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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 something I’ve been noodling around with lately – embroidered metal discs! Wait – what? I bought a bag of these perforated beading discs a while back, intending to make some beaded pieces a la Miriam Haskell. Only I never quite got around to those, and eventually a different light bulb went on over my head. I … Read On! There’s More!  I circle back to wire crafting pretty regularly. Wire is such an intriguing medium for jewelry, and doesn’t require any special soldering or cutting skills. And, thanks to The Complete Guide to Wire & Beaded Jewelry, I can see just how many cool possibilities it has. Clearly, Linda Jones knows her wirework backwards and forwards, … Read On! There’s More!  I was teaching a button pendant class at a wonderful local shop called All My Favorite Things over the weekend. And in chatting with the shop’s owner, Melanie, I stumbled onto this fun little idea. You’ve likely seen this style of button necklace. Well, this project replicates that kind of stringing, only with wire. Wanna play? … Read On! There’s More!  This coming weekend, I’ll be at Maker Faire! I’ll be at the Provo Craft booth, helping to demo some of their products, and doing lots of podcast recording. Yes, super excited, thank you! Provo was kind enough to send me some machines to play with in advance. Here I’m using a Cricut Expression, which precision-cuts … Read On! There’s More!  Ever since I did the fabric postcard tutorial for CraftStylish last week, I’ve been obsessing over this pendant idea. Seemed to me that if you just shrunk the postcard project a little, it would make a really cool pendant. I like the result! Here’s how I made it: Just as with the postcards, I’m using Friendly … Read On! There’s More!  You might remember Margot Potter from the recent podcast about branding. This is her latest book, which uses mixed media techniques in jewelry projects. And I’m digging it on many levels. First, I don’t dip into mixed media very often. I think the techniques make beautiful things, but I just don’t make many purely “art” … Read On! There’s More!  Hey! Check it out! I have a new tutorial up on the CRAFT blog. I made three jewelry pieces using wood inlay strips, which you can get at woodworking stores or online. They’re intricate and beautiful, and best of all, they cut with a utility knife, so they’re easy to use for all kinds … Read On! There’s More!  Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! At long last, Monday will be the release of Susan’s newest book, Button It Up. And it’s adorable. There’s a great chapter all about the history of buttons, which also encompasses extraordinary button shops and also how to make your own buttons. And then, there are 80 projects using wonderful vintage buttons in all kinds … Read On! There’s More!  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 … Read On! There’s More!  Here’s something I’ve been noodling around with lately – crocheting flowers in wire. Once you get started on the whole wire crochet thing, the challenge becomes really compelling. With some practice, you can convert many different crochet flower patterns into wire. It’s stiffer stuff, obviously, so you may want to keep to the simpler patterns. … Read On! There’s More! |
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