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A little Sunday eye candy for you…

A little Sunday eye candy for you…

Wooo-Hoooo! I scored these amazing Czech glass buttons on my last visit to The Knittn’ Kitten, and have been waiting for some decent light to photograph them. That happened, fleetingly, today! So, check out my buttons! Ethel had so many different styles of these things, all gorgeous. It was not easy narrowing myself down to …

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The Valentine Post (you know, ’cause it’s…)

The Valentine Post (you know, ’cause it’s…)

Okay, so Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone. I don’t do too much to celebrate this particular holiday – especially since I stopped eating refined sugar a few years ago. But I do have a couple little goodies to share: First, up top there is my CraftStylish tutorial for this week – button-embellished covers for spiral notebooks. …

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Review: Sew Darn Cute

Review: Sew Darn Cute

Sew Darn Cute lands at precisely the right moment – in these gray winter days, it’s a lovely dose of soft, Springlike color. I have to say that this book comes closer than any other US craft book I’ve seen to resembling the aesthetic of a Japanese craft book. (I hope the trend continues.) The …

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How to Make a Cool Button Pendant

How to Make a Cool Button Pendant

Here’s what we made at Church of Craft yesterday: Button Pendants. They use good old plastic canvas as their base, which means they can easily be converted to pins. Speaking of which, Susan has two great button projects in Bead Simple that using those plastic canvas rounds. (That’s Page 147 and 213, for you …

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CraftyPod #33: All About Buttons

CraftyPod #33: All About Buttons

If you’re a CraftyPod subscriber, you can get this show and over 100 others, plus two new episodes each month. Click here to learn more! You can also enjoy the current archive of free podcasts over here. In this show: – All About Buttons – . – A glimpse into the fascinating history of buttons. – Some fun …

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