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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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 All images by Donovan Beeson, used with permission Woo-Hoo! You’re getting this show free for 30 days thanks to Swap-bot! Swap-bot is a magical place where you can join hundreds of genuine snail-mail swaps, involving letters, postcards, art, crafts and so much more. Or, you can host your own swap! Click over there and show them … Read On! There’s More!  A Bob Ross landscape Today would have been the 69th birthday of Bob Ross. And if you don’t know who Bob was, it’s high time you met him! In the U.S., many of us grew up with The Joy of Painting on public television – a perfectly mesmerizing show in which a soft-spoken man with amazing … Read On! There’s More!  Surpriiiiiiise! A few routine (but very belated) blog updates led to a big ol’ crash yesterday, which in turn led to this new bloggy look. I’m not 1000% in love, but I actually have plans to move this whole thing to another platform in a few months, so this’ll do for now. Anyway, I’m multitasking … Read On! There’s More!  Thanks, y’all, for all your feedback on whether a CraftyPod Facebook page would be useful. Enough of you answered in the affirmative that I went ahead and set one up. Don’t worry – I won’t pester you to Like me or anything. If you can use it, my blog feed will be there. And if … Read On! There’s More!  Image by Amber Karnes, via Flickr If you’re looking to add a new income stream to your craft business, teaching classes in your local community might be a good option. Skillshare is an online community marketplace for offline classes. You can scope out a teaching location in your community, and then submit your class idea through … Read On! There’s More!  Image by Jessica Wilson Hey, everyone – if you’re a reader of CRAFT, where I’m now Editor-in-Chief, can you please take a moment and fill our our new Reader Survey? We want to know more about who’s reading us these days. What do you want to see more of on the site? What would you like … 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!  I’ve been debating whether to blog about this for months now, since it’s a video game and this is not a video game blog. But, my friends, it’s a whole video game made ot craft supplies, so you really should see it. (Also, full disclosure, my enjoyment of this game juuuuust ticked over into full-on … Read On! There’s More!  Happy Valentine’s Day! Here are a few news items to start off your week: First, if you’re around tomorrow, I hope you can join us for the Craft Social! It’s a monthly Twitter chat event Barbara and I organize. We have a different dicussion topic each month – and the February topic is Teaching Your … Read On! There’s More!  I wanted to check back in with the Silhouette – partly, to share this little project I’m making for my favorite girl, and partly to answer your questions about the machine! So, in addition to cutting paper and vinyl, the Silhouette has two kinds of iron-on transter material: smooth and flocked. I thought it might be … Read On! There’s More! |
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