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Are you the next Martha Stewart? Exclusive casting call!

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Martha Stewart

BigFishCasting.com is looking for the next Martha Stewart as the crafty host for a major food chains website. (We can’t disclose who it actually is).

Do you have what it takes to host your own online craft show?  Young women 25-40 (Yes 40 is still young) with mad (mad is their description not ours) craft skills and a great personality (Scoff, Scoff yes we know ALL craft ladies have fantastic personality) can apply.

There is no casting couch (Sorry Single Ladies). You just need to send in your  info and a 3 minute video via e-mail. (no not 4 mins, or 20 mins it  states 3 mins)  Be sure to include your introduction in the e-mail and your own ‘how to’ video segment to be considered. We suggest that you create the video on Youtube.com and send the link in to [email protected], rather than sending in the whole video via email (probably get you disqualifed).

It will be great if you link to your video via the comment section below so that others can see what they are up against, but this is not a requirement.

The Pilot Shoots Feb 1 in Austin, TX. You get travel, hotel and actually paid! (So stick that all those people who think craft is not a way to make a living)

Deadline is January 24!  So get crafting!

It’s doesn’t state it in the application information but we thought we would take the initiative here and assume that attire is REQUIRED in the videos.   (Sorry Jane) 🙂

If you have any questions then don’t ask as cause we know nothing more than we have written here, you need to e-mail them directly at [email protected].

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Comments

  1. Sounds like a discrimination case in the making—limiting the age for entrants—seems to me that ‘older’ more exerienced crafters would have a better handle on crafting, better ideas and a great personality!

  2. Would love to submit for this opportunity. I am an actress, artist and all around creative soul. I have a 3 minute video I did for the “Oprah-have your own show competition” which I believe would be perfect for what you are looking for. It is called “REVIVE” and it is about using what is already available to create fun and useful pieces of art as well as saving the planet.

Have you read?

Are Thread Bundles Worth the Money

I recently came across a post from Lord Libidan talking about embroidery floss packs and whether it’s worth the money to buy a set of threads all at once instead of one skein at a time.

With the closure of Joann some people were buying these bundles as a way to build their stash/stockpile if they didn’t have another place to buy locally. I did the same thing when I first started cross stitching again after a break of many years, because I wanted to get a bunch of colors all at once without the overwhelming job of picking colors from the wall of thread when I didn’t have a particular project in mind.

And I think for this purpose buying a package with colors you like or some basic/popular colors is probably a good idea and relatively cost effective.

My Joann didn’t have any floss packs when it was closing (in fact it didn’t have cross stitch floss at all for a month or more, then suddenly go a bunch about a week before closing) but I might have bought one just to have the variety if they had been available.

If Amazon is going to be your source for cross stitch supplies going forward, I think buying packs of cross stitch floss when the colors make sense is definitely going to be a better deal. As I write this a pack of 36 popular colors was running $39.50, or about $1.09 a skein. I used to pay 66 cents per skein at Joann, but buying a single skein of black floss on Amazon would run you $4.29.

Herrschners sells DMC floss for $1.05 per skein or less, but shipping isn’t free and you’ll have to buy a lot (or a lot of other things, too) to meet their minimums for free shipping when they offer it.

Check out the post on Lord Libidan for his thoughts and let me know where you are buying cross stitch floss now if you used to buy it at Joann.

[Photo via Herrschners]