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Exhibition Season: 2013/2014
… Read More...Exhibition Project Description
The proposed exhibition space will enable Craft Alliance to present site-specific installation pieces that use craft techniques to create spatial environments and that bridge the
April from Wildflowers & Whimsy guest blogs at The Train To Crazy with a tutorial showing how to make a little girl’s Tinkerbell tutu costume. She can wear it for Halloween, and then keep it out for dress-up fun throughout … Read More...
I don’t know about you but now that the school holidays are here I am trying to find activities to do that easily engage my 2 young fellas and does not cost the earth. Thanks to Desiree from Beyond A … Read More...
If you head over to More Style Than Cash you can learn how easy it is to make these fun terrariums that will look great anywhere in your home or office. Get the directions on How to Make a Terrarium… Read More...
A cute Halloween lunch… make spider sandwiches HERE at Cute Food for Kids.
Torico Digital gallery shares 3 cute monster digi stamps for free, great for Halloween cards. Click here to download. You can also find more of her digi’s to buy here at her Etsy shop, Birdie Brown.
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Joetta Maue gives us a little tour of the Textile Art Center‘s new headquarters. So cool! Joetta will be teaching her Autobiographical Embroidery class there in October. Go to her blog post to see more photos of the new … Read More...
Using simple tags from an office supply store, you can make this adorable boo banner, complete with darling ghost. Head over to pressed down, shaken together to get the scoop on this cute Boo Banner.
Kreinik Thread Blog shares this amazing announcement from The National NeedleArts Association (TNNA):
… Read More...As a needlework designer, have you debated about bringing your counted thread or embroidery designs to a trade show? You know how important it is to be
I almost timed this post to publish hours from now, just so this genius didn’t sit so close to my so-much-lamer monster cupcakes, but I got over myself to hit publish immediately. You see, I’ve studied Poe. Specifically, representations … Read More...
I am sure anyone that reads my postings has saved some old wool sweaters and looking for ways to restyle them into useable or wearable items. Today Cal Patch, contributor for Craft Stylish shows us how to make a winter … Read More...
Made my yours truly, for Celebrations. Click HERE for more pics (including one of the cupcakes my 3-year old made all by herself, demonstrating how very easy these are to decorate) and click HERE for the tutorial.
I have to give props to babble for this roundup: Where to Buy Cool Supplies. You’ll find links to shops for chalkboard stickers, beads and buttons, branches, sacks, vintage ephemera, and more. But actually relevant to Edible Crafts… Find … Read More...
Rachel of Lines Across My Face shows us how to create this cute and colorful little framed stitchery. See her tute.
This one is an oldie (like, from 2004! egads!) but goodie I spotted on Pinterest: Learn to make a candle from a clementine and olive oil HERE at Apartment Therapy.
Wow! This is a first for me. Those old big screen TVs that are huge wooden pieces of furniture make a great closet with the creativity of Athena. Check out her tutorial on how to make a clothes closet out … Read More...
Stones–felted, embroidered, and embellished with natural materials–become members of Lisa Jordan‘s Conversations with the Residents series. On her lil fish studios post, she says,
… Read More...Often when I’m out woods-wandering I’ll find little mementos left by the woods-dwellers. Some of
Any long-term readers out there remember waaaay back when (2 years ago) I posted about this fantastic video by Susan Hochbaum who photographed pastries “on location” with their visual counterparts in Paris? Well, she ran off to Paris for a … Read More...
Jane of Chilly Hollow Needlepoint shares this announcement:
… Read More...Needle Bug in Montgomery, Alabama is participating in the September fund raiser for Children’s Hospital in Birmingham. Pick up an ornament kit for $25 to stitch for a child visiting the Children’s
Cheri from I Am Momma, Hear Me Roar shows how she turns brightly colored knee socks into fun arm warmers. She makes them for her kids to layer with a short sleeved tee. They add a layer of warmth on … Read More...
