I just deleted more than half of the feeds I read on Bloglines. I am feeling overwhelmed by the craft blogs lately. I think I spend way more time reading them and following all their links than I do making...
I started a new site devoted to Japanese craft books. It's called Crafting Japanese (for now anyway, I'm taking suggestions for better names). The idea is, every Japanese craft book or website or magazine gets a post. When someone out...
I really need to stop clicking on every link I see. There are some *fantastic* ones in the latest batch, though, so I felt the need to update the linklist. Check them out, new links are in bold. I also...
I finally got all the blogs I follow into Bloglines. I don't know why I didn't switch a long time ago. My former system was folders of bookmarks, categorized into everyday and occasionally. I would open up all the bookmarks...
I'm off to Renegade Craft Fair. If you are not lucky enough to live a trainride away from Brooklyn, you should go to their website and browse all the vendors' web sites. It's overwhelming....
Jumping on the Japanese craft post bandwagon, here. On the wagon with me: Wee Wonderfuls, One Good Bumblebee, Buzzville one and two, Angry Chicken one and two, Bellablue, Super Eggplant one and two, and Knitting sushi in AZ. Whew, did...
Link for anybody with Japanese craft books you're willing to share: there's a scan-n-trade brewing over at craftgrrl. Oh, and I updated my links page again. Whew, it's hard work keeping up with everybody. New links are in bold, maybe...
I wish I'd had this when I first started Gocco-ing: Gocco tutorial by Sarah. The instructions that come with the kit actually aren't that bad, but every last bit helps. I can't wait to see what else she makes with...
Link to the books search page on Amazon Japan, which, among other things, lets you look stuff up by ISBN. For anyone else trying to navigate foreign Amazon pages, all the sites seem to be derived from a common ancestor,...
I updated the links page with a ton of new finds. The craft sites just keep coming and coming. Hard to keep up. The new ones are in the Newer Discoveries section. I rendered verdicts on the previous set of...
4 sites making cute little food jewelry: Pancake Meow: clay cupcakes, waffles, cake, ice cream sandwiches, and donuts. Looks like more on the way. Also check out her blog for the latest designs (like peanut butter and jam!) Faeriesmak: clay...
Cool company I found through the Sampler: 4 square. She had these awesome bracelets in the last Sampler (not that I got one, but I saw them in the sneak peeks page), and she also makes other jewelry, buttons (brilliant...
My list of crafty blogs and such has outgrown the sidebar space, so I made a new giant links page. My daily reads will still stay in the sidebar. I've got a few folders of shop bookmarks to add eventually,...
I love the way digital cameras have allowed people to post tutorials for so many great things. Generally some really nice person is the one who posted it, so I can even ask questions. And then seeing all the variations...
Have you seen the blogs section on Get Crafty? I think I may start double-posting the craftlog there. All the new blog entries go onto one main page, so you can read them all, like an RSS feed. There are...
Ironic cozies seem to be all the rage in the crafting world lately. Cell phone cozies, iPod cozies, etc. etc. Cozy of the Week is going to document the trend. Their first one is a tree cozy. Found via Dioramarama....
Oh, another Koolaid dyeing guide. It even has a color chart. I looked for some cheap wool at Walmart the other day, but to no avail. Looks like I've got to hit the real yarn store again....
I've always been a fan of the free patterns at Artecy Cross Stitch. They have a bunch of patterns for sale too, via a subscription. They were having a sale last month, so I finally ponied up my $10 and...
I need to post this site before I forget where it is again. Stitchguide has great little movies of the different knitting stitches, excellent for when I forget how to do an increase. The movies are so much better than...
I've been reading wish jar journal lately, the blog of Keri Smith, the same person who does the wonderful Aunt Bea's Diary. She just recently posted a mobile pattern, and she always links to neat places. I might upgrade her...
I like the vintage style of the cross stitch patterns at ABC Cross Stitch, especially the holiday ones. They've even got a few freebies. Kristen Edwards' free cross stitch website mailing list is awesome....
I finally got to visit the wonderful Kate's Paperie and found a few new stationary presses that I like. Elum, Two Piglets, and Aardvark Letterpress. And a few others that I got to see in person for the first time...
I've liked Jenny Hart ever since I first saw her embroidered cowgirl on the cover of Bitch. She's got great embroidery patterns on her website, Sublime Stitching. They just put up a fantastic customer gallery....
I bought some great cards last week at Lassen Volcan Park. They are reproductions of park posters made by the WPA during the depression (available here). There's an even more extensive archive at the Library of Congress....
I like the lots and lofs of old graphics on Tic Toc Toys. Elsewhere on the site, there is a free paint-by-number design. I've been on a paint-by-number kick lately, ever since I got a flaming squirrel one for donating...
Along the same lines as the subverted days-of-the-week dish towels from the Arts and Crafts Museum, here are Female Merit Badges. I think I will make myself a thesis defense badge....
Ran across Erica Mulherin's site today and noticed I've got a bunch of illustrator-type people linked. Some of my other favorites: Lealand Eve, Jan Brett, Exploding Dog, Children's Books, Jotto, Loobylu, Miss LJC, Nathan Jurevicius, Seonna Hong, Jim Flora....
I might actually buy something from some of these sites. They will at least be inspiration to make my own charts: Odds and Ins Online, The Prairie Schooler, Sheepish Designs, Artecy Cross Stitch, Cross Stitch Kits UK, Mystic Stitch, Homespun...
I'm generally pretty picky about patterns. Amidst the vast wasteland of Sept 11 tribute freebies, I've found some I might get around to doing one day. Download ones you like before they disappear! Nice free charts (cross stitch unless otherwise...
