I found out recently that something of mine was published in Garth Johnson’s (of Extreme Craft fame) 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse by Quarry Books. It’s been out for about a week now and I haven’t seen a copy, but I’ll post the pages that I’m on when I get my hands on one. Garth [...]

Have I mentioned that the Port City Market has switched to Saturday mornings for the winter? It’s delightful. It’s lovely fall mornings shared with lovely people and their homegrown and homemade goods. It’s cozy. We were on the news a few weeks ago and there’s a quick view of our little booth. Today is trick-or-treating, [...]

I know that for most of you autumn is in full swing and winter is already threatening. Here in Pensacola, fall has just begun. My fall bow tie line is sweet and small- with winter falling closely behind. These four beauties, which I have named cabin in the woods, pumpkin pie, caramel apple, and homemade [...]

It’s Moishe! I just recently learned that Maurice Sendak, during the adaptation of his book to opera, named the characters Tzippy, Moishe, Bruno, Emile, and Bernard- after relatives. I made my first Moishe costume last year and made more mistakes than I care to remember. This year the process was a wee bit easier on [...]

It is with relief that I announce the last day to vote for your favorite crafter/friend/sister/daughter/wife on HP’s You on You Project. We have been keeping track of views (since we can’t see the votes!) and I am lurking around 7th place. This may or may not mean that I am 7th in votes, but [...]

Happy 09/09/09! In celebration, all xoelle journals will be offered at $9. We’ll be at the Port City Farmer’s Market tonight from 5-9pm- we’d love to see you! For those of you far and wide- look for my journals rolling out into my etsy shop this month- you’ll be in love! xo elle p.s. All [...]

This is the chaos in which I made my little film. I sat myself down one Saturday night and pressed my shutter button hundreds of times until I had every frame. I filmed the whole thing too- so later today I should be also posting a video of the making. =) I’ve been on youtube [...]

Hi friends and neighbors- I made a little stop motion video. I’ve been talking about it here for quite some time- and now it’s time for it’s grand debut! I made it to enter the HP You on You contest and waited to post it here until I knew if I was moving to the [...]

For my now completed stop motion teeny tiny film I had to make a whole host of teeny tiny props. It took just about the same amount of time to make everything as it did to photograph the stop motion! I was so inspired by the movie Coraline. Everything in that movie was handmade- the [...]

I make journals for two reasons. One. I like to shop at thrift stores. Like is actually an understatement. If you asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday, or possibly for my last day on earth, I would probably reply, “wander St. Vinnies”. Having a purpose in this wandering and allowing myself [...]