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Hot Potatoes has some really fun new Halloween stamps, I’m so in love with this skeleton, you can cut him out and attach his arms and legs with brads so they are move able, how fun!
-Heather
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This weeks newsletter from Helen Driggs on Beading Daily gives excellent instructions for how to use your first jewelry saw.
She has hit the nail right on the head with this one. The jewelry saw is really the most important tool…
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Here’s another fun free download project I found on our Craft Gossip Flickr group, it comes from the Chica and Jo blog, it’s a spooky Ouija Board invitation, I love how that adhered it to wood…
The Indie Banditas Bazaar, happening near Seattle next month, has a few vendor spots open for their holiday show. Contact the Banditas at [email protected].
And if you’re in the Seattle area, plan on attending the show November 27th and 28th…
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Photo realistic rubber stamps can sometime be intimidating to use, getting the right colors and backgrounds to make them look good is a little tricky. Well, Rosemary Reid is a stamper that really excels at this type…
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I recently found a really fun paper crafting blog called Elle’s Studio. She had shared some of her projects on our Craft Gossip Flickr group and I wanted to share her blog with you as well as her link to…
Another great resource, if you are in NYC, and it also happens to be right by Metalliferous, is Dikra Gems. They have an amazing selection of almost any stone that you might want and can also work with you to…
Grab your scrapbooking papers and stickers and create these inexpensive Halloween projects from our sister site Craftbits.com
Written by guest editor Shellie Wilson
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Crafty Sentiments is giving away this wonderful winter clear stamp set, click here to visit their blog for details on how you can be entered to win this set.
-Heather
The Florida Society of Goldsmiths is running a Modern Masters Workshop in Wildacres, North Carolina, from the 26th of October to the 1st of November. Tuition covers the 5 day courses and room and board.
You can choose from master classes in…
The AIDS orphans in Southern Africa belong to one of the fastest growing, but least desirable groups of children in need, on earth.
Go here to help! http://www.knit-a-square.com/aidsorphans.html
This is a cheap and easy way to have some fun with younger children from Let’s Explore. Simply create pieces for a scarecrow (hat, clothes, head, etc) out of felt and let the kids put the scarecrow together. For more fun,…
by Nan Roche
Nan Roche is teaching a new classs at the pre-conference workshop for the Cabin Fever Clay Fest, and Jana Roberts Benzon has been added to the line up! Click here to head over to Polymer Clay Fest’s weblog and get…
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Visit Timbo Hunter’s shop on Etsy for some adorable and whimsical digital stamp images.
-Heather
I am loving this idea by My Sweet and Simple Life
Basically, you make a paper tree with fall leaves that each contain a fun fall activity to do that day on the flip side. Every day, your child chooses the…
Creaciones AyB and Silvia Calles have teamed up to create these lovely rings. Using a transfer technique, they made Silvia’s illustrations into these gorgeous limited-edition rings.
Click here to check out Creacions AyB’s full photostream!
So, courtesy of Purple Kitty Yarns, we have this:
And, the pattern is free!
http://www.purplekittyyarns.com/halloween-patterns/lacy-jack-o-lantern-dishcloth-wc1944
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Brisbane, the Craft & Quilt Fair is coming your way this month! Full of inspiration, advice and shopping, the fair is a complete craft experience, bringing the world of craft to you. See it, touch it, buy it and find it,…
