Five years ago I went on a college field trip to the American Craft Council show at the Baltimore Convention Center. I remember having two distinct thoughts, “Holy cow, this is the most amazing show that I have ever seen!” and “Wow, I would never want to do a craft show.” We all know that I changed my mind on the latter thought, but the first impression remained.
In 2006, I did my first craft show, Handmade Arcade in Pittsburgh. I had a TERRIBLE set up, no cords for my pendants …
I was SO excited when my copy of 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse arrived yesterday.
Rachael Ray rocks a Broken Plate Pendant!
Thank you for considering The Broken Plate Pendant Co. to break your plate!
Baltimore Magazine’s December issue is focused on shopping local and handmade!
When Coleen of the Howard County Arts Council asked me to create a recycled plate purse for the Power of the Purse auction for The Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County, I was extremely honored and said yes right away. Two minutes later, I thought, how the hell do you make a purse out of recycled china? After a few brain storming sessions, I decided on making a stained glass style purse out of broken plates. I jumped in head first and quickly realized that that was not my best plan. Suddenly …
Can you tell I am having fun with my circles? I am. Everyday J comes home and I bombard him with all of the new ways that I want to assemble them. He kind of looks at me like I am nuts, but I might just be.
My new favorites are this necklace and this bracelet. I really like combining a few different patterns in one piece. I will be adding them to my Etsy shop and taking what does not sell to ACC with me in February.
I have had a Tupperware container of crab claws in my freezer since the summer. I always save them with the intention of making soup, but for some reason I have always been mystified by Maryland crab soup recipes. Last week, I decided to jump in and make my first pot. I googled the recipe while in the grocery store and discovered that there are 1000 different ways to make it. I combined a few of the recipes to make my own, and I must say it was a huge …
I hope everyone is having a productive new year so far. Despite starting my year off sick, I am excited for this year. Instead of doing a year in review post for 2009, I thought I would rather look ahead to some of the good things on the horizon.
2010 started off well with a great blog post about my work over on We Covet . That is aways a nice surprise!
This year will mark the first time having a booth at the American Craft Coucil show! I will be in the AltCraft section which …
Thank you so much for an awesome year of breaking your plates! I have had a smashing time! (Sorry, had to say it.) This has been, by far, my best year yet, and I have all of you to thank for it.
I am so excited to dive head first into my projects for 2010 (including these Fiesta ware pendants in the photo.) I have lots of great ideas that I can not wait to share with you all.
Have a safe and happy holiday and New Year, and don’t forget to save all …
Can you believe how quickly holiday stress creeps up on you? I saw Christmas decorations in Target before Halloween even came. Not cool, guys. Not cool.
I am kind of excited about this holiday season because, instead of killing myself and doing 10 shows, (that may or may not be lucrative) I decided to focus on doing only 2 local shows and building my Etsy shop. This may be my greatest decision ever, or a huge mistake, BUT the deed is done. To be honest, bad shows really make me question my career choice. …
After 7 hours of pain (and about the same amount of time in traffic) my tattoo is finished! I am SO happy with it, it turned out better then I even imagined. James at Bethesda Tattoo is the man and totally worth sitting in traffic for.
Here is the inspiration and beginning…
Ok, ok. I am a slacker blogger, and I know it. My life is really not interesting enough to blog about daily, trust me.
This is just a quick post to tell you about the Squidfire Philly Art mart that I will be participating in on October 17th. This is the first time Squidfire is bringing us to Philly, and everyone is really excited to go. Philly is right around the corner, so please do stop by and get some holiday shopping out of the way!
Also, while writing this post, I …
I got to Bethesda is record time to make it to my appointment at 12:30. I decided to got all the way to Bethesda to have James do my tattoo because he is a friend’s husband, I have met and liked him, and have seen some of his work, which was amazing! I was afraid to go to some crackhead in Baltimore that I did not know. I made the right decision.
Anyway, once I got there and met with James, he had to take some time to work on my …
In case you have missed all of my gentle hints, Crafty Bastards is this weekend. I have tons of new work to show and am SO looking forward to getting out of this house to sell. I hope to see some of you there. The vendor list is Awesome and can be found here.
I am taking the day off today to express my loove if plate patters with a tattoo! I found this quote on 144 plastic jumping frogs blog, and had to share.
“Everyone with a tattoo has their bullshit …
