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Hello there! I'm Sister Diane and I have two grand passions: making crafts and making media. That's what I write about here, and sometimes, I get all thoughtful about internet culture and creative small businesses. Thanks for stopping by! Would you like some tea?  
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 I’ve been having a lot of fun with my Silhouette – and will show you some results next week. But for now, I have two imminent endings to report: 1. The big giveaway ends tonight at midnight! UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. 2. So does the awesome promo deal from Silhouette! Until midnight tonight, you … Read On! There’s More!  Image by mcarpentier, via Flickr One of the most persistent (and important) questions people ask me about blogging is, “How do I go about developing my voice as a blogger?” There are lots of answers to this question floating about the internet – and many of them are some variation on “write what you’re passionate about,” … Read On! There’s More!  Spoiler alert: I adore this book. Now, on with the review. Some of you may remember this big ol’ discussion we had a while back, where we compared Japanese craft books with U.S. craft books. I think Japanese books do a lot of things right for crafters, and I’m always happy to see any U.S. … Read On! There’s More!  UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. Enjoy the review! Some of you may remember last Summer, when I was busy exploring the Cricut cutter. While I liked the machine overall, its one big drawback (to me, anyway) was its reliance on premade “design cartridges.” You couldn’t create any original designs with it, you had to … Read On! There’s More!  I talk with Marisa Lynch about her current project: revamping one (rather hideous) $1.00 thrift-store dress into something cute and fashionable every day. She blogs about it at New Dress a Day. Read On! There’s More!   Well… boy, did I have big blogging plans for this week! Except then I came down with another whopping flu. So all that crafty goodness will have to wait for next week. But I thought you might like a little preview… First, you’ll want to be here on Monday, for quite possibly the most epic … Read On! There’s More!  Thank you to everyone who voted in the online class giveaway last week. Craft Blog Tune-Up won by a wide margin, so that’s what I’ll offer as my last class this year. It starts up Monday, October 4th! Congratulations to Emermccormack, who won a free seat in this class by random drawing. So, if you’d … Read On! There’s More!  Yaaaay! The videoblog returns at last, and to celebrate, I leave my office and visit one of my favorite PDX places, Yarnia, with my Mom. Wanna see us get some custom yarn made? (If you’re not local, you can also get the whole Yarnia custom yarn experience online.) Oh – and here’s Mom’s take on the … Read On! There’s More!  Don’t ask me how it happened, but yeah – Fall has arrived. Time to freshen up and get back to business. (Setting aside for a moment the question of whether I was ever not in business this Summer, but…) I took a little time to freshen up my one-on-one consulting offerings, and thought you might … Read On! There’s More!  It’s true that we’ve seen a whole lot of altered-T-shirt books in the past couple years. Some of them I like, and others are meant for people a couple decades younger than me. (Yes, if does rather sting to type that sentence.) Jennifer Cooke’s new book, Design Your Own Tees, however, is a nice, usable … Read On! There’s More! |
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