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Fri, 18 April 2008
Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff. Click the “Play� button at the bottom of this post to listen! In this show: - A look at the world of men who craft, featuring Josh Moon, Adam Louie, Michael Handley, and Digibudi. - What does crafting mean to these guys, and what's it like to be a male crafter in a predominantly-female crafting culture? - Possibly a sweeping gender stereotype or two, but only by accident. Link to my Guests: - Sewer-Sewist, a blog Josh writes with his wife, Sarah. - Adam shows up from time to time on his wife Kayte's blog, Love Forever. - State of the Craft is Michael's blog about quilting. - Read about Digibudi over at Digibudi's Digital Garden.
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Fri, 4 April 2008
Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff. Click the “Play� button at the bottom of this post to listen! In this show: - An interview with spiritual crafter Amy Kleene. - Thoughts on how crafting is a spiritual act, and how handmade things can be sacred objects. - Ideas on how to use handmade things to create sacred spaces, and how to use them. Links for you: - Amy's website, Blessing Bird. - A great book: Crafts for the Spirit, by Ronni Lundy. - Creative/Spiritual food for thought, on Soulful Living.
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Fri, 14 March 2008
Lots O' Weave-y Links: - Check out eloomanation, an awesome site about small, simple looms. - This cabinet door loom has great potential. - Some interesting history about the Weave-It loom. - If you covet a Weave-It loom, Roger Stark shows you how to build your own. - The diagrams at this link will help you understand how to change color in your weaving. - Here are some great pictorial instructions for cardboard looms. - Another cardboard loom how-to, this one based on a box. - A Cardboard Looms photo pool, on Flickr. - Amazing stuff made with the Weave-It, also on Flickr. - . . . And one last Flickr link: the Weavette Photo Pool. |
Sat, 1 March 2008
Image courtesy of Ryan McAbery, Littleput Books.
Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff. Click the “Play� button at the bottom of this post to listen! In this show: - Learn about marketing your art and craft, with Ryan McAbery of Littleput Books. - Pick up some tips for marketing your work within the community of Etsy.com users. - Consider some ways to market yourself to the world outside Etsy. - Get over your fear of marketing once and for all! Some Markety Links: - Check out Ryan's Etsy shop, Littleput Books. - Check out Ryan's blog as well - great tips there! - Pamela Slim has good marketing advice, too. - CraftBoom is another good resource. - A resource for international sellers: Etsy for Everyone. - ...And lastly, here's Etsy's own marketing advice. Comments[0] |
Fri, 8 February 2008
Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff. Click the “Play� button at the bottom of this post to listen! In this show: - An interview with Lauren Redniss, author of Century Girl. - A glimpse into Lauren's fascinating visual style of collage combined with drawing and handwritten text. - The equally-inspiring story of the book's subject, Doris Eaton Travis.
Links:
- Check out Lauren Redniss' website.
- Order a copy of Century Girl.
- Watch Doris dance on her 101st birthday.
- Doris has written a book, too!
- Doris at IMDb, just for fun.
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Tue, 29 January 2008
Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff. Click the “Play� button at the bottom of this post to listen! In this show:
 - An interview with Ann Rubin and Laura Truffaut, of afghans for Afghans. - Thoughts on using creative skills to bring comfort to people in need.
 - A glimpse into what it takes to run this amazing project.
Links to many topics discussed in the interview: - Explore the afghans for Afghans website. - Photo galleries of Afghan people with their knitted and crocheted gifts. - Learn more about the CURE Hospital Campaign for newborns in Kabul. - Browse Afghan themed knitting patterns - an afghans for Afghans fundraiser. - Participate in Heidi's knit and crochet-along for Afghanistan. - Read How Knitting for Charity Changed My Life, by afghans for Afghans volunteer Candice Key. - Read about Mason-Dixon Knitting's Afghanalong. - Read Knitting for Peace, by Betty Christiansen. - Read Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini. - Read Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson. - Learn a little bit of craftivism history, from the Red Cross Knitters. Comments[0] |
Fri, 11 January 2008
Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff. Click the “Play� button at the bottom of this post to listen!
In this show:
 - Making stuff with pasta . . . for grownups! - An interview with pasta-crafter extraordinaire Lancea LaPorte.
 - You know you're curious . . . . Links (Marinara or Alfredo?): - See more of Lancea's work, pasta and otherwise. - Check out these Pasta Lace Ornaments on How Stuff Works. - Pasta crafting on HGTV? I kid you not.
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Fri, 28 December 2007
Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff. Click the “Play� button at the bottom of this post to listen! In this show:
 - An interview with artist Kirsty Hall, about her year of daily making, The Diary Project. - Thoughts on how making something every day will change you, and challenge you.
 - Excellent advice for embarking on a daily practice of your own. Kirsty Hall's Links: - Kirsty's artist website. - Kirsty's main blog. Comments[0] |
Thu, 29 November 2007
Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff. Click the “Play� button at the bottom of this post to listen!
- All about making gingerbread houses, with Pam Harris (My mom!)
 - Notes on how to bake it, how to build it, and how to decorate it.
 - Cautionary tales from our family's Gingerbread Disasters. G-Bread Links: - Martha's gingerbread house gingerbread recipe. - Here's a giant photo gallery of gingerbread houses, for inspiration. - Some nice detailed instructions from About.com. - Another great tutorial, at Simply Recipes. - Lifehacker has a nice tutorial, too. - Recipes, blueprints, tips, and photos at Celebrating Christmas.com. - Okay, just go look at this little modern gingerbread house. - Or, you can just enjoy this awesome decorate-it-yourself online gingerbread house at Allsorts. Comments[0] |

Left to Right: Doll by Digibudi, Poster by Adam Louie, Hat by Josh Moon. All images used with permission.
Image courtesy of Ryan McAbery, Littleput Books.
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