CraftSanity Weaving Looms

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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.…

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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