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    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 216: A conversation with fiber artist and art educator, Mark Newport

    by jennifer July 31, 2018
    by jennifer July 31, 2018

    Get ready, folks, because this podcast episode is an extremely  fun one featuring Mark Newport,  the Artist-in-Residence and Head of Fiber at the…

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    New year, new CraftSanity weaving video tutorials

    by jennifer January 3, 2018
    by jennifer January 3, 2018

    Happy New Year! While some were living it up on New Year’s Eve, my husband Jeff and I were shooting a couple more…

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    When times got tough, I made a new loom collection

    by jennifer June 14, 2017
    by jennifer June 14, 2017

    By Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood In good times and bad, I make stuff. CraftSanity isn’t just the name of my business, it has been my…

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    CraftSanity Video Tutorial: How to prep and weave a continuous strip of torn fabric

    by jennifer May 14, 2015
    by jennifer May 14, 2015

    Jonathan, the new CraftSanity multimedia editor, and I are back with another video tutorial complete with a blooper reel. Ha! This video covers the…

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    CraftSanity launches new tutorial series with two-part how-to weave video

    by jennifer May 9, 2015
    by jennifer May 9, 2015

    After many years of operating as a one-woman show with lots of support from my husband behind the scenes, I’ve decided to expand…

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    Let’s Weave Together at the Fulton Street Artisans Market

    by jennifer June 9, 2012
    by jennifer June 9, 2012

    Tomorrow (6/10) is a big day. It’s my sister’s birthday and the Fulton Street Artisans Market (FSAM) will for the season at 11 a.m.…

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    Video Highlights of Woven House Earth Day Project

    by jennifer May 1, 2012
    by jennifer May 1, 2012

    Hello! Here’s the edited video slide show we played for the elementary students who worked on the woven house project at their school…

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    WE DID IT! 500+ Kids Helped Me Weave My Dream House!

    by jennifer April 29, 2012
    by jennifer April 29, 2012

    We did it! We took the lovely squares woven by more than 500 students at my daughters’ elementary school and we fashioned them…

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    Teaching More Than 500 Kids To Weave = The Best Week Ever!

    by jennifer April 26, 2012
    by jennifer April 26, 2012

    If I could afford to keep doing inspring work for free, I would do it. In a heartbeat. I’m wrapping up one of…

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    Let’s weave together: I’m teaching a new class in Grand Rapids!

    by jennifer April 9, 2012
    by jennifer April 9, 2012

    Hello! I hope you all had a lovely Easter weekend. I may have eaten a few too many Starburst jelly beans (love those!), but…

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    CraftSanity Magazine Issue 6: Pre-Order Preview

    by jennifer March 16, 2012
    by jennifer March 16, 2012

    We’ve been hard at work on issue 6 of the magazine and very happy to report that we’ll be picking it up from…

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    Role Reversal: This Time I’m the Interviewee (Detroit News Homestyle Feature)

    by jennifer January 28, 2012
    by jennifer January 28, 2012

    Usually I’m the one rounding up crafty folks to feature in my weekly art & craft column, but recently I got a chance…

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    All In A Day’s Work

    by jennifer January 4, 2012
    by jennifer January 4, 2012

    I spent the day drilling, sanding and pounding in pegs – not the most creative part of my gig. But I’m not complaining…

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    Channelling Anxiety into Action: Gearing Up for Big Changes and the Recycled Art Market Tomorrow in Grand Rapids

    by jennifer November 4, 2011
    by jennifer November 4, 2011

    It’s been a roller coaster week. The sky fell at the newspaper that has been the main source of my family income since…

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    Gearing Up For Maker Faire Detroit

    by jennifer July 28, 2011
    by jennifer July 28, 2011

    This weekend I’m headed “home” to visit my family in suburban Detroit and participate in Maker Faire Detroit. If you love craft and…

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  • CraftSanity Episode 224: A conversation with Dano Wall, creator of the popular stamp used by thousands to get Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill

    June 19, 2020
  • CraftSanity Episode 223: A conversation with Diana Weymar, creator of the Tiny Pricks Project public art project featuring hundreds of vintage linens embroidered with Trump quotes

    July 21, 2019
  • CraftSanity Episode 222: Learn how to graduate from art school with zero debt and other handmade business savvy things from Dayna Walton, owner of Solstice Handmade

    April 14, 2019

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