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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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 Genevieve saw this stack of booklets at a thrift store and, knowing what I like, sent them to me. And I’ve got to share them with you, because they’re crazy amazing. These are all Annie’s Attic publications, circa 1993. (Which is eighteen freaking years ago, if you can believe it.) There’s a whole series of … Read On! There’s More!  Image by by Mait Jüriado, via Flickr So this month, my ongoing project to support the Free I enjoy online hit its first snag. The disasters in Japan, of course, loomed large, and I wanted to put my discretionary cash for the month into donation form. …But I didn’t want to abandon my project completely, so … Read On! There’s More!  Happy New Week, everyone! Here’s a quick note about my next online class, which begins one week from today. In Making a Crafty Podcast, we’ll cover the technical parts of making an audio podcast (what software you need, what microphone to get). But maybe more importantly, we’ll talk about how to design a podcast concept … Read On! There’s More!  So, Tiffany Threadgould and her publisher donated one copy of ReMake It! for a giveaway! You can see my review and get a free downloadable project here. To enter your name in the hat for this book, comment below and tell me about some recycled crafting you’ve done this year. We’ll draw a winner at … Read On! There’s More!  If you’re a fan of Tiffany Threadgould (as I am), then you’ll be happy to know that her first book is just out! ReMake It!: Recycling Projects from the Stuff You Usually Scrap is a fun collection of simple projects to make from all kinds of material you can probably find in your recycle … Read On! There’s More!  Here comes another fun indie publishing project: Crafty Cans and Perplexing Plastic, by Mahe Zehra Husain, who lives in Lahore, Pakistan. In this ebook, Mahe explores lots of ways to recycle empty aluminum cans and plastic packaging into all kinds of crafts, using the Cuttlebug embosser, Sizzix die cutter, Crop-A-Dile cutters, and alcohol inks. I … Read On! There’s More!  Happy Friday, everyone! Here’s a little roundup of tutorials I’ve done lately, in case you were at a loss for stuff to make this weekend. (Which of course you are NOT, but still….) First, up top there is honestly one of my favorite things I’ve made in recent memory – many thanks to The Oregonian … Read On! There’s More!  Today, I have a lot of news and tidbits for you. Kind of a crazy-quilt post, I guess. First up, I just wanted to share the above results of a swap we just completed over at Craft Social. For Valentine’s Day, we had a little I Heart Craft Social swap on Swap-Bot. On the left … Read On! There’s More!  Today starts another occasional series of posts. (I loves me some occasional series.) Obviously there are soooooooooo many blogs in the world. And I think that, as the numbers grow, it gets harder and harder for new bloggers to be seen. So every once in a while, I want to share a blogger I think … Read On! There’s More!  Back before I stopped podcasting, I had signed up to be part of the blog tour for Kathy Cano Murillo’s new novel, Miss Scarlet’s School of Patternless Sewing. So here’s a fun podcast interview with the Crafty Chica herself, all about the new book and her burgeoning career as an author of crafty fiction. If … Read On! There’s More! |
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