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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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 Image by chasing chickens, via Flickr I hope you’re enjoying this quiet week, my friends – resting up from Christmas festivities and dreaming big dreams for the new year. That’s pretty much what I’m doing, along with healthy amounts of reading and crocheting. I had a full week of posts planned for this week, but have … Read On! There’s More!  Normally, by this point in the season, I’ll admit: I’m pretty tired of seeing mentions of “last minute gifts.” So instead, I’ll share with you some cool crafty calendars I’ve been seeing around the blogosphere, and then you can think of them as New Year’s gifts. To yourself. First, Interweave came out with a line … Read On! There’s More!  Whew! I am late this year, but the 2010 Christmas Zine is at last up and running in my online shop! Normally, I share more of the process of making, but due to all the other stuff K and I have been busy with, our zine-making took place in little pockets of late-night and early-morning … Read On! There’s More!  The nice folks at Storey Publishing have donated a copy of Sewing School to give away here – yay! (You can check out my earlier review here.) To enter to win, leave a comment below (WITH your email address, please) and tell me about The kid you’ll be sewing with if you win. I’ll draw a … Read On! There’s More!  Today, we wrap up our series on ebook gifting with a cool little box presentation. You can buy someone an ebook, put it on a thumb drive, and then tuck it into this little book-looking box as a stocking stuffer. This is a nice presentation for ebooks with a hefty page count, and ebooks … Read On! There’s More!  Our series on giving ebooks as gifts continues today, with a really beautiful binding method known as “perfect binding.” It’s a great way to bind ebooks that print out to 1/4″ thick or thicker, and it takes surprisingly few materials. Today, I’m binding a copy of Handwork for the Holidays, by Katie Startzman and … Read On! There’s More!  Today’s project in our ebook-gifting series a simple-but-pretty felt envelope. You can easily buy your favorite crafter an ebook, save it onto a CD, and then package it in one of these cuties. Today, I’m making these for two of my favorite food ebooks: Hitchhiking to Heaven Prizewinning Recipes, by Shae Irving, and (Not So) … Read On! There’s More!  Today, we’ll continue our series of tutorials for turning crafty ebooks into awesome, wrap-able gifts. Here’s a slightly more traditional binding method. It’s great for ebooks with a heftier page count, and ebooks that benefit from a full-size format. Like my Weaving Un-Loomed ebook. Here’s what you’ll need: An ebook, printed out (more on that below) 3-4 … Read On! There’s More!  Last year, I didn’t talk much about crafty ebooks during the holidays, because let’s face it – as cool as they are, it can be hard to give them as gifts, since there’s not really anything tangible to give. …Which got me thinking: what could you do to make them tangible – and crafty? So … Read On! There’s More!  I’m in a frenzy of tutorial-making, preparing for something BIG here next week. So, to take us into our weekend, we have a lovely giveaway, courtesy of Lark Crafts. They’re donating one copy of Craft Hope: Handmade Crafts for a Cause, which comes from the blog of the same name. In this book, Jade Sims … Read On! There’s More! |
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