We Walk 4Water
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Crafter Q+A: Maxine Chan of Tulle Box Designs
Name: Maxine Chan Location: Vancouver, B.C. Title:...
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10 ways to set a fun-packed party picnic table for kids
The perfect party picnic table for kids Summer is ...
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Madeleines for Mother's Day
To celebrate Mother’s Day this year, go beyo...
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The Great Gatsby style inspiration
I’ll admit it, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s T...
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5 keys to clean teeth, plus win an electric toothbrush
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Knitting
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Feature craft: Easy to knit toy animals for kids
‘Tis the season of baby showers. It seems that everyone I know has a bun in the oven and is looking to celebrate. Instead of buying a pre-made gift off a registry, some of the cutest gifts I’ve seen involve a home-made toy. I’ve rounded up some of my favourite toys from Canadianliving.com. And we’ve got patterns [...]
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Crafter Q+A: Andrea Sabean of Artisan in the Woods
Name: Andrea Sabean Location: Quispamsis, New Brunswick Title: Owner and Artisan at Artisan in the Woods Website: www.artisaninthewoods.com Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/artisaninthewoods Facebok: https://www.facebook.com/artisaninthewoods Twitter: @NaturalArtisan How did you get into crafting? I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t crafting! Both my grandmother and my mother were avid crafters so there was always something creative going on in the house. It started with paper [...]
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Giveaway winner: ISLAND by Jane Richmond
Hi friends, Just popping in with the winner of last week’s giveaway. One lucky reader will soon be the proud owner of a copy of Jane Richmond’s new book, Island. Austen can vouch for how great this book is – she has been happily wearing her Renfrew for almost a week now (she cast off [...]
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On the newsstand: Heart Motif Mitts
One of my resolutions for 2013 is to spend a bit more blog space on talking about the crafts that we’ve got in the magazine, and I’m excited to begin with our February issue. In addition to our supercute Valentine’s Day crafts, this month we’ve also got a pattern for these knitted Heart Motif Mitts [...]
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Crafty New Year’s resolutions for 2013
Happy New Year, friends! Now that all the thank-you notes have been written and the holiday decorations have been packed away, we’re busy reviewing our lists of crafty New Year’s resolutions. In sharing them, we hope that we’ll inspire ourselves (and you!) to reach new heights of craft-tacular awesomeness in the year to come. Tina’s [...]
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Links for your crafty me time
Now that we’ve finished all of our crafting for others, we’ve got a little time for ourselves. Here’s what we’re reading, looking at, being inspired by and planning to make in these fun days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. We hope you also get a chance to do something selfishly crafty (or at least [...]
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Surprise giveaway: Knit Accessories by Kate Atherley
Well, friends, it looks like Christmas has come early, because I’ve got a lovely treat for the knitters among you. The incredibly knowledgeable, talented Kate Atherley – you might know her blog, or maybe her first book, or recognize her name from the Knitty masthead, or maybe you made her fabulous Bigger on the Inside [...]
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Festive Friday Holiday CAL: Week 7 – Santa-themed ornaments
Hello friends, and welcome to week seven of the Festive Friday Holiday Craft-Along! This week, I have two simple Santa-themed crafts to share with you. The first is a simple paper craft that would be perfect to make with the young kids in your life. These ho-ho-holiday decorations are just simple paper cones, with a [...]
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Festive Friday Holiday CAL: Week 6 – Knitted partridge and pear
Hello friends, and welcome to week five of the Festive Friday Holiday Craft-Along! I loved seeing the bent-wire tree ornaments that people made as part of last week’s challenge. Did you check them out? This week, an ornament for the knitters in the crowd – a partridge and a pear to knit for your Christmas [...]
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Stash buster: 5 tiny hat ornaments for your Christmas tree
You know when you have a really good idea for a craft? I mean, a really, really good idea? Something you think is so brilliant you don’t tell anyone because you know that, someday, someone will want you to reveal it to the world? I have those all the time. Then I Google them and realize that approximately [...]
