Diamond in the Basalt

Original Violet… Miss Kaylee Cole!

Join us Wednesday February 10th from 7 – 9pm for a Violets craft night. We’ll make valentines and share ideas, card making techniques and good company. Bring supplies to share or use yourself. (Snacks are welcome too!)
What to bring:
*glue
*scissors
*stickers
*lace
*paper
*card stock
*tape
*glitter
*old cards
*rubber stamps & ink
*accessories
*other
*snacks
We’ll be exchanging valentines at February’s lunch again this [...]

We are thrilled to announce the first annual party of the Spokane Shrinking Violet Society where we will share with you some of the accomplishments of our saucy social co-op over the last year. This is the official blog post for the event, so check back soon for updates and developments!

This celebration will feature:
A [...]

Not ten minutes past downtown Spokane, there are goats. Goats and a farm full of possibility.
Eden Brightspirit Hendrix addresses a circle of attentive farmers, families, and rag-tag twenty-somethings. The vision she describes brings the frost-bitten landscape to life.

“We’re in the orchard. Just past those horses, we’ll have a mobile chicken coop that travels around the [...]

Last Friday night a good number of Violets came together to play, converse, eat and sleep. We then woke up to eat some more before getting down to the business of creating our Mission and planning for the celebration of our first year together. Violet member Jane Silver offered up a cozy place for us to [...]

If you ask someone a question about the MAC here in town, the person might have no idea what you’re talking about. The NW Museum of Arts and Culture, otherwise known as the “MAC”, has been around Spokane a very long time, but nestled away in its Browne’s Addition location it goes, more often than [...]

Shrinking Violets members, Crystal Clark and Leah Preston organize a local group called the Spokane Vegans. You may have seen the Spokane Vegans around town this past summer selling baked goods to benefit various causes.  Besides, Leah and Crystal, there are always a few other Violets in attendance at their events. The great thing about [...]

Happy November Violets! The invite for the November “Ladies Who Lunch” is finally up on our FB page. Just a reminder that the November planning party will be held at One World following the lunch. A few of the things on the agenda include: creating a mission statement (makin’ things more official), ideas for a [...]

On the night of October 2nd, a large contingent of violets was spotted at the Terrain art and music show.
Early the next morning (at the crack of 11am), two drooping violets made the journey to Carol Bryan’s little red house down in Peaceful Valley. There they were greeted with warm coffee, home made salsa and [...]

Wednesday night last week* we gathered to make our own deodorant, lip balm and body scrub. We had  a great turnout (with 7 first-timers showing up) and we’ve already heard comments from a few attendees that yes, it’s true, the deodorant really does work- if you’ve ever tried finding a ‘natural’ deodorant that works you’ll [...]