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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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 Here’s another big debate brewing in the community, and this time, it’s about Pinterest. I caught wind of it when Rachel sent me a link to an interesting discussion on Salt City Spice. The premise of that discussion is: “Here’s the thing that’s been bothering me though – after a few months of pinning and … Read On! There’s More!  Image by littlnemo, via Flickr Woo! In September, I finally had a brain in my head for things other than working, so I was able to be more thoughtful about how I supported some Free. And that felt awfully nice. I did three support-y things this month: First, I kicked in for Britta’s Nice Shirt, America … Read On! There’s More!  Earlier this year, I did a review of Vickie Howell’s new yarn line, Sheep(ish), for CRAFT. In the process, I whipped up a little crocheted clutch (the light blue one above, in fact). Vickie, being an extremely nice person, said “People are going to want the pattern for that bag!” Pattern? What? I just kind … Read On! There’s More!  I’ve been saving up some more awesome 1970′s macrame pictures from the stash of books Sandra sent me, plus a new book Barbara was kind enough to send. I love giving this kind of stuff a good home. As I mentioned earlier, I just love macrame books from this era because this was the absolute … Read On! There’s More!  Image by ell brown, via Flickr Sometimes a big idea takes a long time to germinate, and then it kind of explodes all of a sudden. The seed of this post dates all the way back to the Craft Social we had in March – it was a discussion about small business branding. If you … Read On! There’s More!  Thought I’d share a bit of sorta crafty, sorta science-y tomfoolery we’ve had going on over here this week. (I’ve always wanted to use the word “tomfoolery” on this blog!) So, a while back, I did a post on CRAFT about this amazing bouncy digital camera. Go ahead and check out the little video; I’ll … Read On! There’s More!  OK… so, a while back I did a little survey to learn more about your thoughts on how I might get the CraftyPod podcast going again – this time sustainably. About 300 of you responded (thank you!), and I promised to report back on the results. So here we go. (This post got a little … Read On! There’s More!  Okay, so… you guys know by now that I try to keep this space as marketing-free as I can. And, despite getting requests every single week to promote other people’s stuff, I generally don’t unless I think it’s something you might find really useful. This is why I want to mention Ink Yourself, which … Read On! There’s More!  I’m something of an oilcloth aficionado, so I loved being part of the Sewing with Oilcloth blog tour. Kelly McCants is just the person to write a solid how-to book for this material, having run Modern June and Oilcloth Addict for a while now. The book actually focuses on both oilcloth and chalk cloth, with … Read On! There’s More!  For those of you following the Free discussion, I encountered an interesting happening today. Jenny (of Craft Test Dummies fame) ran across a post on the Creative Paperclay blog, asking for applications for its design team. The position involves a fair amount of ongoing work, both in designing projects and promoting them online. And … Read On! There’s More! |
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