By this weekend my work will be avilable for purchase at The Urban Gypsy in Polish Hill, right above The Strip District. The Urban Gypsy has a variety of vintage items and work by local Pittsburgh artists for sale, so if you’re into handmade or vintage, you HAVE to check it out. It’s fairly new, [...]

Okay, I’ve had a week to work on commissions, put the house back together, and do that thing called sleep. Now to give you guys a post-mortem on the Wild Rose Renaissance Faire. ^_^ First weekend, well – If you’ve been here before you know that our tent got destroyed in a near-hit with a [...]

Okay, this past weekend was the first weekend of the Wild Rose Renaissance Faire, and it was a doozy. Saturday was pretty calm, but we arrived late. Google failed us and sent us through a million small towns on the way there, which includes the towns’ red lights. Going home went much faster, because we [...]

Yep – The Wild Rose Renaissance Faire is in THREE DAYS! *happy dance* I’m super-excited, if you can’t tell! I’ve got some new things that have never before been seen by human eyes (I’ve been told I don’t count) and some crowd favorites. In addition to mailling, we’ve been hard at work disguising our plain [...]

This past weekend I took a beginner’s course in blacksmithing at the Touchstone Center for Crafts. It was great! ^_^ The first evening was a simple meet and greet with our teacher, other students, and some of Touchstone’s staff. Jodi Best, our teacher, also gave a tour of the forge and a basic overview of [...]