In 2012, our store moved into Grand Central Art Center in downtown Santa Ana-please note our new address. This is a beautiful new space!
RLT is an eco-conscious/unique home & gift store and edcucation space operating in Orange County for over 6 years-we are not your typical store and proud of it! With our move, we have also partnered with natural parenting and eco-beauty shop Belly Sprout. Our workshop calendar will be available for download mid-march and will have a number of DIY, food craft, natural remedy, cooking and textile cr
06/01/2018
Patchwork Show Santa Ana Spring 2018 - Dear Handmade Life One of my favorite parts of our Patchwork Show Santa Ana last weekend was running into a family who has been coming to the show since the early days. It was so cool to see that the daughter who was a little kid when we started Patchwork Show is now going off to college! In the past …
05/25/2018
DIY Instax word of the year wall plaque + Giveaway - Dear Handmade Life How to make a DIY Instax photo word of the year wall plaque.
05/23/2018
DIY Reversible Sewing Machine Cover - Dear Handmade Life How to sew a DIY reversible sewing machine cover
05/11/2018
Exploring Craftcation on film + FUJIFILM Instax® CAMERA GIVEAWAY! - Dear Handmade Life I first fell in love with instant cameras in high school. Back then, I took photos on an old DSLR camera that my dad passed down to me. I’d shoot a roll of film then drop it off at the drugstore to be developed (which took about a week!). Way more often than a 16-year-old …
05/10/2018
Podcast Summer Break - Dear Handmade Life Hello Friends! We’ve been on a podcast break while we’ve been at our annual business and makers conference, Craftcation Conference and we’re going to extend our break as we finish out our spring Patchwork Show: Modern Makers Festival season. We’ll be back late this summer with new podcast ep...
05/09/2018
Makers: Heidi and Nancy of Sewing Bird - Dear Handmade Life Editor’s Note: The feeling of making something with my own two hands is not only one of the most empowering things I do but also fills me with an incredible sense of pride. When I craft with others I get all that goodness plus the feeling of being part of a community and sharing in …
04/26/2018
How to Get Reorders from Your Stockists - Dear Handmade Life How makers can create a thriving wholesale business through consistent reorders
04/26/2018
Craftcation Business and Makers Conference 2018 Recap - Dear Handmade Life From Nicole: Before I got married, a friend gave me one of the best pieces of advice for my wedding day. She told me to sneak away for ten minutes with my husband right after the ceremony. The thing she knew that I hadn’t yet experienced is that although I’d spent eight months obsessing about .....
03/23/2018
Podcast Episode 71: Prioritizing Yourself in Your Business with Lisa Congdon - Dear Handmade Life Today on the Dear Handmade Life podcast we’re talking to fine artist, illustrator and author Lisa Congdon about prioritizing yourself in your business. We chat about busyness, being a workaholic, the process of relearning how to relax, the value of meditation in the journey to balance and presence...
03/08/2018
Podcast Episode 70: Discover Your Dream Business with Michelle Ward - Dear Handmade Life Today on the Dear Handmade Life podcast we’re talking about discovering your dream business with Michelle Ward the When I Grow Up Coach. We discuss how to recognize the signs that you’re not in your dream job or business, how to figure out if your standards aren’t high enough ie: when “fine....
02/22/2018
Podcast Episode 69: Getting Honest About Yourself and Your Business with Linsi Brownson - Dear Handmade Life Today on the Dear Handmade Life podcast we’re talking about to Linsi Brownson of Spark Collaborative. We talk about Linsi’s belief that everyone is born creative, how to tap into that natural creativity if you’ve lost your connection to it, what types of questions to ask yourself to see where ...