Penguin contacted me recently and asked if I would be interested in a quick book review and giveaway, never one to turn down new craft books, of course I jumped at the chance, and then roped my eldest, Declan, in to help with a child’s perspective. He didn’t so much jump at the chance, but groaned in a way that only a 4 year old who’s convinced he’s actually 14 could do. From the publisher: Little Things for Busy Hands [...]

The winner of the fabric giveaway is Cath of Changeling Things! Congratulations Cath, The Oz Material Girls should be in touch with you shortly to arrange everything! Thanks to everyone who entered, and thank you to the girls for sponsoring and Congratulations on your fifth year of business!

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Random Number Generator spat out 12 meaning that Courtney is the winner of the needle roll giveaway! Courtney – I will email you at some point today to get your mailing address Thank you for everyone who entered the giveaway and took the time to link to us to let other people know about it, keep your eye out for another handmade freebie going out at the end of the month.

CraftBlog is officially one month old! Thank you to the just over 6,000 people we’ve had come here already and take a look around, and an even bigger thanks to everyone who took the time to subscribe to our feed so they could keep on reading, and then an even bigger thank you to everyone who’s written about CB in forums and blogs and recommended us as good reading fodder. The feedback from everyone’s comments and emails has been great, [...]

350 is the red line for human beings, the most important number on the planet. The most recent science tells us that unless we can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million, we will cause huge and irreversible damage to the earth. 350.org is campaining for climate change, and doing it via the medium of craft. By submitting your own craft and artworks featuring the number “350″ you can be up for some [...]