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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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 My friends, today is a momentous day – one I’ve been waiting for eagerly. Today, a group of intrepid and awesome crafters come together to launch a whole blog hop about plastic canvas projects. You’re getting misty-eyed. I understand. I’ll give you a minute…. Anyway. Somehow I found 13 crafters who were willing to join me … Read On! There’s More!  You know, we all had such a good time doing Link Love on Fridays, Tammy has decided to continue the project. If you’d like to do some Link Loving of your own, just follow that link. It’s easy! Crooked Coasters, from The Long Thread I’ve been struggling to make straight hand-quilting lines all week, so I … Read On! There’s More!  This tote bag represents an alignment of planets. It started with a pile of old quilt blocks I grabbed at a thrift store four years ago, only to get them home and discover that they weren’t in good enough shape to sew back into a quilt. After a long time sitting in my stash, … Read On! There’s More!  Image by stijnbokhove, via Flickr Welcome to May! This month, our theme is your actual audience, which is a slightly more complex idea than it appears to be on the surface. Sure, people are reading your blog, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc – but of those, how many are truly paying attention? How many actually have the … Read On! There’s More!  Here’s another great example of the kind of “deep technique” craft book I’m really digging lately. Jen Swearington is a talented textile artist, and she’s written a super useful and engaging volume on screen printing, Printing on Fabric: Techniques with Screens, Stencils, Inks, and Dyes. Jen gets into detail on many approaches to screen … Read On! There’s More!  Welcome to another interview! Today, we have tasty eye-candy from Libby of Truly Myrtle. As always, you can mouse over each image to get a little more detail. Enjoy! What are you thinking about most in your creative life these days? What colors show up again and again in your work? Show us one yummy texture from … Read On! There’s More!  Happy Friday! It’s time for another Link Love post. (You can get more details on this little series by, you know, following that link.) (Incidentally, Pushkin feels the love all the time.) Portable Art Case Made From an Old Book, from Crafts Unleashed What a great upcycle this is! Shaunte removed the pages from an old book, … Read On! There’s More!  Image by roboM8, via Flickr Today, I want to talk about an idea that’s actually pretty slippery and challenging to integrate into a blog, but is absolutely necessary to changing the conversation with your readers. The idea is this: as readers and consumers, we tend to pay more attention when we feel some kind of emotional … Read On! There’s More!  I first met Jeff Rudell back in 2009, when we were contributors to a website called CraftStylish. Jeff shared some absolutely stunning paper projects there – his ideas always managed to be radically different and perfectly simple at the same time. …So it’s really cool to see that journey bring him here, to the release … Read On! There’s More!  It’s already Friday, so it must be time for some Link Love! (If you’re wondering what that’s about, just follow that link.) Rustic Yarn Lampshade, from HollyMann on Instructables I do loves me some crafts involving stiffener, so of course I’m digging this project. HollyMann soaked some natural yarn in glue and then wrapped it around … Read On! There’s More! |
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