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Stores We Love: Ugly Baby and Monster in Seattle
Posted by Christina Loff on
Rosalie and Douglas Gale are the inventors of Shower Art - clever waterproof art you can hang in your shower with a suction cup. They've been making Shower Art since 2008 and have become the very best Shower Art makers in the whole Pacific NW, probably even the world. This dynamic duo owns two retail stores in Seattle: Ugly Baby in the historic Pike Place Market and Monster in the Ballard neighborhood. Both stores sell the work of independent artists – Ugly Baby has a special focus on D.I.Y. craft kits & enamel pins (aside from the full Ugly Baby line) and Monster features the work of...
We're donating 5% of December Sales
Posted by Julie or Chris Jackson on
EVERY day for the rest of the year we're donating 5% of all our sales to Feeding America. You’ll notice the percentage every time you add a product and at checkout, plus you'll give a chance to round up your purchase.
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Stores We Love: Gather Here in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Posted by Christina Loff on
Part sewing studio, part fabric and yarn shop, gather here, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts is a one-of-a-kind stitch lounge, created to cater to all fiber craft goals. We're big fans of this magical place and asked owner and founder Virginia B. Johnson to tell us more behind creating one of the best craft stores in the country. Tell us about the origins of gather here--when did you open and why? gather here opened on February 19, 2011. In 2010 I wrote a business plan for a "stitch lounge" inspired by the places I had visited over the years. Whenever I went...
- Tags: craft, craft store, gather here
Stores We Love: Wrong in Marfa, Texas 💕
Posted by Christina Loff on
Psst - Julie here -- I've asked the fabulous Christina Loff to introduce you to some of our very favorite stores that carry our kits. I worked with Christina on two of my books while she was with Chronicle, always wanted to work with her again, and now she's struck out on her own! I wanted to mention here that Buck and Camp are very dear friends from waaaay back, some of the finest and kindest people you'll ever meet--and they put Marfa on the map. They started Wrong by carrying the art of friends and they've been so loyal...
Meet Jen Worick, the crafty editor who helped bring Julie's next book to life!
Posted by Christina Loff on
Tell us who you are! I’m Jen Worick, the editorial director for Sasquatch Books. I’ve been working in publishing my entire adult life (soooo…a long time). I started out working in magazines, living in Washington DC and working as an editor for companies who produced a lot of magazines for associations and nonprofits, such as the National Association of Postmasters of the US (NAPUS). If you were ever curious about postmasters, hey, I’m your gal! I then made the switch to book publishing, first working with a book packager and then landing at Running Press as editorial director. I dabbled...