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Archive for September, 2007

Weird…But Cool

Okay, if you crochet please check out monstercrochet.com and tell me what you think. I think…I think it’s pretty neat. Definitely strange, but beguiling none the less. Things like patterns for severed fingers and a scarf crocheted to look like bones sound a little high school goth, but the stuffed jellyfish and [...]

Threadless? Not With These Duds

I am a t-shirt abuser. Sure, pair a fun t-shirt with a funky skirt and maybe a scarf and you have a solid outfit. Or, if you’re just kicking around the house, a t-shirt and jeans make a respectable lounging around uniform. But me, if I had my way I’d wear a [...]

Be Part of the Uprising

Urban Craft Uprising, that is. One of the biggest indie craft organizations on the west coast, UCU is in its third year of rocking Seattles knitted socks off. If you are in the area, start counting the days down to their big show, December 1st and 2nd.  And, if you are a vendor or [...]

Martha Schmartha

If you craft, then there’s probably one woman in your life with whom you have an extremely complicated relationship: she’s someone you love to hate and hate to love.  No, not your mother.  Instead she’s the mother of all modern diy, Martha Stewart.  Some of us try to pretend that we have escaped the influence [...]

Tutorial Central

I bet you just loooooove craft tutorials, don’t you? Well, don’t feel weird about it, we all do. Myself included. And that is why I want to share this site with you. Creative Kismet is by blogger Regina and like many craft blogs out there, it is a fun portal into [...]

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