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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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 Don’t ask me how, but this weekend is already Easter. Wasn’t it just New Year’s? Anyway, I’m stoked about this little project, which just went up on the CRAFT blog. I took the traditional Danish woven paper heart, and tweaked it to make a cute Easter basket. It involves a little folding and a little … Read On! There’s More!  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. … Read On! There’s More!  Another conversation with my crafty Mom! Learn about lots of winter holidays from other cultures, and see how my Mom incorporates craft, cooking, and decorating into all these holidays, to create a lovely, festive season. Read On! There’s More!   Whew! This week’s tutorial just went up on DIY Alert, and by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin, I might add. It’s for Salt Dough Cookie Ornaments, a great project to entertain home-on-holiday-break kids and visiting relatives. This project also harkens back to CraftyPod #54: Make Your Own Clay. Hope you enjoy! Read On! There’s More!  I’ve been fighting with (and getting my butt kicked by) a little cold or something the past few days, so I’m just now catching up on things. Here are a couple tibits for blog-land. . . . This week’s tutorial on DIY Alert is a fun way to re-use old wrapping paper and make it … Read On! There’s More!  New tutorial just went up on DIY Alert – this time it’s this Ric Rac Ornament. I’m really happy with this little guy! This was my inspiration – from BHG’s Holiday Decorations You Can Make. Awesome book, from which I’d love to share about 400 more cool things with you. I’m still hoping to find … Read On! There’s More!  All about making gingerbread houses, with Pam Harris (my mom!). We talk about how to bake it, how to build it, and how to decorate it. Read On! There’s More!  New tutorial up at DIY Alert this week: Pinecone Bird Feeders. A time-honored project, great for both kids and your local birds. Enjoy! Read On! There’s More!  Pssst . . . new tutorial just went up at DIY Alert — Fused Fabric Greeting Cards. This was a topic we covered way back in CraftyPod #38, but if you like your how-to’s visual, there you go! Read On! There’s More!  Church of Craft is tomorrow, and waaaay back in August, I decided we’d be making Paper Mosaic Greetings Cards at this meeting. It took me a while, though, to figure out a good approach to paper mosaic. Church of Craft projects need to be accessible to people of all levels of crafty skill, and … Read On! There’s More! |
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