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Feb
10
Tinkerlab is definitely one of the hottest kid’s craft blogs out there. Rachelle has come up with great ways for you and your children to expand your creativity. This month’s ‘Creative Challenge’ is using paper bags.You can read more about how get involved over at Tinkerlab. The challenge is going to be run through Pinterest, how fun! I even …
Feb
9
Jessica at Life Under the Quilts shows off her first finish of this year. Love the words she stitched, Choose Happiness. Go HERE to see entire quilt, it’s adorable.
Image credit: Image credit: Life Under the Quilts…
Feb
9
If you’re female, you’re probably going to be as excited as I am about this call for entries:
CALL FOR FUNCTIONAL ART BY WOMEN: The Florida Museum for Women Artists is looking for functional handmade art to be sold in the lower level gift shop. If you create handmade, unique, functional art and would like the opportunity to display
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Feb
9
Our beloved Allie Aller (Allie’s in Stitches) is the subject of a Lisa Fulmer interview on the C&T Publishing blog. Why is C&T talking about Allie? Because they’re the publishers of her rockin book, Allie Aller’s Crazy Quilting. See the interview. Or go to the book listing. Or both!…
Feb
9
Our darling Susan Elliott has shared her observance of Hari-kuyo for two years now–the Japanese Festival of Broken Needles in which worn-out friends from the past year are thanked and laid to rest. Along the way, we got to see the needlebook Susan created and uses, which has a special felt page for preserving broken needles until the annual festival. …
Feb
8
As CraftGossip’s head editor and co-founder AND as a Work-At-Home mum, finding time to work on CraftGossip & Craftbits is very hard limited.
So when I find myself spending endless hours reading through our social media networks like Facebook & Twitter I have to justify my addiction time.
So I am inviting all our readers to come along and follow me …
Feb
8
Vivika Hansen DeNegre is the new editor of Quilting Arts Magazine. Her friends over at The Prayer Flag Project made this flag to congratulate her on her new adventure. Pieced with stitching, So Happy For You!. Go HERE to read full post.
Image credit: The Prayer Flag Project…
Feb
8
Pop on over to the Hero Arts website where Shari Carroll has a video and step by step instructions for making this lovely window card.
And while you’re there you might also want to check out the three brand new catalogs from Hero Arts, Spring, Basic Grey and Studio Calico.
-Heather…
Feb
8
I live in a state that’s so small toll bridges are not practical and we don’t even have a single IKEA store. So, if you are lucky enough to be close to a Free People boutique, you might want to check out their Handmade Love event this Saturday. Here’s a description of the event from their website:
DIY Valentine’s Day
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Feb
8
What could be better than buying cute new digital stamps and helping a wonderful charity at the same time? Well nothing, so why don’t you pop on over to Jelly Park and pick up an adorable stamp to help benefit Little Havens children’s hospice. All proceeds from the sale of these special stamps goes to raise funds for this …
Feb
7
A friend linked to this on her FB page. How gorgeous are these anatomical cross sections made from quilled paper. I wasn’t sure what quilled paper was but the article defines it as “rolled pieces of Japanese mulberry paper”. Beautiful!
Feb
7
Rachel from Family Ever After is gearing up for her Sew-vivor competition. She’s assembled a panel of super talented judges, all of them rockstars in the crafty blog world, and there are some awesome prizes as well. You can audition for the competition by linking up a project to the announcement post. (Audition period ends on February 29, 2012.) Go there …
Feb
7
Anita of Artistic Fingers will lead a free online class in Chikankari over six to eight weeks. She says,
This Indian embroidery is a form of whitework…This embroidery is a combination of techniques–shadow work, pulled thread, and surface embroidery.
Beautiful! Go to Anita’s blog post to learn how to join in.…
Feb
7
Kenny K digital stamps says their new release includes “12 cool, cute, sassy & sexy images for women’s and men’s cards, depicting a variety of occupations, such as policeman/woman, firefighter, handyman, doctor, teacher, etc.”
These really are some fun and cool images! Check them all here at their website.
Samples from Heidy and Janette.
-Heather…
Feb
7
Great Scrapbooking Events will be holding the 2nd Winter Wonderland Weekend in Kalamazoo the weekend of February 22nd to 24th. The event will include a free crop as well as a vendor fair. Click here for more details.…
Feb
6
Katie from ktmade will be visiting her little sister in Rwanda soon. Her sister volunteers in a children’s ward in a hospital there, and wants to collect some handmade pillowcases to help brighten up the rather somber atmosphere. Her goal is to collect 40 pillowcases. Can you help? If so, check out her post for the details. She also …
Feb
6
Someone in East London is creating the best little guerrilla pothole gardens. It’s the props that real makes these special.
Read the blog here: the pothole gardener | A guerrilla gardening blog….
Read more about guerrilla gardening
Check out Mademoiselle chaos’ cutest seed bombs ever tutorial here. 
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Feb
6
The official release date for the first wave of Liz Westlake’s new Semi-Solid Collection for Dragonflylotus Designs is just under 2 weeks away, which means she’s decided it’s giveaway time.…
Feb
5
Jojoebi of A Bit of This and a Bit of That blog invites you to participate in a project to express love and caring. She says,
I started thinking that it would be nice to send the survivors of the Tohoku Disaster small gifts and letters of encouragement. Next month will mark one year since the disaster and I would
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Feb
4
Lisa Walton at Dyed and Gone to Heaven talks about her appearance in a VidCast with Bonnie McCaffery while in Houston last fall. During the interview, Lisa shows some of her student’s work, talks about her Textured Treasures workshop (paint, rub, foil, bead on fabric) and Lattice Landscape workshop (start with a photo). She also does a beading demo where …
Feb
4
Maureen Cracknell Handmade has a set of 8 fat quarters of organic fabric from Daisy Janie’s Tilly line to give away. Did you know she dedicated this fabric line to her mother? And that the name is derived from a kite that her brothers flew? You can read about the inspiration for the fabric line at Daisy Janie’s blog. The …
Feb
2
Sometimes it can be really difficult to go through flashcards with your children…as they only last about two days before they are torn, ripped or chewed up! Craft Gemini has come up with a beautiful set of ABC and 123 Flash cards made out of Fabric. She has created a workshop to teach you how to make them yourself! She …
Feb
2
The call for entries has been issued for the 12 X 12 2012 exhibition. This show accepts small art–12 inches by 12 inches–in any format but film and video. The size limitation has made 12 X 12 an ideal venue for needlearts of all kinds. Go to the Fiber Art Calls for Entry post for details. Entry deadline: June …
Feb
2
Jean Manis has written a comprehensive article on different ways that you can organize your clear (or acrylic) stamps. She covers five different methods, and suggests varying products that you can use for each. Click here to go to the article on Simple Scrapper.…
Feb
2
I posted a link to an article about the Do’s and Don’t of selling on Etsy a few days ago. But what do you do BEFORE you start selling? You need a plan! The SF Esty Street Team blog, run by Jenn of Mama’s Magic Studio, has a nice article up talking about just that.
Go check it out …