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Theresa Yondo Open Studio - Saturday, May 21, 2011

2011-05-15T10:54:00.004-04:00

A couple of years ago I found Theresa Yondo's blog and photos of her lovely work in ceramics. Her blog listed her next event at Cain Park and I visited so I could gawk at her pots in person. I didn't find her, but just a few months later we ended up being in the same trunk show at the old Geode Gallery so I got to be a creepy, gushy fan for hours! Another year later, I found one of her gorgeous

LAST MINUTE MARKET IS SATURDAY, DEC 18TH 2010

2010-12-14T08:54:00.001-05:00

for complete details on the Last Minute Market & Screw Factory Open Studio and the Early Bird Hour to benefit the Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland, please visit: http://handmadefeelsgood.com/

Don't Miss These Markets!

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Click the pictures for more information on each :) Hope to see you there!

Theresa Yondo Rocks

2010-11-05T10:44:00.004-04:00

Contemporary Ceramics, Jewelry and Henna Body PaintingOpen Studio and SaleOne of a kind art giftsSaturday, November 6th 11-413796 Chillicothe Road Novelty, Ohio 44072Visit with Theresa Yondo at her studio with special guest artistsJeanne Grossetti, Deborah Woolfork. and Lauren Palsa Enjoymeeting and visiting with the artists while shopping for your special gift.Just North of Fairmount Blvd. on St

Sponsorship/Advertising Opportunity

2010-09-26T20:10:00.002-04:00

Cleveland Handmade Markets is excited to announce a great and affordable opportunity to advertise your business, event, or organization while helping us produce our 2010 Last Minute Market. Prices for a full color ad start at $55. Details and sign-up can be found here. You don't need to be a member and your organization can be just about any kind.Don’t have an organization? We can also print your

bookmark this site:

2010-09-13T10:00:00.003-04:00

"So, ffff…. forget what Forbes told you. Let’s be unmiserable. Together."

help community arts- Sept 7th at 7 Euclid City Hall

2010-09-06T20:56:00.000-04:00

"There is a City Council meeting Sept 7th at 7 p.m. at Euclid City Hall on E. 222nd Street to discuss more and possibly vote on this issue. I am asking that you attend this meeting to give input on how arts and culture have positively affected your own community.""Shore Cultural Centre is an old converted school that was built between the years of1918 and the 1930’s. Twenty some odd years ago it

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 11TH 1OAM-6PM

2010-09-04T10:15:00.001-04:00

i think it's a good idea for you to go to this. :)

Call for Artists

2010-07-22T00:21:00.002-04:00

Our next Handmade Market will be on Saturday, September 11th, 2010 at the Wooltex Gallery on Superior Avenue. This Market will be a part of the Sparx City Hop.We will have indoor and outdoor spaces available. Please visit Http://ClevelandHandmade.com/2010-applications for more information and to apply online or by mail.See you there! :)

do some bidding

2010-03-13T22:29:00.004-05:00

Third Fridays at 78th Street Studios are always cool. but! this third friday is going to be extra great. check out all of the things that are going on in the building that night here. including the Give Your hART to Haiti event featuring a silent auction of work contributed by lots of great local artists. you can even bid on this sterling keychain ;) i can't wait to see all of the donations.

BE THERE.

2010-03-05T22:45:00.007-05:00

Cleveland's handmade landscape has grown and flourished. so has the evolving Salty Not Sweet. originally an indie craft show, then a series of trunk shows which highlighted a handful of hand-makers and the local businesses that hosted them. now? a retail storefront and letterpress studio that will still showcase handmade wares made here. the opening party is SATURDAY, MARCH 6th, 2010. why did i

wooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

2009-12-14T15:21:00.002-05:00

(click picture to enlarge)The Last Minute Market is THIS SATURDAY!! if you haven't heard about it, you probably haven't talked to me lately ;)Don't miss this show. It.Is.Going.To.Be.Swell.

Wooltex show, Saturday, Dec. 5th 10a-6p

2009-11-23T20:31:00.006-05:00

here is a preview of the artists you'll see at the Cleveland Handmade Market at Wooltex show. do you see my heart in there? :)visit the show website for a clickable list of participating artists.

'moving sale of awesomosity'

2009-09-17T10:41:00.007-04:00

if you've ever read Stephanie's blog, Even Cleveland, you know she has amazing taste, a soft-spot for our city and a gifted way of writing about the things she digs. unfortunately for Cleveland, she and her husband are being whisked away to another major metropolitan area. before they go, they need to do some downsizing---that's where you come in.visit the 'moving sale of awesomosity' this

get muddy!

2009-06-12T07:40:00.005-04:00

my pal, the super cool Gina, is offering ceramics classes at her super cool studio.here is the official scoop:"Hand built Ceramics Class - All LevelsClasses held at the Ceramic Studio of Gina DeSantis Lake Erie Building (Lake Erie Screw Factory)13000 Athens AveLakewood, 440175 weeks: Tuesday evenings, June 30th - July 28th from 7-9 pmCost: $130, includes 1 25lb bag of clay, glazes and

yay! new earring preview!

2009-06-08T10:36:00.005-04:00

i am so excited about the way these turned out! i'll be listing them in the shop this week. eee! :)

Rocky River Fall Arts Fest! Call for Artists

2009-06-02T18:19:00.006-04:00

mark your calendars, this should be a great show!and since this is the first year, the city of Rocky River is not charging a table fee, just asking for a donation to the raffle at the Preview Party. sweet!the two-day festival will be held in the Olde Detroit Shopping area on Friday, September 18th from 6 to 9 p.m. (including a Preview Party benefiting the Rocky River Parks and Recreation

when i am seven inches tall

2009-05-29T13:07:00.006-04:00

i want to live in Lindsay Brandt's mid-century modern terrariums. can you think of a cooler gift for someone who has everything? i cannot. her shop is on my list for father's day for sure! (and as an added bonus, she is one of the sweetest people!) AND! she just got the rights from Dwell Magazine to make tiny miniature versions of their delicious periodical. see it there on the wee Hans J.

see pretty things & learn french!

2009-05-28T23:09:00.003-04:00

a super sweet lady, you can call her GeGe, writes a beautiful blog called lac' oKine and she chooses the most lovely things to feature. check out her 'own little treasury' The Ocean (which happens to showcase my fellow Clevey, Elleabelle!) yum! :)

WIN my earrings....

2009-05-28T10:26:00.004-04:00

....well, not really 'my' earrings. i just make them for you. i didn't wear them and spend time with them. you know. hee hee. ANYWAY! go to ClevelandHandmade.com and follow the instructions (don't be scared, it's easy!) to enter to win a pair of teeming earrings (the winner will get to pick the colors, yay!) good luck! :)

salty not sweet indie craft show

2009-05-17T09:38:00.005-04:00

oh my! it has been a long time since i've written here. hi! do you even remember me? :) i break my fast of blog to tell you about the salty not sweet indie craft show, slated for September 5th in Cuyahoga Falls at the Quirk Cultural Center from 12-8pm.this show is being produced by Candra Squire, a fellow Etsian and Oddmall vendor whose cards are so unbelievably funny that i nearly expired from

call for artists, the oddmall show!

2009-01-19T16:47:00.001-05:00

Hudson, Ohio will be the site of the first annual Oddmall Emporium of the Weird on Saturday, May 9th, 2009. Oddmall needs you! Reserve your booth by February 8th and save 20%! To apply for the show: "email a sample or three of your work (72 dpi jpegs, please) or a link to your website to Andy at mailto:andy@andyhopp.com?subject=Oddmall." "We are looking for various performers to entertain the

this show is over, but i'm leaving this post and it's comments for historical record :)

2008-12-17T01:08:00.009-05:00

last minute market vendor preview

2008-12-08T16:53:00.018-05:00

(click any picture for artist information and to learn more about the item)these are the Etsy sellers who will be at the Last Minute Market show! Cathy from CBF Designs and Ms. M from Sweetness by Marthumpa will also be there. this is gonna be so fun! :)

2008-12-08T13:06:00.002-05:00

hey! i was interviewed by Cleveland Handmade. ;)

the rumors are true!

2008-12-02T16:50:00.004-05:00

Cleveland Handmade will be enabling holiday shopping procrastination by offering a Last Minute Market! Saturday, December 20th from 5-9pm in Westlake.ta da! the vendor list is up: click here!

yay! new things!

2008-11-29T09:53:00.003-05:00

if you were at the MOCA or MOJO show this past weekend, you may have seen some new smashing things, but if you missed them, many will be appearing over the next week or so in the shop.ps-i'm excited! there are more variations on the 'teeming' line and finally some things for dudes to wear! :)happy thanksgiving weekend all! back soon! :)new EtsyNameSpace.Mini(103275, 'shop','gallery',3,3).

2008-11-10T14:31:00.004-05:00

the best food-related writing is the not the writing that makes you hungry for something in particular or tells you which restaurants to avoid, but it is the writing that manages to encompass the pleasant totality with which food is intertwined in our lives. no. wait. i like it best when it's funny. no, i like it best when it's all of those things. (image stolen, with relish, ha ha, from The

Cleveland Handmade's trunk show!

2008-11-07T09:52:00.007-05:00

Cleveland Handmade is having a trunk show at Mojo's Coffee in Bay Village! Come see us! Sunday, Nov 23rd! 10-4 printable PDF flyers and web badge codes are available here. and if you are on Facebook you can visit the event's page on to rsvp and invite other people. Please help us get the word out :) thanks!

november shows!

2008-10-24T08:29:00.004-04:00

i am super duper pleased to anounce that Arianne and i will be in the Tiny Canary *Indie Design Market* in Columbus again this year! we had a wonderful time last year and i hope to see you there :) here is the info:Saturday and Sunday, November 15-16, 200810 a.m.- 6 p.m. (both days)Junctionview Studios889 Williams Street Columbus, Ohio 43212 (*map*)i will also be in a show in Cleveland (weird, eh

holy clearance, batman!

2008-10-23T17:04:00.004-04:00

weeeeeee i just reduced prices in my sale section. must. make. more. room. for new things! check it out, and maybe rescue a pretty from my recycling pile/crucible ;)

the only scary part is how much i love this

2008-10-22T09:56:00.005-04:00

yay for fall. yay for putting away summer clothes. yay for campfires and cider. and yay for scarves! this scarf by Tricia of LazyTcrochet (a member and leader of ClevelandHandmade) may be the most perfect for the season. it is loooong and fringed and the colors are all of the colors of autumn and then some :) snatch it up and stay cozy!(photo by Tricia/LazyTcrochet.etsy.com)

the smell of hot paint and metal in the air can only mean one thing:

2008-10-03T10:12:00.010-04:00

it's really fall. the heat is on for the first time this year, warming the cockles of painted radiator hearts and it's dark during more of the chilly, starkly-lit day. this time of year always makes me think of victorian houses with spooky looming figures in the windows of widow's watches and pointy iron gates with ominous creaking hinges. and if i let my imagination go a little further i think

i couldn't sleep last night because of you....

2008-10-01T10:16:00.007-04:00

...yes, you. i'm talking to you Haunters and the Haunted: 33 Days of Halloween flickr group! i was not ready! today was the first day of posting for the group and i added the picture you see here (edit: i have replaced the original picture with another due to a complaint that it was too scary) hoping i wouldn't frighten anyone HA! mine looks like casper next to these inventive and truly

i vannt to suck your handmade recipe cards

2008-09-30T08:38:00.007-04:00

i've blogged about christopherandtia before, when they first opened their shop? remember? i was smitten with the awesome-bright colors and bold graphics that made their hand cut and printed recipe cards and handpainted boxes beyond rad. not to mention their wickedly funny sense of humor. they are 'the cutest couple ever to wrestle with wolves,' afterall ;)now i'm even more enamored since they

ooooh spooooky!

2008-09-29T16:01:00.015-04:00

this is my favorite time of year (and no! you can't call me out in the winter when i will probably say the same thing! ;) partly because it stops being hot, partly because it starts getting dark earlier, partly because of the smell of crunchy leaves, but mostly because it's the most melancholy season of all. and in it: halloween!i'm going to share some cool things i know about for the rest of the

where have YOU been?

2008-09-29T08:43:00.003-04:00

i can't remember the last time i saw a floppy disc. not even one of the newer little ones. there was plenty of junk washed-up on the beach, but this just seemed so out of place. (aren't you glad i'm blogging again?)ha! ;)

they say if you can stop for eleven days, you can stop forever.

2008-09-27T23:11:00.003-04:00

hello all :)i took an unplanned break from (am i really saying this?) "blogging." blogging. hee hee. what the blog? blog blog blog. what a funny word. why was i gone? i blame feeling quiet, my broken camera, my new camera, flickr, etsy, oh, and real life. real actual life. ;) nice to see you again :)

when bono didn't give me the creeps

2008-09-10T00:59:00.004-04:00

or if he did, it was in a good way. today's playlist is U2, zooropa or older. image from amazon

my hot fir tree

2008-09-09T16:24:00.003-04:00

i totally lucked into a treasury and filled it with some of the sweet people who entertain me constantly (you know that is a big job!) so visit it if you would by clicking here for a limited time and check out all of these great things from great people :)also: when you get a treasury, you have one chance to make the title and you can't backspace, so see if you can guess what i meant to type.

when did this become a music blog?

2008-08-27T10:22:00.006-04:00

today's auto-music wednesday playlist is all decemberists. slightly older stuff, but they have newer, too. i hated them the first 100 times i heard them. then one day, i fell head over heels. i think i was just jealous because i had never written a song with the word ventricles. or any songs, for that matter ;) hopefully, you won't be so hard on them (or yourself.) enjoy!

freeway lanes

2008-08-25T00:48:00.002-04:00

(click here for soundtrack)

last show

2008-08-19T15:06:00.005-04:00

HiAnnie, GingerBlah and me. this is the second to last Wade Oval Wednesday and there will be Klezmer music from the Yiddishe Cup and swamp-pop music from Cats on Holiday. the event is free and goes from 6-9pm. local restaurants will be vending their delicious food so stop by and say hello :)

a sweet way to help

2008-08-18T19:42:00.002-04:00

bird charmsOriginally uploaded by jessicajane.love these adorable little bird pendants are only $10 each at jessicajane.etsy.com and "100% of sales goes towards a fundraiser for a family in need. Their 20 yr old son has a brain tumor and has gone completely blind, and needs help with medical expenses."sweet! tweet! :)

haa haa! auto-music friday too!

2008-08-15T16:05:00.004-04:00

visiting the gingerblahblog made me want to hear this song all day or forever ;) so. now you get to too. yay! do you think walter meego means alter ego? hmmm....

it's not tuesday anymore?

2008-08-13T15:45:00.004-04:00

i was just thinking how i wished it was wednesday so i could post my Todd Rundgren playlist. and guess what? it IS wednesday! yay! can you guess the terrible pun i used for today's list without looking?(image from amazon.com, click to see source) :)

auto-music wednesday.

2008-08-06T00:48:00.007-04:00

today's list is all songs by charlotte martin (that is her over there on the right) and regina spektor, both suggestions from the lovely arianne. i've heard of ms. spektor a little tiny bit but ms. martin is all new (to me anyway.) so, this week we can listen to new music together.

look what my friend made

2008-08-04T17:27:00.005-04:00

one of the lovely people i've met and been inspired by is Jayne. her etsy shop zJayne shows her love and committment to people, beauty, our environment and the things we leave behind.reading the description of the amazing piece pictured here just makes me feel even luckier to know her :) (photo by zJayne)

arianne, jeff and the magic peas

2008-08-01T01:23:00.005-04:00

arianne, jeff and the magic peasOriginally uploaded by kathy smash! we had a good time at the WOW in university circle. you can see more of our pics herei'm signing off for the weekend, must go to another cottage, don't feel too badly for me ;) see ya monday!

amw and meet me behind the art museum

2008-07-30T02:08:00.004-04:00

it's been quiet here. i'm getting ready for a show (7/30 behind the Cleveland Museum of Art at the Wade Oval Wednesday from 6-9. HiAnnie and Justin from GingerBlah will be there, so you should be there too!) and today's playlist is what i've been listening to most while putting little tags on little things and arranging my (ahem!) tablescape. yeah i said tablescape, what are you gonna do about it

ok. ok. i get it.

2008-07-28T17:40:00.003-04:00

i feel so bad for my non-existant and probably very unsatisfied wife. and for myself. wait. what?(click to enlarge) (omg i said 'enlarge') (eww!)

VerreEncore SALE

2008-07-27T11:46:00.003-04:00

VerreEncore SALEOriginally uploaded by VerreEncore my sweet pal is having a moving sale in her etsy shop, so get on over there and snap up some yummy enamelness!! :)(picture by verre encore)

go see gina this weekend!

2008-07-23T09:32:00.007-04:00

one of my wishes is to someday have an entire cupboard full of handmade ceramic dishes and plates and serving platters and tea pots and sushi trays and and and you get it. i've made a little bit of progress by picking up some gorgeous mugs and a few other ceramic accoutrements from lakewood artist Gina DeSantis. her perfectly weighted and luxuriously functional pieces are such pretty compositions

i'm not dead :)

2008-07-22T15:01:00.004-04:00

(just in case you were wondering ;)it's always so busy right before and after vacation, all the things need to get done before you leave and then they pile up a little while you are gone. but it's been the best kind of busy, i got to do a set of leaves for amy (my first real customer ever, and she still comes back, which is a really good feeling.) and very special bracelet for a new customer,

like car parts, bottles and cutlery

2008-07-16T00:25:00.006-04:00

all of these songs are old! so old! but they were new when i first heard them. some bjork (don't make that face,) a little tricky (not the snowboarding game) and some portishead (nicole, i don't have your cds. anymore. ? ) :) happy auto-music wednesday

back soon

2008-07-10T06:43:00.001-04:00

screen door Originally uploaded by kathy smash! (away 'til SUNDAY) ;( i'm off to spend some more time at a cottage, back soon :)

bon iver on amw

2008-07-09T09:05:00.002-04:00

today's auto-music wednesday playlist is bon iver. (another great find from timmy!) rumor has it that all of this music, vocals and instruments alike, was made, played, recorded and mixed by one dude, iron and wine style. is it true? i dunno. i just know it's heartbreak lovely.

sorta monster hunting

2008-07-03T02:28:00.013-04:00

still avoiding work, i found some websites that list haunty-scary places in ohio. i don't know how i got there, i'm really a big chicken. but this one listed this description of tame spookiness in a nearby town:"Rocky River-Tunnel of Death- There is a tunnel in Rocky River that begins behind Giant Eagle on Center Ridge, this tunnel goes under Center Ridge and under the city into Fairview, it is

auto-music wednesday

2008-07-02T07:37:00.000-04:00

no theme this week, just a few songs from fleet foxes. they sound so familiar, especially on mykonos, but (gasp?!) better and spooky-folky-bittersweeter. tim found them on the all songs considered best albums of the year ballot, and i'm so glad he did :)

i'm supposed to be...doing...something...

2008-07-01T00:09:00.007-04:00

oh yeah! it's doing work. i'm supposed to be making jewelry for shows and making the displays on which to put that jewelry and you know. so, instead i am pestering friends with questions about used bikes and suggesting new pets and commenting on too many flickr pictures and i may have even inadvertently done a load of laundry. maybe. not that i don't like making things, it's just i gotta uhm

dirty cars....

2008-06-29T22:54:00.001-04:00

happy bokeh sunday!!! ;) Originally uploaded by kathy smash! make happy kathys :)

yay yay yay yay coen brothers! yay!

2008-06-26T12:39:00.005-04:00

a new movie from the Coen brothers, out in september: Burn After Reading <--click over there to watch the trailer :)

beware. automatic music. eek!

2008-06-25T00:12:00.009-04:00

be forewarned! wednesdays* will now be susceptible to a new playlist. and it will be set on automatic play.today's list is all songs that make, or have made, me cry. ok, it's only the tip of the iceberg. among others, playlist.com couldn't find the notorious tear jerker Johnsburg, Illinois done by Tom Waits. maybe it's for the best, we're out of tissues anyway. it is the world's shortest and

extreme puppy makeover!

2008-06-23T00:14:00.009-04:00

a whole week with no new blog entry?! did you think i fell down a well? nope i didn't! i did lots of stuff, but shaving roy is the funniest.if you have a long haired dog you wanna try to keep cool this summer, you should know: 1) this can be a longlonglong process2) your doggy might not like you much during most of it3) don't bother with cheap clippers, invest in good ones (this is true of a lot

milestoney!

2008-06-16T02:14:00.004-04:00

july 9th, 2007 was the first day i listed jewelry in my etsy shop 'smashing' (it was the lollipop necklace seen here.) my goal was to sell 100 items and have 1000 people 'heart' my shop in the first year. i just hit the 1k mark for hearts a week or so ago and now the 100th item has been sold (to amandy, one of the bestest customers ever, i might add!) ;)i wanna say thanks, too. THANKS!! having a

personal tour

2008-06-14T18:57:00.004-04:00

i totally adore tricia north and her art (and her yummy etsy shop re:form) and when i heard she was going to have a show, i wished i could go. but she lives in the UK, soooo it's a bit far :) BUT she made a video tour and posted it to her flickr page. what a treat!! take a look for yourself:

things i learned on flickr, part 1

2008-06-10T23:02:00.006-04:00

flickr is really great. it's a website where people can upload, store and share their photos. and. if you are as curious and nosey as i am, it is extra really great. it's like having penpals all over the world. penpals with cameras-even better!one of my pals, east.sussex.focus, put up this picture, prompting me to ask if hummingbirds liked those flowers or if they even have them there in England.

lovely company

2008-06-09T15:35:00.006-04:00

today is the first day of the 'here comes the sun' curated online market at poppytalk handmade. guess who has a virtual table? yep, me! :) and an amazing group of artists, i feel dizzy-honored to be included in with them. the online market has a new theme each month and it's curated by jan and earl from the design blog poppytalk, which features independent artists and designers and is very

tagged #1-je suis hypocrite

2008-06-08T14:44:00.006-04:00

the super duper tia of christopher&tia fame tagged me on her blog. umm, about, uhh a couple of weeks ago? ooo sorry. what does that mean? it means she wrote 7 facts about herself and assigned 7 other bloggers to do the same. because of my short attention span, i'm going to break my assignment into 7 parts, this is number one: i am kind of a hypocrite. ooooh i don't even like to say it. i threw in

furry little guy

2008-06-05T15:18:00.001-04:00

furry little guy Originally uploaded by kathy smash! the first of the plants has been planted! yay!

we could go to pittsburgh

2008-06-04T00:35:00.007-04:00

last weekend, arianne and i went to the sundae flea market/i made it handmade market at schenley plaza in pittsburgh. it was beautiful! nice and sunny and the buildings around us and the park we were in were just lovely. we learned about wind and displays, too. it turns out they don't really go together so well. oops! :)we got to see gloria and carrie for a minute, they are two of the organizers

troy troy troy

2008-05-30T15:13:00.004-04:00

myyyy frrrriend trrrrroy made this video and you should watch it and give it lots of stars. he shot it while on a bicycle because he is such a show off. (i'm just kidding, well, about the show off part anyway) ;)

peony

2008-05-30T10:35:00.004-04:00

it was almost exactly three years ago that i fell in love with a little red house. and three years and 2 weeks since i talked st. tim into loving it, too. maybe not talked into-i think he always liked it.it was a very warm day, the lawn was overgrown, the cedar siding needed a new coat of stain. but there was a giant peony plant growing in the back yard. the gravel driveway made me feel like we

live in person!

2008-05-23T16:04:00.004-04:00

you can see and purchase goods from smashing and hiannie at the I Made It! Market from 12-5 on June 1st in Pittsburgh, part of the Sundae Flea Market at Schenley Plaza (tables are still available for this show, click the links for more info or to sign up! tables are only $5!) :)

raiseded-er

2008-05-23T12:05:00.001-04:00

raiseded-er Originally uploaded by kathy smash! the raised beds are getting higher. and i helped a tiny bit before it started to rain. stay tuned for more garden updates! ;)

take interstate80

2008-05-23T08:45:00.005-04:00

i came across interstate80 the other day. this shop is full of puns and cleverness so i was like "yay!" so i'm sharing my yayness with you, gentle readers ;)there are many sweeeeet things here, upcycled and very graphically appealing clocks, art and home decor, even a service where they will turn an ordinary photograph of you or an unsuspecting friend into a custom digital portrait. the portraits

i heart amy butler

2008-05-19T11:45:00.005-04:00

if you've ever seen my paper stash, you probably already know. but if you haven't, well, i do! amy butler designs all kinds of patterns for fabrics and papers and books and kits and sewing patterns and home decor and and and :) yeah, she's got it all covered. in nice design, too. she uses my favorite colors (all) and lovely shapes as magical as the anteeky pristine wallpaper lining a forgotten

this made me cry

2008-05-16T21:20:00.003-04:00

please read this and if you you've seen a car/truck/jeepything like this but with front end damage, let the columbus police know, k?

springg at LINGG

2008-05-14T13:58:00.002-04:00

this friday, may 16th is the opening reception for Springg at Lingg featuring jewelry from Love Heals, Elisa Solomon and Barbara Colasuonno and paintings by Paul Sydorenko. the Lingg Gallery is located at 28500 Chagrin Boulevard in woodmere across from Eton Collection. this place looks very very cool, so stop in! :)

garden time

2008-05-12T15:41:00.003-04:00

sweet saint tim excavated the yard to make elevated garden beds and paths with his brother brian helping while i took pictures of trees. roy didn't help either. so i took a picture of him too.the beginning of the beds looked a little like errr well new graves eek sorry but he is constructing the cedar frames around them so the dirt can be leveled. he says you can make an enclosure for the winter

sweeeetness

2008-05-10T00:07:00.003-04:00

i just found my lime earrings in the jewelry addict gift guide on etsy (yes. i was shopping. shh!) but look at the great company i'm in: stonz is there, and a blonde and a torch and that's just in the first couple of rows. niiiice. and look, now you can make etsy mini's from the gift guides, who knew? :)

kinchi rocks

2008-05-08T15:18:00.003-04:00

self portret thursdayOriginally uploaded by kinchimama it's self portrait thursday and my pal in the netherlands joined in this week (and she is wearing a pair of hula earrings, i'm honored!) behind her is a photograph of a model wearing one of her silk creations. she is soooo talented and super sweet. she is enthusiastic and supportive, too! check out her photos here and her line of awesomely

2008-05-06T23:53:00.003-04:00

it was so pretty outside today. even roy thought so. dandelions don't get enough respect, me thinks. if eileen is your sister in law, you get beautiful flowers (thank you!) :)

i heart columbus

2008-05-05T11:51:00.011-04:00

yay for weekends in columbus! the first stop was newark to visit my friends joe and chris and wendy. we went for yummy dinner in granville at brews cafe which was just perfect. my friends are really awesome. so. yeah. be like wayyy jealous. it made me so happy to be around them again.in the morning we went to bob evans (chris calls it boe beevans and i almost spit out my coffee) and i had sausage

cinco de buyo

2008-05-05T10:40:00.002-04:00

i snagged a lucky birthday treasury, yay! check it out here or click the picture to enlarge ;)

i'm not but you should

2008-05-01T23:44:00.010-04:00

there are a couple of things i heard about (and a million things i didn't) going on this weekend in the greater cleveland metropolitan type area and i'm not doing any of it! so don't worry about running into me (phew, what a relief!)--cool thing #1 Friday May 2my favorite cover band (and the #1 party band in cleveland*) almost famous is playing at the sly fox in north olmsted at 9:30 (you can

goodONya!

2008-04-30T00:44:00.004-04:00

remember the extra entertaining salt-based handmade shampoo i found at gudonyatoo? i forgot to tell you that they started making a conditoner. mmmm. it smells really good. and it works even better. even on my poor abused hair. did i tell you it smells good? like sniffing your own hair good.which made me curious: i know i can adjust jewelry to fit my customers, and many other sellers i know can

you don't have to be a pirate

2008-04-28T23:00:00.007-04:00

i know i know. i have some serious columbus envy. those cool kids in the Couchfire Collective have cooked up yet another tempting event: the Treasure Swap at Junctionview Studios (this is the place where Tiny Canary was and will be.) on Saturday May 3 from 1-8pm you just bring in items you no longer use and you will receive a gold coin that gets you early admission on Sunday May 4th from 8-10am.

tree65

2008-04-27T09:43:00.002-04:00

the apple tree is blooming and there are rumors of snow on the way (!?) so i took some pictures last night after a lovely time with the cousins&sisters-in-law. the blossoms smell sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good. like for real. like totally. good. :)

2008-04-25T00:04:00.003-04:00

i just found these. they are little blind contour drawings i drew in a tiny notepad in the surgery waiting atrium thingy at lakewood hospital while saint timothy had his vertebrae admonished for disruptive behavior and i tried not to imagine being the youngest widow i know. it was bizarre and i had forgotten parts of that day til i saw these again. (he's fine, btw! :) if you can guess what all

mmmm pretty!

2008-04-24T14:37:00.009-04:00

you know how you (i) get all wacky at a gemstone show, and you just want to horde all of the jewels and maybe even roll around in piles of them? you can get that same feeling by visiting the etsy shops of Laurie Warshawsky. because instead of hiding those jewels away in a treasure chest, she artfully and delicately betrothes them to the perfect metals. yum! Laurie lives in Cleveland, but you

go friday! go saturday! go!

2008-04-24T11:10:00.006-04:00

friday:go to the open gallery at papercuts and gluesticks in rocky river. see art, enjoy refreshments. 7-9ish pm.saturday:go see the final performance of dearly beloved at the olde town hall theatre at 8pm (featuring my pal marcia as patsy price.) (images stolen from respective websites) :)

stick-y icky

2008-04-22T13:42:00.011-04:00

saturday was sooooo nice! the weather was perfect for cleaning up the yard? :) our yard isn't big but wow we have a lot of sticks. we could make a hut i think. it was fun to rake up the leaves (you can only see three giant bags here but there were really 156)(wink) and find artifacts and the beginning of flowers (yay! i found a little baby peony, i missed them last year because roy ate them

diy blog post

2008-04-22T12:07:00.004-04:00

i have some (underwhelming!!) pictures to show you, but i can't get blogger to upload them right now. so.......leave me something in the comments. show me your new flickr pictures, tell me a joke, link to you favorite lolcat. it'll be fun. like when you had to stay inside on a rainy day and couldn't go out to recess. the best comment wins a terrible prize! (if you win, nicole, you get your own

score!

2008-04-18T11:16:00.008-04:00

last weekend was a boon for the use-it-up project dream. on friday, the sweeeet pants from hiannie came in the mail and then saturday and sunday were spent scouring most of pearl road for thrifty goodness. saint tim was unusually enthusiastic about buying used things. he was really just in it for a 'new" dresser, but he was super helpful in the finding good used clothing department, too. he found

o. no. you. dih. int.

2008-04-17T07:45:00.005-04:00

i don't know if she is accepting applications for new friends, but you should check into it and see if you can at least get on the waiting list. because, if you are friends with arianne, and you whine a lot about not being able to find handmade or used pants that you like, she will just make a pair, sneaky style, and mail them to you. can you believe that? she made me pants! just made them and

super mega clearance super secret sale

2008-04-14T09:27:00.005-04:00

UPDATE YA'LL-IT'S OVER! :) thanks for helping some escape the crucible ;)there are some pieces i've made that i like, but they're, uh, seasoned? ya dig? when i look at them i hear them say "no one wants me, take me apart?" and i say "no, not yet,"but it's gone on long enough.if anyone would like to give some or any of these pieces a home (where they will be safe from deconstruction) sign up for

the human footprint

2008-04-11T14:30:00.006-04:00

arianne says:"Hey! The Human Footprint premieres Sunday at 9pm on National Geographic. You should definitely blog about it." check out the interactive footprint guide that calculates the average amount of waste made and resources consumed for ordinary activities, like eating eggs, reading newspapers, and taking showers.

maybe don't try this at home

2008-04-11T03:03:00.003-04:00

it's been a long time since i enameled something. until now! ow! :) going to bed would have been much less fun. these are some little scrappy sterling pieces with torch-fired enamel. the coins aren't for scale, it's what a professional uses as a trivet-pot-holder for the super hot piece of melted-glass-covered metal. that is not true at all. it's what an impatient person uses when they can't wait

bye troy

2008-04-10T01:52:00.000-04:00

ohhh. i just dropped troy off at joe's (not really at joe's, we met in the middle, at bob evan's because we so cool like that, it's weird, like we share custody of him and it's joe's weekend, but we were never married and troy is a littttttle bit older than me so that kinda rules out him being my son, but if he was our son, i'd say "hey, we sure did a nice job raising a fine young man!" yep,