Entries by Minnie

I'm excited about the Eat Real Festival this weekend happening at Jack London Square. I'll be hanging around from 10am to 1pm doing something unspecified ...

My sister traveled to England recently and lamented the fact that she couldn't find any suitably hilarious punk commemorative tea towels. So, obviously, I had ...

Grace Dobush - Crafty Superstar - Cincinnati - crafty supermarket craft fair Jamie Chan - Urban Fauna Studio - Bazaar Bizarre SF How to NOT freak out ...

With Lisa Congdon (Rare Device), Sally Brock (Fancy), Faythe Levine (Paper Boat) and Jennifer (Trophy Cupcakes) Advice for business owners Jennifer shea and Sally Brock - Business ...

Yesterday or maybe the day before there was like 20 minutes of quiet in this house. I could hear some vague rustling coming from the ...

I can't wait to make this fabric into pillow cases. I need some ruffly white lacy shit to put on there too. I imagine that when ...

I'm off to Seattle tomorrow at 7am (gah!). I absolutely HAVE to pack light for this trip since my suitcase has to be stuffed with ...

News flash! This place is huge. And awesome. And really big. Liz wrote up yesterday pretty well here so I won't rehash it. Except maybe ...

omgomgomgom. I'm so excited to be in NY. I swear I never really thought about NY at all as an exciting place I would want ...

Yep. It's never too early to give your kid a can of spray paint, a mohawk, a ukulele and some loud aggressive music. My sister ...

Recently Jack learned the words Kill, Dead, and Kill you Dead. It's kind of horrifying to hear your 3 year old say those things. And ...

I'm still crying about what happened in jack's class today. I feel like a TOTAL ASS for not stepping in in some way or other. ...

Sheesh. I Jack and I just had a very crappy experience. i'm so mad at myself and at the teacher. We went to circus class and ...

We attempted a plum jam last week. Plums were picked at a friends house and we bought some strawberries to add. We also added allspice ...

I hate parenting magazines. Every single woman depicted in a parenting magazine is over 5'8" and weighs about 120 lbs. As all 5'1" of me ...

bottomless popovers Originally uploaded by Minnibird Did you know that you get a bottomless basket of popovers when you have breakfast at the Cliff House? Totally true. ...

I recently wrote an article for Blogher about Crafting and Feminism, you can read it here! Blogher also syndicated my DIY swimwear post. I did clean ...

I'ma freak. I was going to be somewhat in the neighborhood anyway so why not go the extra... mile (or so) to get my ...

Kids have well honed survival techniques. I like it when he says the following: Mom, I am really, really happy at you. I had so much fun ...

I voted! Originally uploaded by Minnibird I love that my polling place is about 10 feet away from my house. However, I was sad to see that ...

I stopped by Blue Bottle Coffee last week to get a coffee before a playdate. I ordered a latte as usual but then asked instead ...

I had a craftastic weekend, starting on Thursday. I went to the Etsy craft Lab hosted by MOCFA and sponsored by Giant Robot and Britex Fabrics ...

I pretty sure I am close to a decision about quitting the craft fair circuit (as a vendor) and returning to sewing for just me ...

House Originally uploaded by Minnibird Well, we signed some loan papers. I'm so nervous. What if this loan doesn't go through and we try to get another ...

I always forget how LONG the days at Maker Faire seem when you are a vendor. VERY LONG. Ones eyes and nose start to hurt ...