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Spotlight's On: The Antique Basket Lady

Meet Sue Zupnyk, the owner and creator behind The Antique Basket Lady. Sue and I met several years ago at the Holy Hill Art Farm where we are neighboring vendors; we struck up a conversation based on the fact that we’re both nurses and crafting is our creative outlet. Sue has a delightful sense of humor and makes the long days working our booths at the craft show fly by. I own a few of Sue’s bags and am impressed by the quality of her work and her whimsical fabrics.  So I approached her about handcrafting cosmetic bags for Cloud Nine Soap Co.’s Mini Collection. Stay tuned! We had great fun, from design to finish. We chose a fabric with a vintage vibe that speaks to adventure and the wanderer at heart. I hope you love the cosmetic bag as much as I do.

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Check Out These Tie-Dye Shirts!

Calling all hippies, young and old! My son, Johnny, is designing, making and selling Limited Edition Tie-Dye shirts on my website.

    

The shirts are $16 each and 100% of the money from the sale of these shirts is going into his college fund. Johnny will be a freshman at the University of Wisconsin - Madison in September, majoring in Biochemistry.

Visit my website and if you love a shirt, grab it! Johnny is adding new shirts weekly, so check back often. If there is a specific color, pattern, or size you'd like, shoot us a message and Johnny can...

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Spotlight's On: Kendra Renee

Today I want to introduce you to an amazing Metalsmith, Kendra Lawrence, of Kendra Renee Jewelry Design. Her studio is located in San Francisco, CA, and her jewelry can be found on her website and at 16 locations in 7 states. I met Kendra on a boat in the Caribbean (and that's a blog in itself) and to say I fell a little bit in love with her over the course of 6 days would be accurate. She is beautiful, charming, unpredictable and a whole lot of fun - just like her heirloom quality work. All of her work is stunning, but I think her bridal pieces are over-the-moon, I've got my eye on this beauty.

1) Tell me about Kendra Renee Jewelry Design, when and how you got your start?
The passion behind Kendra Renee Jewelry design comes from my deep...

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Spotlight's On: Curbside Capture

I met Monika and James last year at Turner Hall when we were neighboring vendors at Urban Garage Sale and I was instantly impressed by how perfectly they have captured the heart of Milwaukee in images. I love their authenticity in how they've taken what they are passionate about and made it their life's work. Take a look at their website and see if you don't agree?

1. Tell me about Curbside Capture – when and how you got your start?

Curbside Capture Photography’s story starts in the summer of 2013 when James and I met; after traveling over 15,000 miles together in two years, what started as an escape from routines turned into a desire to capture the beauty outside of our car window through photography in addition to memories. While we never intended...

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Spotlight's On: Outlaw Soaps

Danielle Vincent might just be the most brilliant person I know and she is authentic, right down to those gold boots. She lives her brand and folks, Outlaw Soaps is kind of a big deal. They are all over the USA in several states and online at Think Geek and Urban Outfitters. We met a little over a year ago through Lucky Break Consulting and became soaping soul sisters within days. I am proud to call Danielle my friend. We belong to a Mastermind Group where we are planning [soap] world domination and she's my go-to person in the middle of the night, we're both insomniacs.  "Normal" inspires me to take risks, with my business, my craft and most importantly my attitude.

1) Tell me about Outlaw Soaps, when and how did you get your start?
Russ and I decided to start Outlaw...

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Spotlight's On: The Comet Cafe's Beer Gravy

Who knows what I'm talking about? The Comet Cafe on Milwaukee's East Side serves the best meatloaf sandwich. Ever.  And the homemade pies and all-you-can-eat bacon served at the bar on Sundays is pretty spectacular, too.  But that meatloaf is the mother load. Let this blog serve as official record that if I am ever death row, this sandwich will be on my Top Five final meals.

The sammy is served open-faced sitting on crusty, course-grain salted rye bread and topped with garlic mashed potatoes, bacon and smothered in beer gravy. It doesn't get any more Milwaukee, Wisconsin, than this my friends. Beer. Gravy.

I've tried so many time to replicate that gravy. I've even googled a knock off recipe, here it is:
"I used butter plus a little bit of bacon grease and a little bit of...

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Spotlight's On: Heron and Lamb

Welcome to Spotlight! This is my first interview in a brand new blog series where I feature fellow Creatives whom I know, and whose work I admire.

 

Meet Raven Locadia of Heron and Lamb, Chicago, Illinois, whose work has been featured in Glamour UK. Raven and I met at Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago last Fall and we became instant friends. Raven has since traveled to New York and San Francisco with her work which is organic in a fresh new way, unique and inspiring. So inspiring, in fact, that songs have been written about her. That's a whole 'nuther blog, folks.

1) Tell me about Heron and Lamb: when and how did you get your start?
Heron and Lamb was an idea that I had for a long time. I've been making jewelry since I was a...

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Lesson Learned While Eating A #8

Warren Buffet says success and wealth can be attributed to following 10 common-sense principles, which I found posted on the wall of Jimmy Johns while enjoying a #8, with extra mayo.

1. Reinvest Your Profits. This makes sense not only in the stock market, but in a small business as well. Entrepreneurs who bleed all the profits out of a business find that they may struggle to grow the business into something larger and more valuable.

2. Be Willing to be Different. Buffet didn’t make his fortune by following the crowd. Instead, he invested when everyone else was panicked, and sold off when everyone else was buying. That strategy always beats the market. Doing what everybody else is doing - the same way they are doing it - is the recipe for becoming average. Nobody pays extra for “average”.

3. Never Suck Your Thumb. After you gather the information you need, make...

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Spolight's On: Real Chili

Real Chili, a Milwaukee tradition, serves bowls of chili with your choice of mild, medium, or hot, with or without spaghetti noodles, with or without beans, or with spaghetti and beans. I always order mine medium, with spaghetti and beans, plus sides of sour cream and shredded cheese. The secret is in the meat which is ground up super fine, like gravel, and has a unique indescribable taste. It's spicy, but not hot, and almost clove or cinnamon-like. The kicker, however, is that this meat is super oily. Dark orange oil sinks to the bottom of the bowl and gets soaked up by the oyster crackers that are served on the side. At least that what I do with the crackers; I toss them in the bowl and stir them in to soak up every last drop of that ju-ju and I...

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