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April 22nd, 2010 at 01:49pm Under Charity
A recent article from Time, “Helping Hearts” by Alice Park, describes a program run by the Mayo Clinic. WomenHeart trains women to become heart-disease advocates. Heart disease is the leading cause of death to women in the U.S. The program was founded by Dr. Sharonne Hayes, director of the Women’s Heart Clinic at Mayo, and three [...]
Continue Reading Link Love: Heart Scarves
Tags: Charity, Crochet, Knitting
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February 4th, 2010 at 04:11pm Under Charity
Warm the hearts and fuel the spirit of the Special Olympics athletes competing in the 2010 Idaho State Winter Games!
In 2009, the Special Olympics World Winter Games invited knitters and crocheters from around the USA and the world to create a special gift for the athletes of the World Games. The response was overwhelming with [...]
Continue Reading Scarves for Special Olympics
Tags: Charity, Crochet, Knitting
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November 10th, 2009 at 06:54pm Under When Creativity Knocks
The Fall season brings to my mind the migrating journey of the Monarch butterfly. Tiffany Windsor has created this lovely butterfly plant stake with some Aleene’s Super Thick Tacky Glue, brown grocery bags and a couple other things. The finished butterfly reminds me of the remarkable Monarch.
ANA’S TIPS: Leave out the wooden skewer. Tape a [...]
Continue Reading When Creativity Knocks FAVEulous Find of the Week: Flight of the Monarch Butterfly
Tags: butterfly, Charity, Felt, video
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October 21st, 2009 at 02:36pm Under Crochet
Crochet is a very popular hobby for many people. I’ve recently started to crochet some things myself. I’ve made a few scarves to give as Christmas gifts. We had a few guest contributions come in from Aileen of goodtimesithinkso.com. She has some really neat crochet patterns that you should definitely check out. I love the [...]
Continue Reading Crochet by Aileen
Tags: Charity, Crochet, crochet hat, crochet sweaters
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October 14th, 2009 at 03:03pm Under Help a Reader+ Knitting
We had a very touching email from a woman asking for help with an afghan knitting pattern as part of a fundraising effort for the Jacksonville Heart Lung Transplant Support Group. She writes,
I need help making a knitting pattern for an afghan. I am a member of the Jacksonville Heart Lung Transplant Support [...]
Continue Reading Help a Reader: Knitting Afghans for Organ Recipients
Tags: Charity, Knitting, reader
By Caley 6 comments
April 10th, 2009 at 05:00am Under Charity+ Knitting
Knit for Kids provides handmade knitted or crocheted sweaters to needy kids all over the world. At this time, they’ve sent over 600,000 sweaters and are trying to reach 1 million! Knit for Kids is run by the not-for-profit organization Guideposts, which publishes inspirational magazines, books and web content. They offer free distribution of this [...]
Continue Reading Craft Charity: Knit for Kids
Tags: Charity, children, Knitting
By Caley 3 comments
April 6th, 2009 at 01:49pm Under Charity
For most of us, making our favorite crafts is nothing more than a hobby that we use to relax and to take our minds off of the stresses created by our careers and our families. We might knit, crochet, paint or make scrapbooks to create something beautiful for ourselves and to unwind. Hardly any [...]
Continue Reading Crafting to Combat Poverty
Tags: basket weaving, Charity, fight poverty
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February 19th, 2009 at 03:04pm Under Charity+ Kids
Free Arts NYC is a non-profit program that provides arts programs and mentoring to low-income, homeless, abused and neglected children. The program partners with shelters, schools and community centers in order to give kids a chance to express themselves through art and a place for them to develop communication and trust skills. Since its founding [...]
Continue Reading Charity Pick: Free Arts NYC
Tags: arts and crafts, arts education, Charity, free arts nyc, Kids
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January 29th, 2009 at 03:41pm Under Cards+ Charity+ Paper Craft
There is something about receiving an unsolicited card that always makes me happy. It’s just nice to know that someone is thinking of you when it’s not your birthday, anniversary, graduation or a holiday. Also, being a big fan of paper crafts in general, I will take a beautifully made card over a cheesy e-card [...]
Continue Reading Charity Feature: Love Letters, Random Cards of Kindness
Tags: Cards, Charity, Love Letters, Paper Craft
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December 22nd, 2008 at 10:50am Under Charity+ Christmas
We have already shared our Holiday gift ideas here on the FaveCrafts Blog, so it seems time for some suggestions on how to give back this holiday season. There are a number of charities working year round to collect and distribute handmade items to those less fortunate. Since many craftings supplies are inexpensive and many [...]
Continue Reading Crafting for Charity
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Monday: New Craft Patterns
Tuesday: Home Decorating Ideas, Book Giveaway
Wednesday: How-to
Thursday: Link Love
Friday: Ask Maria, Product Giveaway
Saturday: Crafts for Kids
Sunday: Christmas Crafts
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