october 2011
Lecia lives with her husband, two boys and two cats next to the ocean in beautiful Seattle. She can usually be found with her nose in a book, lagging behind the crowd with her camera, or in the kitchen.
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Chris is a wife and mother of three girls living just a bit outside city limits in the Kansas City metro area. When she isn't sorting mounds of pink laundry, she likes to read, sew, crochet, thrift, refashion, cook a little, consume copious amounts of coffee and write about all of it on her blog.
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september 2011
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molly w. lives in Seattle. She's mostly a writer, but with her husband Brandon, she also co-owns the restaurant Delancey. Her favorite things right now are tomatoes, nectarines, driving, wrestling with the dog, and reading.
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Through our art we give of ourselves; word by word, image by image. We lay these pieces down like cobblestones that later become the path we walk. Meredith is from everywhere on any given day; but is finding her way back home to New England. She drinks chai tea, parents mindfully, embraces this human existence, and will always be a camera shy momma.
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august 2011
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june 2011
Éireann is a writer and maker from Minneapolis. She lives in Nottingham, UK, where she is finishing her doctorate in Critical Theory, writing about love and deconstruction. Her first book, music for landing planes by, was published by Milkweed Editions in 2007.
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Beki lives in south louisiana with her husband and 3 kids. With baby #4 on the way, she's learning to slow down and take it easy, which is proving to be a constant struggle. Designer, seamstress, knitter, hand-stitcher, gardener, blogger, photographer, wanna-be painter, she likes to do it all, or at least give it a try.
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tara r. is a Vermonter. she's heard tell that you must be a seventh generation old-timer of the green mountains to call yourself as such, but she has just lived through her first far northern winter, and feels as though this alone qualifies her for statehood, if not sainthood. her rented ramshackle farmhouse on 44 acres fills her with happiness and a love of place that she once thought could only be found in Proust. she is usually either standing next to the stove stirring a stew, listening to records, reading a book, knitting a simple hat, traipsing through the woods, or taking photographs while her two unschooled boys patiently stand by and wait for her to finish.
tara r. was a habit guest in november 2010
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jen j-m is an artist, nature lover, path finder, pattern fanatic and mother of two. she recently moved back home to mount desert island in maine after many years away. she thinks she might have forgotten how quiet it can be in the winter. she is introverted, hopeful, messy, and a teeny bit snarky. she loves learning new things whenever she can. she'll soon be moving into a newly renovated cottage turned house which overlooks one of the world' most amazing gardens (not hers.) she has a penchant for art supplies, coffee, papercutting and salt air. she has recently become incredibly grateful for good days.
jen j-m was a habit guest in january 2010
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allison mcd was a habit guest in september 2010
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courtney was a habit guest in august 2009
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sarah r. was a habit guest in january 2009
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may 2011
Blair Stocker lives in the pacific northwest with her husband Peter and two children. She rediscovered passion to craft and make all kinds of things after her children were born. These days, when all is quiet and the kids are at school, she spends time in her newly redone basement studio, making things for her family, friends, and her home using new and used materials of all kinds (and playing a lot of music). She quilts, knits, crochets, reads, cooks, daydreams, and finds forgotten treasures at flea markets. Everyone in her home sleeps under a handmade quilt.
blair was a habit guest in january 2009
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amisha is a lawyer now, though she's not quite sure when she will start feeling like one. she still divides her time and heart between two cities, but they are both in florida now and her frequent flier card hasn't gotten much use lately. these days she thinks a lot about flux, process, trust, and things unseen around bends in the road. she is also learning to bake bread, and is the proud new mother of a wild yeast sourdough starter.
amisha was a habit guest in september 2009
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leya lives in a row house in philadelphia with her husband, infant son, and sleepy white cat. she is finishing up a graduate degree in clinical social work this summer (!) right before the whole family flies south for a new life in north carolina. she enjoys taking photos, digging around in her postage stamp sized garden, sewing, and cooking, but lately she gets the most joy exploring the indoors and outdoors with her very snugly 10-month-old.
leya was a habit guest in june 2009
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sarah h. has rediscovered poetry and song, swinging on the highest of playground swings, and the bright and warm feeling that comes with saying 'yes' to life since her first visit to habit. she also created reclamation, a photography project documenting her experience as an affordable housing developer in the midst of the foreclosure crisis. as her life unfolds to reveal more and more of the unexpected, sarah h. continues to lower the bar when it comes to things like completing knitting projects and keeping a tidy house.
sarah h. was a habit guest in march 2009
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lisa m. lives on a vegetable farm in virginia with her husband, their 18-month old son, and a motley gaggle of homestead farm critters. they grow food for farmers markets and a large CSA. lisa's feelings about how to move through this world are still deeply informed by the years she spent doing family support work in new york city: by the resilience and dreams of the families she knows there, by the sheer density of human experience, by the grit and energy and beauty of every subway platform and food truck and park bench. a gardening project with families living in a shelter left her wondering if there might be some professional intersection between the work she was doing and growing stuff, so she planned a sabbatical to work on farms. she imagined a return to the city to work in school or community gardening, but her plans changed when she met a certain farmer. in 2008 they bought their own farm, and while she still misses the city somethin' fierce, at times, it's become increasingly impossible to imagine life anywhere else.
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erin w.
erin is photographer living in a small coastal community in maine. she lives with her daughter, her sweet partner, two border collies, a handful of chickens, and a crazy cool cat. she makes a living taking pictures of people in love, and spends all the rest of her time outside in the garden with the family.
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april 2011
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hannah is.... well, the truth is hannah STILL isn't sure what she is. she knows some basic facts to be true, same kiddos, same amazing husband. but picking up everything you own and moving to sunny california does some things to a person. she's worried she's turning into a construction worker, the farmer's tan she's sporting certainly isn't helping things. she misses shooting and blogging, and the internet in general. it's time to get back to the creative side of life. in the meantime, hannah will be hannah, in any shape or form (or shades of color). and if you ask me, she looks pretty sexy in a hardhat...
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Heather Bruggeman follows the mantra a life that is led simply and deliberately is a life fulfilled. She fancies yoga, discovering her inner artist, cooking, flea markets, and long winding trails through the woods. She balances the necessities of life with humor and hopefully a touch of grace. Along with her sweet husband and daughter, Heather lives in a cozy bungalow perched on a hill.
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march 2011
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kristin is an east coast girl, born and raised in the suburbs of eastern pennsylvania, doing some time in nj and fl along the way. she now calls a tiny white house in a small coastal town of maine home with her husband, 3 children and 1 fat chocolate lab. moving away from everyone and everything she knew with 2 babies and one teen in tow lead her to discover her passion for photography. she is now seldom without her camera slung on her shoulder. she likes old things, hot tea with honey, walks in the woods, sand in her toes, sun on her face and collecting treasures.
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february 2011
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Since her last time on habit, a lot in Abby's life has changed. She and her husband sold most of their things, moved to Texas for a new job and are expecting a baby the first week of September. Abby is still taking photos everyday and organizing small hand made markets with other artist friends.
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Molly H. graduated from the University of Washington with two degrees, one Mellon Fellowship, and no idea when to buy a melon. She's a born-and-bred Seattleite who—poof!—just like that, up and moved to Ohio with her family of five in early 2009. She has too many books, too little sleep, and a soft spot for gray skies, wool sweaters, cardamom, robin’s egg blue, strong coffee, the Pacific, acorns, Daisy Mayhem, and the smell of fresh rain on warm cement. Molly writes about food and life at remedial eating.
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julia was born and raised in manhattan, but feels much more at home in minneapolis, where she now lives in a big house next to a park. by day, she works at a social service agency and by night, she busies herself with fabric, yarn, cameras, and food. she is happy to share her life with her spastic but lovable puppy and the love of her life, who she will marry this year. julia believes in the power of knitting, handwritten letters, growing food in the middle of a city, and that it's always better to travel by bicycle.
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january 2011
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jessica was born on a commune in tennessee and raised in the woods of vermont. after stints in the big city, she returned to vermont, where she and her husband built themselves a little gumdrop house on an overgrown christmas tree farm. she has two daughters, a useless degree in french, and an impressive waitressing resume. before baby number two, she designed and made children's clothing. now she is a full-time homeschooling mama. she loves to knit, sew, and discover little bits of beauty with her camera.
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Shauna James Ahern is considered one of the most authoritative sources of gluten-free living on the Internet. Her popular Web site, GLUTEN-FREE GIRL AND THE CHEF (glutenfreegirl.com), was named one of the best food sites in the world by Gourmet.com, Bon Appetit.com, and The London Times, as well as being named one of the 20 best blogs by and for women by The Sunday Telegraph. Her first book, Gluten-Free Girl: How I Found the Food That Loves Me Back and How You Can Too (Wiley and Sons) is now in paperback. Her cookbook, Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef: A Love Story in 100 Tempting Recipes, was named one of the best cookbooks of 2010 by The New York Times.
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november 2010
San Francisco illustrator and fine artist Lisa Congdon was raised in both upstate New York and Northern California where she grew to love the trees and animals that surrounded her. That love is now expressed most intensely through her paintings and drawings. Lisa comes from a family of creative people and has been making things with her hands since she was a little girl, but she did not begin painting until she was 33 years old. Nine years later, it is now the most significant part of her life and livelihood. Lisa is a prolific collector of old and unusual things, including bits of nature, and surrounds herself with these things in her home and studio. She is currently chronicling all of her collections in her Collection A Day 2010 Project. That project will become a book, published in March 2011. She lives in the Mission District of San Francisco with her partner, Clay Lauren Walsh, her 10 pound chihuahua, Wilfredo, and her two cats, Barry and Margaret (named for Barry McGee and the late Margaret Kilgallen, two of her favorite artists). She works at her studio several blocks from her home.
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tara r. lives in a little house next to a big pond in vermont. before that, she rented a ramshackle farmhouse on 44 acres. before all that (and only six months ago) she called san francisco home. she is usually either standing next to the stove stirring a stew, listening to records, reading a book, knitting a simple hat, traipsing through the woods, or taking photographs while her two unschooled boys patiently stand by and wait for her to finish.
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jennifer c. is a mama + maker + homebody + dreamer + life-long crafter living in ohio nestled between the city and the country. she thinks a great day involves any combination of sewing, knitting, cooking, craft and play time with her twin daughters, and rockin' out with her husband. she has a love for the adirondacks as well as pretty much all of austria. she is all about positive thinking, belly laughs, playing fair, getting up when she falls, learning from life's hiccups, and enjoying each and every day. and she writes about all of those things.
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october 2010
amy k. is an artist and mama living in Portland, Oregon with her three daughters, one husband, three kittens, and an occasion chicken from the neighbor's yard. She likes to cook, and especially bake, and then has to find people to give the goods to—lest she eat them all herself. She as become a bit of a yoga/meditation fanatic, talking about it way too much, but she is lucky to have very patient friends. She is only mildly comfortable writing about herself in the third person.
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Maria Alexandra Vettese (MAV) is an art director and stylist living and working in Portland, Maine and Brooklyn, New York. Her personal projects include The Card Society (a letterpress-printed card-of-the-month club), Lines & Shapes (a small book collective which she co-curates) and the 3191 Miles Apart projects (a collaborative website, two books and the new publication, 3191 Quarterly).
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sarah b. was born and raised on a sheep farm in New England. With wool in her hands from the beginning, it's no surprise she's a fiber artist, but has only recently felt comfortable calling herself that. She can regularly be found with soap and water, wool, yarn and knitting needles strewn about. Always wishing she had become an archaeologist, she is now content searching for vintage housewares and more. She loves nothing more than being a mother. She likes chocolate, all four seasons, sewing, standing in the wind, laughing with her two daughters until their sides hurt, and their tiny house in a tiny harbor on the coast of Maine, which she will live in full-time one day. Very spoiled sheep, several chickens, four cats, and a dog run the small Connecticut farm she shares with her husband and girls.
sarah b.'s flickr
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september 2010
amanda believes in the magic and the beauty of everyday family life - things like baby toes, beach sand, making things, putting food by, walking after dark, flea markets, wool in her hands, yellow lichen, and bedtime stories no matter your age. she lives in portland, maine with her husband and four children, where they spend lots of time at the shore, and dream of their someday-soon family farm. oh, and she believes in big dreams, too.
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sandra was born on an extremly cold day up in the very north of sweden and she now lives and works in gothenburg, sweden - a pretty much warmer place to be. her passions are yarn, take and make pictures, walk, travel, sit at cafés, read and daydream. she looks forward to moving into a bigger apartment with a balcony on a street filled with different noises of a big city.
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allison mcd is a prairie girl who now lives on a little island on the westcoast of canada. after advocating for recovering addicts and other women involved in the criminal justice system for a few years, allison needed a breather from the big city. she now works on a goat cheese farm and enjoys a quiet rural life. cameras, gardens, off-island visitors, and spatulas are sufficiently and pleasantly distracting her these days.
august 2010
amy d was born and raised in new york city and as a child she dreamed of settling in the woods hundreds of miles from the nearest subway. life had other plans and has landed her in the suburbs exactly 40 miles northeast of her childhood home where she lives with her two sons, her husband and their cat. her house is messy and lively and full of color. the dishes don't match and the laundry isn't folded but there are always fresh cookies in the jar. she designs websites for a living and takes pictures for pleasure but she dreams of one day being a writer. she believes that blogging about the small beautiful moments amidst the chaos of daily life has helped let a light shine in where there used to be darkness.
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annie is a writer and photographer who grew up in the olive garden capital of america (san jose, california) taking photos of her stuffed animals and the neighborhood cats with her kodak 110 camera. She left the cats for los angeles, and after over a decade as a producer/writer for *cough* reality television, she and her husband escaped that life and relocated to beer capital of america (portland, oregon) where she is much more at home. she now takes photos of stuffed animals, neighborhood cats, beer and her husband with one of her favorite polaroid cameras.
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molly d.'s husband recently told her that she used to be more like a writer, but now she's more like a photographer. she believes this makes habit the perfect place to be. molly d lives in the foothills of california with her two children, five chickens, and homebrewing husband. she believes in home cooking, home schooling, homesteading, home making and most importantly, home.
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july 2010
the habit flickr group
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june 2010
susannah is a photographer and writer who's currently penning her very first book, to be published in autumn 2011. when she's not fulfilling her life-long dream, she can be found with a SX-70 camera in her hand, a notebook in her bag and a map of new cities to be explored. she proudly calls herself a family-of-one and is counting down the days until she moves back to her beloved london town.
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jennifer urchin is an old-fashioned mama in chanel sunglasses. she loves making, the south of france, and the liberty bell. her home is messy, loud, and full of books. she believes in the healing power of jesus, the ocean, and a child's laughter. she might forget to wear her garden gloves but you'll never find her wearing pants to church. she's still dreaming that someday she will become a princess.
jennifer urchin's blogjennifer urchin's flickr
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kyrie is a mama to three girls five and under affectionately nicknamed Bunny, Birdie, and Bee. Her husband is her best friend and the love of her life and doest't currently have a nickname. Also present in the household: a small tortoiseshell cat called Jenny Linsky. They all live together in a middle-sized house in a middle-sized town in the great big ol' Pacific Northwest. Kyrie loves to read, eat, love, write letters, laugh knit, sew, keep house, garden, buy local, pray, take photographs, help others, say yes, and drink tea.
kyrie's blog
kyrie's flickr
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may 2010
jen lee is a storyteller, photographer and writer whose journey is about learning to be true. she loves long talks, old-fashioned mail, and the kind of friends who swear to be with you until you're old. jen loves living in a big city - she packed and brought her prairie sensibility along with her - and goes to bed early every chance she gets.
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steph lives in a little red brick house with her husband, three kayaks, and 38 cameras smack dab between the mountains and a desert. she works as a photographer by day and by night, and edits Light Leaks too. she thinks peanut butter, loud music, traveling, back yard BBQ's, polaroid, and pizza make life worth living. she's embarrassed to admit that it's taken her 32 years to like strawberries.
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tara lives in the town in which she was raised, with her husband, tim, and a collection of six daughters. some of them hers, some of them his, and one of them theirs. they also have two cats, a small yellow house, and a very nice garden. also, tara and tim together run an art gallery. at any moment you'll most likely find her holding: a cup of tea, a glass of wine, a camera, a wooden spoon, or one (or more) of the girls' hands. but maybe not at the same time.
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april 2010
alicia p. loves tapioca pudding, cream-colored daffodils, apple blossoms, howards end, garter stitch, square patches, climbing hydrangeas, and april showers. she tries to create something pretty or delicious every day, but sometimes she just sits on the couch and watches tv and hopes someone else makes dinner.
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molly i. is a mom to three lively kids, a wife, and a visual thinker. she loves to make things with photos and words, seeds, art supplies, textiles, and yeast and flour. molly lives in a timber frame home with a vegetable patch, built by her husband, paul, just outside washington, dc.
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tracy is a canadian prairie girl living in suburban los angeles with her husband, two girls, three chickens a couple of turtles and fish named "rainbow". she fills her days with her time in the garden (any garden), working on their mid-century modern home, and taking too many pictures of it all. when she is not digging in the dirt, she manages an artist's estate. she is a great believer in public eduction and the power of community. and is trying to build a stronger bond with her sewing machine.. . . . . . . . .
march 2010
jenny g. was born a midwestern girl but now lives in brooklyn with her husband and two cats. she loves nothing more than cooking a complicated meal with her husband (but only if she can be the head chef), riling up her hyper kitties, getting comfortable with a good book for hours, selling the clothes she sews, knitting socks and sweaters during dvd marathons, and taking early evening walks alone.
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lisa s.is an artist and sometimes professor or graphic designer who lives in oakland, ca (san francisco's brooklyn!). she wishes she was better at photography, had more time to read, and could at some point in the near future clean up her office. she is a self-described pack rat who loves her crazy collections (including a very large assortment of jackets and coats, a plethora of polaroid cameras, a bevy of sewing machines, you get the picture). she has spent much of the last year sleep deprived, but is realizing this state of mind has forced her to s l o w down a bit and pay attention in the moment - things she has always wanted to do, but could never seem to practice consistently. lisa shares a home with her husband, her one year old daughter, a one-eyed pitbull, a deaf french bulldog, and a cross-eyed kitty. she has a lovely garden and a kick-ass studio in her backyard that she marvels daily is hers.
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eren lives near the beach in virginia with her husband, three sons (ian, zane, and wyatt), and a german shorthaired pointer named scout. she has been making things since she was a little girl...cross stitch, decoupage, crochet, sewing...she has done it all. eren is a collector of things including, but not limited to: silver napkin rings, vintage dishes, mccoy pottery, children's books with great illustrations, antique linens, shells with holes in them, and sea glass. eren spends way too much time thinking about how to bring new life to old items. eren fights the lack of pink in her life by focusing on the beautiful moments in her life by blogging at vintage chica.
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february 2010stephanie cb is an artist who spends her days sewing tiny things out of wool and linen, making messes in the kitchen, exploring the woods with her family, and capturing it all with her camera. she lives with her husband, two children, and a three-legged cat in portland, oregon. she spent a few years taking photos of her daily life, so this is a bit like putting on an old hat. the having something to say is a brand new hat, though.
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leslie g. is a gal who is getting used to living in canada again. and is happy her japanese fella has finally joined her. she loves a lot of things. being creative. exploring new places. sewing bags. taking photos. earning new crafts. making lists. eating nanaimo bars. having blonde hair. being random. and being able to call japan home.
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betsy is an artist, mother, gardener and beachcomber. she lives with her professor husband and their two daughters in portland, maine. she spends her days homeschooling her girls and creating in the studio but also dreams of faraway adventures and illustrating a children's book. her favorite things include seaside picnics, sunny rainstorms, starry nights and roasted rosemary potatoes. she feels lucky most of the time.
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january 2010
andrea j is sort of a nerd when it comes to things like photography and modern dance. but this nerdiness, it comes from a profound place of love. she lives with her husband and two children in portland, oregon in a cottage filled with too many collections. she's fairly certain her kids hung the moon but is not really the kind of mother that likes to brag. also, she's pretty sure life would stink without the following: photobooths, old bicycles, polaroid cameras, paper lanterns, underground hip hop and lemon sugar anything.
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jen j-m is an artist, nature lover and mother of two. she lives along the coast of maine. she's hoping 2010 might be the year she finds a dusty old letterpress under a table at someone's barn sale. she loves taking pictures, collaborating, reading, cherishing her children's artwork, making soup and sitting by her woodstove.
jen j-m's blog
jen j-m's flickr
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shanna believes in the limitless opportunity we all have to positively affect one another's lives. her favorite moments are the small ones; the right song playing on the radio, a perfect cup of tea, walks along the creek with her dog, small kindnesses from strangers, and slow sunday mornings.
shanna lives in western ny with a dry stone waller (who also happens to be the love of her life) and their little dog ollie. her days are filled with a menagerie of creative pursuits which taken all together somehow manage to pay the bills - for this she is especially grateful.
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november 2009
molly w. lives in seattle, where she is a writer, photographer, and co-owner of a brand-new restaurant called delancey. she is married to a man named brandon, and they have a dog named jack. currently, her favorite things are cake, cider, white rooms with wood floors, soup, and singing along.
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kim: an art and design obsessive who loves to nest and dig in the dirt. mama to e., who loves to travel and prefers his toes in the sand. squanders far too much time making decisions, and often thinks accomplishing something happens just by talking about it. stays up far too late. likes to make beautiful things. craves light (and pie). currently searching for: missing socks and a little bit of balance
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alyson is a firm advocate of incorporating more hours into every day. she is a blogger, an artist, a letterpress printer, photographer, an aspiring chef, a soon-to-be wife, mom to two bad cats and a full time dreamer. she enjoys the finer things in life like perfectly buttery pie crust, yoga in the afternoon, and napping with the windows open listening to the rain. she lives in portland, oregon and hopes to one day live in a pretty house with a garden of goodies to tend over. and maybe, just maybe get some more hours in the day.
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october 2009
jen a. is a mother, daughter, sister, wife, friend and adoptive mother to a 4-year old schnoodle named king ludwig. she is a photographer, writer and editor. and she loves italy, chocolate gelato, the south, pretty much anything that has been deep fried, french pop, old school heavy metal and thinks science is almost as fascinating as art.
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meg is a mother of three and wife to one who lives in the lovely city of madison, wisconsin. she spends her days in a whirlwind of flour and sugar and glue and diapers, trying to keep it together. a long time ago she studied philosophy and so has interesting thoughts while doing the dishes, but mostly daydreams about what she is going to make next.
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stephanie is a gypsy with too many hobbies living in Seoul, South Korea. She is especially talented at daydreaming, concocting, plotting and planning elaborate adventures, both near and far. But she also enjoys taking photographs, making music, hosting parties, baking cakes, reading on the beach, eating cucumbers, squeezing lemons and late night drives with the windows rolled down. She has an above-average preoccupation with paper products and if left alone in a stationery store, will likely not resurface. When she finds the time, she is employed as a writer and project manager for a PR agency, where she spends a good deal of time daydreaming and concocting those elaborate adventures.
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september 2009
sally loves...her clever husband, two silly sons, traveling with her family, white walls, taco trucks, berry picking, crafting, the color grey, camping, working in her small design studio and taking photographs of her boys.
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amisha grew up in louisiana, but currently divides her time and her heart between brooklyn and north florida. she loves eating mangoes with her grandmother, the light on the amstel river at daybreak, rachel maddow, and falling asleep with a cat purring near her head. she tends to snort when she laughs, which is often. when she is not sewing, knitting, or taking photos, she is studying to be a public interest lawyer.
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grace is a mama, musician, and maker of things. She lives in the sunny western United States with her husband, their three small children, and a cute but slightly crotchety beagle. In the seven years since Grace's oldest daughter was born, motherhood and the creative process (however it manifests itself) have gradually revealed themselves as being interconnected, and actually reliant upon one another. Each informs the other: motivating and inspiring Grace's home, life, work, and spirit.
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august 2009
Jen C. lives in a small apartment in Brooklyn where she enjoys daily breakfasts and frequent coffee breaks. She loves cooking and exploring creative and culinary delights in NYC. She sometimes wonders how she manages to live with so much noise outside her window and thinks about the possibilities of living in the country.
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courtney is a graphic designer and craft stylist living in Michigan with her husband scott and their two children. she loves to sew, bake & garden, but on an average day is more likely to be found making things like toast and water balloons for elliot and lucie. she also keeps busy renovating an old house on a big hill, or at least daydreaming about it.
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sheri is a writer and an amateur photographer and birdophile, and she loves finding big meaning in small moments. she lives in a small house in sacramento, california with her husband and two wild and wonderful boys and co-curates the inspiration journal this joy+ride.
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july 2009
Geninne lives high above a mountain forest at 9842 feet above sea level close to Mexico City with Manolo, their two very creative boys & a cute border collie puppy named Turbo. She was born in New York, but shortly after her parents began traveling aroundSouth America, where she lived in seven different countries and went to several English speaking schools. She loves to paint and sells prints of her watercolors online. She loves birds, flowers, drinking green tea with soy milk and has been taking photos since she was 15 years old. Her two boys are being home schooled and Manolo works from home so they get to spend lots of time together. Her husband Manolo designed and built their lovely home and they both try to make it as cosy as it can possibly be.
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claire never really knows what to say about herself, but she loves lists, so here goes
:: she was born & raised in sunny brisbane, australia, and lives, for the moment, in vancouver, bc while her beau studies electro-acoustic music composition and other things she will never really understand but is suitably awed by.
:: she would very much like to one day live in australia again. probably melbourne.
:: she loves to sew, but gets more excited by film and cameras.
:: thinks it’s wonderful that her friends like to stop by with gifts of homemade jam & chutney’s or banana bread.
:: is right now listening to pet sounds and will tell you, at this moment, it is the greatest album ever made.
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Alicia is an artist living with her little family in Kansas City. She is a muralist, a photographer and dabbles in fabric. With a degree in printmaking, she vows to print again someday too. While surrounded by the chaos of family life, Alicia tries hard to do each of these daily: live simply, respect nature and create something- even if it’s just a loaf of bread or a homemade pizza.
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hannah is....well, the truth is hannah isn't really sure what she is. she knows some basic facts to be true, for instance she is the mother of three children who stupefy her (or drive her crazy) every day. she is married to an amazing man who works so very hard to accomplish big dreams. apart from that, hannah lives in a blue house with a yellow door in kansas city. by day, hannah works as an archaeologist, and by night she photographs anything and everything. someday hannah would like to earn a living more creatively, but until then hannah is just hannah. she probably always will be, come to think of it.
hannah's blog
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Katurah lives in Blantyre, Malawi with a very tall husband whom she loves very much, and three children, whom she also loves very much. These days, Katurah tends to be the consummate mother/wife/homemaker, with her fingers in many pots (of paint or glue or split pea soup). Katurah blogs to remind herself of life's daily beauty and joy. She is always surprised and somewhat giddy when people come visit her little corner of the internet, and she is exceptionally grateful for the community it has provided in times and places where it is so very easy to feel alone. Katurah is also very jealous of anyone who knows how to knit their own socks.
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leya loves working with children. three year-olds are her favorite, although, five year-olds are pretty nifty too. her days are made up of bike rides across the city of brotherly love, trying new recipes in what feels like the world’s smallest kitchen, snapping photos of whatever catches her eye, and scheming about new art projects. leya lives in philadelphia with her husband, dustin, and two extremely photogenic cats, mortimer and motown.
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may 2009
gwen doesn't like punctuation. or times new roman. but she is forced to use it as a grad student in the washington dc area. she studies caterpillars and wasps and spends many hours high up in trees collecting them. she also teaches students how to ID insects. she lives surrounded by piles of things. armed with a labeler, she tries to keep her life {and everyone around her} organized. she often wishes that she pursued a career in art. she lives with her architect partner (grub) and 2 cats (spot & bear) in a tiny apartment in dc.
gwen's sibling photography blog
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rachel is a photographer currently living in kansas city with her husband and two daughters. most of the time you can find her lugging a minimum of three cameras around town trying to capture the small details of life. she believes that a good dance session can cure most ailments, music should be listened to constantly, laughs be heard loudly, hugs be given freely, and "i love you" be said as often as possible.
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leslie lives with her husband and three children in pennsylvania. although leslie grew up and still lives in pittsburgh her life has been shaped by her travels throughout the world. in spite of that, leslie now believes that the best place to be is home. the knitting needles are never far from her grasp. however, she has been known to put them down during pilates, kisses for scraped knees, chat sessions over coffee, hunting for vintage kitchenware, baking cookies or the simple act of noticing beauty in the everyday.
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april 2009
heather is an artist living in lawrence, ks with her designer/builder/woodworker husband and their three cats. her favorite days are spent drawing quietly in her sunlit studio with a cup of coffee and handful of almonds nearby. she also enjoys making bread, taking long walks outdoors, wondering at the sky, writing the occasional haiku, and helping tend their vegetable garden. heather believes in the redeeming qualities of prayer, a tight hug, laughter, and a warm chocolate chip cookie.
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martha loves light and texture, making things and talking about design process. She makes her life with 5 boys (two of the feline variety) in minneapolis, MN and is completely happy when all of these things intertwine.
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Melissa F. grew up in British Columbia, went to college in Chicago, and then moved to Portland, OR, where she lives in a house that threatens to take her over. As a child, her parents traveled the world doing street mime and puppet shows in which she took an active part. She now finds great solace sitting in front of the sewing machine, at her local garden nursery, or watching her three young boys love each other. She is loved by a very good man.. . . . . . . .
march 2009
erin is a midwestern girl with a can-do attitude. she started crafting at a young age and really thinks that 7th grade home ec was the best class she ever took. she sews, knits, embroiders, takes photos, cooks or procrastinates each day. erin likes bicycles with baskets, vintage pottery, fresh flowers, piles of fabric and green shoes. she lives with her husband, fatty, and their two daughters, jane and kate, in a house on hill road.
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abby lives in a tiny apartment with hundreds of magazines, several quilts, too many cookbooks and her husband, james. she loves the beauty of the everyday and tries to capture it on film. when she's not taking photos or on the internet, she lives and works in the alberta arts district in portland.
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sarah h. makes her home in northeastern minnesota with her partner and young daughter. she draws inspiration from the natural world, especially the freshwater sea at her door and the ever changing sky above. she's sparked by the act of transforming one thing into another - berry to jam, string to cloth, seed to sprout, ink to image. she likes eating warm bread with butter, playing scrabble and listening to the wind.
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february 2009
melissa w. comes from new zealand but is currently living in norway with her partner and two children (5 + 3 years). when she's not braving the icy conditions, she likes to sew, knit, embroider and design things for small children and grown-ups. she also likes to play the cello, write letters, drink black plunger coffee, walk amongst the birch trees, and go to the library.
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andrea is a children's bookseller living in portland, oregon. she shares a diminutive blue cottage with her chef husband, aaron, their small scruffy dog, bradley, and hundreds of books. she enjoys making things, sleeping in, things that are plaid, fog, pancakes, and brightly colored tights.
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Ella lives on Canada's West Coast with her partner and sweet bean son. She defines herself in many ways but it is mothering that she does mostly. Together, she and Little A hunt & gather, putter & play, explore their neighborhood and dabble in many creative projects. Currently Ella is turning her face to the hints of warmer days while still enjoying and appreciating the stillness of Winter.
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january 2009
blair lives in the pacific northwest with her husband peter and her two kids, emma and ian. she and peter run their consulting company from their home, so any business calls could easily be interrupted with dryers beeping, cats meowing, or children asking for help finding their missing lego pieces. life never fully stops (or even slows down) in this place we call home. we embrace the many imperfections. when there is time, after those little legos are found and everyone is happy, blair sews, knits, cooks, and "makes things" in her tiny little studio, that she loves to escape to.
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shari lives in an old caretaker's cottage in rural vermont. she works as a farm hand on an organic farm and spends the rest of her time taking photographs, writing, gardening, and baking. she misses the south often but now sings the praises of maple creamees, ferns, dirt roads, and community suppers.
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sarah r. is a former dancer, former art school student, and former massage therapist, among other things. she's currently a mother to two daughters and has been known to get strange looks as she stalks around at home and in public with camera(s) poised.
