Material things

At the start of May, I hosted a gathering of female creatives at Pip Farm, a picturesque farmhouse deep in the stunning Devonshire countryside. Much as I love social media, I feel nothing compares to establishing real life connections, and I always like to meet people in the flesh.

Series of portraits I'm making of my family, for a project at the school of the arts. The portraits are made up of attributes that each of us have for our hobbies or work. The upper-right corner shows painted portraits as well, which are painted by my father. There will be 4 portraits in total. This portrait is of my father.

30 Day Declutter Challenge: Less Equals More - Let's do this! Here is a free, printable 30 Day Challenge to get you started.

Looking for a meaningful gift idea? Create a Kid-Made Cinquain for an Easy Father's Day Gift for Dad. A gift he'll treasure from the kids.

Want to learn how to make natural dyes at home (with items you likely already have?) This guide has everything you need to get started!

A list of 30+ places you can buy fabric online.

A very special sewing post from guest writer and fabric addict, Fiona Pullen, talking about her top ten fabric stores that you can visit and browse online.

The news is so very terrible, it is weighing on everyone we know. What to do? These two messages from Yoko Ono really help.

The collecting of anonymous objects — and the subsequent use of those objects in creating a perfectly styled interior — has become such a staple of modern life that it’s hard to remember a time when not everyone loaded up their vans twice a year at places like Brimfield. But Franco Clivio, a former industrial designer and a lecturer at Zurich’s Schule für Gestaltung, has been amassing such objects for more than four decades. His collection — which numbers into the thousands — is on view…