A photo journal comprised of my thoughts on motherhood and other life happenings, as well as some of professional work as a photographer. Southern California is home.
I reached out to my friend Anne a while back about letting me shoot some video of her in an effort to document her macrame making process. Anne is one of those people that you can’t help but love; she’s got a giggle that I’m head-over-heels about and the sweetest family ta boot. Her style and artistic abilty is top notch and I hope all of you will head on over and check out her store. I recently purchased one of her fiber art wall hangings and it is legit. I asked her to answer a few questions so y’all could get to know her a little bit better…
How did you get into Macrame?
About 3 years ago I was at a rummage sale and someone had donated all their macrame books, hoops and rope. I had been interested in trying it and when I had all the necessary items in front of me at once I figured it was meant to be. I got home and made my first plant hanger and was hooked! After I understood the basics I was able to come up with my own designs and have since created pieces with more of a modern take on the classic 70’s styles.
Tell me about the other items in your shop.
I also sell vintage clothes. I have been wearing vintage clothes since high school and have developed a deep love for thrifting. I’d always find amazing things that didn’t fit me and had such a hard time leaving them on the rack. Now that I have a shop, I don’t have to abandon them! They get to go to new home and keep living.
How do you best balance your etsy shop with raising your children?
I try not to put unrealistic expectations on myself. If I have free time I’ll work on a new piece or list an item. Sometimes I’ll just photograph everything and then list on different day. When it comes to anything creative it can be tricky, I never know when I’ll get inspired and often times it comes at a terrible time. A lot of times I’ll just write down my idea and accept the fact that it will have to wait.
Quick, three random things about you.
When I was in grade school I wanted to be an animator.
My favorite decades for music and style are the 70’s and 20’s.
My favorite book is East of Eden by John Steinbeck.
What influences your art?
Nature, 70’s fiber art and the challenge of trying to create something unique.
A vision of a side yard revamp has been bombarding my mind as of late. I know, wrong season to start thinking about summer evenings outside, right? Wrong. It will take us all three seasons, rest assured, to meet my vision by next summer. And this is not because I plan on doing a whole bunch of “stuff”, it’s because we’re lazy. Or have two kids. You pick the excuse. Anyway, I picked up this macrame at the Melrose Trading Post and have intentions of drilling a hole into our stucco home to hang this beaut outside. I’ll have that hole drilled by next summer, with any luck.
I also picked up this lovely letter “A”, which narrows my hunt down to the letter “W” at which point our letter family will be complete.
And in case you’re questioning if I’m a raging lunatic for selling some stuff while simultaneously buying other stuff, the answer is yes. Someone help me help myself.
Side note: We have ourselves a lucky little winner from this giveaway. Congrats to Jennifer (aka “logansmommy”) for winning! Craft Goblin will be contacting you via email. Yay! And a reminder to those who did not win, you can still use coupon code STORKSAVINGS for 15% off. Hip hip hooray!
