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Making a Life: The Conversation

Melanie Falick

Working by Hand and Discovering the Life We Are Meant to Live

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My Maker’s Way Manifesto

Dear Friends,

Over the years I’ve thought a lot about what anchors us in our creative journeys. For me, that anchor has always been handwork, a practice I have been reflecting on through both my personal and professional endeavors for a lo...

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Before Electricity, We Were All Firekeepers

Candlemaker Alysia Mazzella; photo by Bas Berkhout.

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Dip. Lift. Wait....

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What My Pincushion Would Say

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Why We Make Things With Our Hands

Short on time? Scroll to the bottom for news about my upcoming class and the flash sale happening now.

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    I am an indie writer, editor,+ creative director, a lifelong maker, and author of Making a Life: Working by Hand and Discovering the Life You Are Meant to Live.

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