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Hello there! I'm 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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 “I enjoy a good link.” Wait, it’s Friday already? What the heck did I do all this week? OK, well, it can’t be helped now. Let’s do some Link Love! Today’s links are all of the playful variety. Hama Bead Weaving, from Mini-eco I’m still all intrigued about perler/hama beads, and loving this bead-fabric Kate made. The … Read On! There’s More!  Here’s a tutorial I did for the Clover Blog, showing how to use their Kanzashi Maker templates with heavyweight crepe paper to make all kinds of awesome paper flowers. Wouldn’t these be great for wedding crafting? Clover just released two new petal shapes, by the way, and they work beautifully with the crepe. Go see the … Read On! There’s More!  I wanted to share something delightful with you that I’ve been enjoying over the past couple days. A while back, I saw a tweet from Donovan, announcing that the Letter Writer’s Alliance would soon be opening its R.S.V.P. mailing up for orders, and that they’d sell out quickly. Intrigued, I landed over here and learned … Read On! There’s More!  One of the more stressful parts of being self-employed is dealing with tax time. But once those bad-boys are filed (or at least, the first batch of them), you sometimes get to move on to one of the most delightful parts of being self-employed: The Taking of the Afternoon Off. …So this is how I … Read On! There’s More!  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! |
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