Today’s craft segment is a continuation of the bucket filling conversation started in Sunday’s craft column. The mission is to encourage viewers to forgo the expensive and often meaningless Valentine’s Day gifts and take a handmade approach instead. A special thanks to Amelia, one of the VPs of Fun here at CraftSanity for assistanting me [...]

One of the big mistakes I’ve made while trying to get my house in order is loading up on many unnecessary and/or unsuitable organizing supplies. I’m done with colored bins I can’t see into and I’m holding off on buying more of the clear kind until I weed out more of the stash. After many [...]

Hi! CraftSanity Magazine issue 4 is coming  soon. In the meantime, here are a couple quick paper projects for you to try. These projects were inspired by Whitney Korstange, a Fremont artist who operates a paper mill called Maple Street Paper Co. Her handmade paper is beautiful and available for purchase online and in person [...]

I’m very excited to carve out some time to work with the lovely wool felt I ordered from Prairie Point Junction. I’m crazy busy working on my next newspaper column, prepping for tomorrow’s TV segment and working on multiple CraftSanity Magazine projects, but I had to stop and shoot a photo of the felt atop [...]

Had an unpleasant discovery today that a CraftSanity Magazine mailed out sometime before Dec. 7 has been returned after the mailing address sticker apparently fell off. So if you ordered your magazine before Dec. 7 and still haven’t received it, please accept my apology and e-mail jeff@craftsanity.com so I can try sending it again.

I was planning to take the week off, but Abby and I ended up doing a last-minute TV segment on the fly. We specialize in “on the fly” around here, so we were able to pull something together quickly by grabbing the project we are working on and heading to the station. We decided to show [...]

Hi folks! I just wanted to let you know that Briar Rose Fibers, the yarn sponsor for the first issue of CraftSanity Magazine, is extending the 10 percent discount offer advertised on the back of the magazine until January 12, 2011. The discount code is “Holiday.” Enjoy!

In just a couple hours I’m going to do a live recording of episode 119 of the CraftSanity Podcast at the Creative Conference of Entrepreneurs here in lovely Seattle. (Sorry, no live stream of show.) My guest is Megan Reardon, author of the Not Martha blog. Come on out and participate in this interactive recording [...]

I’m in Seattle! Here is a photo of me with CraftSanity listner Alessandra Hayden (check out her etsy shop and blog), who kindly showed me around town. I’m here to speak at the Conference for Creative Entrepreneurs. I hope to tweet a bit while here, below is my Twitter feed.

I’m headed to the Detroit Maker Faire at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. today and I can’t wait to see all the vendors and innovators who embrace the D.I.Y. lifestyle in grand fashion. Check back here for a full report. Or, better yet, go check out the event yourself. It’s open from 9:30 [...]

Hi folks! If you’re looking to crochet for a cause this summer, check out my article on p. 18 & 19 in the July/Aug. issue of Crochet Today! This issue features some cute camping-themed projects and fun patterns for cozy chair cushions, blankets and rugs and a tapestry crochet basket, too. Preview the whole issue [...]

The votes are in and tallied. The winner of the CraftSanity Apron Show People’s Choice Award is apron #169!  This apron, designed by Linda Bos, of Hudsonville, Mich., won first place in the judge’s awards, too. Congrats, Linda! This apron has been sold, but I invite you to check out the Safe Haven Etsy shop to [...]

I’m running the Fifth Third River Bank Run 25K in the morning, but before I head to bed I thought I’d show you folks my race apron. It’s made out of jersey and hand-embroidered. My charity sponsor for the race is Safe Haven, a local domestic violence agency that helps women and children who have [...]

Hope to see you at the apron show tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the downtown YMCA.

It rained for most of Spring Break Stay-cation 2010 here in West Michigan. Thankfully my girls and I are pretty crafty and well stocked for a bit of creative play inside. Inspired by the book “Flat Stanley” by Jeff Brown, the girls made their own versions of Flat Stanley and went on to create Flat [...]