day packages are here!

We are thrilled to announce our Day Package option for Makerie weekend for those few very special spots we have in our classes! We truly want to make our event open to as many people as we can. First come, first serve so please don't delay.

The Day Package will include:

(1) all day workshop

(1) lunch

(1) goodie bag

(1) invitation to the Opening Ceremony

We do hope you can join us! 

xo

meet allison of beautiful birddog press!

I have been a letterpress lover ever since the day I held my first beautiful piece of letter pressed paper. The way it felt in my hand, how soft the ink appeared on the paper and the sacredness of knowing that each piece was printed by hand. I took my first letterpress class from Ms Allison of BirdDog Press last winter. It was completely incredible and I knew we had to add it to our Makerie offerings. Allison is quite a master ~ of many things! It goes without saying that her paper designs are out of this world, but the shear amount of creativity this darling girl has across the board continues to blow me away. Her letterpress workshop offerings are the first of it's kind at the Makerie. We are giddy with excitement for those of you who will be taking a field trip to her inspiring studio to take learn this timeless printing method!


Meet Allison below, one of the most creative souls I know!

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The first thing you do when you wake up in the morning?

Make sure it is really time to get up because I wish I could go back to sleep. I am a night owl.

A fun tidbit people would never know about you?

I'm not sure you would never know, but I have wacky “triple-jointed” elbows.

Some favorite ways to relax?

A week on a river trip, wine with girlfriends & maybe some yarn, giving in to my magazine addiction

What's for dinner?

Probably pasta... with simple crushed tomatoes and fresh mozzarella & maybe some homemade pesto

The best advice you’ve received? 

Learn something new every day!

What is the best meal you ever had?

Farm to table dinner

What are you most excited about lately?

A vintage travel trailer decked out with a feedsack fabric interior

A favorite spot you’ve traveled to?

Amalfi coast, Italy

What makes you laugh? 

Life’s comedy of errors

Your favorite way to make someone smile?

Handing a client their new freshly pressed business cards or stationery

What, in your mind, is a recipe for disaster?

A three year old with no nap & cupcakes for dinner.

Any tricks for finding life balance? 

Have the birds eye view but make an achievable list for each day.

{Oh & sleep when you’re dead. There really aren’t enough hours in the day, that’s a fact.}

Favorite books from your personal library?

zines: UPPERCASE, Anthology, Selvedge, boho, Kinfolk 

fiction: Still Life with Woodpecker, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Help,

books: Home As Sanctuary, Creative Family, Dottie Angel

I love books and magazines, period. The power of the printed word. Love.

Thanks for the great Q&A Allison! 

fabulous flora

image by Tara Morris

Flora is an international painting sensation, teaching her Bloom True workshops all over the world. Her unique approach to teaching combines her wealth of painting experience with yoga and massage therapy, which infuses her workshops with a deep connection to the mind, body and spirit. I love how she describes that by 'honoring intuition and celebrating the present moment, she helps her students overcome fear and welcome joyful spontaneous expression back into the creative process.' How incredible does that sound? She continues to inspire thousands of people and we feel quite lucky and honored that once again, Flora will be sharing her magic with us in April. Her class is currently sold out, but be sure to check out her new e-course and the brand new book ~ Brave Intuitive You ~ she just wrote. This woman continues to amaze me in countless ways!

Get to know the fantastic Flora below.

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The first thing you do when you wake up in the morning?

Try to remember where I am! With so much traveling these days, I often waking up wondering what country I am in. After that is settled, I splash water on my face.

A fun tidbit people would never know about you?

I pretty much grew up at the YMCA because both my parents worked there. I got to go to as much camp as I wanted!

Some favorite ways to relax?

Yoga, lots of yoga and walks in the woods. OH, and sitting in my little hand built sauna in my backyard…a favorite winter activity.

What's for dinner? 

Ideally, something that someone else cooks for me. I’m coming to terms with the fact that I’m just not much of a cook, at least not recently.

The best advice you’ve received?

Louise Hay’s belief that the most important thing is to love yourself. Everything else works itself out if you are loving yourself first. 

What is the best meal you ever had? 

I’m sure it was probably sushi somewhere along the way.

What are you most excited about lately?

Collaboration in all sorts of ways. Sharing is caring. 

A favorite spot you’ve traveled to?

The Gili Islands in Lombok, Bali’s neighbor to the east.

What makes you laugh?

My friends---I seem to attract the funny ones. 

Your favorite way to make someone smile?

Random acts of kindness.

What, in your mind, is a recipe for disaster?

PMS, a thrown out back and Mercury in Retrograde…I only say this because it just happened!

Any tricks for finding life balance?

I prefer to seek harmony since balance seems pretty elusive these days (even for a Libra girl like myself).  Lately, I‘ve been trying to find harmony in every 24 hour period, one day at a time. I try to incorporate a bit of self care, a bit of creativity, a bit of worky work and a bit of fun. That’s the goal anyways.  

If the world ended tomorrow, what would upset you most about the person you didn’t get to become?

I would probably be bummed that I never had a child. 

Favorite books from your personal library?

100 years of solitude, Time travelers Wife, The Creative Habit, Sally Mann’s Immediate Family, The Essential Rumi, The Gift by Hafiz, Light on Yoga

Thank you Flora!