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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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 Okay, so WHEW. Maker Faire was the most amazing experience, and totally impossible to capture in a single blog post. I just uploaded all my photos to this Flickr set, which will give you a tiny window into the scope of glorious geekery. And I missed a ton of the cool things that were going … Read On! There’s More!  By the time you read this, I’ll be on a plane to Maker Faire! So I thought I’d wrap up this Provo Craft week by sharing some cool resources I found online for the Cricut. The Cricut message boards are filled with users figuring out interesting things to do with the machine. If you’re curious … Read On! There’s More!  Watching all this Cricut coverage this week, I’ll bet you’re wondering: “Does it cut fabric?” The answer is yes…and no. My Maker Faire cohorts and I have devoted a good part of the week to trial and error on this subject, and concluded that fabric-cutting is possible (and even cool) with the Cricut, but requires … Read On! There’s More!  So, I’ve also been playing with a Cuttlebug for the past week. It’s a cute little embosser and die-cutter – again, designed for paper crafting, but I fed a bunch of other things into it instead. Above is a wallet I made by laminating fabric to duct tape and then embossing them. You would think … Read On! There’s More!  The Cricut fun leading up to Maker Faire continues over here. I cut all these shapes out of ordinary playing cards. (It takes a deep-but blade, center-pointing, and a little creative finagling, but works great.) I love playing cards as a creative medium, because their graphics are beautiful, and hold endless possibilities. …And then, once cut, … Read On! There’s More!  I have a mic, and I’m traveling. If you’re coming to Maker Faire, I’d love to interview you at the show! I’ll be asking crafters from all over questions about the state of crafting, and what they love to make. And the finished podcasts will come out in the weeks after the Faire. If you’d like … Read On! There’s More!  Here’s some more Cricut-crafting. What exactly have I cut out here? Well, nothing – I used the Cricut to draw. You can get these little marker packs for the Cricut. Pop one in in place of the cutting blade, and you can draw any image that the machine can cut. What’s even cooler: the markers … 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! |
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