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March 4th, 2010 at 05:00am
Under Sites We Love
We asked, “What is your favorite tool?” to some of our blogger friends for the Monthly Craft Question. You can answer in the comments. Here are the favorites:
Sewing Machine (3 votes)
Rotary Cutter, Mat and Ruler (6 votes)
Scissors (5 votes)
Crochet Hook (3 votes)
Hands and Fingers (2 votes)
Hot Glue Gun (4 votes)
Knitting Needles (2 votes)
And the actual [...]
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Tags: blogs, question, tools
By Caley
February 25th, 2010 at 05:00am
Under Jewelry Making+ Sites We Love
Yesterday, I published a post on how to get started with free beading patterns. I outlined the tools and materials you will need for beading and defined essential terms such as “crimping.” You can browse a huge collection of free beading patterns at FaveCrafts, including 101 Free Beading Patterns. Here are some additional sources on [...]
Continue Reading Link Love: Beading Websites
Tags: beading, beads, jewelry
By Caley
February 18th, 2010 at 01:43pm
Under Sites We Love
I’ve been dabbling with embroidery for awhile now, trying to master the different stitches and the techniques. I love the possibilities of embroidery, with so much color and texture added to just about any fabric. Here are my favorite embroidery websites:
Feeling Stitchy- This is my favorite embroidery blog with new posts daily. On this blog, [...]
Continue Reading Link Love: 13 Embroidery Sites
Tags: Embroidery, links
By Caley
February 4th, 2010 at 01:30pm
Under Sites We Love
We want to know, “What are your favorite craft blogs?” We asked some of our blogger friends to cast their votes. Some of the favorites are not really craft blogs, but they are pretty amazing nonetheless. Make sure to cast your own votes in the comments!
Here are the answers:
Ann DeOtte of Still Dottie
I have to [...]
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Tags: blogs, links
By Caley
February 3rd, 2010 at 11:48am
Under Book Reviews+ Sites We Love
Welcome to the One World One Heart Giveaway here at FaveCrafts. Lisa Swifka of A Whimsical Bohemian created this event in 2007 and hosts each year. The theme this year is a Magic Carpet Ride to 966 different blogs (and growing!). Each blog is doing a giveaway as part of the event, a sort of [...]
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Tags: book, fleece, giveaways, Sewing
By Caley
January 28th, 2010 at 01:19pm
Under Sites We Love
We recently asked some of our blogger friends the question, “What was your worst crafting disaster?” We had some great responses sharing the crafty pain and even some pictures too!! Here are the answers:
Linda of Linda Walsh Originals
Linda sent over such a long and touching story, that I decided to post her answer as its [...]
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By Caley
January 28th, 2010 at 01:14pm
Under Sites We Love
[Editor's Note: Vanessa of Maxx Silly sent over this great response to our Monthly Craft Question. Thank you for such a great response Vanessa!]
Crafts gone wrong….really wrong.
There are three incidents that come to mind when I think about craft projects / ideas that have gone wrong. These three incidents have taught me valuable lessons when [...]
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By Caley
January 21st, 2010 at 01:36pm
Under Sites We Love
Because we know you love giveaways, today I’m going to let you know about some great craft giveaways going on at other websites.
Vanilla Joy is running a gift basket giveaway from Roberts Arts and Crafts, full of $200 worth of scrapbooking and paper supplies. Contest ends at midnight tonight so act fast!
egaCrafty seems to be [...]
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Tags: giveaways
By Caley
January 14th, 2010 at 11:58am
Under Sites We Love
FaveCrafts was contacted recently by a company called Verve, which makes all-natural Glee Gum and Make Your Own Candy Kits. These kits include Make Your Own Chocolate, Make Your Own Chewing Gum and Make Your Own Gummies. Now while we certainly love the DIY focus here at FaveCrafts, I took a moment to check out [...]
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Tags: food, green, Kids
By Caley
December 31st, 2009 at 05:00am
Under Sites We Love
We had some great responses to our first monthly craft question for December, What was the First Craft You Made as an Adult? Here are the responses:
Jen of Naughty Secretary Club
My first revisit to crafting as an adult was with beaded jewelry. I had played around with jewelry making as a kid. I won an [...]
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Tags: crafts, question
By Caley
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