About
About me:
1. My name is Regina and I am a thirty-something
2. I’ve been happily married since 1993 to the love of my life.
3. I have two boys: Super-E age 8 and Little I-guy age 4
4. I currently live in Southern AZ
5. I have been a registered nurse since 1999 and work part time in a mother/baby unit (post-partum and newborn care) and also as a certified lactation consultant.
6. I have been a vegetarian since January of 95 and a vegan since Oct ‘05. My family is mostly vegan but they, on occasion, eat dairy products, like yogurt and cheese.
7. I care about the health of the environment and how it affects the health and happiness of me and my family. I do what I can to consume less and waste less.
8. I am passionate about breastfeeding. I think it is the most amazing thing you can do for your children!!!
9. I LOVE creating art and handmade items. Mostly I give my creations as gifts, but I also sell stuff at my shop.
10. I love making lists, drinking all kinds of tea, eating soy ice cream, and surfing other crafty blogs.
If you have any questions, suggestions, concerns, or just want to say “Hi!”, you can drop me a line here:
February 7th, 2006 at 6:10 pm
Hi Regina,
This is so wonderful. Your work is sooooo beautiful! So, do you have so many orders that you’re backed up to the year 2050? If not, I’m sure it’s only a matter of time. You might as well retire that old RN license. You don’t have time for that now. Your new title is “World’s Best Mother and Artist”!It’s the best because you get to be with your children all the time and work in your PJ’s when you want. You are so awesome! Best wishes with lots of love, Dawn
February 8th, 2006 at 11:43 am
Hi Regina,
Thanks.Nice work yours.
I invite you visiting my web page
http://www.brunocorte.com
brunocorte.blogspot.com
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Bruno
March 6th, 2006 at 10:01 pm
Regina;
Thank you so much for you kind comments. Your most recent comment was perhaps the best one I’ve ever received for Trowbridge. Comments like yours help to make the sacrificial hours (4:00 am Sunday night) worth the effort.
April 1st, 2006 at 9:02 am
Hello Regina,
I was wondering if the word Kismet you had been using is the same word we use in Turkish, meaning Fortune?? If thats the case how did you come across this one?
Sending best wishes from Istanbul
Margot
July 7th, 2006 at 7:15 am
I have been looking high and low for instructions to make a button bracelet. A kind soul sent me to your web site!! I have been collecting old buttons forever. I really don’t know why – I have made many button flowers and sold them in an antique mall I was once in but always wanted other ideas. Your instuctions are wonderful and I just know I can follow them. I just have to dig mine out. Now I can make use of them instead of running my hands thru them like I often do wondering what they were on at one time and who wore them. Thank you so much — and probably my husband thanks you. lol
December 27th, 2006 at 6:54 am
hi, im a student nurse and a crafter too. im into cross-stitching but someday given the wee times that tired nurses get, i would also like to dabble in other forms of crafting. I just love your button crafts!
Oh, i also love beadcraft! Goodluck!
January 2nd, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Hi Regina! I just love everything you do! Would you mind if I added you to my Blog List on my blog?
Lauri
July 10th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Hi Regina,
I was doing a search for abstract art & found you. I love your energy & creativity in the items & artwork you display on this blog. What an awesome site, I will add you to my Favorites! I hope your move is going well. My husband & I were in Phoenix, AZ a few years ago for a holiday. Left 3 kids at home with Grandma……..that was hard! Enjoy the short years you have with your children…they are precious and will only go by once in a lifetime!
Marie
February 26th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Hi Regina,
I love your site! As a Designer and Crafter myself it is nice to see fresh ideas to inspire me, Thank You!!
Do you have a news update letter I can subscribe to??
April 16th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
What a fantastic site, I spent quite a while looking through various pages this morning, and want to view it all now – very inspiring
Love it !!
Jo
May 21st, 2009 at 10:34 am
Hi Regina, saw you on Martha this morning. What a fun website you have – I love that your projects are functional too !
I’m one of five sisters who are mostly “crafty”, sew, quilt,crochet,paint,etc. Always nice to have new ideas. Thank you for sharing your fabulous talent.
May 22nd, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Hi Regina,
I really enjoyed seeing you on Martha Stewart this week. I loved the shirts and am going to try them myself. I also have enjoyed your website. Thanks!
Jodi
May 26th, 2009 at 6:46 am
hi regina,
first i got to say i love your artwork and i need to know your full name and the title of the art piece you did of dragonflys because i am a student in a school.And i am doing my art project due 28may09 and it cost 50 percent of my grade the project is findding a beautiful art piece and change it into my own. So please would you help me?And could you sent it to my E-mail.Thank you.
May 31st, 2009 at 6:48 am
Dear Regina,
I saw your demonstration on Martha Stewert – how fun! I have a grandson who is very much into eyeballs. Unfortunately, I do not own a sewing machine, so am wondering if you are selling the t-shirts. Would love to send him one for his birthday.
Thank you.
Carol berey
July 5th, 2009 at 2:31 am
Hi Regina!
I discovered your blog just by accident looking for ideas for button bracelets…I am mad about buttons. Your blog is a feast for the eye and soul. I am also vegan and now in the first weeks of becoming a80%-90% raw foodie.I just wanted to say ‘hi’ and thankyou for creating this beautiful blog..Jemx
August 31st, 2009 at 6:41 pm
You should come up with a nursing cover tutorial! I Breast Fed my Twins for 14 months, and was in love with the one called hooter hiders, or bebe au lait. It would have been great to have made my own before the girls were born! Love your blog!
September 13th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Regina – what lovely art you make!
I found your new rubberstamps linked from another website and they are THE BEST handmade stamps I have seen! I’ve tried making my own but always felt the size and detail should be like the mass-produced stamps; which only led to frustration. As a guide to size, could you tell us how large the skull is?
September 21st, 2009 at 7:19 am
Hi Regina,
I was surfing the web looking for abstract art and came across your blog.I really love what you do! Im 20 and an aspiring artist as well – dabbling in crafts here and there – and think it’s great that you get to work form home and be with your kids at the same time, I hope I eventually get to be someone like you
September 27th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Hi from New Orleans, Regina –
I bumbled across your blog when looking for some creative solutions for using fun buttons and now after perusing it for a bit, have decided that you are the person I want to be when I grow up (I’m 44 1/2 and still figuring that out).
I have all of these creative art/crafting juices, but am trying to find not only the right outlet for them, but also the inspiration to actually put hand to object and DO stuff (instead of just thinking about doing it).
You have gone a LONG way towards providing me with that inspiration (I might as well do SOMETHING positive with my time while I’m unemployed) . . .
Thank you for your lovely blog, art and sharing!
- Lisa
December 13th, 2009 at 8:19 am
hi regina
i love your blog, you’re doing lovely things!!
you’re very creative person.
love,
vintage peony.
December 20th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
hello my name is yasmina!
First of all I want to say I absolutely adore your blog!
It’s wonderful and creative and very inspiring. I enjoy reading the recipes too because I’m also vegan!
I have recently started a creative blog and was wondering if you would mind if I put on a link to your blog?
my blog is http://yasminasbubble.wordpress.com if you’re insterested.
Thanks
Yasmina
December 22nd, 2009 at 7:07 am
hello,
do you work in gemstone beads?
December 31st, 2009 at 12:09 am
I love your site. I am inspired, to eat (or not eat), craft, and be earth wise! I thank you for doing all of that and in one place. Time saver!
January 7th, 2010 at 3:06 am
was wondering where you got your plain gnomes…please help…have a blessed day…
February 8th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
you are just wonderful!love this blog! thanks!