Posts Tagged ‘ Crafts ’

Remember this, people. With a couple of important yet not universally applicable exceptions, you cannot control what others do with your work. The minute it escapes your possession, your work will be interpreted, judged, manipulated and sometimes downright defiled by people you don’t even know. One day I'll tell you the story of how Greg reacted...
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I'm very, very excited about this. The ebook is formatted as a PDF, so it should be readable on any device. And it happens to be the perfect start-crocheting-for-the-holidays time of year. Just saying. And also, for the time being at least, it's on sale. (Read more about my thoughts on ebooks.)
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There's so much I want to say about Vancouver's first Maker Faire that I've put off writing this post for nearly three weeks. In the interest of getting over this block, I've decided to write a series of posts about it. To sum up, Maker Faire blew my mind. It was the most fun I've...
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Have I mentioned that I'm getting back into Mighty Ugly? Since I'm back to, you know, fairly full cognitive functioning now that Owen's almost six months old, I'm back to thinking a lot more about my favourite project. Something that excites me very much is that Mighty Ugly will be at one of Portland's Etsy...
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(From the homepage, click through to the post to see the video.)   In my imagination, this videoblog would involve animated illustrations of how Flattr works. Or at least line drawings that move. Or at least line drawings. Alas, the universe was having none of it on my recording day, so you get me and words....
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I finally made Owen some clothing. It was killing me not to have made him clothing. So now I won't keel over! I blogged about the project over at CrochetMe.com, so I'll just nudge you on over there.
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A few months ago I blogged on CrochetMe.com about a scarf I made using the extended half double crochet stitch. A reader asked if I'd explain how to do that, so I did! Not a crocheter? Well, you should be. (You can subscribe to the videoblog in iTunes just like a podcast. Shiny! Need no-Flash?...
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Last Thursday I spent the day doing very ugly arts and crafts with all sorts of interesting people as part of the Exhibition at the CreativeMix conference here in Vancouver. It was the first time in many, many years that I had to prepare a visual display for something, and here's the story of...
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This week I was invited to talk about last-minute Halloween costume ideas on the BC CBC Radio show North by Northwest. Sheryl, Anna and I had a blast bouncing ideas around; it'll air on Saturday morning and should be in the show's podcast after that. To get my brain in gear before we recorded, I...
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When I got my iPad over the summer, I also got the case Apple makes for it. It's a handy design. Kind of like a book, but also like a stand – there's a slot on the back that you can fold the cover back into so it's propped up. Handy! The only thing...
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