Meet Lucy!
Well, it has been a long time coming, but we finally got a dog at Spring Bird. Even though we had been talking about it for years and have spent hours scrolling through Petfinder, getting a dog seemed to happen so quickly. We went to …
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Summer Desktop Wallpaper
Download image and save as wallpaper! It’s Summer!Time to change your wallpaperon your desktop, laptop, or device!
Sewing with Spoonflower Fabric
It’s been a dream of mine to design my own fabric and then turn that fabric into quilts and clothes. When I came across a Spoonflower Magazine (Spoonflower is the company the prints fabric, wallpaper, and wrapping paper designed by artists), that offered a free pattern for making baby hats, …
Introducing: The Art We Make Podcast
There we were, lying belly down on brown shag carpet, in our corduroys and striped velour shirts. Our toe heads hovered, with spit dripping down our chins, and an eager index finger positioned above the red circle of the RECORD button. Then with a nervous …
The Spring Bird Artist Residency Recipient of 2019!
I am so pleased and excited to announce this year’s Spring Bird Artist Residency Recipient, Dawn Bertuca! Dawn’s application spoke so well to the spirit of this residency, which supports artists, writers, and makers needing to find time away from busy lives. Furthermore her work …
Spring Wallpaper For Your Computer
Well, my tech savvy daughter, Penelope, gave me the great idea that I should make computer wallpapers for the seasons. Since so much of what we do at Spring Bird, is encouraging connection and awareness to the seasons, I recognized that she was on to …
2019 Spring Bird Artist Residency
For a very long time, I’ve been wanting to host an Artist Residency at Spring Bird for artists, writers, and makers who are longing to have the time and space to make! I know how critical this cottage and woodland was to me in the …
Dressing For the Life You Want: Hinterland and Washi Dresses
You’ve probably heard the saying “dress for the job you want”. The implication is that you will be perceived as more successful, artistic, or however within the professional setting in which you work. But what if you work from home, and the only eyes assessing your dress …
Rag Rug Pillows
How do we make our homes? Our culture impresses upon us the value of disposable trends and knicknacks sourced at Target end caps, but I remember growing up with elaborately embroidered dish towels and pillow cases and braided rag rugs constructed from work clothes. Traditional …
Woolen Stuffed Heart Ornament
The absolute truth is that making soft, stuffed heart ornaments makes my heart grow three times as large. I can’t explain it, but it is a project I regularly undertake in various iterations each winter. This year, I decided to use upcycled wool (from old …
Painted Kitchen Linoleum Floor
In renovating the cottage, we decided to paint the kitchen’s linoleum floor instead of replacing it. I had some crazy vision to paint the floor like a quilt– in tiny triangles. I chose six colors: light gray, dark gray, dark green, gold, and pink in porch …
Plaster Menagerie
Every time that I gave a tour at the Roger Brown Study Collection, the visitors would spin on their heals mesmerized by the myriad of art pieces that Roger Brown had collected. My eyes would always be drawn up to one particular piece, a paper mache jaguar mask, …
Catching Magic: Spring Bird Spiderweb
This Summer we got caught up in a beautiful collaborative web at the Renaissance Faire. The Faire’s collaborative webs were strung between trees with simple, white string. Visitors and Renaissance residents tied and wove leaves, sticks, pieces of yarn, lost pacifiers, and broken bits to …
Making A Mighty Pamphlet Book!
If I had a secret weapon in my war to be a creative productive person, it is the mighty pamphlet book! A pamphlet book is a simply stitched book with a soft cover. It’s basically what you would make if you have one of those …