Mary McKinley of the Vintage Brooch Co. is Cleveland Handmade’s featured artist this week. Mary uses bits and pieces of vintage jewelry to create fantastic new designs for your lapel or purse.
This week’s Cleveland Handmade featured artist is Nicki Schleckman, who sells on Etsy under the name handmade. Her handmade playsets are very popular. Read more about her here.
This week’s Cleveland Handmade featured artist is Chris Zielski of Copper Leaf Studios. Chris was one of the first Etsy team members I met in person, and she makes lovely etched copper pieces, but on a much larger scale than I do. Her photos are lovely, but her art is even more spectacular in person.
This week’s Cleveland Handmade featured artist is Leah Anastasakis of Leah Ana Designs. You can read my interview with her here.
My timing was good this afternoon and I managed to snag a treasury on Etsy. Check it out before it expires on Friday afternoon.
My class times have been set for October’s Jewelry Exploration at Bead Q.
I’ll be teaching etching on Saturday, October 25, 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. in Chagrin Falls and on Sunday, October 26, 12:30–3:30 p.m. in North Olmsted.
Additionally, I will be teaching Beading 101: Necklaces and Bracelets on Saturday, October 25, 2–5 p.m. in North Olmsted. This is a beginner stringing class in which you will learn about different stringing materials and findings (clasps, crimps, jump rings) and then use that knowledge to make necklaces and/or bracelets from beads and materials you selected and purchased before the class (list provided at registration). Major emphasis will be placed on learning to crimp properly, which is the foundation of making pieces that last.
To register, stop in or call the shop where the class will be held: Chagrin Falls 440-708-1771; North Olmsted 440-734-2323.
Cleveland Handmade’s first featured artist is Sara Kate, who lives in Solon, Ohio. It is fitting that she is our first featured artist, because she kick-started this whole thing with one simple question in the Etsy forums: “Anyone in the Cleveland area?†Sara Kate makes awesome bags and envelope wallets; I myself am a proud owner of one of her Glam Squad bags.
. . . something about McCain’s apparent low regard for the brainpower of the average voter as demonstrated by this VP pick, but Gail Collins beat me to it:
However, I do feel kind of ticked off at the assumptions that the Republicans seem to be making about female voters. It’s a tad reminiscent of the Dan Quayle selection, when the first George Bush’s advisers decided they could close the gender gap with a cute running mate.
The idea that women are going to race off to vote for any candidate with the same internal plumbing is both offensive and historically wrong.
The title of this article is Dumbest Packaging Ever? The answer is yes.
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