Does it send anyone else into a mild panic attack when the stores start showing cold weather fashions in the middle of vacation season?  Why am I staring at a turtleneck on a mannequin as I gulp down iced-t to stay hydrated for window shopping in 90 degree weather?  I love Fall, but I don’t [...]

For someone who never believed she had a serious career in music, Jane Dodd has a serious résumé as a musician. In 1980, at age 18, she joined the very first lineup of what would become New Zealand’s most well-known indie-pop export of the ’80s and early ’90s, the Chills. A couple of years later [...]

Name: Katie McClanahan
Shop: BlackStar Jewelry Company
Website: http://www.etsy.com/shop/BlackStar
Blog: http://blackstarjewelry.blogspot.com/
Location: middle Tennessee
What do you make, and how are your products environmentally-friendly?
I make jewelry, mostly comprised of vintage elements and thrifted finds.  These bits and pieces are already here, waiting to be used, so why not use them?

Artist Sherry Insley resides in Charm City with a menagerie of rescued animals and one very patient husband. Sherry graduated with an MFA in photography and digital arts from MICA. As a practicing artist and educator, she has taught art and photography for several years in the Baltimore area. Self described as a [...]

Husband and wife Rhonda & Elijah Wyman are the creators behind the handmade jewelry of Figs & Ginger. Inspired by forests, Figs’ work reflects their commitment to keeping our world beautiful and healthy for the next generation. That’s why they promise to use the highest recycled content sterling available, 100% recycled paper, and cleaner [...]

Last week I attended a lecture of the artist Orly Genger, I had not known of Orly’s work before but went after I saw her work online. She was a very petite young women who was surprisingly blase in talking about her art and practices.  I found this both humorous and charming since her work [...]