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my first make out session + patchwork show santa ana fall 2013
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my first make out session + patchwork show santa ana fall 2013

ByNicole Stevenson December 3, 2013July 22, 2014

My junior year in high school I started drawing. I did a series of nude female sketches that my art teacher liked enough to hang in the student show even though the subject matter was a little risqué for my…

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patchwork oakland fall 2013
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patchwork oakland fall 2013

ByNicole Stevenson November 26, 2013July 22, 2014

The night before I threw my first party I hardly slept. I was eighteen. I’d just moved to San Francisco and into my very own apartment. It was an 80s themed party and I’d planned every single detail including the…

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patchwork show long beach fall 2013
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patchwork show long beach fall 2013

ByNicole Stevenson November 18, 2013July 22, 2014

Last Sunday at Patchwork Show Long Beach a first time Patchwork vendor came up to me and thanked me for putting together the show. Moments like this mean so much to Delilah and me. Patchwork takes months of planning to…

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camp mighty, slumber parties and frozen underwear
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camp mighty, slumber parties and frozen underwear

ByNicole Stevenson October 30, 2013July 24, 2014

In the morning I pulled my underwear out of the freezer. They were covered in toothpaste and water and they were frozen solid. I had been warned about this the night before at my first slumber party. “First one to…

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patchwork show: indie craft fair posters
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patchwork show: indie craft fair posters

ByNicole Stevenson September 25, 2013July 11, 2014

patchwork show: indie craft fair posters recently i wrote about the process of designing the posters for patchwork show. i thought i’d share the evolution of the posters from our first show until now. i designed all of them except…

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the benefits of taking a break
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the benefits of taking a break

ByNicole Stevenson September 4, 2013July 11, 2014

the benefits of taking a break a few weeks ago my husband, seth told me a secret. we took the afternoon off and drove to goat rock beach. the thing i hate about northern california beaches is that they play…

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honeymoon part deux: montreal…mr. t…bikers…and kitty glitter
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honeymoon part deux: montreal…mr. t…bikers…and kitty glitter

ByNicole Stevenson July 20, 2013

Mrs. Phelps was raised in the Netherlands but had lived in france for over a decade with her ‘lover’ before moving to California to teach French at my private junior high school. I’d never heard anyone referred to as a…

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honeymoons…camping…and lycra
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honeymoons…camping…and lycra

ByNicole Stevenson July 4, 2013

the first time i went camping i was seven, alone and pitched my tent on the fenced in 10 x 10 patio of the condo where my mother and i lived. this first camping ‘trip’ was the result of two…

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patchwork show Long Beach spring 2013
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patchwork show Long Beach spring 2013

ByDelilah Snell June 6, 2013July 11, 2014

Where does the time go… It really does seem like yesterday when Nicole & I were sitting in the backyard drinking cheap vino and talking about producing a craft fair done right in OC. Back then, in the Summer of…

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patchwork show santa ana spring 2013
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patchwork show santa ana spring 2013

ByNicole Stevenson May 29, 2013July 11, 2014

in 2007 i had my heart broken. it was bad. the kind of heartache that makes sleeping almost impossible because your brain races through every moment of the failed relationship trying to figure out what went wrong. it was the…

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