Monday, December 7, 2009

What I could be like with more motivation and talent



My sister Mackenzie is cool. She has a name that you can legitimately shorten (she is mostly known as "kenzie" in the professional realm). You can shorten my name ("mal") which many people call me, but mostly because it saves two syllables. (Does your nick name inherently mean "bad?") Sometimes Jon introduces me to new people as Mal, and it upsets me because I think he is telling people my name is the sound a cat makes. Anyway. Back to Kenz. She crafts and does wonderful things with crazy crafting tools and has a dream of crafting fo' life. And she is living it! Over Thanksgiving she sold her stuff at Second Storie Indie Market in Rochester and casually and easily made friends with some of the biggest crafters and bloggers in the country! (some from Portland, ps) Jealous! If you need ideas for some Christmas gifts head on over to her etsy site--her magnets look amazing and are so powerful if you try to make fake earrings with them it really hurts. Which is a good thing. (psst you should post your cards too sis)

And I love Kenz because she does not use the words "found" and "bespoke," two words that for me have become the equivalent of "moist." 

3 comments:

Broadbent Family said...

I seem to remember a really great scarf I got for Christmas and an amazing quilt Paige got from a really talented aunt. I would say it definitely runs in the family. Or is it a crafty twin thing?

Stevenson and Marissa's Blog said...

okay, why don't you like the word found? I must know.

Courtney and Nate said...

What is wrong with having a name that is also a sound a cat makes?