I’m loving this interview with Amanda Soule (author of the upcoming book The Creative Family) that was recently posted on CraftBoom. It’s great that so many people are taking an interest in exploring the business end of the craft world these days, and that so many business owners are willing to share their thoughts on […]
If you missed it, you can catch all of Not Martha’s guest blog series archives on the design*sponge site. Megan interviewed crafters running their own design-based businesses and has some great interviews with crafters like Susan of West Coast Crafty, Daria of Glamscience, Cinnamon of Poise.cc, Amy of Kingpod, Alicia of Posie, Paola of MirrorMirror, […]
How to wire a greeting card sound chip to a keyboard key on a mark’s computer. Hilarity (or an ass-whipping) you can bank on. This is basically the same hack we blogged about before (see below), but these instructions hold your hand a bit tighter. How to make a prank musical caps-lock keyboard – Link […]
Christina at SFist has a great interview with Leslie Yang of Feisty Elle. Leslie makes some beautiful handmade accessories like the one she’s wearing above. Find out how she runs her crafty business and her favorite local SF crafty spots. Link.
This week’s interviewee is Nicole Vasbinder of Queen Puff Puff. Nicole’s super-colorful booth is a fixture on the craft show circuit, and her gorgeously-crafted bags and accessories straddle the line between retro and modern beautifully. In addition to cranking out a wide variety of hand-sewn goodies, Nicole also finds time to teach others to sew, […]
My best friend and I loved Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books when we were growing up (she now has Wilder’s signature tattooed on her ankle, in all its copperplate glory), so I was thrilled to hear about Jennifer Worick’s new book, The Prairie Girl’s Guide to Life. It just came out, and it’s a celebration of […]
This week’s interviewee is Tess Lee, the creative force behing the super-sweet site Made by Tess. Tess is an avid crafter and sewer, and a fairly recent transplant to North Carolina, where she participates in her local quilt guild (even riding to meetings with her sewing machine strapped to her bike). She’s best known for […]
