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How to Make St. Patrick’s Day Crochet Patterns

February 10th, 2010 at 12:28pm Under Uncategorized

St. Patrick’s day is a holiday we all like to celebrate on March 17 by wearing green, sporting our shamrocks and “Kiss me I’m Irish buttons.” It’s also our favorite time to drink the Irish drink of Guinness or even green beer. My favorite time in Chicago is when they dye the river green and [...]

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Kids Saturday: Dolls and Teddy Bears

February 6th, 2010 at 02:03pm Under Kids+ Uncategorized

This isn’t your ordinary doll or teddy bear, you’re not making it from head to toe or head to bear foot. Instead, we have a few tips that will help you make fur for your teddy bear or hair for your doll’s head. If you like to make teddy bears we also have something on [...]

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Kids Saturday: Woodcrafts

January 30th, 2010 at 10:21am Under Kids+ Uncategorized+ Woodcraft

These crafts I’m about to mention are FOR kids, not to be made BY kids. Of course from the title woodcrafts, you might have assumed that anyway. There are so many adorable things for kids these days. I really love all the woodwork crafts you can put in kids’ rooms these days. They have shelving [...]

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22 Free Holiday Crochet Patterns Round-Up Part 2

January 8th, 2010 at 12:30pm Under Book Reviews+ Crochet+ Holiday+ Uncategorized

As promised, here is the second half of our favorite free holiday crochet patterns from bloggers! This round-up is designed to show you what our crafty blogger friends are crocheting for the holidays. We’re focusing on all the upcoming holidays that we’ve yet to enjoy like Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter and Passover. Here’s [...]

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Link Love: Inspired at Home Radio Interview with Mark Montano

November 26th, 2009 at 05:00am Under Uncategorized

Mark Montano, the author of the #1 selling craft book The Big-Ass Book of Crafts, will be on Inspired at Home Radio this Sunday, November 29 at 7pm EST. Mark Montano was a long-time fashion designer, turned writer and editor for Cosmo Girl! He wrote a Cool Room column which was turned into a book, [...]

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My Homemade Halloween Costume

November 2nd, 2009 at 06:38pm Under Uncategorized

Hoo. Hoo.

Yes, it’s no longer Halloween and you are probably no longer interested in Halloween crafts, but I just had to share the Halloween costume I made on Saturday. I spotted this owl costume at Alpha Mom by Ellen Baker. Sure, the costume was designed for kids, but who cares?? I love owls and I [...]

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Tie-Dye Basket Weaving

November 2nd, 2009 at 04:58pm Under Uncategorized

Dear FaveCraft Friends,
I’m so happy to say that I will be blogging over here monthly and sharing information with you regarding the wonderful craft of basket weaving.  Today I want to share with you how I, as a basket weaver, used the Tulip Tie-Dye kit.

I used the kit to dye my reed!

The kit comes with [...]

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Susie Homemaker Wannabe

October 25th, 2009 at 02:50pm Under Thanksgiving+ Uncategorized

Since I’ve been preparing to get married, I often think about what it’ll be like to be a homemaker for the first time. I daydream about how I’ll be as a mom and wife… will I be the one to prepare dinner on a regular basis? Will I be able to keep up with all [...]

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Guest Post: Become “Tech-Fabulous” with Digital Scrapbooking

October 24th, 2009 at 10:00am Under Guest Post+ Uncategorized

By: Jennifer Barlow for DivineCaroline
Ah, the many talented 21st century mom. Between shuttling the kids to school, soccer, ballet, and guitar lessons, scheduling doctor appointments and chaperoning sleepovers, she somehow manages to artfully carve out a bit of a life for herself. She’s active: she plays tennis, or jogs, or perhaps does yoga. She’s got [...]

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Guest Post: Costume Ideas for the Crafty and Notso Crafty

October 21st, 2009 at 04:00pm Under Uncategorized

By: Frequently Wrong But Never In Doubt for DivineCaroline
There may be a recession going on, but one thing is a constant for Moms in October and it’s that their kids are excited to dress up on Halloween. Maybe you’re even excited to dress up on Halloween or have a fun party to attend and hopefully [...]

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