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Hello there! I'm Sister 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 the second style of playing-card notebook: a simplified stitch-bound style. This style takes a little more rough handling than the accordion, due to the introduction of good old E6000 at the spine. Anyway, here goes: You begin with two playing cards, and a lot of small pieces of paper. The paper should be about … Read On! There’s More!  Here’s what we made at Church of Craft this month. I collect interesting playing cards, tarot cards, and loteria cards, and as it turns out, they make dandy covers for little notebooks. We made books in two styles, so I’ll do two separate how-to posts. Here we go . . . . Style #1: Accordion … 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!  I’ve been fascinated with those recycled magazine bowls for a while now. And I saw a little Japanese craft book recently (No ISBN, sorry) that even had magazine pages woven into baskets. What a great resource — old magazine pages! Then, Patricia put up this excellent tutorial for making the bowls. Looking at that, I … Read On! There’s More!  Okay, here’s the how-to for a Glove Monster. This is a guideline, really — your monster will emerge out of your gloves on its own. Do not attempt to stop it. The gloves I’m using come from my local Fred Meyer chain store. They’re knit, with no leather or reinforced patches on them. They’re about … Read On! There’s More!  Tiffany Threadgould wrote the greatest article for CRAFT 03 about turning plastic soda bottles into all kinds of useful things. I especially loved her Photo Cuff bracelets. Ever since that article, I’ve been eyeing the plastic bottles in my recycle bin, and last night, lightning struck. Here’s my bottle-bracelet variation, using felt! A 16-oz (500 ml) … Read On! There’s More! |
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