For the past couple of years Mary Engelbreit has been celebrating her birthday by holding a Home Companion Workshop in her CWE Studio at Euclid and Maryland. This year's birthday celebration is scheduled for the weekend of June 9th and 10th. The editor of the late Home Companion Magazine and CWE resident Barbara Eliott Martin…
Category: Handmade
Meet designer Emily Brady Koplar
Emily Wai Ming Brady (Koplar) was interested in clothing starting at a very young age and would sketch outfits she would like to wear. She was encouraged by her parents with the gift of her first sewing machine at age 11. She wore the free-spirited clothing she made to a Kirkwood grade school, but when…
Easter Sunday
When someone you know well has an exceptional talent for doing something, does it make you feel less confident about trying it yourself? That's how it is in our family when I, and three of my four sisters, think about creating a centerpiece or floral arrangement for a special occasion. We always defer to our…