From the monthly archives:

February 2009

Projects for Pets

February 28, 2009

Okay, first, let me report that the puppet theater was a big hit, and Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

In other news, here are a couple my recent CraftStylish tutorials for you:

This pet food tray is covered and embellished with – you guessed it – my new favorite thing, duct tape! Pushkin’s enjoying it – but that may have more [...]

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CraftyPod #86: Indie Crafters and the Craft Industry, with Mike Hartnett

February 27, 2009

The Ranger Ink booth at CHA – always packed!

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:

- An interview with Mike Hartnett, publisher of Creative Leisure News and veteran watcher of the craft supply industry.

- Thoughts on where the craft [...]

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Review: Button It Up

February 27, 2009

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! At long last, Monday will be the release of Susan’s newest book, Button It Up. And it’s adorable.

There’s a great chapter all about the history of buttons, which also encompasses extraordinary button shops and also how to make your own buttons.

And then, there are 80 projects using wonderful vintage buttons in all kinds of [...]

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In Which We Build a Puppet Theater

February 26, 2009

Eeps, sorry about the radio silence there. K. and I have both been sick, and many things got derailed.

Here’s something we’ve been working on in between long sleeps and consuming meds: a puppet theater for K’s nephew’s birthday.

It began life, as so many good kid-things do, as a large cardboard box. K. did a little [...]

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Rachel has put out a call to crafters to help out this adorable boy, Ike, who is currently in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Dell Children’s Hospital, recovering from an operation in which he received a tracheostomy. Poor little guy, and his family, have had a very hard road.

Ike was born 13 weeks early, [...]

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Review: Stencil Me In

February 19, 2009

It’s great to see so many new stencil books coming out – especially, ones like this that provide tools and inspiration. Stencil Me In does a great job of showing off all kinds of new possibilities for this craft.

Bound into the back of the book is an envelope, filled with 28 plastic stencils. You can [...]

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Recent Doin’s

February 18, 2009

Busy busy over here this week! Here are some recent events:

I scored these beautiful handmade buttons over at Lisa’s shop. She’s amazing with polymer clay. Writes a dang fine blog, too.

It’s also Nephew Birthday Season, so K. and I are hard at work on the construction of a puppet theater. More on this later!

And . [...]

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Farewell, Facebook

February 16, 2009

Update, 2/18/09: In response to public outcry, Facebook reverted to its old Terms of Service temporarily. In addition, from their statement:
“We hope you’ll join this group and post comments. We promise to use these comments to help construct a new Terms of Use that reflects the principles around how people share and control their information, [...]

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