Goodbye Glendale. . . Hello North Hollywood! Here it is. It's about half the size and 5 times the price of the house we owned in West ...

Okay, when I originally posted the title for my last blog entry it said, "Changes is good, right?" Der. I wuz a Engilsh major! So ...

Big major life-altering changes are afoot in the VanHorn house and kokoleo studio. I cannot speak of them until Friday when these changes be...

I've been on needlepoint, cross-stitch and embroidery kick lately. I'm not actually doing the work, but rescuing pieces that have be...

Since I launched kokoleo online and starting blogging over a year ago, one of the coolest things to happen is that blasts from my past pop ...

Okay, after that last post even my mother called to ask me what I was high on when I wrote it. The answer is nothing. I was just suffering a...

It's 2 a.m. and I need to write. I need to do something constructive and since cleaning is not fun, I'll write. I just spent about 1...

That's me with my dad circa 1977. And Here's Sage with his goofy dad circa this morning. It's a decorated tie card that he made...

Last Saturday was Felt Club at Meltdown Comics in Hollywood and again, it was a blast. I actually sold less but somehow I think I had more ...

A few days ago I was looking through garage sale postings on craigslist and I came upon this: " A crafter's dream! A garage sale w...

I'm a purse-watcher. There have been many times when I've gone out of my way to study the design of a stranger's purse, going so...

I just spent at least 10 hours updating my website and it's hardly even noticeable. Making stuff is the easy part. It's the taking p...

It's been a busy week since I last added an entry. A month ago I remember thinking, man, our lives are going to get really hectic around...

Saturday was the first Felt Club event and wow, what a great show! So many cool crafts and cool people (both vendors and shoppers). The weat...

I made myself some pants this morning: Ew. That picture doesn't do the fabric justice. They look like polyester grandma pants. It's ...

One of the great things about making stuff is being able to swap with other people who make stuff. In the past few months I've been abl...

Well we did it, and now we're back. We rode the gas-price roller coaster all over the Southwest United States. Along the way we stopped ...