Earlier this week, I drove down to a suburb of Detroit to see my friend Bethany Nixon. If you read my site regularly, you’ve seen her name before, and if you follow me on Twitter, you’ve seen lots of convos between me and her (@bethanylouise). Beth is the owner of Reware Vintage, and she is [...]
This was a big weekend! And this is going to be a big post. So bear with me. I have a lot to say (and show you). On Thursday, August 5, I flew to New York City with my friends Beth & Lish to attend BlogHer. In a word, it was amazing. But I know [...]
Motown celebrated it’s 50th Gala on Saturday, November 21. I read that it was a star-studded event and the attendees had a good time, but I wasn’t there, so I can’t tell you anything about it. I was in Detroit, but I was at The Majestic Theater, taking part in the Detroit Urban Craft Fair, [...]
One of the biggest annual DIY events in Detroit is less than two weeks away! The Detroit Urban Craft Fair will be held on November 21 at The Majestic Theater. The event is free to attend, is family friendly and will run from 10 am – 7 pm. The event is put on by Handmade [...]
I’ve seen a lot of websites. I’ve seen some great ones, and I’ve seen some terrible ones. Everyone has their own opinion of what a “great” website is, of course. But I can tell you that, for me, there are several things that great websites have in common. Instead of just writing out what I [...]
My friend Bethany Nixon made this awesome Pretty In Pink Record Notebook for me! Beth is the owner of Reware Vintage, a member of Handmade Detroit, and a contributor to Indie Biz Chicks. Yes… she’s a busy girl! I think my new notebook rocks! And I wanted to show it off. You should grab one [...]
I’m a Michigan girl and I love to promote cool stuff happening in my state. This weekend, Ferndale is hosting The DIY Street Fair. As they say on their website, ” The DIY Street Fair is a free 2-day, 3-night event in Ferndale, Michigan where local artists, crafters, businesses, groups and organizations, musicians, restaurants, brewers [...]
“How Blogging Changed My Life” – Guest post by Lish Dorset Blogging changed my life in a big way in that it totally changed my career path. When I started Michigan State 10 years ago, I was pretty positive I was destined for a life of print magazine editing, becoming famous for running a world-famous [...]
This past weekend, my friends Beth and Lish from Handmade Detroit and I made our way south to Columbus, Ohio. We met up with Amy D. of MadeByAmyD.com, Olivia from Wholly Craft, and some of the other cool people from the Crafty Cotillion. Let me just say that we had an absolute blast! It was [...]
Wow! What an awesome couple of days! The Indie Biz Chicks Conference was AWESOME! I know I’m biased – but I thought we had some amazing sessions! I learned so much! For example, Amy Schroeder’s session gave me some great ideas about starting an intern program (watch for that soon!) and Jenny Hart definitely taught [...]
