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CraftSanity Episode 207: Talking sineaters, freaks, womanhood and making bold political statements with ArtPrize 2017 illustrator, Patricia Constantine

by jennifer October 3, 2017

by jennifer October 3, 2017

By Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood Educated women with opinions have always made some folks a little uncomfortable. And when you throw older, educated women with…
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‘Live Your Best Life’ Project = The Best Semester Ever

by jennifer April 24, 2015

by jennifer April 24, 2015

By Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood I’ve been absent from this space for a couple weeks and I need to explain why. At the end of…

1 month ago by craftsanity I’m prepping course materials for my students and feeling slightly better about not being completely paperless by using a stapleless stapler. It’s a real thing, comes in my favorite color and actually works. It’s the little things, friends. : ) #staplelessstapler #classprep #professorjen #syllabus
1 month ago by craftsanity I just started reading this book the other night when I couldn’t sleep and feel like it’s completely explaining my Gen X life to me. Thank you, @adacalhoun !! If there are any other Gen X ladies reading this book, let’s discuss. #genx #thisis43 #goodbooks #genxexplained #reading #whatimreading #genxwomen #wecanhaveitall #wait #canwereallyhaveitall #truth #whywecantsleep #yep #letsbehonest
2 weeks ago by craftsanity I’ll be packing like crazy for the next few weeks before moving the CraftSanity Headquarters to new digs that will allow for the separation of my home and studio space. (I still can’t quite believe this is actually happening.) These are some of the rugs I wove for my family over the holiday break. I’ll be teaching a rug workshop this spring in my new West Michigan studio. Stay tuned for details. In the meantime, I just listed two more rug looms for sale in my shop. (Link in profile.)
1 week ago by craftsanity As I continue to box up my life to prep for a mega move, I’m getting all kinds of ideas that I have to wait about a month to execute at my new studio. (I’m itching to dip this coaster into a natural dye pot.) Full disclosure: I wove this today when I should have been exclusively packing. I made it out of a few sad and discarded sock tops.) This is all in an effort to weave household goods out of up-cycled materials and keep as much as possible out of the landfills. I like free weaving supplies. How
6 days ago by craftsanity When I pack loom orders I often have to suppress the urge to stop and weave. It’s no secret that I would rather weave than pack orders, but I’m so grateful for all the kindred spirits who support my handmade business and thrilled that you get to weave on looms that I absolutely love to use myself. My business is personal. I sell products I love and I’m grateful that 10 years of boxing up orders in my kitchen has slowly enabled me to move to a new headquarters where my studio will be located across the driveway from my

Grand Rapids Community College

CraftSanity Episode 207: Talking sineaters, freaks, womanhood and making bold political statements with ArtPrize 2017 illustrator, Patricia Constantine

‘Live Your Best Life’ Project = The Best Semester Ever