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Mystery Solved: Ric Rac Roses
Ah, the joys of being in a community of crafty minds! A couple days ago, I asked for some help figuring out how these ric rac flowers were made. Astaryth shared this link, and Alice shared this link....
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Yudu… and now I Du Tu.
I’ve been crafting up a storm over here in preparation for Maker Faire! (I’ll have more details next week on that, too.) One of my projects was to learn the wonders of the Yudu, that personal screen...
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Makin’ for Maker Faire: A rather crazy embossed duct tape wallet
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...
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Makin’ for Maker Faire: Further Cricut Hacks
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...
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Giveaway! Geeking Out! The Art of Handmade Flowers
So, I reviewed this book a while back, but the nice people at New Sheer Creations sent me a copy to give away, and some supplies to make flowers with. (Thank you, Fe!) Last night, I entirely redeemed...
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Playing with Hambly Screen Prints: Ceramic and Glass
I’m knee-deep in a couple big projects this week, but carved out a little time to do some more playing with my Hambly rub-ons. I had a thrifted ceramic plate and a dollar store candle holder....
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Embroidery + Metal?
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...
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Making Stuff with Chocolate
Ooooh, what a fun time we had this weekend! Peggy of Chocolate Craft Studio opened her doors to a group of PDX crafty types, and we spent a blissful couple hours making stuff from chocolate. Peggy...
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That’s right – I said “Towel Animals!”
Warning: Not-So-Great-Photo Alert! (Although, next time you’re trying to shoot in low indoor light with an ancient Nikon Coolpix while the room you’re in is tossing about on the ocean, let’s see how...
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Two Recent Kid-Craft Tutorials
Just popping in today to share links to a couple kid-craft articles I’ve done recently for CRAFT. The first of which is a tutorial for this life-size board game. We had a blast putting this together...
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Sofa Rehab Time!
K and I have some home improvement going on this weekend. We had been talking about moving this year, but ended up deciding that staying put another year was more prudent. But after six years in the...
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Heatproofing a Stockpot with Sugru
Thought I’d share a bit of sorta crafty, sorta science-y tomfoolery we’ve had going on over here this week. (I’ve always wanted to use the word “tomfoolery” on this blog!) So, a while back, I did a...
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I Give You… Handmade Pushkin!
Some ideas are just too good to ignore. This morning on Twitter, I was giggling at how K, whenever he does something nice for me, says “Hey Girl…” a la Handmade Ryan Gosling. And then Rachel said:...
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Why You Should go to Button Society Shows
I’ll have your new podcast a bit later today, but first, I had to share the amazing experience I had at the National Button Society Show yesterday. I’m telling you, crafters, Button Society Shows are...
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How to Make a Word-For-2013 Magnet: a Guest Tutorial on Whimseybox
Some of us, in our new year’s planning, like to set an intention word for the coming year – something to keep us centered and on track. If this is you, maybe you’d like to immortalize your chosen word...
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Link Love (an April Project): Quilting, Pojagi, and Perlers – Oh, My!
For the remaining Fridays in April, I’ll be participating in a project of Tammy‘s. She’s on a mission to bring a community spirit back to blogging, and that’s a mission I support wholeheartedly. I do...
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Link Love: Yarny Lamp Shades, Gelatin Prints, Lotion Bars, and More
It’s already Friday, so it must be time for some Link Love! (If you’re wondering what that’s about, just follow that link.) Rustic Yarn Lampshade, from HollyMann on Instructables I do loves me some...
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Link Love: Rose Petal Honey, Tin Flowers, Easy Envelopes, and More
Happy Friday! It’s time for another Link Love post. (You can get more details on this little series by, you know, following that link.) (Incidentally, Pushkin feels the love all the time.) Portable...
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Link Love: Glitter, Fringe, and Magazine Cut-Outs
“I enjoy a good link.” Wait, it’s Friday already? What the heck did I do all this week? OK, well, it can’t be helped now. Let’s do some Link Love! Today’s links are all of the playful variety. Hama...
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Link Love: Little Gardens, Manual Camera Settings, Printed Leather, and More
“I thought we agreed that this table was for my lounging purposes. Why do you keep putting your crafts all over it?” Happy Friday, folks! I’ve got a pile of hand-sewing and many more new episodes of...
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