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Books I Wrote

A Kanzashi Book + Kit Dealio

November 23, 2009

Well, this certainly took me long enough, but I’ve finally listed a special-edition of Kanzashi In Bloom in my shop.

For the list price of $21.95, I’ll sign your copy with whatever you’d like me to write, and I’ll throw in this handy Kanzashi Kit.

The kit contains 24 squares of assorted fabric, 3 coordinating buttons, 3 [...]

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Social Media for your Crafty Business

October 19, 2009
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Wow, Gang – I went ahead and wrote another ebook. (Yes, I begin to question my own sanity, too.)
Anyway, this one is called Social Media for your Crafty Business. I’m really happy with how it turned out. Here are some details:

Social Media for your Crafty Business
Social media websites like Facebook and Twitter have exploded [...]

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Cool Reader Projects from Kanzashi In Bloom

September 30, 2009

I’ve been meaning to share some cool stuff from the Kanzashi In Bloom Flickr group. Creative people from all over have been posting insanely cool projects. Makes me want to go back and write the thing all over again so I can include them!

For example, this cute upgrade of a thrift-store handbag by Suzy Spence, [...]

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Giveaway: Creating a Blog Audience

September 18, 2009

I’ve been so thrilled with the reception for my new ebook, Creating a Blog Audience! And the reviews have been awesome.
I thought it might be fun to celebrate with a little giveaway. So – up for grabs is a copy of this here ebook, and its accompanying worksheet pack!
To enter to win, leave a comment [...]

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Will we see you on Sunday?

September 18, 2009

  

Hey, Portland – just a reminder to come hang out with Susan Beal, Alicia Paulson, and me this Sunday at 2:00 at Hollywood Library. We’re presenting a Crafty Writers Talking session, and we’d love to answer your questions about writing and publishing craft books.

Details are here. Please join us!

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Kanzashi How-To Video!

September 16, 2009
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Kanzashi-Making, by Sister Diane from Diane Gilleland on Vimeo.
A little fun news on the Kanzashi front this week – Woman’s Day has a project excerpt from my book in the current issue. (Page 28, to be exact.)
They also asked me to make a Kanzashi demo video for their website, so I thought I’d share it [...]

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An Honor Just to be Nominated!

September 11, 2009

Popping in here to share an awesome thing I just discovered: my weaving ebook is up for vote for the October Book Club on Craftevolution!

(If you’ve never heard of this awesome crafty book club, all the details are here.)

Anyway, I’m up against some Very. Stiff. Competition, so I’m not sure I have much chance of [...]

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Creating A Blog Audience: an Unconventional Marketing Guide

September 4, 2009
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That whoooooshing sound you hear is me breathing a huge sigh of relief. My new ebook is finally out!
I didn’t exactly make my self-imposed August 15th deadline on this one, but sometimes it takes longer than you think it will to say everything you want to say (coherently).
I hope you all like Creating a Blog [...]

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My Powell’s Moment

August 5, 2009

So… I had my book signing at Powell’s last night. This was, co-incidentally, my last book event, wrapping up two weeks of intense promotions. And it was pretty dang cool.

One of the best things (from a geeky standpoint) about author events at Powell’s is this freaking amazing podium. I’ve wanted to stand behind that bad-boy [...]

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Mom reviews my book! (And makes something cool…)

August 4, 2009

It’s definitely a fun thing to have a book out, but I’ll tell you what’s way more fun: having your Mom review said book on her own blog, and make a killer project from it!

Mom did an awesome mashup of two projects in the book: the Tiny Blossom Earrings and the Back to Back Ornament. [...]

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