honey & ollie

Home from the magical central coast of California! OMG, I have All The Seaglass. And pie. And cinnamon buns. And wine. Store will be open tomorrow and I will have All The Update for you as well! If you’re in LA this weekend you can catch me at Whimsic Alley’s spring craft fair (on Wilshire, [...]

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The Honey&Ollie Etsy shop will be closed from May 18 to May 29, as I am taking a pre-Grand-Opening-Of-Crafted break to spend some quality time with Captain Sexypants, the cats and rest of my family. Maybe a sketchbook and some paints. Can’t wait…. When I return, it will be with some amazing new stuff, a [...]

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Oddly enough (aside from a one weekend run from Reduced Shakespeare Company) we were the only folks at Faire doing an actual stage production of Shakespeare at Faire this year. Our guild put on a pretty amazing production of Midsummer. Starring the incomparable Morgan sisters (as Puck and Hermia, respectively), and the amazing Clynell Jackson [...]

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Last weekend was my final week at the Southern California Renaissance Faire, though the Faire has one more weekend to go in the run. It’s very bittersweet as I will not be back as a full time performer with my guild. Opening a brick and mortar location that is primarily open on weekends sort of [...]

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A little linky love – I’m noodling around the edges of Lori Moon‘s May Flower Challenge (yay Fly Sisters!) and this is what I came up with: And also this: Okay straw isn’t flowers but, it’s awfully pretty don’t you think? I’m absolutely fascinated by the perspective she brought to today’s shots. You should go [...]

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I’m so sorry I didn’t get this posted yesterday. I was sitting down drinking coffee and having a muffin and getting ready to blog my winner, when what should I see but my dad walking up the walk for his annual visit! Except, I thought he was coming on Friday. And, I hadn’t had a [...]

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I’m having a love affair with sea glass. I rediscovered sea glass when I was on vacation in Central California last October, and it’s been rattling around in my brain ever since. It lends itself so beautifully to wire wrapping and to sterling silver. I’ve kind of been a one track girl with it, when [...]

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I decided that I’d start blogging my experiences in trying to handle a medical issue and talk about what it’s like to navigate through the medical system without health insurance. While we’ve been experiencing the same sorts of issues in the economic downturn as many families (two layoffs, loss of insurance, belt tightening) we’ve also [...]

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Still dealing with weird health stuff, so not a lot of new goodies in the shop. I just haven’t had a lot of energy to work. But I am hoping to do a small update next week. New sea glass pieces, some new Padmavati lotus petals, and a couple of whimsical new assemblages are all [...]

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Some images from last weekend’s show at Majestical Roof in Old Town Pasadena… I’ve gone on and on about my metal clay teacher, Delia Marsellos Traister of Phoenyx Magyk. Her work continues to grow and it always astounds me. That’s a fine silver coffee go-cup, y’all. She, like, built that. It’s not molded. Oh yeah. [...]

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