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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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 Happy Friday! Today I wanted to share links to some more Free-and-Business-related posts… illustrated with some beauty shots from Cabo. First, I was so excited to do a guest post over on Crafting an MBA this week. Megan does an excellent job presenting thoughtful business resources that go way beyond the nuts-and-bolts stuff you see … Read On! There’s More!  Today kicks off a special blog-project that Rachel (of Average Jane Crafter fame) and I cooked up. It started, as so many fun ideas do, from a snippet of random conversation. We got to thinking about how, all this frenzy of online activity – all these blog posts, all these tweets and Facebook updates, all … Read On! There’s More!  This likely comes as no surprise, but I’ve been reading a lot about Free and related subjects lately. I wanted to share some particularly great posts I’ve found. If you’re interested in this continuing discussion of Free, these links are all very worth your time. Over on Crafting an MBA, this post about Etsy and … Read On! There’s More!  Image by Melissa Averinos I wanted to share something lovely I’m participating in these days. Maybe you’re a fan of the hoop-skirt and the brooding hero, too? Recently, Melissa Averinos watched a BBC production of Jane Eyre (which is freaking amazing, by the way). She quickly became a bit obsessed with Jane, and so she joined … Read On! There’s More!  To further our ongoing discussion of Free and how it affects the craft community, I share my own story of Free. In some ways, Free has created my business. In others, it’s created big challenges. Read On! There’s More!   Man, it’s been a while since I last posted anything crafty around here! Sorry about that – February offered up a very generous share of challenges, and I’ve been scrambling a lot. (Thanks, February – now get outta here!) But, I’ve also been learning to knit. I had huge help from this ebook by Tara, … Read On! There’s More!  An interview with Tara Swiger, an accomplished knitting teacher who has a lot of interesting things to say about teaching a craft. We talk about what it’s like to teach one-on-one vs. in a group setting, and we discuss how different people’s learning styles affect their approach to crafting, and how a good teacher … Read On! There’s More!  If you read this blog from its homepage, then you might notice something new there in the sidebar. I’m starting up a CraftyPod email newsletter! I’ve had a lot of requests to offer email updates of my blog posts. This newsletter will include blog highlights, but I actually wanted to make it a bit more … Read On! There’s More!  Evaluating an Opportunity (when you aren’t getting paid) from Diane Gilleland on Vimeo. If you’re a craft blogger (or really, any kind of blogger), chances are good that sooner or later, someone will contact you and ask you to contribute something to their website. Sometimes, it’s a corporate website looking for free content, and sometimes, … Read On! There’s More!  Just on the outside chance that you’ve managed to miss my incessant reminders on Twitter… I hope you can join us for the second Craft Social! It’s this Saturday, February 20, from 3-5pm Eastern time (or noon-2pm Pacific). We’ll be sharing pictures and stories of our Craft Fails in the first hour, and pictures of … Read On! There’s More! |
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