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Sick this week — a short note
I’m sick this week. Just a cold, but enough to keep me home and make this a short newsletter. I’m…
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A junk journaling workshop in San Francisco that inspired our Mother’s Day cards
During the Easter break, our mom surprised us with an evening at Sunset Commons, a place in our neighborhood where…
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Creative Afternoons for Kids in San Francisco | SoliaVenture
I’ve been in a big paper phase lately. Not the kind where you fold one thing and you’re done. The…
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How I got people to notice my work
Sometimes you come up with an idea and you just know it could make someone happy. But then comes the…
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A very unusual egg
“Hey Zélia, I discovered your Instagram and think it’s great. Would you be able to do a custom painting?” Messages…
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Can we talk about kids earning money?
Do you remember the first time you earned money on your own? For us, it was a small cupboard in…
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Turning phone photos into custom buttons
We went to sunny Pacheco last Saturday, in the East Bay, for a spring young entrepreneurs’ market. As we walked…
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My First Portrait: Painting Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring
Sometimes a painting feels incredibly quiet. Which is funny when you learn about the life of the painter. One of…
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What if I’m not good enough? (teaching calligraphy)
Recently, we got a message on Instagram: “Would you guys like to give a calligraphy workshop on the plaza next…
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When hens turn out to be roosters in a city backyard
Cock-a-doodle-doo! We had doubts for weeks. One of our “5-month-old hens” had been changing — feathers, attitude, everything. We kept…
