Disappointed

I sat down to listen to some podcasts last night, and tuned into the latest CraftSanity one (Episode #58), that is a recording of the “The Art of Crafts” breakout session at the Blogher 07 Convention.   There were some very interesting topics brought up, including copyright, intellectual property theft, making money from crafting etc.
“Great!” I [...]

Workbox

Through an aquantance of a friend, I’ve ended up with a couple of editions of Workbox, a needlecraft magazine, which is dated late 1990/early 1991. It’s interesting to see that for a magazine dedicated to crafting, it’s printed virtually completely black and white (apart from the front cover and the occasional one off inside). [...]

If it’s July it must be Christmas

I’ve just been flicking through the tv channels, waiting for interesting programs to actually turn up, and came across “Christmas carding with Leona”.  This is the second Christmas themed item I’ve seen in the last few days – the last one I cant remember on purpose as I pretty much ran as fast as I [...]

Tab Closing

Here’s some links I’ve collected along the way the last few days.
Thought The Gift of Stitching have a novel idea, with a subscription of a $1 an issue, and you can download the magazine and print, rather than have to pay stupid amounts for it to be delivered via snail mail 8 weeks late. [...]

podcasts

When doing stitching I generally watch the television. However, there are some times in life where I recognise that tv sucks! I usually either read, or if I have a project on, do some stitching. However, if the latter, I get very bored sitting in silence for several hours, so enjoy listening [...]

Must have “Crafting” supplies

Excluding Photography for some reason!
1) SCISSORS! At least one pair, if not two. One pair for paper, one not. All the crafting stuff i do involves the cutting of stuff and you simply cant do it with a stanley knife.
2) Cotton thread, multiple colours. For both the sewing machine (and therefore on [...]