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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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 Here’s another chapter in our ongoing discussion about craft book reviews and how they can evolve to be more engaging. Since I’m a big fan of Tara Swiger and her new book about marketing for small creative businesses, I thought I’d try using Google Hangout to create a three-way discussion video about the book. Tara’s … Read On! There’s More! Wowee, I loved this video – and I hope it gives you a good send-off into your weekend, too. Given my ongoing dry spell, I’m compelled by this idea that the frustration of not-knowing is an important part of the cycle of creating. (Jonah Leher’s book, which this video illustrates, is already on my … Read On! There’s More!  First, I’ve been so enjoying our discussion about creative dry spells this week! Your comments have given me some great food for thought, and some ideas on how to mitigate future dry spells. Thank you so much, as always, for your most-excellent brains. I thought we’d have something very self-care-oriented today, since self-care really is … Read On! There’s More!  Note, 3/5/13: Sorry, this video is missing in the PNCA archive at the moment. I’m hoping to gain access to it again soon. Thanks to the awesomeness of I Heart Art: Portland, you can peruse this free video version of the Social Marketing workshop I taught for them earlier this month. In this workshop, I … Read On! There’s More!  Here’s a little creative shot-in-the-arm for your Tuesday morning… This short film was made by 1,620 members of the DaWanda community – a Berlin-based online marketplace for artists and crafters. Each crafter downloaded a single frame of the film, and then styled it according to his or her creative skills. Here’s a sample still: …Imagine the … Read On! There’s More!  So, Halloween is just a couple days away. If you’re stressing out because you haven’t done a lick of decorating, relax. You can totally do this little project. (My Mom made the pumpkin pie. I’m eating more of it as I type this, NOM NOM NOM.) Read On! There’s More!  I assure you, no craft tables were cleaned up in the making of this video. :-/ (Sorry about the minor focus issues here – I had a camera setting slightly out of whack.) UPDATE: Inspired by this video, Linda shared her own crafty mess. Then, Fuzzydragons shared her messy desk. And so did Alice. Wanna share yours? Read On! There’s More!  So, this wasn’t a very video-genic week for me. Luckily, our household team has a deep bench. (Holy crap, am I using football metaphors now?!) I’ll tell you what, though – being polydactyl, he was able to edit this thing in no time. Read On! There’s More!  Yaaaay! The videoblog returns at last, and to celebrate, I leave my office and visit one of my favorite PDX places, Yarnia, with my Mom. Wanna see us get some custom yarn made? (If you’re not local, you can also get the whole Yarnia custom yarn experience online.) Oh – and here’s Mom’s take on the … Read On! There’s More!  Note, 3/5/13: Sorry, this video is missing in the PNCA archive at the moment. I’m hoping to gain access to it again soon. Back in May, I had a chance to teach a two-hour workshop on social media marketing for creative biz owners. It was part of an ongoing workshop series organized by I Heart … Read On! There’s More! |
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