Crafter Cast Show #18
October 1, 2008
Welcome back!
Welcome to Crafter Cast Show #18 ~ Getting ready for Halloween and the holidays ~ My kids have been changing their minds too often for us to start making the costumes. The latest thing they want to be is a fairy and a dragon. I wanted them to be something related to craft products and they picked a ruler and pair of scissors, but that went out the window in about a day.
The Holiday Countdown course will help you get exited for the holidays! Excited and prepared. Sign up over at the holiday countdown page and start receiving tips today. I’m looking forward to reading what Cara has put out because I’m just not in that mood still. The costumes at the craftster.org forum have helped, as well as searching for jewelry ideas on etsy.
photo credit: DianthusMoon
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Crafty Round Up
- Confessions of a Ribbon Addict
- Halloween Costume Ideas - Craftster forum
- ajjewelry - handmade beads on etsy
Crafter Cast Show #17
September 24, 2008
Welcome to Crafter Cast Show #17 ~ Memorial Crafting ~ I look at memorial crafting as both crafting that is done to remember someone, and in my case getting ready for a memorial. Traditionally a memorial is done a year after someone passes away and you spend the year preparing for it. If you have read my craft blog you know I’ve had a rough year so I am using this next year to work on getting ready for the memorial.
What kinds of memorial crafts have you created, or what do you think of now? Scrapbooks, photo albums, quilting, prayer shawls and prayer beads come to mind for me. I’m thinking of ways I can help my children with a memorial craft, of what they can do and what would help them cope with a loss. In addition to preparing for my Grandma’s memorial, I plan on creating something for myself and for each of my kids.
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Crafty Round Up
This week I am featuring a few books:
- Bead One, Pray Too: A Guide to Making and Using Prayer Beads
- A String and a Prayer: How to Make and Use Prayer Beads
- The Prayer Shawl Companion: 38 Knitted Designs to Embrace, Inspire, and Celebrate Life
- Knit Along with Debbie Macomber: Friendship Shawls
Crafter Cast Show #16
September 10, 2008
Welcome to Crafter Cast Show #16 ~ What our families have taught us and how we will pass it on.
My Grandma recently passed away and during the drive back to Texas I spent my time thinking about her. She taught me how to bead on a loom, always let me (as a little kid) write on her crossword puzzles, and always explained whatever she was teaching. I’m sure it was my Mom and Grandma who taught me how to sew and embroider. They were never afraid to let me try something out, to use the sewing machine and try it out.
Alice & My Grandma, July 2008
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This week I am featuring scrapbooking items! Scrapbooking is a great way to save your memories of your family, create a scrapbook about what you have learned from your Grandma, Mom, Aunts, Cousins. We have something for everyone - cardstock, ribbon, stickers, even adhesive.
Crafter Cast Show #15
August 13, 2008
Let’s play catch up! We have moved, getting settled in and I’ve completed projects. I finished a baby quilt in an afternoon that I will soon send to a friend of mine.
Machine Quilted Baby Quilt
I also started a rag quilt and have an update on my tshirt quilt. We have a few craft kits for kids found on etsy that the kids will be working on - I held back from starting because of needing to find tools and wanting to incorporate the kits with our homeschooling.
What projects have you been working on?
Close Up
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Crafter Cast Show #14
June 25, 2008
We are adding to our video tutorial series with Bradie of Quiltcetera. I met Bradie on twitter and was able to watch one of her ustream live quilting shows, which I am very much looking forward to her restarting! Starting a site with video tutorials is easy to do, as you will hear. Bradie and her husband, Matt, started in just a day.
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Quiltcetera on Twitter
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- Pictures of Mario Quilt
- Pac Man Ghost Hat on Etsy
- Nintendo Coasters on Flickr
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Crafter Cast Show #13
June 18, 2008
This week there are a few updates from me - mainly, that we moving next week!
A new show will still be published next Wednesday as I will be chatting with a friend about video tutorials, this time she’s a quilter. I have Craft Business Online shows planned for throughout the summer so be sure to subscribe to the show - either in your RSS reader of choice or through iTunes. You can use the one click button to easily subscribe.
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Crafty Round Up
This week’s crafty round up is different - here are seven posts from a few of my favorite craft blogs that were published on my birthday last week:
- Crafty Pod ~ Checking In
- Soule Mama ~ Baby Sweaters
- Wee Wonderfuls ~ Crochet Doll Hair
- Craft Critique ~ Flock
- Pink Paper Peppermints ~ Day 29 Crafty Flowers
- Pink Chalk Studio ~ Learning To Quilt Part 1
- Disdressed ~ Bear
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Crafter Cast Show #12
June 11, 2008
This week starts a crafty business series. First up we have the basics - domain names, hosting, web design. Who do you work with? Are they easily accessible? Do you have a domain name or are you on a free space like blogspot.com? Listen in for our recommendations and tip for running a craft business. The series will continue throughout the summer.
I recommend 1and1.com for domains - they offer private domain registrations which means your personal information can be hidden from anyone searching. Remember your real information must be held with the company - making your domain name private just means someone has to go through the company to find it out.
Mom Webs Hosting is hands down the best web hosting out there. The support is amazing, the price is very reasonable and if you are techie enough, get the package that allows you to have behind the scenes access. With the Web Hosting Manager you can add your own domains to your package as well as control the allotted space and bandwidth. Of course the support people will also do this for you but the option is there. This is also known as a reseller package but I just use mine for my own personal use.
Free can be good - but if you want to look and be professional, having a dot com space is the way to go. We’ll talk more about web design and how to create your space online next time.
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Crafty Roundup
- Art Journal Fridays
- Studio Jewel - How to set up an Etsy shop
- Crafty Daisies - Embroidery Lesson One
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Crafter Cast Show #11
June 4, 2008
Creating video tutorials is a quick and easy way to share a technique with your audience - be it other crafty friends or customers. This week I am talking with Holly Endress, a Stampin Up demo for the past seven years. Holly has been making video tutorials showcasing various techniques which she then posts on her blog, InkaDinkaDoodle. Holly’s stamping blog has her videos posted as well as several cards she has made. I’ve been a customer of Holly’s for the past few years as we met in Washington State when our husbands were both stationed in the area and I am so glad she started making videos. It is often hard to create in a new community when your old community was full of get togethers and it was easy to throw ideas off of one another.
Holly Endress - Stampin Up site and Stamping Blog
Here is her latest video - how to create a Chocolate Box.
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Crafty Roundup
- Bella Dia - How to Write A Tutorial
- I Heart Linen - Button Calendar Tutorial
- Crafty Daisies - Polymer Clay Button Tutorial
- Naughty Secretary Club - Secretary Resin Delight Bracelet Tutorial
- A Storybook Life - How to Make Paper Beads
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Crafter Cast Show #10
May 14, 2008
Let’s talk about stepping out of your comfort zone! What can you do to get out of the space you are most comfortable with? I highlight three sites that make me want to make jewelry, make whatever I can and dye my hair. I wish I lived in a town that had cooler thrift stores because I can never find anything vintage in ours.
Push yourself just a little - take a step toward doing something you just haven’t been able to do.
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Crafty Round Up:
- Amy Butler paper line at K&Company (found at Michael’s) & Craft Boom Interview
- Shop In Color blog
- 100 Great Artists at Etsy
- Crochet stitch marking trick
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Crafter Cast Show #9
May 7, 2008
Mother’s Day gift ideas! Okay we have cut it close to Mother’s Day and passed the safe shipping deadline. But the items mentioned are all great ideas for future gifts, birthdays or Christmas - or even a hey I was thinking about you gift. Mom’s out there, be sure to start a running wish list. I am going to put together a list and also let my husband know my etsy login so he can see what I am interested in.
Products/shops mentioned: Key fob from Sommer Designs ~ Littleput Books etsy shop ~ bit of whimsy etsy shop ~ Cotton Candy Boutique etsy shop
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