July 2009

Today’s stop on the Kanzashi In Bloom Blog Tour is super fun!
Rachel Hobson, of Average Jane Crafter, not only reviews the book, but she interviewed my thumbs!
Wait – what?
It all makes sense if you read her post. Which is hilarious!
The whole blog tour, you may have heard, is over here.

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Today, the Kanzashi In Bloom Blog Tour stops at Zakka Life. Jessica Okui has a nice review of the book, and a peek at a couple more projects: the Stretch & Bloom Headband, and the Super Star Tote.

(Which is a good opportunity to mention: you can make more than flowers with these Kanzashi techniques! In [...]

We’re stopping at Whipup today on the Kanzashi In Bloom Blog Tour.

For something a little different, I contributed a guest post about one of the few remaining traditional Kanzashi masters in the world. Her name is Kuniko Kanawa, and she’s on a mission to keep the traditional form of this craft alive.

Link over to Whipup [...]

Psssssssssssst! If you’re looking to win a free copy of Kanzashi In Bloom, I thought you’d like to know about two new giveaways going on:
- CraftStylish is giving one copy away. Enter their drawing over here. Deadline is Wednesday, July 29.
- Craft Gossip also has a giveaway copy. You can enter that drawing here, and [...]