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- Making celebrations throughout the winter season - another conversation with my crafty Mom!...

I picked up a new load of book covers for my upcoming book purse classes this morning. They’re so amazing, I couldn’t resist photographing them to share with you!



Folks at the libraries tell me that these covers are from the 60’s and 70’s. When a library book would get too...

I think it’s a cool sign that the craft movement has arrived - we’re starting to make our own comedy!

I have two books in that vein to show you. First, Lain Ehmann, former podcast guest and contributing editor to Simple Scrapbooks Magazine, has authored Snippets: Mostly True Tales from...

Lots of others have already written about this book, but I can’t resist adding my two cents.

The background, for those of you who are unfamiliar: Home Sewn: 30 Projects for Every Room in the House is by Kaari Meng, who owns the much-lauded shop French General in Los Angeles. She’s a col...

Hey! The nice folks at Chronicle Books have sent me a Sock Knitting Kit to give away on this here blog. You can find out more about what’s in this kit over here.

Now, will you indulge me for a moment? Last time I had a giveaway here, it ended up getting listed on some “Free Sweepstakes&...

I received the loveliest package in the mail this week!

It’s from the equally-lovely and very-talented Hanna, who sent a box of goodies for my birthday. How adorable is this stuffed kitty? (I tried to photograph him with Pushkin, but Pushkin’s just not having any of that right now.) And...

So here’s my tutorial this week on CraftStylish. It’s a little button advent calendar! It starts out looking like what you see above…



…and then starting December 1st, you add a new button to it each day.



By the 25th, it’s all covered in buttony goodness. Yay!...

Let’s see, what have I got for you this week:



First, not exactly crafty but very interesting, K. and I just attended the Ignite conference here in Portland last night. A lineup of 5-minute talks on all kinds of subjects, presented by locals. You can see a list of what we saw and heard here...

What a dang fine innovation - craft book as craft tool!

Stencil 101 is not only a how-to book on stenciling, it’s a book of cool, precut stencils. Ed Roth is something of a stencil genius - you may have seen his work on Martha...

So, this magazine hit newsstands just before Halloween, and I’ve been dying to share it with you. ‘Cuz it’s about holidays! And it’s more or less time to begin blogging about them!...