From the monthly archives:

November 2008

Get Your Red-Hot Zines Here!

November 30, 2008

Okay – they’re up! I just listed some extra copies of this year’s Christmas zine over at my new shop on Big Cartel. (Sadly, it would have cost too much to sell these on Etsy.)

Because I can only list one image with my free Big Cartel account, here are some interior pix for ya:

So, my [...]

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Some Thoughts on Twitter

November 30, 2008

So, the Twitter thing. It appears that we’re all ending up on there sooner or later. I’m a huge fan, and this post by Tim O’Reilly beautifully expresses why.

I’ve been watching more and more people join, and I’ve been getting notices that people are “following” my Twitter stream. And I’ve been noticing that I’ve evolved [...]

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The laaaaast bit of zine-making

November 29, 2008

Thought I’d share the end of the big zine project, since we’re wrapping up today. You know, we always come up with some crazy, labor-intensive embellishment idea that we kick ourselves for later.

(Like the year we set out to decorate each page with rubber stamps and stickers. Seemed like a great idea at the time.)

This [...]

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Make Yarn & Felt Folks

November 29, 2008

This week’s CraftStylish tutorial is a fun little project to do with the family. These Yarn & Felt Folks are super-easy to make (and I’ve taught them to kids as young as 7). They’re also a great way to use up your stash of yarn, ribbon, felt, trims, and buttons.

Not only that, if you go [...]

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Happy Thanksgeeking!

November 28, 2008

Hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving! We’re enjoying ourselves mightily over here. This was the uber-nerdy way I watched the traditional Macy’s parade yesterday morning – with windows on three different parade webcams, and a window watching parade hashtags on Twitter. (You saw the live Rickroll, right?)

We enjoyed the rare experience of a living [...]

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Resource Roundup #10

November 25, 2008

A bunch of things to head us into the holiday weekend:

Look at these adorable Marshmallow Men, from my Mom’s blog! They’re based on a magazine clipping she’s been saving since 1960. She has a full tutorial – a great little project for bored, post-Thanksgiving kiddos.

I just saw on Kristin’s blog that, due to a printer [...]

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Review: Vintage Redux

November 25, 2008

This is an intriguing book – I’m always attracted to the idea of deconstructing and reconstructing jewelry components, but get intimidated. So I’m digging all the great ideas in Vintage Redux: Remake Classic and Collectible Jewelry.

Brenda Schweder not only has a great collection of reconstructed jewelry designs, she’s also written the book around the fact [...]

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‘Tis the (Zine) Season

November 23, 2008

This is the scene around here today – we’re in final production on this year’s Christmas Zine! Lots of proof-reading and last-minute writing, fueled by Christmas music and hot beverages.

Here’s K., adding page numbers to the small dummy zine we use to plan out which articles will go where. Later on, this becomes my paste-up [...]

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Resource Roundup #9

November 22, 2008

A couple quick things for your Saturday:

My tutorial this week on CraftStylish is for these photo frame ornaments – a great way to use up scraps of felt and trims, and a cool little gifty as well.

(That adorable baby is my nephew, who is just as cute now at age 10 as he was in [...]

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Craftypod #81: Making a Season, with My Mom!

November 21, 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:

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

- Learn about lots of winter holidays from other cultures.

- See how my Mom incorporates craft, cooking, and decorating [...]

 
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