. She'll be included in the show booklets ...
Last week was the autumn antique fair - one of my favorite happenings of the year! Here's my loot - I found some really neat stuff and (luckily!) didn't spend too many pennies for most o...
Today I am so happy to introduce the official Black Apple Christmas cards for 2011, and let you know that they are now available in the shop! Featuring a woodland friend and a rose-cheeked miss, plus...
I'm excited to say that most of the new paintings (Lillian & Licorice, Costume Party, etc) are now available as prints in the shop, along with this new pin set! I am crazy over these four li...
All through the year, I'm like a moth to the flame of a scallop or a good peter pan collar. Even so, the crisp, chilly weather brings lots of especially nice ones out of hiding. Documented below...
Today we're going to carve up the pumpkins, spend the evening with some scary movies & hopefully get visits from some cute trick-or-treaters! I hope they all look something like this: source...
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