Archive for July, 2009
Gloucester Waterfront Festival is Aug. 15-16
Stage Fort Park along Gloucester Harbor will be the site of the 29th annual Gloucester Waterfront Festival on Saturday, Aug. 15 and Sunday, Aug. 16. A collection of more than 150 juried artists and craftsmen from throughout the U.S. will display their creations. The event also features live music and ethnic foods. A pancake breakfast [...]
MemoryMixer Digital Scrapbooking Software Rated #1 for Mac & PC Users
PRESS RELEASE Woods Cross, Utah, July 31, 2009 – MemoryMixer, an easy-to-use scrapbooking software by Lasting Impressions, a Woods Cross-based scrapbooking company, has won the “Gold Award” from TopTenReviews.com for Digital Scrapbooking Software for both Mac and PC Users and is rated #1. Lasting Impressions, a worldwide leader in the scrapbooking industry for the past 20 years, introduced the world to [...]
KNITTED WITH LOVE FOR ORPHANS AROUND THE WORLD
Margaret Chamberlin, 76, has spent the last two-and-a-half decades giving her time hand-knitting jumpers and cardigans for poverty stricken children in orphanages and hospitals in Third World countries. She currently has a box full of 200 hats, cardigans and jumpers to sent to young people in destinations such as Romania and Kenya. And it is [...]
Traditional handmade umbrellas weather all storms
The storm of the economic crisis may be raging across the globe with no end in sight, but even it will not weaken the traditional umbrellas of Tasikmalaya. Early in the morning, ma’Yoyok sits in a sunny spot at the front of her home in the Panyingkiran district of Tasikmalaya regency, busy applying paint to [...]
Project Linus to be hosted:handmade blankets are used to comfort children suffering from illness or trauma.
FAIRBANKS — Donna Capps is leading a local initiative called Project Linus, modeled after the character Linus from “Peanuts,” in which new or homemade blankets are used to comfort children suffering from illness or trauma. The blankets must be made from new material and free of pet hair or cigarette smoke. They can be sized [...]
Cotton Spinning Made Easy
It really is easy to spin cotton fiber into yarn! Just a few adjustments to the wheel and some basic techniques are all you need to make cotton easy to spin. This film is ideal for those who have just started to spin and want to know more about spinning wheels, how to care for [...]
Vintage sewing machines:GET TO GRIPS WITH YOUR VINTAGE OR RETRO SEWING MACHINE.
Last autumn I was introduced into the wonderful world of sewing with a vintage sewing machine. Tucked away in a little antique store near a coastal town in Washington State, I found a beautiful bright pink Morse zigzag sewing machine made in the 1950s. I almost passed this machine up, uncertain if it would perform [...]
Relay for Life team organizes scrapbooking fundraiser for end of August
Maryville, Mo. -Teams are forming, plans are being made and money is being raised for the 12th annual Relay for Life of Nodaway County event, which is Saturday, Sept. 19, and Sunday, Sept. 20.Brenda Neff, team captain for the Consumers Oil Company Relay for Life team said they have planned a scrapbooking event with all [...]
Bead talk:Several area artisans specialize in making wearable creations
Some young girls string together plastic beads. Other people may buy prefabricated pieces at arts and crafts stores. Anyone can make that kind of jewelry, but making wearable art takes an artist. Several local artists pride themselves in their specialization of creating artistic accessories that can be worn. To them, jewelry is art. One of [...]
Stuff It with Nature-Fil Bamboo and Corn Batting and Fiberfills
Fairfield, the makes of Poly-fil have gone green adding a whole new line of eco-friendly products to help green your fiber arts and crafts. You can now quilt green, stuffyour little critters in an eco-friendly way and have bamboo pillows.Nature-Fil batting, fiberfill and pillow forms now come in bamboo options and natural fiberfill is made out of both bamboo and [...]
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