Ooo! @trueup are doing a month of teatowel calendars, http://www.trueup.net/?p=2384 I love this idea! # Beautiful handmade calendar http://tinyurl.com/8s5rsg this looks so retro, I love it # Cockroach plate, twisted or fabulous? http://tinyurl.com/9xw7xx I vote fabulous! # just discovered http://www.beadage.net/ It’s tempting me to dig into my Mum’s beading stash and have a play, so pretty, but so fiddly! # Just spotted the photo in the flickr commons http://flickr.com/photos/nationaalarchief/3118322786/ I love the little boy on the right lo … # [...]

may have diagnosed the prob w/my machine,did some stitch lines on diff tensions, no change in stitch AT ALL between 2-7. Any ideas? # just found an industrial pfaff that I really really want, currently a good price on eBay, but reckon it will eventually go for $500 I be … # I’m now lost in thoughts of all the things I could do with an industrial, jean quilts! a teepee for the boys! Maybe even actual jeans! # Powered [...]

With the advent of online market places it’s become a lot easier to sell your handmade crafts, gone are the days of sitting out in the rain on a sunday morning at a craft market hoping that the right person would come along and see your wares. Now you can create, take some photos, write a bit of blurb and for a small fee sell your wares whilst you’re sitting in your pyjamas watching reruns of “Friends”. I’m about to [...]

A project I started today, thinking it would only take me one nap to get done, already put about two hours into it and it’s nowhere near resembling what I eventually hope it to be. There is sewing, gluing and a LOT more colouring to be done before it even nears completion, but the bright colours make me happy just looking at them, and with the plans I have in mind it should be awesome. NB: Is anyone else obsessed [...]

Connor was up at 5am. Declan was up not long after, it’s only 7am and already my brain is shutting down for the day! # One of our sponsors, BetterWorldBooks, are having a 25% off used books sale http://tinyurl.com/7x6tv7 free us shipping. $3.75 international # yardstick coat rack http://tinyurl.com/7vyrlp added to my to do list! # Superb Bride and Groom handcarved rubber stamps from @sugarskull7 http://tinyurl.com/9m5vrz # Just realised I forgot to add some other stuff in that previous post, [...]

What a year! As we head into 2009 I would like to say thank you to everyone who has commented, linked to the site, added us on Twitter, played S&T, stumbled on the posts, contributed links and posts, added photos to the flickr pool, subscribed to the feed and everyone for being generally wonderful. I have some HUGE plans for CraftBlog, as well as branching out a bit into a couple of other sites which I hope to announce later [...]

anyone have much experience with Artfire yet? Thinking of writing an article on it # Very sweet sewing caddy pattern http://www.popularpatchwork.com/news/article/mps/uan/213 # Just wandering around Artfire.com (@artfire) love this penguin gourd http://tinyurl.com/9thnpp too bad it wouldn’t be allowed into Aus # both boys woke from their nap midway through me finishing up some quilting, itching to get back in there,but enjoying colouring w/ Declan # Pinwheel card tutorial http://tinyurl.com/87zbem would love to try this with fabric and interfacing! # How [...]