I first learned about Rosie’s Place a few years ago when I purchased a couple of vintage button bookmarks from J. Jill as gifts. Rosie’s Place, based in Boston, is a sanctuary for poor and homeless women, and the Women’s … Read More...
Romantic Votive Holder
DIY Network’s host Dena Fishbein shows you how to create this romantic votive holder from an ordinary juice glass. She used modge podge and a clip art image so any sort of theme would be possible but this one turned … Read More...
Lumia Organic Candles
Lumia Organic candles supports organic farmers and were the first company to apply for organic certification for candle wax. All soy wax used is made from certified organic soy oil in comparison to other soy bean oil that comes from … Read More...
COMING TO PEACE WITH PIECES (AND TAILS)
Do you hate weaving in all those tails that are left dangling when you make squares, strips, and panels? I used to too. But, no more. At some point, I came to peace with the pieces and the tails they … Read More...
Print Gocco: An Indie Crafter’s Essential…
The purchase of my print Gocco machine had changed my crafty life! The Save Gocco site says “Japanese fans have enjoyed using “print gocco” for over 25 years. as such, interest in the system has run it’s course in japan. … Read More...
NEEDLE FELTED WINGS
I located this tutorial on needle felted wings on Alpaca.com . Go and take a look around this site, as they have many interesting supplies and ideas.
ReadyMade (Recycled) Magazine
Visit the online shop of ReadyMade magazine — “a bimonthly print magazine for people who like to make stuff” — and you’ll find carefully selected must-haves that you probably wouldn’t find offered by other magazines: Blueprints for a small modular … Read More...
Create A Perfect Yo-Yo Every Time
Yo-yos seem to be the talk of the town lately. They’re so cute, versatile and easy to make. And, my goodness, you can use them in so many ways. Or, just make some and play with them.
The new Quick … Read More...
Simply Soy Hand Made Candles
Simply Soy Inc. Hand Made Candles pride themselves on having some of the best smelling and longest lasting candles. One of the biggest benefits of soy candles is that there’s little to no soot, which makes them much kinder to … Read More...
A collaborative effort scarf
My friend Carol Caldwell and I created this scarf together. She machine knit it and I did all of the relief work and the felting.  It was fun and I think we ended up with a pretty cool scarf. … Read More...
Yael Frankel’s Miniature Art Creations…
I saw Yael’s work on Etsy and was entranced by her ability to mix paper, fabric and ink into whimsical and wearable art! Yael is a 39 year old mother of two children (12 and 9 years old) and graphic … Read More...
Crosstitch.com
Crosstitch.com is an excellent pattern source!!! You join the site at varying degrees and are able to download your choice of patterns.Starting with a 1 month 3 pattern trial up to a 2 year unlimited pattern membership. The patterns are … Read More...
A Blast-from-the-Past Book
A banner ad on Craftster prompted me to take my first in-depth look at the book The Craftster Guide to Nifty, Thrifty, and Kitschy Crafts, published in 2006 by Leah Kramer, founder of Craftster.
The book is packed with … Read More...
Free Crochet Pattern – Ribbon Yarn Scarf
This yarn was in the goodie bag at the St. Louis Cardinals’ Stitch n Pitch on August 6, 2007. I must admit that I had never really worked successfully with this type ‘yarn’ before. It’s hard to call this stuff … Read More...
Etsy Feature – Apak
“Aaron and Ayumi Piland are two physically separate beings who are united in art as APAK“. This quirky couple design, print and publish their own line of greeting cards and zines. Many of their designs, such as this cute … Read More...
Pricing Your Crafts
One of the biggest challenges of being an Indie Crafter is knowing what your work is worth in the larger craft market. As a good starting point for those of you who are just beginning I found this About.com article … Read More...
FeltWEST
After visiting what seemed to be a hundred felting sites, I happened on FeltWest. Just sit back and look through their collection of wonderful felted items. This site is filled with worthwhile articles also. Enjoy and let me know … Read More...
Beaded Crochet Bracelet
 Future Girl Craft blog has a tutorial for a beaded crochet bracelet. I love bead crochet but dont’ do it well. This would look great in metallic yarn with crystals, or in silk yarn with pearls and sea … Read More...
Meat for the Beast
Subversive Cross Stitch has a cool,creepy pattern by Ray Fenwick that uses glow in the dark thread!!! This is really great pattern! Hurry over and check it out and for goodness sakes, scope out all the other yummy goodies they … Read More...
Yankee Candle World’s Largest Candle Store
Yankee Candle began in South Deerfied Massachusetts. It has a huge 90,000 square foot store. Their candle store has over 160 scents to choose from and a multitude of accessories. There’s even a “dip your own candles” area where you … Read More...