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Hello there! I'm Sister Diane and I have two grand passions: making crafts and making media. That's what I write about here, and sometimes, I get all thoughtful about internet culture and creative small businesses. Thanks for stopping by! Would you like some tea?
 
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 I’m excited to be reviewing a couple new ebooks from the handmade community. Here’s the first one – Hitchhiking to Heaven Prizewinning Recipes! Shae Irving is passionate about making jams and jellies. She writes a very entertaining blog on this subject, and even won a pile of ribbons at the 2010 Marin County Fair for … Read On! There’s More!  Since it’s a holiday (Columbus Day) in the U.S. and Canada (Thanksgiving), I think I’ll share the spoils of my latest farmer’s market visit. K and his parents and I had a lovely visit to the Beaverton market over the rainy weekend. I also got to play with K’s iPhone camera, which – wowee! – … Read On! There’s More!  Wow. With everything that happened in August, we managed to miss four weeks of farmer’s market visits! So we were thrilled to make our way to the gorgeous downtown Portland market this morning. My friends, pepper season has arrived. And it is good. I adore the colors, shapes, and general profusion of peppers that parade through … Read On! There’s More!  This week, we prefaced our visit to the Orenco Farmer’s Market with a little early-morning walk through the old town and newer developments of Orenco. Which sufficed to get us good and hungry for the food stalls. (Those are leek tops, by the way – I loved the mosaic-y look.) The height-of-Summer veggies, like tomatoes, eggplants, … Read On! There’s More!  We made a quick trip to the Orenco Farmer’s Market this morning. It’s a small market with only a few produce vendors, but we scored lots of good Summer treasures. (Imagine these babies roasted with some olive oil, salt, and a little rosemary. Mmmmmm.) I also made a produce-buying-breakthrough! Every year, determined to make this roasted … Read On! There’s More!  For a little change of pace, we hopped the train to the downtown Portland Farmer’s Market this morning. It was my first time visiting this market, and – wow! Why did I wait so long?! We’re at the peaky peak-peak of berry season right now, and they’re piled up everywhere. I scored some raspberries (for … Read On! There’s More!  The light was bright and diffused this morning, and the photogenic produce, abundant. (I know those leaves are rather bug-feasted, but doesn’t that give them an appealing laciness?) We giddily ate the season’s first (to us, anyway) raspberries. Best thing ever, the raspberry. Oh, and pea pods! I scored my first bag. Eating them right now, in … Read On! There’s More!  CraftyPod Video Blog #5: Let’s Cook Fava Beans from Diane Gilleland on Vimeo. This time, I’ll show you how to cook one of my favorite scores from the early-season farmer’s market: fava beans! (Insert your own Chianti joke here.) If you don’t like my bacon-and-pasta thing, these recipes are all tried and true: • Fava Beans with Garlic … Read On! There’s More!  All I can say is, Hooraaaaaaaaay! K. and I made our first official visit to the farmer’s market this morning – finally! Normally we start in May, but thanks (no thanks, really) to cold, grey weather, we waited a while this year. So this was an odd start to the veggie season. Usually, we go to … Read On! There’s More!  Ooooh, what a fun time we had this weekend! Peggy of Chocolate Craft Studio opened her doors to a group of PDX crafty types, and we spent a blissful couple hours making stuff from chocolate. Peggy offers an incredible array of chocolate shapes to play with – flat ones and dimensional ones, some decorated with … Read On! There’s More! |
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