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Trendspotting at CHA Summer 2010- Banners!

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

I wrote this article for CraftsUnleashed, but I wanted to share it over here, too- because this is a trend that isn’t slowing down any time soon! What is “CHA”? It’s the Craft and Hobby Association trade show and it happens twice a year. I’ve just returned from the 2010 Summer show in Rosemont, Illinois, [...]

Craft Product Review: Cricut Lite Cartridges by Lisa Falduto

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

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Craft Product Review: Cricut Lite Cartridges by Lisa Falduto

So, sometimes life takes you down detours and you meet fabulous folks along the way who become friends for life! Such is the case with my favorite paper crafts designer, Lisa Falduto of PaperFashionsBoutique.com! I met Lisa a year ago by chance when we were both demo-ing the Cricut as a part of the Costco [...]

Quick and Easy Gift- Altered Notepad

Monday, March 30, 2009

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Jenny shares an altered notebook craft from Craft Cafe, perfect for Mothers Day.

Festive Halloween Juice Box Sleeves,

Friday, October 17, 2008

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I came with this project all by my little old self. I signed up for the class parties at my second-graders school, and to keep life simple, I’m bringing the juice boxes for all of the class parties. Only later did I realize what a BORING thing that was, and had to come up with [...]

More Paper Bead Craftiness

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

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I’m teaching the paper-bead making class at both Grand River Beads and Stamplistic, so I thought I should work up some more paper bead jewelry ideas. Got simmering in my Somerset juices, and came up with this: Paper Bead Angel Pin I wired up some sheet music beads (you can even see lyrics on [...]

Show-and-Tell: My paper beads!

Monday, January 7, 2008

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I’d rolled a few paper beads a week or so ago, using up some 2-sided scrapbook paper. I jazzed them up a bit by adding a glitter glaze to them. Well, after checking out the links from yesterday, I spend the better part of baby girl’s naptime a-gluing and a-rolling. I even used some sheet [...]

Craft Projects: Paper Beads…

Monday, January 7, 2008

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Since I got all fired up over the paper beads bangle I saw in Crafts: Transforming Traditional Crafts, I thought I’d give y’all some fun links for paper beads and paper bead jewelry. Yup, this is the craft we all did at camp as kids- but really, aren’t we just kids at heart? So if [...]