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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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 If you’re a fan of crafty activism, here’s a contest you might want to check out. Jo-Ann is organizing Craft for a Cause, and it works like this: • Crafters from all over are making useful things and donating them to their favorite charities. If you take photos of what you made, you can enter them … Read On! There’s More!  Today, my friends, we’re just going to look at beautiful buttons. And breathe deeply. This batch was an amazing gift from Margit, who sent them all the way from Denmark. Mom and I had a great time ooohing and aaahing over them – there are some really different styles in here. (Aren’t these tiny flowers beautiful?) Imagine … Read On! There’s More!  I’ve been having a lot of fun with my Silhouette – and will show you some results next week. But for now, I have two imminent endings to report: 1. The big giveaway ends tonight at midnight! UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. 2. So does the awesome promo deal from Silhouette! Until midnight tonight, you … Read On! There’s More!  I had more awesome mail this week! This is actually a mysterious piece of art from Kirsty Hall. Let me back up a little… Kirsty is a very smart, very talented artist in the UK. (You may remember her from this podcast, where we discussed her project of making a drawing on an envelope every … Read On! There’s More!  With Mother’s Day coming up (FAST!), my Mom and I decided to co-host a giveaway. She’s contributing something, and I’m contributing something. My contribution is a set of four goodies I made on the Crafty Chica Cruise. They are… One button bouquet, perfect for a desktop vase. One reconstructed T-shirt pillow, ready for stuffing. (It has the … Read On! There’s More!  Warning: Not-So-Great-Photo Alert! (Although, next time you’re trying to shoot in low indoor light with an ancient Nikon Coolpix while the room you’re in is tossing about on the ocean, let’s see how well you fare.) Here’s a little something from the Crafty Chica Cruise. Each night while we were at dinner, we’d get turndown service. … 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!  If you’re looking for a crafty Mother’s Day gift, look no more. The nice people at New Sheer Creations have generously donated three (count ‘em!) giveaway prizes. Up for grabs here three sets – one copy of The Art of Handmade Flowers instruction book, plus one of New Sheer’s bouquet kits. We have one Magnolia … Read On! There’s More!  Warning! Extreme crafty geekism ahead. So, on our first day in Cabo, Bridget and I headed into town. Neither of us had seen it before, and we wanted to just wander about. Oh – and score some awesome food. The area around the marina, where the tourists land, is pretty developed and rather Americanized, so we … Read On! There’s More!  A lot of you have asked me what the Crafty Chica Cruise is like, so I thought I’d try to give you a more complete picture in this post. (I should say up front, my little snap camera is aging rapidly, so these photos are a bit rougher than I’d like. Ah well.) The ship departs … Read On! There’s More! |
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