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In case you missed it, I braved the 35 mph wind gusts and vended at the second annual Montclair's Earth Fest on South Park Street last Sunday. I spent the weeks leading up to the event sorting the donations of arts and crafts supplies I had collected over the past year. I had so much more than I realized! I had to make tough choices about what to bring and what to leave behind. And as the day approached, and I saw that the weather was going to be my least favorite, windy, I put a lot of preparation into...

I'm returning to Montclair's Earth Fest this Sunday, April 27th! For the second year in a row I'll be promoting the Montclair Creative Reuse Project! I'll have art-related supplies available at "Pay What You Can" prices and I'll be collecting donations of materials! Read on for more info... Last year was a great success and I'm excited to bring a new, bigger selection of art-related supplies to South Park Street from 12pm to 4pm. We've received so many wonderful donations and I'm excited to share these materials with folks and inspire them to be sustainably creative! Some of the items...

January 6, 2025 will be my 19th Etsy-versary! (Oh friends, that date is not lost on me.) However, long before 2005, when my friend, Heidi, casually mentioned to me, “Have you heard about this new handmade selling platform called Etsy?”, that date had major significance to me. It was the date in 1990 when I married my first husband, Mik, in Santa Fe. It’s Three Kings Day. Epiphany. Anniversary. Etsy-versary.  The shop Montclair Made was created on January 6, 2010, but my first Etsy shop was named after my brick and mortar shop at the time, Copabananas, and was created...

Indie Arts Montclair will be continuing its tradition of organizing free live music and events on the winter solstice, December 21st, as part of Montclair Make Music Winter. Indie Arts Montclair is a Montclair based arts non-profit which was formed by local artists, musicians, and community activists to act as a collective that aims to lift up and support like-minded creatives - DIY, local, new, and emerging artists in all disciplines - and put a face on alternative and outsider arts in Montclair. Make Music Winter, first launched in New York in 2011, is a free, outdoor musical event each...

I've been reflecting on what a great year I've had and appreciating my good health and all the fun things I've been able to do. Being spontaneous and making connections with other people helps keep me grounded and grateful!  Back in June, when on vacation in Rochester with my dad, I passed clubs with a dude who was juggling in the park with his friends. I haven't juggled in a few years, the issues I was having with my hands and thumbs prevented it while I was in occupational therapy. But now that I'm recovered I jumped at the opportunity...