From the monthly archives:

September 2008

It’s still a craft blog…

September 30, 2008

. . . Just to prove that I DO still make things once in a while, go check out my tutorial for making these flower greeting cards over at CraftStylish!

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Beading Through Bad Times

September 30, 2008

I did some deep-cleaning over the weekend and ran across this little beaded vase. BOY, does this bring back memories! There was a time when these were all I made.

I had newly returned to Portland after the end of – ahem! – a very bad chapter in my life. It was October 2001, and jobs [...]

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Resource Roundup #2

September 29, 2008

Hi, everyone – let’s get back into the swing with a little Resource Roundup:

Image courtesy of Better Homes & Gardens

Better Homes and Gardens has just launched its 100 Days of Holidays program, which looks like great fun. There’s a subscriber email newsletter, plus over 400 slide shows, 50 tutorial videos, online courses, and interactive tools.

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A Sad Turn of Events

September 26, 2008

The last 48 hours haven’t been happy. We took Louie in to the vet, and were advised to return him to the Humane Society. Apparently all our ongoing struggles to get him to eat had some cause: Louie’s not well.

I don’t even have words to express how heartbroken K. and I both are at [...]

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CraftyPod #77: Publishing a Craft Book, with Christina Loff and Kate McKean

September 26, 2008

Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff.
Click the “Play” button at the bottom of this post to listen!
In this show:
- Interviews with Christina Loff, a publicist at Chronicle Books, and Kate McKean, a literary agent.
- Find out what really goes into writing and publishing a craft book.
- Discussion of agents: [...]

 
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Crafting for Causes

September 25, 2008

Hey, locals – I wanted to let you know that Susan is hosting an Obama Postcard-Writing Party tomorrow afternoon (Friday, that is) at Tandem Coffeehouse. Stop by from 11-2 and write some postcards for undecided voters.

Susan has personally Gocco-ed a couple hundred postcards for this effort, so I hope to see you there!

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Interview-ee? Me?

September 24, 2008

Hey, friends – Alison was nice enough to invite me to be a guest on Craftcast this week! You can take a listen to the show over here. And hear me answer questions for a change. Thanks, Alison, that was fun!

Oh, and in case you were wondering, I’ll have a new CraftyPod podcast for ya [...]

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Weaving in some downtime

September 23, 2008

This is an eBay score from earlier this year, and surprisingly, my favorite pastime of late.

2008 has been an incredible year so far – I’ve worked hard and accomplished a lot. But the constant juggling begins to take a toll, and sometimes it’s nice to retreat into something simple. Like good old-fashioned potholder-looming.

Remember these? This [...]

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Citizeen Time!

September 22, 2008

Locals – if you’re not busy tomorrow evening, K. and I would love to see you at our zine reading at Belmont Library. We’re presenting our Citizeen project and hopefully having some good discussion about community.

It’s part of the coolio Zinesters Talking festival. Hope to see you!

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Give it away, now

September 22, 2008

OOh! I just got two CraftStylish mags in the mail, and I already have copies. So – it’s clearly Giveaway Time.
Up for grabs, we have Quick Stuff to Make and Quick Stuff to Sew. I reviewed them a while back – both are full of interesting projects and photo how-tos.
Just leave a comment here by [...]

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