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Etsy Summer Tour 2009: Coming Soon!

Etsy is going on tour this summer and (hopefully) coming to a city near you. This gives them and the sites users a great way to meet and interface, forums are great (actually, I…

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tophatI’m a big fan of Cate Anevski of Bees Knees Industries, Her illustrations and fabric designs are always thoughtful and adorable.

She now has a very cute Top Hat necklace available in her Etsy shop. Ilike it’s current incarnation but I also…

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I decided to post an extra article about Maker Faire everyday this week just because I am so excited about it. Interviewing Jamie Chan was a no brainer. I’ve been volunteering with Bazaar Bizarre for a few years now AND she…

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birdhouse

In case your birds want to camp out. :P

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papercraneI’m always happy to see a new Star Wars craft. My Paper Crane made the cutest little dead tauntaun with insertable Luke doll for the Stitch Wars (which deserved it’s own post due to the cuteness of the flyer) show this…

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It’s that time of year again! Time for Maker Faire and Bazaar Bizarre!

Maker Faire.

Over the course of this week I will be doing a series of posts related to these events.

What is Maker Faire?
A two-day, family-friendly event to MAKE, create, learn, invent,…

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stitchwarsBear and Bird Boutique and Gallery in South Florida is having a Stitch Wars show this summer.

A group art exhibition featuring amazing handmade goods inspired by the most fabulous space opera ever made!
Opens July 18, 2009

Bear and Bird c/o TATE’S
4566 North…

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Spoonflower is now offering design services, including design preparation and custom designs and free consultations with Laura.

” Do you have questions for our design professionals about your service needs?

If you have a project in mind and want a professional designer…

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snails_final_adj_600Tiny art directors are the best! The artist gets the concept from his daughter, executes it and then gets a critique, sometimes to the tune of, “I’m sorry to say that you’re worser than me. You gotta learn to draw as…

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Modish has a new crafty business blog that looks like it has some great articles on it.
Check out this two parter pst on selling your crafts on consignment or wholesale.

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cereal-6OOO! I need to go make one of these cool eco envelopes out of an empty cereal box right now! Actually I might change it up a bit to make packaging for my booth at Maker Faire.

I can’t wait for more episodes…

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eames01I am so drooling over this Charles and Ray Eames upholstery weight fabric. Someday I’ll need a chair reupholstered and this will be it, I tell you!

eames021I want to make Amy Butler’s Weekender bag in the Small Dot cream and black fabric…

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If you have 4 minutes or so check out this sharpie art video. It’s Harold and the Purple Crayon meets er.. someone with a sharpie. While I was watching it I was annoyed that they were so focused in but…

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amybI go check Amy Butler’s free pattern (and I just bought her cute school girl skirt pattern the other day ) page every now and then and I just noticed her free paper craft patterns there as well!

Her lotus paper craft…

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goddessdressmediumFifty Two Acts is a blog described by it’s author thusly:

The project, 52 Acts, is the creative component of my Doctor of Creative Arts program. The program is designed to answer the question: ‘how can cyberfeminism practice and Web 2.0 applications…

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