A Small Batch

10/09/2022

Fun news x1000:
✈️ I'm coming to Spokane!
✏️ I'm hosting a writing workshop!! (Please come!)
📚 I'm reading some poetry at Wishing Tree Books with the amazing Mery Smith! 🤩
Saturday, October 15,
🤑 Sign up for the workshop via my website (I fixed the form link 🤪); workshop costs $15. 2-3:30 pm
🌞 Just show up for the reading at 4 pm. Free, in the backyard and the weather looks amazing.
See you there???

09/12/2022

Trying the 'Hang it on the wall and live with it a bit' method to help see if this feels "done" or not. Loving these chunky recycled cotton cords from ! The trick is making something I think lives up to the stick I build it on. 😁 (Although it does feel great to use up some of my stick collection, I was starting to feel like a Labrador with a hoarding problem.)
This is another piece headed to later this year!

09/10/2022

Back at the market today with quilted wraps & scarves & bags! Handmade with care by me & my amazing mom! 💗 🪡 🧵💖

09/10/2022

Been feeling a bit like I'm running from one thing to the next lately but managed to fit in some rug tufting time this week! New project finished up for a show at later this year. 🙌

06/01/2022

Tiny tomatoes, tiny flowers, and the tiniest strawberry! It must be tiny season! Tune into Small Batch Poetry RIGHT NOW (well at 11 am PST Wednesday 6/1) for the first of the summer series of episodes.
I'll be sharing some poetry and writing prompts in a slightly more tiny format (less talking, more music) with new episodes the 1st & 3rd Wednesday June, July, and August! Tune in and write along with me!
https://www.tpgradio.com/

04/13/2022

I forgot to post last week with newsletter link! So catch it today...and sign up to get my weekly newsletter to stay up on what I'm making, creativity classes, and whatever I'm learning about each week!
Bonus: newsletter subscribers get a discount on the upcoming Get Started: an online class to kick-start your creativity! class! (Discount code in email version of newsletter. 😘 )

Putting together the Get Started class (that you can sign up for right here, right now!) has been a good reminder that even with lessons we know, we often need to learn them over & over again. I know I often just need to get started with my projects, but

04/07/2022

Spring is a good time to get started on the creative projects we've been daydreaming about all winter...but sometimes it's hard to get going. If you're feeling a little stuck, sluggish, or overwhelmed...I made this class for you!
*Live zoom class 4/27 (but you'll have access to the recorded version to watch whenever works for you!)
*Worksheets & resources to help you build a sustainable creative practice
*Open to any discipline / whatever your creative practice / wherever you're at / whatever you want to make
*Check the stories or website for more details!

03/30/2022

Check this week's newsletter to see how I connect graffiti on a museum in NY, Madonna, Matt McCormick's recently re-released short doc, and a new online class!🧐
(AKA my newsletter continues to be about whatever crosses my path. Find the link in the comments to read the newsletter... or just to skip right to Matt's film!)

03/16/2022

Have you been tuning into TPG Radio for Small Batch Poetry? This week I'm sharing poetry from Spokane Poet Laureate (and all around delight) Chris Cook! Join me every 1st & 3rd Wednesday for poetry & writing prompts! (No poetry experience required!💛 )

24/7 online eclectic radio station based out of Spokane, WA

03/04/2022

Writing a weekly newsletter has been such an unexpectedly challenging, interesting, and rewarding project. Thanks for reading as I figure out what it is I'm doing...📝📝📝
(& link in bio & stories if you want on the 💌 list!)
*Featured image: Art deco pattern, art nouveau painting, plate no. 11 from Floréal: dessins and coloris nouveaux, Emile-Alain Séguy (1925).

03/03/2022

I made a cute thing to share a couple of my favorite frosting recipes with you! You can buy it on my website for a cool $4 or I'm sending it out to all the paid newsletter subscribers as a fun March treat! Sign up as a paid subscriber anytime in March & I'll send it your way! (Check the comments below for direct links to sign up for the newsletter and to find the frosting zine on my website!)