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Here’s to a maker’s 2023!

2023 is right around the corner! My plan for this week between Christmas and the New Year has been to do the things I WANT to do rather than HAVE to do. (The last couple of months planning Workshop Week 6 and handling some other things – like LIFE – were exhausting.) Things I wanted …

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The gifts of time and learning

The gifts are wrapped; it’s Christmas for real now. I look forward to taking a week off from things I HAVE to do so I can accomplish some things I WANT to do. Like working on a new hooking project and planning some new ones for 2023. (More on those in a few weeks.) If …

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The Art of Motherhood

We’re all affected in some way by motherhood… I know I’m late to the party congratulating Karen Miller of Ontario on the release of her new book The  Art of Mothering: Our Lives in Colour and Shadow, but I will NOT be the last, I guarantee you. Karen’s book, published by Rug Hooking Magazine, came …

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Annual High Desert Studio Tour

      …and just in case you can’t make the New Mexico Arts & Crafts Festival on November 19, High on Hooking will also be participating in the 12th Annual High Desert Studio Tour. Of course, you can come to both. In fact, you should.   For the past several years, New Mexican hand-dyer …

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New Mexico Arts & Crafts Festival – Nov. 19

The New Mexico Arts & Crafts Festival: It’s a brand new holiday market, and High on Hooking is participating. The festival is local – here in Albuquerque, and it’s free! The parking too!   WHAT’S INCLUDED: More than 80 unique artists and vendors from the area  – perfect for buying holiday gifts for friends and …

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