Just found out today that one of my photos made it into the 200 Yards exhibition at Rare Device! The opening reception is on my birthday, June 1st, which makes it doubly exciting. I took a ton of photos and whittled it down to five submissions. I won’t spoil the surprise by showing the photo I’m exhibiting just yet, but here are the other four I really liked that didn’t make the cut:
Through the corner windows of Rare Device
It’s been almost a week and I’m still not sure I’m fully recovered from the Craftcation conference. I was scheduled to run three sessions in three days, but then added a fourth at the last minute when another speaker had to cancel. Having been a middle school teacher for six years, where you teach 4-5 hours a day, I didn’t think it would be a big deal, but I was exhausted at the end of every day. I forgot how tiring it can … Read more »
Headed down to Ventura this morning to spend the weekend at the Craftcation Conference. I’ll be teaching three four sessions there:
Moving Your Business Beyond the Kitchen Table (panel)
Marketing on a Budget
Pricing Your Handmade Work
Accounting/Bookkeeping for Crafters
I’m excited to see far-flung friends Jenny Hart (at a conference I’m NOT organizing, for a change!) and Danielle Maveal (see this video Q&A we did together last month), and to spend time with fellow SF crafty-business ladies Stephanie Cortez from NerdJerk and … Read more »
I realize that I haven’t posted much lately, nor will I get through the mountain of no-longer-relevant items that I meant to post until mid-August at the earliest. Why? Because I have been eating, sleeping, and breathing the Conference of Creative Entrepreneurs.
Not to toot my own horn, but our schedule and speaker line-up has tuned out pretty kick-ass, don’t you think? I’m especially excited to hear Jeff Rudell’s keynote address. He is one of my personal … Read more »
The next stop on the Custom Yoka Show tour by DKE Toys is the Screaming Sky Gallery in Portland, OR. From May 26th-June 26th, you’ll be able to view this little guy and his tiny, ursine cousins. For purchase information, please contact the gallery directly.
Leonardo the Octopus, my very first Deep Creep, will be making his debut in the Bazaar Bizarre pavilion at the Bay Area Maker Faire. The Maker Faire takes place at the San Mateo Fairgrounds next Saturday and Sunday, May 21st-22nd. If you’ve never been to the Maker Faire before, grab your friends and/or your kids and make a day of it. Never will you see so much human creativity, ingenuity and fun in one place.
At the Bazaar Bizarre, I will have … Read more »
