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ShowsOne of the many things I love about blogs is getting to know the author through witty comments and sarcastic situations. The creative geniuses at Meredith Video Studios have gone one step further and brought that tongue-in-cheek atmosphere to the video screen with their new lifestyle channel on YouTube called DIGS.

They’re calling it “home and garden with a …

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Have I got a deal for you!  I just learned of this and HAD to share it with my crochet friends.  If you have a Hobby Lobby, Michael’s, Joann’s or other craft store that has coupons available online, you can get them printed off whenever you want or need them at any office supply store that has access to the …

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Easter Crafts

There is only a week left to plan your perfect Easter party or craft idea. Here are the ideas our editors have found in the last week or so. Make sure you go through all of them in case you have missed something.

Palm Sunday Craft for Kids

Sticker and TapeResist Easter Eggs

Easter Prints from Foam Plates

Carrot Patch

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Did you mean to apply to attend CraftGossip’s next big Fork and Talk blogger meet-up? It’s April 21 at Trio’s restaurant in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. You’ll get a swank free lunch, hours of crafty fun, and a ton of excellent craft supplies from our sponsor, EK Success. (I don’t want to spill any secrets; but we’ve already seen some …

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Galler Yarns is a company that was new to me.  They sent me a skein of delicious Inca Gold Cotton.  I wasn’t sure it would be delicious since I am not a fan of crocheting with  cotton yarn.  BUT!  Then I got my hands on this yarn.  It feels like silk!  I very quickly devised a pattern to …

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Easter Egg Image

It has been one busy week with our editors finding some great patterns, ideas for a crafty Easter. Easter is not too far away so here are some ideas to get you inspired.

Easter Decorated Cookies

Stitch a shadowy Easter bunny

Ruffled Fabric Easter Eggs

Easter Cookies (and You Can Win Some!)

Easter stitching: Embroidered felt eggs

Easter inspiration: Hearty

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Easter Crafts

Here is a round up of great Easter Crafts that our editors have found in the last week. Have you gone through them all?

Faux Milk & Dark Chocolate Easter Tree

For Easter: Chocolate and Peanut Butter Fudge Bunnies

Free patterns: Embroidered Easter baskets

Easter Idea: Bunny Butt Cookies

Easter Idea: Bunny From the Ground Cupcakes

Welsh “Rabbit”

Easter Idea:

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What Propels You?

(Image Courtsey: jaqian via a Creative Commons License approved for commercial use)

A few months ago, I saw a picture of myself as taken by one of the kids. It showed me spinning my little girl around. It was a joyous moment. My little girl’s face was full of ecstatic delight. My face, on the other hand, showed …

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CraftGossip's Fork and Talk Review Night

It is back!

Last October, we hosted a CraftGossip Fork and Talk Night (actually afternoon) in Little Rock, Arkansas. And boy, did the 24 of us have fun!

Check out the photos on the Flickr account. Or read our official report here. Or read some enthusiastic reports from the people who attended, here, here, here and …

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The Queensland Theatre Company (QTC) presents a Belvoir Production, a timeless classic: The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.  Audience members were pulled by their heartstrings into the unique and painfully haunting story of working class Queenslanders in the 1950s.

As each scene unravelled before the audiences’ eyes, the room seemed to permeate with a heavy sense of …

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 If you have grown up dreaming of skipping down the Yellow Brick Road then HarvestRain’s production of The Wizard of Oz is sure to delight.

The scene is set with Aunt and Uncles farm and literally whirlwinds you into the Land of the Munchins (played by an adorable chorus line of kids). Unfortunately the strobe lighting (meant to simulate the tornado) went …

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shellie wilson

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

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Check out this amazing offer for CraftGossip readers from Black Dog:

Tapestry: A Woven Narrative is a review of contemporary tapestry design, discussing the progression from early designs to tapestry production today. The book investigates the current tapestry scene, in which weavers and artists across the globe have begun appropriating the medium to present their work and ideas in a

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I Heart U Card

Our sister site, Craftbits.com, has just published their Valentine Card themed newsletter, and it is chock full of great handmade card ideas. It is published in full below.

Handmade Valentines Day Cards

This Newsletter is filled with handmade Valentines Day Paper Card ideas.

9 card ideas

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A big congrats to Julie Shearer, she’s the winner of the Savvy stamps giveaway!! Enjoy your new stamps Julie!

-Heather…

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You still have through Sunday to enter to win five new Valentine stamps from Savvy. Click here to go to the orginal post for info on entering.

-Heather…

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I got some exciting mail from Carmen, a representative from OLFA, right before the holidays hit. Inside were these OLFA 5-inch Precision Appliqué Scissors shown here. She asked me to try them out and share what I thought about this new product on Quilting at Craft Gossip. I was only too happy to oblige. Then I put them …

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Jenny at JB Cross Stitch www.jbcrossstitch.com says, “Thank you for all of the lovely comments we have received from your readers who downloaded our free charts. We would like to offer your readers an exclusive 20% off all of our products. Just enter the code “craftgossip20″ in the cart before checkout to receive the discount.” …

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I am truly honored to be a guest today on American Patchwork and Quilting Radio. I’ll be chatting with host and superstar quilter Pat Sloan. If you’ve been curious about my personal quilting journey (since I mostly talk about yours) don’t miss my interview/live Podcast. Showtime is 4 p.m. ET. If you cannot join right then (you’re at …

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Mary Poppins Review

I did not know that the author of the Mary Poppins book series was born only about 255 kms (161 miles) from where I sit today (Brisbane, Australia), in a sleepy old two called Maryborough (The name of the town probably has nothing to do with the name of the character that the author created).

Yes, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious indeed! P. L. …

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2011

Thanks to all our editors and loyal CraftGossip readers, 2011 was again a very big year for us. We are grateful to everyone for letting us find the best in DIY and Craft, and we hope to continue to do so for many more years to come.

Here, in reverse order, are the top 10 most popular posts for 2011 …

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But there can only be one winner of the IZZE Holiday Crafting Challenge!

Before we reveal the winner, thanks to IZZE for sponsoring this competition. Next, thanks to all the contestants for all the wonderful creations! And finally, thanks to over 1000 people who voted. Without further adieu, the winner is…

IZZE Crafting Winner

Congratulations Leanne! This was a true IZZE inspired …

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Maoli entrepreneur Kalani is a December baby and  he gets to celebrate the Winter Solstice, Christmas and Three Kings Day. Lucky kid. But he’s also a giving soul and wants you to have 50 % off the entire range of Maoli’s Awesome Winter Lip Balms he prepared and packaged just for you. To be one of the lucky 50 Craftgossip

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Yes, we know. And we are working to fix it.

Links within the posts should still work.

Thank you for your patience.…

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The winner of my Second Giveaway of December, 2011 and this wonderful book is:

Robyn R. who was chosen at random from all entries.  Her entry was this one:

http://www.crochetconcupiscence.com/
What a treasure trove!

 

Robyn’s entry was a blog with which I was already familiar – but there were many entries mentioning blogs that were new to me.  …

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