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Hello there! I'm Sister Diane and I have two grand passions: making crafts and making media. That's what I write about here, and sometimes, I get all thoughtful about internet culture and creative small businesses. Thanks for stopping by! Would you like some tea?   
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 If you’re local, and a fan of the Mail Art, be sure and stop by the IPRC for their First Thursday Mail Art Open House, tomorrow, November 1. Local Mail Art maven Leslie Waygren will give an Intro to Mail Art talk at 7:00 pm. And then, you can see lots of Mail Art samples. … Read On! There’s More!  I’m in the middle of an extended break from celebrating Halloween, but this thought captivated me today: if I had unlimited resources of time, cash, and enthusiasm, who would I dress up as? So that’s my top three, in order of preference. Who are yours? Read On! There’s More!  I was teaching a card-making class over the weekend, and the nicest woman ever said to me, “Have you tried making boxes from your old cards?” Well, I hadn’t, so she showed me the coolest method for converting an old greeting card into a spanking little gift box. And not only that, at the … Read On! There’s More!  I was digging through some old photos recently, and found these. My mom always made my brother and I the coolest Halloween costumes when we were kids. Look at this awesome Raggedy Ann dress — and she even made these red-yarn wigs for us! (I loved this dress so much, I even wore it … Read On! There’s More!  This is a book I’ve been looking forward to for quite a while. I’m a big fan of Crochet Me.com. It’s a reliable source of great technical information and intriguing patterns. And I especially love how it came into being: Kim Werker, a crocheter in search of online patterns, couldn’t find anything modern or … Read On! There’s More!  Last night was the culmination of the annual Zinesters Talking series at our local libraries. And it was Crafty Zinester Night! P-Town is home to, among many other things, two of the great craft zines — CROQ, and Do Stuff! Their respective authors/editors, Lee and Heather, came and read from their zines. Lee read her awesome … Read On! There’s More!  Here’s a lighter post to balance the heavier “Savvy” one today. This pillow is one of my very favorite things. My great-great grandmother made it, and during my childhood, it lived on my great grandparents’ sofa in Santa Fe, NM. When we would drive over to visit them, little me would actually look forward to … Read On! There’s More!  This is Number Six in a series of posts, which will present some simple tools for protecting yourself from common mis-uses of your work. You can find the rest of the series over here. Chapter Six: What’s In It For You? (And Them?) I touched on the idea of “exchange” in my last “Savvy” post. Exchange … Read On! There’s More!  I’ve been fascinated with those recycled magazine bowls for a while now. And I saw a little Japanese craft book recently (No ISBN, sorry) that even had magazine pages woven into baskets. What a great resource — old magazine pages! Then, Patricia put up this excellent tutorial for making the bowls. Looking at that, I … Read On! There’s More!  A little vintage crafty fun for your Sunday. Mimi was kind enough to send me these, and they’re fabulous. Not that it’s really time to think about Christmas yet (unless you’re me), but these are some not-bad ideas for recycling old holiday cards. It’s hard to see in the photo, but the round cut-outs on … Read On! There’s More! |
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