Make & Meaning

This post was originally published on the now-retired Make & Meaning blog on May 21st, 2010. I can't think of any crafty projects I've taken on in the last few years that I didn't document online in some way. I realized the other day that I have a pretty solid toolkit...
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This post was originally published on the now-retired Make & Meaning blog on May 7th, 2010. So, I'm not at a conference right now. Actually, I'm visiting my parents in advance of my dad's surgery. I'm at the Northern Voice personal blogging conference today and tomorrow, and tomorrow I'm going to sit...
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This post was originally published on the now-retired Make & Meaning blog on April 13th, 2010. Many weeks ago I promised to write about opportunities. I specifically promised Alice, who also writes for Make and Meaning. I'd written a post on my blog in response to Diane's M&M post about Free,...
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This post was originally published on the now-retired Make & Meaning blog on April 23rd, 2010. Sometimes I get possessed. Not all demony, or anything. I just lose control of my hands. They take control of me and make stuff. And when they have their way I actually finish my projects,...
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This post was originally published on the now-retired Make & Meaning blog on March 27th, 2010. For years, I've made friends online. You probably make friends online, too. In the beginning, there were jokes (and sometimes sincere concern) about axe murderers and crazy stalkers and old men pretending to be...
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This post was originally published on the now-retired Make & Meaning blog on March 13th, 2010. On Twitter a few days ago, Kirsty Hall (who's written some great guests posts here on Make and Meaning) shared a link to a blog post by a woman named Patty K who recently wore pajamas...
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This  post was originally  published on the now-retired Make & Meaning  blog on February 26th, 2010. It's not very topical now,  five months after the Olympics, but I wanted to save this post in a public forum.) It's hard for me to believe it's been nearly a month since I wrote about the Olympics coming...
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This post was originally published on the now-retired Make & Meaning blog on February 13th, 2010. Kids, there is a pervasive opinion out there that in order to appeal to a massive audience, you have to be bland. Not that anyone actually says “bland” but that’s totally the gist of it. Folks...
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This post was originally published on the now-retired Make & Meaning blog on January 30th, 2010. It's not very topical now,  five months after the Olympics, but I wanted to save this post in a public forum. (Also, heh, look how jaded I was before the Games! Look how I totally...
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This post was originally published on the now-retired Make & Meaning blog on January 16th, 2010. So I've been getting these press releases from the Craft and Hobby Association. They've been arriving with increasing frequency and a directly proportional increase in my feeling of annoyance. Why, oh why, are the...
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