Last update to this blog was on July 21, three months ago exactly. I am truly sorry for that. I had intended to warn that this blog would have little to no activity for a bit, but obviously that post didn’t happen.
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I must apologize that things have been so quiet around here lately, and even quieter over at The Balancing Path on Patheos Pagan. Part of that is due to the tasks involved in moving The Balancing Path to this site, but there are many reasons for lack of posts, including my health.
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The good news is, those of you receiving email notices from my blog will stop being spammed by backdated stuff! I’m very sorry about that, but there wasn’t any way for me to prevent it from sending out email notices whenever I made a new post. I know it was a lot, but I wanted
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I have created a new header section for my Artisan Work creations. It currently has two portfolios for my embroidery and my metal wirework. In the near future I hope to add some tutorials and more portfolios for other kinds of artisan works, like weaving.
Read MoreI have added a new portfolio to the Fine Art section of my web site for SCA Regalia. In it you will find the final images from the Talon Crescent Wars sign banner project, and any other regalia I have created since. These are regalia pieces I have made for the SCA, members of the SCA,
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Corsets Fine Art Free Garment Patterns Miniature Paintings Minimalist Sewing Shop Shop Tutorials Tutorials Web Site Updates Work in Progress Work in Progress Workshops Workshops
Please forgive all the dust and disarray and missing images around my site. After the most recent update to the NextGEN plugin for WordPress, it is now completely dysfunctional, and no page where it is running will load properly. I have more than a thousand images loaded into NextGEN, and I must move them to
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Corsets Fine Art Free Garment Patterns Miniature Paintings Minimalist Sewing Shop Shop Tutorials Tutorials Web Site Updates Work in Progress Work in Progress Workshops Workshops
I have been ill for six years, disabled for two, and have only now finally received a diagnosis. The path to that diagnosis has been a constant battle with the health care system in the US, its reluctance to treat those who don’t have financial resources to bleed, and its reluctance to acknowledge that my
Read MoreI’ve been making a lot of changes around my web site, some small and some big. There’s been a lot of editing index pages, restructuring my corset portfolios, changing the sidebar widgets and then changing them again, adding an email-subscription newsletter, re-labeling and and adding descriptions to my links, making it easier to find my facebook page, and now I am endeavoring to improve my tags so they are more useful.
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Conversational Corsets Fine Art Free Garment Patterns Sewing Shop Shop Tutorials Tutorials Web Site Updates Work in Progress Work in Progress Workshops Workshops
I have set up a new email newsletter! I’m planning to send a new newsletter every 1-2 weeks. It will summarize current projects, recently posted information and tutorials, and inform of upcoming workshops, shows, and other events, allowing you, my valued readers, to stay informed on my current events without checking an RSS or other
Read MoreOne of the Yule gifts I received this year was a book I recommend to anyone who is interested in being a professional artist. It’s called “How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist” by Caroll Michels. Get it. Read it. Share it. My health problems forced me to stop taking sewing commissions, so I’m
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