The Crochet Dude:
Drew talks about his latest hook/needle find in an All Boye Review!
The Impatient Crafter:
Learn how to make beaded wire circles with Madge!

Vickie Howell
Create customized cards out recycled fabric and keepsake images!
Weave a butterfly on the potholder loom
Here’s a tutorial on how to make wonderful butterflies with the potholder loom and spool knitter. They can be stitched to all kinds of other things, like pillows, curtains, bags, etc, or are wonderful just on their own.
About Family Crafts
Help needed: Looking for creative graduation decorations… Ideas anyone?
Aileen’s Musings
Aileen …read more

All the artsy news from around the blogosphere!

Stefanie Girard’s Sweater Surgery
Earth day Jewelry Making Inspired by Heidi Boyd’s Simply Beaded Bliss- making charms from button covers and advertising buttons.
The Impatient Crafter
Madge shares some thoughts about copyrights, artist’s rights and intellectual property theft in this thought provoking post.
About Family Crafts
Why not make a special May Day treat for your neighbors!
Aileen’s Musings
Aileen has a Bottle Cap project just in time for Mother’s Day or for that end of the year teacher gift!
Cathie Filian
Cathie Filian has lots of spring garden projects! Pop by …read more

Cross Stitch at About.com
See how Kitchinstitchin used an old window and a piece of crazy quilt for an unusual framed Cross Stitch project.
Naughty Secretary Club
Jen shows you how to wear your stuffed animal collection as a bracelet. Plus enter to win a free copy of her book The Naughty Secretary Club!

Stefanie Girard’s Sweater Surgery
You’ll have a “ball” stitching yarn scraps into beads with a little help from the new book: Strands by Jacqueline Myers-Cho.
The Impatient Crafter
Check out the new YuDu home screen printing machine in this brand spanking new The Impatient …read more

Another fun peek behind the scenes into what’s going on all over the artsy world!
Cathie Filian
Cathie Filian has a step-by-step guide for making boutonnieres – perfect for wedding and prom season and a super $$ saver.
Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world
This week at Craftside there is an inside peek into the new book Sculpting Mythical Creatures with some Easter Bunnies thrown in for the season, a Mother of the Bride box project, a photo standup Easter Eggs decoration and an interview with Quilt Artist Robbi Joy Eklow author of Goddess of the Last Minute.

Crafty …read more

June 26 – 29, 2009

Art in the Rough ~ Art Retreat for Women is an intimate gathering of like-minded souls, set in beautiful up-country Maine. If you enjoy creating, celebrating simple pleasures, exploring new techniques and want a truly unique experience…join us for a fabulous weekend of funky art & friendship. As the name suggests, this is a camping retreat. But do not fret about roughing it…you will be provided unique & elegant amenities. We like to call it “high-style camping” while others call it “glamping” or glamour-camping. An “all-inclusive” art retreat, Art in the Rough includes …read more

My friend Aileen Roberts just let us know that she had posted a sneak peek of the doll that’s being put together to raise money for ovarian cancer research.  The project is called the Ties That Bind, and is an art doll using decorated neckties and handmade charms.  I am excited to see the final doll.  You can go to the site to see the sneak peek if you’d like, but I’ll refrain from posting it here in case anyone wants it to remain a complete surprise until it’s done 

Join me this Friday morning for a look into what other artists across the country are up to!
Alexa Westerfield a.k.a. Swelldesigner
Swelldesigner gives new life to a plain paper lantern with tissue paper!
Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world
This week there is an Andy Warhol inspired scrapbook page and ATC’s, an interview with Lisa Kettell author of Altered Art Circus!, a super cute clay pot hedge hog how-to, and a link to two free bottle cap graphics.
Crafty Princess Diaries
Expose yourself….in a good way that is…Tammy tells her thoughts on the process of creative exposure.
CraftyPod …read more

The Impatient Crafter
Check out this video to kick off Craft Month at Crafty Nation. Madge shows you how to make a jaunty mixed media nautical pendant!
About Family Crafts
Discover how to make your own craft suppies.
Aileen’s Musings
Make it a banner day and enter Aileen’s blog challenge and giveaway!
Cathie Filian
Get poppy and modern with Cathie’s easy technique for making one-of-a-kind “Warholesque” art.
Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world
There are a couple of fabulous tutorials on how to sew a cuffed hem and a paper bead, wild photos from my night …read more

Help for left handed crafters
Are you a lefty who has problems with embroidery patterns? Check out this tutorial of basic embroidery stitches – made specifically for left handed embroiderers.
How to Rescue Family Heritage Photos
Eileen just completed a photo restoration class and made an exciting discovery in the process.
Providing Bird Nesting Materials
The best materials to provide, plus a creative way to house them.

Each month, I’m choosing a fragment of scripture from one of the Psalms and using a heart shape to create a little 4 x 4 inch beaded piece that illustrates the feeling of that verse for me. Here is my piece for February:

Psalm 90:2
From everlasting to everlasting, You are God
There is no trouble or struggle that is as big as God.
Here are all three of my Winter pages together: December, January, and February

My previous pieces for the Bead Journal Project
Information about the Bead Journal Project
Bead Journal Project blog