Create
We’re a family of artists working in a range of mediums including fabric, glass, clay, beads, paper, and more!
Mama’s beaded creation
For Mama’s birthday earlier this month, we each started beading projects! This gorgeous turquoise and purple…
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Beading for Mama
Mama and I each started beading projects on her recent birthday. Today I finished this peacock…
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Finishing the centerpieces
For our annual summer garden party celebrating Mama’s triumph over brain cancer, we usually get red…
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The portable artist
While running errands with me, Mama pulled out her art kit and painted a beautiful scene…
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Art pieces all fired up
Today’s #OneGoodThing with Mama was seeing the fruits of our creative labors! We picked up our…
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Glass art fun
Today’s #OneGoodThing with Mama was gluing down the glass pieces to create this wave design! We…
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Making little clay friends
Playing with clay is one of my favorite de-stressing activities. Past work includes mini clay shoes…
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New cowl scarf made by Mama!
Mama has been spending some time under quarantine on knitting projects—and today she finished putting the…
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Felt rose centerpiece prototype
I’ve been cutting out and gluing red felt fabric into more than 800 rose petals for…
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A new kind of felt flower
After cutting out more than 800 rose petals from bright red felt fabric, I needed a…
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Community of crafters, artists, makers
When I spotted the delightfully designed postcards for this Modern Makers Festival, I had a feeling…
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Tiny shoes multiplying
It was a weekend of resting, reading, and crafting. Mama has been working on a crochet…
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Making tiny clay shoes
For absolutely no reason other than I thought it’d be fun, I began making tiny shoes…
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Boston Terrier face in clay
All through our daily drawing and painting in September, I was itching to get my fingers…
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Painting a Bodega Bay sunset
I marked the end of this challenging week by painting this beautiful Bodega Bay sunset that…
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Creative month ends in love
Our month of creativity culminates today with the inspiration/prompt: love. This daily art challenge has been…
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An artful September
This month we’ve been making art every day and it has brought us such joy. We’ve…
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Drawing what home means to me
Since I’d already drawn our actual home on an earlier day, I decided to creatively interpret…
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DIY Garden Arch complete
Our DIY Garden Arch went through several iterations and redesigns during assembly, but today we managed…
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DIY Backyard Bench
I finished assembling my DIY turquoise bench in our backyard garden oasis this afternoon. I found…
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Pottery class creations
Mama and I sculpted these lovely clay vessels at a pottery class we took last month.…
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Playing with clay
A new pottery studio recently opened in Sebastopol, about a 10-minute drive from our home. Mama…
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Another piece of the party
After completing our party invitation design yesterday, I tackled the place cards today. I coordinated the…
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Metal clay magic
Today I learned how to magically transform clay into beautiful silver rings! I took a Metal…
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Renewing a childhood passion
I maintained an impressive sticker collection as a kid; it was a silly hobby that I…
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Learning a new craft
Recently Mama and I have been interested in creating our own hammered and stamped metal jewelry.…
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Budding paper rose garden
Today I created these eight beautiful, little paper roses from white and purple cardstock. I’d cut…
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My first paper flower
Today I made my first paper flower — a pink peony — and it turned out…
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Mama’s drawing Abby
Since we lost our sweet Abby in October, I’ve drawn her, I’ve sculpted her, and we’ve made calendars of her cuddling…
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My painted ladies
Today I finished painting the tiny clay busts of Abby that I recently sculpted. First I…
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Painting a mini Abby
I’ve really been missing our sweet Abby this holiday weekend so I decided to resume one…
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Art in progress
Today I began sculpting a bust of my baby out of clay. It’s just been a…
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DIY Easy & Inexpensive Cupcake Stand
Cupcakes have expanded beyond children’s parties and been gaining in popularity. Part of the fun in…
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