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Perfect Pickle for Warm Weather

Everyone has their favorite season. That’s understandable as they each have their own charms and allure. Fall has magnificent colors and a nip in the air, winter has snow and the holidays going...

24 may 12

Giveaway: Signed copy of Making Wire & Bead Jewelry!

Janice Berkebile and Tracy Stanley are two immensely popular teachers and designers, and I’m pleased to be doing a giveaway of a signed copy of their new (and already immensely popular) book, M...

23 may 12 1 person likes this

Sweet Finds: Grilled Desserts

Ah, Memorial Day weekend, the un-official kick-off to summer. I like to think that if Memorial Day were a Venn diagram, the two primary circles would be Friends and Food, and the center overlapping s...

22 may 12

Beading project from Diane Fitzgerald: the Diamond Chain Bracelet

Diane Fitzgerald is one of the world’s best-selling beadwork designers, teachers, and authors. Her two most recent books have happily been Lark Jewelry & Beading titles: Diane Fitzgerald...

21 may 12

Fat Quarterly Shape Workshop for Quilters – blog tour!!

We’re so, so (SO!) excited to announce the release of Fat Quarterly Shape Workshop for Quilters! If you’ve been inspired by this amazing e-magazine (and we have!), you’ll love the b...

18 may 12

Etsy in Full Bloom

April showers brought many May flowers to the Etsy marketplace. Created from yarn, beads, leather, paper, fabric, and wool, I found flowers that had been beaded, felted, molded, stitched, printed, an...

15 may 12

Cake Ladies: Free Recipe

When I was young, I absolutely loved spending time with my mom in the kitchen. Whether it was being tasked with the important responsibility of mixing up the cake, brownie, or cookie batter in the bo...

11 may 12

Free Project Friday: Pasque Flower Crochet Pattern!

Do your weekend plans include flowers? Whether you’re working in the garden, heading out for a hike, or spending your weekend in craft mode, we hope the lovely early summer blooms inspire you i...

11 may 12

Punch Flower Pop-Up Card for Mom

Mother’s Day always seems to sneak up on me. Today while packing school lunches it suddenly dawned on me that Mom’s Day is this Sunday. Does this sound familiar to you? If so, rather than...

09 may 12

Summer Craft Ideas for Kids

It’s almost summertime! School’s about to be out! It’s time for summer vacation, days unbound by the school bus and homework, and a kid’s-eye-view of weeks and weeks of fun.   Whether you’re ins...

08 may 12

Teacher Appreciation Week Gift: Felt Apple Brooch

I’ve been a jojoba bean picker in the Sonoran desert, copy chief for a busy magazine in New York City, college writing instructor, and managing editor, editor, and author for Lark Crafts. But t...

08 may 12

Free Project Friday: Lavender Sachets for Mother’s Day Gift!

What is the perfect way to show mom that you care, especially on Mother’s Day? Well, we’ve got some opinions on the matter. We think the proper gift involves one part handmade, one part h...

04 may 12

Giveaway of ‘Hand in Hand: Crafting with Kids’

We are so very happy to share with you our new book, Hand in Hand: Crafting with Kids by Jenny Doh, a celebration of the joyful art of crafting with kids.   Twenty top parenting bloggers share i...

04 may 12

Hand in Hand: Tissue Paper Lanterns Project

Just in time for Mother’s Day, we’re so very pleased to share a project with you from Hand in Hand: Crafting with Kids by Jenny Doh: Tissue Paper Lanterns made by Kristin Zecchinelli and her sweet ki...

02 may 12

Stash Happy Applique: apron giveaway!

Mother’s Day is just around the corner on May 13. My mom loves flamingos so I’m usually in the throws of making something flamingo-themed – that’s a lot of pink and lime green...

27 apr 12

Gwen Diehn’s Butter Box Journal Giveaway

  This month Gwen Diehn’s latest book, The Complete Decorated Journal: A Compendium of Journaling Techniques, is available online and in bookstores. The Complete Decorated Journal is a 24...

24 apr 12

Nab project PDFs from Sabine Lippert and Sonoko Nozue (and then from many others)!

Our two brand new releases in the Beadweaving Master Class series are Japanese Beadwork with Sonoko Nozue and Sabine Lippert’s Beaded Fantasies. We’re posting two more projects from these...

23 apr 12

Interview with — and by — Janice Berkebile and Tracy Stanley

Janice Berkebile and Tracy Stanley, the authors of Making Wire & Bead Jewelry I’ve done a lot of interviews over the past two years on this blog, and I figure y’all are getting a little tired of ...

22 apr 12

Great giveaway of a bevy of beautiful bead books! … (April alliterative awesomeness)

UPDATE: Congratulations to Traci Staves of Whitefish, Montana, the randomly selected winner of this giveaway. Our thanks to everyone who participated! ~ Ray ______________ I just sat down to write th...

20 apr 12

Making Mini Books: Book & Project GIVEAWAY!

We are so delighted with the publication of our most recent bookbinding title Making Mini Books that we’re offering up a rather spectacular giveaway to celebrate. Erica Ekrem of Odelae Graphic ...

19 apr 12

Making Mini Books: Free Project

Many of my friends and coworkers are excited about the warm weather settling in early this spring. It means they can get out in the garden and get a jump on planting their future harvests. I hear tal...

17 apr 12

Sneak peek inside Art Quilt Portfolio… quilted flowers!

Freckles by Susan Brubaker Knapp, Photo by artist We’re continuing our celebration of Art Quilt Portfolio: The Natural World with another sneak peek inside the book. And we’ve found a lit...

17 apr 12

2 Project PDFs from the new book Making Wire & Bead Jewelry: Artful Wirework Techniques

Making Wire & Bead Jewelry: Artful Wirework Techniques is the brand new release from Janice Berkebile and Tracy Stanley, two wonderfully popular artists and workshop teachers. They’ve put t...

13 apr 12

Introducing Stash Happy: Appliqué

There are some of us who just can’t seem to ever have enough fabric. It ends up filling our shelves, getting tucked into baskets and drawers, overflowing from closets, and then some. The Stash ...

12 apr 12

Egg Inspired Ceramics

As I return from NCECA, it’s hard to get my mind off of all the fantastic pots and sculptures I saw while I was there. I am seriously still having dreams where I’m wandering the galleries...

09 apr 12

Easter Bunny Birthdays…What’s Your Favorite Holiday?

Blowing out the candles on a bunny birthday cake     Today’s my birthday! When I was a little girl, I loved that my birthday was close to Easter (and sometimes fell on Easter). Appare...

06 apr 12

Sneak peek inside Art Quilt Portfolio…with Betty Busby!

Welcome to the Jungle by Betty Busby, Photo by Allen Mitchell Art Quilt Portfolio: The Natural World is a feast for the eyes…and the fingers and the brain and the soul. This week we’re sh...

04 apr 12

The Hunger Games Mockingjay Pin Giveaway from Lark Jewelry & Beading

The licensed version of The Hunger Games mockingjay pin were giving away If you haven’t done so yet, read our interview with Dana Schneider, the jewelry designer who made the mockingjay pin tha...

04 apr 12 1 person likes this

Interview with Dana Schneider, Designer of The Hunger Games Mockingjay Pin

[Check back Wednesday for your chance to win a licensed version of a mockingjay pin!] Dana Schneiders 22-karat gold-plated sterling silver mockingjay pin for The Hunger Games movie   Today we ta...

03 apr 12

48-Hour 12-Book Pop-Up Giveaway from Lark Jewelry & Beading

Short and sweet: In honor of all the pop-up jewelry stores, well, popping up this spring, we’re doing a pop-up giveaway: 48-hours from now we’ll give away a set of 12 author-signed jewelr...

03 apr 12

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