I’ve been thinking about this quote, “When was the last time (you) felt truly light, joyous and — yes — creative in (your) skin?” from Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Big Magic a lot lately. This is the busiest season of the…

If given the choice between tackling emails and diving deep into spreadsheets or sitting at my sewing machine, these days, it’s unfortunate that the laptop is winning. Fitting in time for making things is tough this time of year as…

Editor’s Note: We’re happy to welcome Cassia Cogger to the Dear Handmade Life blog. We love Cassia’s philosophy that art happens anywhere! Below she shares three artful self-care exercises to help you connect with yourself and relax through art. The instructions…

by Rebecca Pitts This Spring, my hubby and I celebrate six years together. And for the sixth year in a row — I expect and imagine he will get me exactly what I want. There is the best trick for…

  I’m not known as light-packer. The number of bags I take for a weekend trip compares to what someone else might take for a month-long European vacation! I take a yearly road trip to the beach with some of my…

How to make DIY Bird Seed Ornaments by: Rebecca Pitts It’s funny how sometimes, it can feel as though the simplest of exercises becomes a thing–you know, getting a parking ticket when you were just running in to pick up that…

Nearly ten years ago my aunt Delilah and I sat in a Mexican restaurant and over several baskets of chips, salsa and a few margaritas we brainstormed ideas for the name of our first project together. It was going to…

A few weeks ago we published a post on how to upscale your creative business through insourcing from our friend Rebecca Saylor of Oodle BaDoodle and SFEtsy. Rebecca shared how investing in equipment (a heat press that she used with…

When I turned 40, I gave up t-shirts and jeans as a main wardrobe staple. Vintage dresses & skirts with good cuts seemed to be more flattering for a woman of well, my vintage. Only problem is that I love…