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In all seriousness, yesterday was the Best. Day. Ever.
First, I had a new tutorial on CRAFT – and one I was really happy with. As part or their sewing theme this month, I took a bunch of paper grocery sacks, cut them up, and sewed the pieces together in a patchwork. Then I fused some vinyl to the top, so they’d be spillproof, and some felt to the bottom to give them body.
Resulting in… nice placemats! (And, coasters!) The complete how-to is right over here.
Then, I had an article about social media marketing appear on Etsy’s blog, The Storque. This was based on the workshop I taught for I Heart Art last weekend. I’ve been blown away by the great response! (By the way, the image there is by catastone.)
If you want to read this bad-boy, click right here.
And then lastly, it turns out that I freaking won the SCRAP Rebel Craft Rumble! There’s a whole story to tell there, so I’ll give a full account once I can share some pictures.
…Talk about major planetary alignment, though!
Woo hoo Diane!! You deserve all the success, love and victory in the world xoxo
You hit the trifecta! I can’t wait to hear about the Rebel Craft Rumble. Rock on!
WAY Clever, WAY COOL!! Love it – must go grocery shopping at the fun stores this week to do this myself =)
Congratulations! A craft rumble does sound a bit dangerous…hehe! Definitely sounds like that’s the best day ever (think of that in the voice of VH1′s Best Week Ever show) !
That is so exciting! Congratulations! And I LOVE those placemats!
What a fabulous day indeed! But you know, I don’t think it’s so much about the planets aligning as about very well-deserved rewards for all the hard work you do and all and fabulous things you make and share. Congratulations!
Your place mats are just fabulous. I love those Trader Joe’s bags too! There are so many ways we can use things right at hand. Thanks for your great idea!
Holy Crap (to use your words) that is so exciting! Congratulations Sister Diane!
Speaking as one who is totally unbiased, you deserve every good thing that has come your way this week!
Love the place mats and can't wait until the day i get to celebrate my birthday by having dinner at your house with these lovelies under our plates! Very nicely done. I just knew that humongous stack of paper bags you have been collecting over the past 20 years would come in handy one day!
Didn't I predict you would win the Rumble – I seem to remember I did – right here on your blog! No one in their right mind – at least not your mother who is always in her right mind – would go up against you! :-)
Fantastic News! All around. Can't wait to read about the rumble. Having serious “fernweh” for PDX.
Congrats on the Etsy blog post article…I landed over here on your blog after reading it. Thanks for the helpful tips – much appreciated!
lol. Have to say I loved the previous comment by pam!
Wow, good for you Diane. Definitely a day you can mark up on the calendar I'd say!
You must be floating high. Congrats to yu for the whole shebang!! :)
Congratulations! Of course you won, like I said, YOU ROCK! Wish I could have seen it.
Aw, thank you so much! XO
Pictures and story coming soon!
And you played a part – I used one of your comments to illustrate the Etsy piece! :-)
Aw, thank you, TB! XO
HAHA! I had to look up “fernweh” on the web. What an awesome word!
My pleasure, Kristy! Thanks for stopping by the blog!
Thank you so much! Definitely, a day to recall on those days when things aren't as bright. :-)
It was So. Much. Fun! I think everyone in town should attend next year's bout. :-)
Of course you won! I'm sure it was all the Beastie Boys/Pat Benatar shimmies/dry ice/giant sequin frisbee wielding.
(Okay…that's how it has built up in my head. I guess I'll wait patiently for the real story, HAHAHA!)
Congrats on your win! Of course you earned it after developing your mad ninja-crafter skills. Sounds like it must have been fun, too.
Woooo hoo! I loves a high bio-rhythm day! Super congrats!
Hellllooooo….of course all of this “crafty goodness” happened to you…you are awesome! Seriously, congratulations…well deserved and, as always, inspiring!
Thanks, Brandy! :-)
Me, too! Too bad they can't ALL be that way… but then if they were, I suppose we'd forget that they were “good” days, right? :-)
Thank you! It was the funnest time ever. A lot of us kept saying, “We should do this every week!”
Whoo HOO!!! Not that I'm surprised, but congratulations!
Love the place mats, and have to say we must be on some kind of ESP wavelength, cuz I was remembering paper bag place mats we made in (get this!) kindergarten just the other day and thinking it was time to try them again!
Am eager to read the Storque article now….
Hooooooray! You deserve it. I'm so happy everything is coming up Sister Diane!
Glad to be able to help and take part :)
MAJOR congratulations to you, Diane! I loved the tutorial, too. Extra bonus, your mom's comment cracked me up!
Thank you so much! Yup, she's a funny one, my Mom! :-)
Congrats on the great day…when it rains it pours right! I thought your etsy storque article was great, really hit the marketing nail on the head. Thanks!
Yo, sista. I love your tute on Craft. Because I've been looking for something like this for a while. All those TJ's bags piling up around me. And you're so right – they really have cool graphics on their bags (and other goodies, too, don't they?) I get so happy when I find something I've been looking for. Thank you, thank you, thank. You.
I haven't commented on your posts about the abundance of free; but I've had some really interesting discussions about this topic with my husband and some friends. I hope I'll have time to go back to your posts and leave comments there. cheers, m
I really liked the etsy storque article. Thank you for the tips! It is hard not to get lost in the broadcast marketing on twitter!
Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it. The comments over there have been just amazing.
I'd love to hear what you all have been talking about! I was just thinking the other day about some new ideas around Free, and that it's getting to be time to bring it up again.
Also, Heh! I'd nice to meet another TJ's Bag-Hoarder. :-)
Thank you! And I agree – although it's still possible, thankfully, to earn the attention of your community there.
Hi, Pam – Thanks so much! Will you please let me know if you receive an email copy of this reply?