Archive for October, 2009
I’m currently moonlighting over at Meylah.com, head over there to check out this year’s Halloween roundup. I’ve scoured the internet, high and low and have come up with some awesome finds, plenty of tutorials, inspiration and recipes for the spooky season. Meylah is a brand new blog for creative folks looking for inspiration and advice in turning their hobbies into businesses. Featuring entrepreneurial advice, craft tips and motivation to take what you enjoy doing in your spare time to the [...]
With another baby on the way and the incentive of saving up for a car that can actually fit all five of us in, we’ve been working hard on saving money over the last few months. This is the first season change where we haven’t had any hand me downs to rely on from my nephew, as Declan, my weed like two year old, is now the same size as his five year old cousin. My one year old isn’t [...]
If you’re a crafter in Australia, you’d have to have been living under a rock to have never heard of The Oz Material Girls. This family team, based in NSW, is one of the leading independent online fabric stores in Australia. This October The Oz Material Girls celebrates their fifth birthday and to share in the excitement they’re offering one lucky CraftBlog reader the chance to win a fabric pack worth $60 from their amazing range. A bit about The [...]
Thank you for everyone who joined in on the Where The Wild Things Are giveaway, the responses have opened me (and my sons!) up to so many new books, and already a few of them are ordered and on their way to us. Random.org decided that the winner would be comment number 7, which is bbeingcrafty – please check your inbox for an email from me! Thanks to The Book Depository for such a great prize, and if you missed [...]
RT @oneredrobin: ? Most awesome Robot softies by Jodie/Ric-Rac http://bit.ly/2Vz9gn # Entries are still open to win a copy of #WhereTheWildThingsAre – http://bit.ly/gITwD – will post worldwide! # Writing a round up post of Halloween Crafts, does anyone have anything awesome they'd like to share? # Powered by Twitter Tools
RT @ScottBourne: OK let's try this again – Changing eye color in Photoshop – http://bit.ly/Pz2Uh – #photog # RT @thatsnoice: New noice: Lemon Meringue Cupcake Recipe http://bit.ly/rJfhG by @crazymeezer OMG nom! # Not sure how I missed this before! RT @aprintaday Parasol•Craft Issue 2 is up! http://bit.ly/4zq8I – again I am amazed by the photography # RT @craft4less: October Specials http://bit.ly/UflOO sew on gems, nepalese felt & drum lampshades – beautiful felt! # Just finishing up the final touches on [...]
If you’ve been keeping up with the last few days you would have seen an obvious trend on the CB posts, I’ve been celebrating the upcoming release of the Where The Wild Things Are Movie (due out 3rd December in Australia) with a collection of some of my favourite crafts, foods and artworks from around the Internet that have been inspired by Maurice Sendak’s book. Take a look back at the WTWTA posts: Where The Wild Things Are Crafts Where [...]
Good morning tweeps, just got some superb news so I'm feeling rather chuffed this morning, how is everyone else's Thursday going? # RT @OzMaterialGirls: Want to win an amazing CRAFT TROLLEY Valued at $250.00 – go to our blogs, http://bit.ly/2qltAW or http://bit.ly/17bCp8 # RT @sewhooked: Freezer paper stenciling tutorial plus Torchwood stencil http://wp.me/plHZg-rZ Thanks to @calypsobard! # RT @oneredrobin: ? Good roundup of crafting for charity events to participate in: Crafting for Charity on Blogher http://bit.ly/40FEMH # RT @LeelooDogBlog: GIVEAWAY! [...]
The final post in the Where The Wild Things are series before the giveaway on friday features some of the fab handcrafted items from Etsy that have been inspired by Maurice Sendak’s book. Elaine made this cute little monster pendant from sterling silver, it was created for a Canadian exhibition featuring work inspired by the book, and displayed with a matching Max in a terrarium. Munsters&Cupcakes features this awesome custom made Moishe hat, available in both child and adult sizes, [...]
