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Bead weaver: Clash of creativity and color redefine art (0)

by Ellen Sussman
Maggie Gordon’s entire home — indoors and out — is her working bead studio, and millions of tiny beads like it here.
Indoors there are watercolor-palette dishes of beads being used in current design work and about 120 drawers in bead cabinets with ice cube-tray compartments filled with every size, shape and color of [...]

Volunteers Urgently Needed for Arts & Crafts Festival (0)

by Tracy Zhu

The Kitsap Arts & Crafts Festival committee is holding an open meeting Wednesday, February 10, at 6:00 P.M. at the Kingston Fire Station. At present they don’t have enough volunteers to make the 2010 event a reality, so anyone interested in helping out is urged to attend.
I attended the festival last [...]

Simply Stylish Chain and Metal Jewelry from Bead&Button magazine (0)

The chic look of metal and chain is skyrocketing in popularity. Simply Stylish Chain & Metal Jewelry dazzles with its emphasis on sophisticated styles. Arranged by chapters on necklaces, bracelets and earrings, the book offers innovative ideas for making jewelry that looks like it came from a top-drawer store—at a fraction of the cost! Starring [...]

New book collects tips for launching handmade businesses (0)

by Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood
….Enter Kari Chapin, author of “Handmade Marketplace: How to Sell Your Crafts Locally, Globally and Online.” The book, ($14.95, 224 pages) due out next month, contains advice from yours truly and more than two dozen others ranging from handmade business owners to craft bloggers, podcasters and industry insiders, including Grace Bonney,Holly Becker, Matt Stinchcomband the Ravelry.comcreators and [...]

Discover the scent and craftsmanship of the oldest candle-maker in the world (0)

Established in 1643 by Claude Trudon, Cire Trudon is the most famous wax producing factory in France. As the provider of Louis XIV’s French royal court, as well as the most glorious cathedrals and churches over France, Cire Trudon has established an unrivalled historical reputation as the one and only candle maker.
Today Cire Trudon creates [...]

Family Clay Day is a monthly hit at Clay Works (0)

by Anthony Musso
Since opening in 2005, Barrett Clay Works on Main Street in Poughkeepsie has provided a creative, educational and motivational atmosphere for both local residents and those from surrounding communities. Hosting a regular schedule of classes, it also makes studio space available to artisans and hosts exhibits in its gallery.
Lauren Aitken became an artist-in-residence [...]

BMC Handmade Beanies (0)

by Karen Day
Super-soft BMC beanies are making grannies proud not only for their hand-knit construction, but also because for each hat purchased BMC donates one hat to a child who lost their hair due to chemotherapy.
Similar in concept to Krochet Kids, BMC keeps it authentically bohemian both in style and pursuit. A comfortable elastic band [...]

Decoupage:How to make a unisex belt (0)

Ah, those pesky boys. They’re always so difficult to make stuff for, and, as it turns out, they’re even more difficult to design projects for. I always try to think up stuff that blokes might fancy having a go at, but I must admit to getting carried away with knitted clutch bags and decoupage high heels over the last [...]

Cabinet Co. Takes on Santa’s Workshop, Crafts Dollhouses For Needy Children (0)

Alpine Cabinet Co, based in Timnath, Colo., cut a quarter of its workforce back in January but that hasn’t dampened the giving spirit of the company. Its remaining 40-something employees who are busily building 50 to 70 dollhouses for needy children, The Coloradan reports.
Project Dollhouse has been a team effort, as some employees are sewing [...]

Makedo Connector System Turns Trash into Treasures (0)

by Diane Pham
Are you in need of some cool new décor for your barren apartment? For us more fiscally challenged individuals it seems like the easiest and cheapest thing to do is to tack up a poster of our favorite movie or painting. Boring! But don’t let the 2D world get you down, because the [...]

National Stitch In Day (0)

All stitchers are invited to join the Redding-Shasta Chapter of  The Embroiderers’ Guild of America (EGA) for the National Stitch In, at 11 a.m. on Feb. 6 at Heart- Felt Designs Gallery.
EGA is a national non-profit educational organization offering study and preservation of the heritage and art of embroidery. Its goal is to stimulate the [...]

Needles out for Knitting Expo in Exeter (0)

by Jo Irving
It takes all sorts to go gooey over yarn, but I’m one of them – show me a wool shop and I want to move in.
Why? Well, the beauty of wool in the 21st century is that it’s nothing like the nylon matinee jackets your mother used to make.
So, imagine my delight [...]

13TH ANNUAL SUPERBOWL SUNDAY FOOTBALL WIDOWS SEWING RETREAT (0)

from Haberman Fabrics website
We are inviting you and your friends to the 13th Annual Haberman Fabrics Sewing Retreat. Enjoy 3 new terrific sewing demonstrations and an all day sewing clinic. Bring your sewing or start something new. Use our sewing machines or bring your own. Enjoy light refreshments too! Not a football fan? You’ll be [...]

Call For Vending Artisans – Festival of the Arts 2010 (deadline Jan.25) (0)

CORPUS CHRISTI – The Corpus Christi Arts & Cultural Commission is seeking applications from art individuals and organizations which are interested in participating in its annual cultural event of celebrating the arts. The scheduled 2010 Corpus Christi Festival of the Arts will be held at the Art Center of Corpus Christi on March 26, 27 [...]

Spinning group seeks new members (0)

A Turner spinning group is holding an upcoming charter meeting and hopes to attract new members, spokeswoman Rose Pruitt said.
About six spinners have been meeting informally for the last 20 years, but Pruitt said the group is seeking to expand. At the meeting, members will discuss the group’s charter, bylaws and offer lessons.
The meeting is [...]

Creating can be a hobby, therapy or just fun (0)

by Linda Kent
The term “craft” can be used to refer to any set of activities that involves skill, innovation, and dedication in order to produce a unique object.
It is also the process by which an idea is transformed into a physical object. Because working with crafts is a creative process, it stimulates the brain, particularly [...]

Showcase for Artisan Designed Jewelry and Glass Art Launches Shopping Site (0)

PRESS RELEASE
Nashville, TN – December 31, 2009 — Artisan Design Gallery, a showcase for original glass art and handmade jewelry from the artisan community, has launched an online marketplace and shopping site for collectors and consumers to shop exclusive handmade art and jewelry at their convenience, all in one place.
Dedicated to scouring the country for [...]

How to:Homemade Shoe Bags (0)

Slip your shoes into something comfortable while protecting them from scuffs: Store them in homemade velvet shoe bags.
Shoe Bag How-To
1. Cut a 13-by-36-inch rectangle from thick, soft velvet. Fold it in half widthwise, right sides facing, and sew up the sides, leaving open a 1-inch gap on each side about 5 inches from the [...]

Best handmade soap in province comes from Nipawin (0)

by Matthew Liebenberg
Barr Soap from Nipawin was selected as the producer of the best handmade soaps in Saskatchewan.
Readers of Prairie North, a magazine about prairie living in Saskatchewan, picked Barr Soap as their favorite soap maker in a recent vote that was co-ordinated by the magazine. The readers’ choice of the best on offer in [...]

Weavers and spinners show and sale – Canada (0)

By LYNN REES LAMBERT
The Kingston Handloom Weavers and Spinners will fill the top floor of their new home at 623 King St. W (the old St. John House) for the annual Show and Sale Friday to Sunday, Nov. 13-15. Dorothy Young and Bridget Lewis — and dozens of other spinners and weavers — will present [...]

How to:Banana Bunch Necklace (0)

by Fernando DaSilva for Beadalon
Use seed beads and Beadalon wire to create a tropical looking pendant necklace.
Materials:
2 – 7.3mm dichroic glass beads, long tube, peridot rainbow
10 – 10mm glass beads, topaz round fire-polish
2 – 12mm glass beads, peridot round fire-polish
13 – 6/0 Toho seed beads, light green transparent rainbow
14 – 10mm jump rings, gold plated
5 [...]

Rodarte Dresses Johnny Weir in Custom Knits (0)

by Lauren Pinson
Ryan McGinley shot one of the most innovative Olympics features we’ve yet seen for The New York Times, featuring several medal hopefuls wearing custom Rodarte knit pieces.
Needless to say, judging by the rather lofty price range of the men’s knits Rodarte recently unveiled for Opening Ceremony, we’ve got to imagine that these 13 [...]

Bead talk:”Baking” glass (0)

by CHRIS La PELUSA
YORKVILLE — It might not be real magic, but when Uncommon Glass owner Nicky Fairless of Yorkville puts little pieces of glass into her kiln to “bake” overnight, the results are magical, as she described it.
“(Glass) has a mind of its own, as far as shape goes, when you melt it together,” [...]

Getting started with mosaics (0)

The mosaic technique is simple to master and requires only a few basic tools and materials.
Mosaics are created by placing small pieces of material, like tiles or broken crockery, together and sticking them in place to create a design. You can create a mosaic on almost any surface and transform it from something plain and [...]

Stay-At-Home Mom Helps Kit-Out Newborns With Organic Handmade Knitwear (0)

PRESS RELEASE
Online kids knitwear boutique Knitzees.com is helping parents and grandparents nationwide dress their young children in the finest of hand-knitted garments, derived from organic yarns and natural dies to prevent irritation and eliminate the toxins, pesticides and carcinogens used by most mass-market manufacturers.
Offering a range of hand-knitted, one-of-a-kind garments, including baby sweaters, hats, blankets, mittens and [...]

How to:Hand-Stitched Valentines (0)

Softly hued hearts and delicate stitches give this card its romantic appeal.
Tools and Materials
Construction paper in shades of pink, red, white, and cream
Waxed twine
Microhole punch (optional)
Scissors
1 1/2-inch heart craft punch (optional)
Pencil
Embroidery needle
Double-sided tape
For instrcutions go to  -  http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.3a0656639de62ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=44e2c137bf22f010VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default&backto=true&backtourl=%2Fphotogallery%2Fvalentines-day-cards#slide_6

Annual Quilt Auction in New Hamburg, Ontario, All for a Good Cause (0)

PRESS RELEASE
The last weekend in May is always a big one in the Ontario town of New Hamburg. Nestled between Kitchener and Stratford, it’s the venue of the annual weekend-long Relief Sale, which is highlighted by the auction of handmade quilts, with all proceeds going to the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC).
In the past 43 years, [...]

Quilter exhibiting work in international quilt contest (0)

SEBRING – Linn Shimek, a Sebring area quilter, has been selected as a semifinalist for the 2010 AQS Quilt Show and Contest, March 24-27, at the Lancaster County Convention Center in Lancaster, Pa.
Shimek has been chosen to display the quilt, called Sultry Shadows, along with 200 others, in the annual contest, which is offering more [...]

How to Make Pretty Pincushions (0)

At just 1-1/2 inches tall, these minute pincushions will be the darlings of any party and the apple of any craftster’s eye. They fit neatly into a sewing box and are extremely handy perched on a sewing machine (just add a Velcro dot).
And did I mention that these cushions use recycled materials? The base is [...]

Scrap it: Entrepreneurs all get into scrapbook hobby (0)

by ANUPY SINGLA
According to this Webster’s definition, I’m an addict in the worst sense of the word. My obsession and compulsion for my often secret addiction has caused me to lose sleep, arrive at work bleary eyed, force my kids to go to bed extra early many a Friday night, fight with my husband and [...]

Sally Cameron Griffiths shows you how to add lace trim to a plain cotton top (0)

by Sally Cameron Griffiths
Underwear is in. And not just under your thermals, it would seem.
Jess Cartner-Morley, the Guardian’s fashion editor, explains that we don’t all have to start dressing like Lady Gaga, but can simply try lace panelling, elastic shoulder straps, or even hook-and-eye clasps. Whatever you wear this month, make sure that at least [...]

Put color in the day with art classes at Sequoia Gallery(OR) (0)

by Kay Demlow
Brighten the gray winter days with an art class or workshop. Sequoia Gallery,at 136 S.E. Third Ave, has new classes beginning soon. Learn the art and craft of woodcarving with Janet Clemens on four Tuesdays in February, noon to 3 p.m. Tuition is $60. You will learn to carve wood from a blank or rough [...]

Best Selling Knit and Crochet Author Debbie Stoller Introduces New Line of 100 Percent Natural, 100 Percent Affordable Yarns (0)

PRESS RELEASE
Charlotte, NC – January 21, 2010 — Debbie Stoller, America’s knitting icon and author of the New York Times best-selling “Stitch ‘n Bitch” series of knit and crochet books, is launching a new line of 100% natural and 100% affordable yarns.
Stitch Nation by Debbie Stoller™ offers three new, premium-quality, natural fiber yarns of the [...]