How About Orange posted these free pumpkin carving patterns from World Wildlife Fund. Check her site, she also posted some other pumpkin carving sites. I did a google search to try to find really amazing pumpkins, but all I could find were pumpkins carved into creepy animals or presidents’ heads. Does anyone have any cool (…) Read more »
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katie henry this friday
Oct 09, 2007Check out Philly artist Katie Henry’s opening this Friday of her whimsical stitched drawings. More info on her myspace! (…) Read more »
new online street market
Oct 02, 2007One of my favorite blogs, Poppytalk, has just launched a new project! Poppytalk Handmade is a monthly online street market to showcase, buy and sell handmade goods of emerging design talent from around the world. Click on a designer and see a selection of products plus links to their blogs, websites and etsy stores. Check (…) Read more »
swapper announcement
Oct 01, 2007Hi Swappers! Just wanted to let you know that sign up time is over for the Dark Fairy craft swap. It is a bit of a process to match up partners and email you, so I will send you a message sometime later this week. Thank you all for participating!!! (…) Read more »
etsy storque
Sep 28, 2007If you have visited etsy lately, you have seen their new blog/newspaper/ezine called The Storque. It’s really cool, covering topics about etsy crafters and all that surrounds the crafting lifestyle. I like that blogs are morphing into these more magazine-like entities are creating such a tight knit community (no pun intended). (…) Read more »
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swap sign up
Sep 24, 2007There’s just a few more days to sign up for our Dark Fairy theme craft swap! The more swappers, the more fun. So can you help spread the word? Post about it on your blogs and email all your crafty friends! Here’s the link to SIGN UP. And here is the ORIGINAL POST about the (…) Read more »
austin stitch 2007
Sep 18, 2007Fellow FP girl reccomended this event and I thought it highly appropriate now that we have a store in Austin! Check out Stitch 2007 on November 10th, and get tickets because they sell out! Indie craft fair and fashion show goin on, so go and support the community. The money raised benefits the Stitch Grant (…) Read more »
the dark fairy craft swap!
Sep 17, 2007Our next craft swap theme is inspired by this month’s catalog, Dark Fairy. Think about woodland creatures, fairy tales, A Midsummer’s Night Dream, and gothic stories (or whatever else you can think up…). Feel free to comment with inspiration ideas! Sign up will be from now until next Wednesday September 26th. We will have a (…) Read more »
dark fairy & new craft swap
Sep 11, 2007The catalog is dropped and should be in your mailbox! Here’s a little more info about the two trend concepts going on for September… DARK FAIRY Nature’s beauty, mystery, magic, and mystical elements are the inspiration behind dark fairy. Deep, dark forests and whimsical fairy creatures are manifested into a print driven line that explores (…) Read more »
craft inc.
Aug 27, 2007Thought I’d pass along this recommendation to all of our crafty readers. I spotted this book on Lena Corwin’s blog and it definitely sounds like a must read for all of you small business crafty girls. Check out the website and Lena’s review! (…) Read more »
margo slinger
Aug 22, 2007Thank you to Bloesem for intoducing me to the work of Margo Slinger. You have to check out her website of work. It is so clever and funny and beautiful. All of the buttons on her website are little vintage buttons (an one silly rabbit?). The navigation is a little tricky, and it’s easy to (…) Read more »
