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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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 Normally, by this point in the season, I’ll admit: I’m pretty tired of seeing mentions of “last minute gifts.” So instead, I’ll share with you some cool crafty calendars I’ve been seeing around the blogosphere, and then you can think of them as New Year’s gifts. To yourself. First, Interweave came out with a line … Read On! There’s More!  Still playing with my Silhouette over here. I’ve been noodling up a package design for a little something I’ll be releasing soon for the holiday season. (You can handle a little Christmas right now, can’t you? Don’t worry, it won’t hurt!) I had a blast playing around with the Silhouette Download store. It’s embedded in … Read On! There’s More!  UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. Enjoy the review! Some of you may remember last Summer, when I was busy exploring the Cricut cutter. While I liked the machine overall, its one big drawback (to me, anyway) was its reliance on premade “design cartridges.” You couldn’t create any original designs with it, you had to … Read On! There’s More!  Hoo, boy, this little project came out of nowhere! But before I get to the tutorial, a little background… Here’s how I maximize my office paper use: whenever I have paper I’ve had to print on one side, I fold it in half and use it as scratch paper. I write all my daily to-do … Read On! There’s More!  We’re busy this week getting ready for How to Host Your Own Blog, so I thought I’d share some crafty I’ve done for other people lately. Over on CRAFT, I did this tutorial for an oilcloth garden tool caddy as part of their Bloom garden project series. …It unfolds to reveal pockets for your tools, … Read On! There’s More!  ACK! Well, I had planned to have a nice, new Easter basket tutorial for you today, but then I lost a couple days to some mystery illness, and now I’m playing catch-up. So instead, I’ll share tutorials for three Easter baskets I did last year… This paper basket is based on the traditional woven paper heart. … Read On! There’s More!  I loves me some of those old-school composition books. Last August, our local Fred Meyer had them on sale for 25 cents apiece for back-to-school, and K and I laid in a stock to get us well into our old age. I’ve been noodling with ways to make them look prettier. There are tons of … Read On! There’s More!  I guess I should say that my family is not Jewish – but as it happens, Mom and I both have Hannukah crafts on the web today. Aren’t these star ornaments amazing? Mom made them with cardboard, pins, and yarn scraps. She has a beautifully-presented tutorial on her blog, if you want to learn to … Read On! There’s More!  This little project was inspired by a post on Ann’s awesome blog, All Things Paper. Which you should add to your feed reader right now. I’ll wait. Ann posted about a gorgeous floral card, in which the petals and leaves were made with a single paper punch. Well, that got me excited. I’d love to have … Read On! There’s More!  So, yesterday, we learned to make a notepad from a cardboard box. Today, let’s fancy up the cover a little by adding some weaving. You can start weaving your cover right after this step in the notepad-making process… Now, most weaving project begin with a little measuring and figuring. I’ll try to keep this part as … Read On! There’s More! |
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