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  • BooksCraft ColumnsKnittingPrintmakingQuiltingSewing

    Reviews: Inspiring craft books to check out as we wait for spring

    by jennifer March 1, 2015
    by jennifer March 1, 2015

    I considered taking some time off to regroup after my weekly newspaper column was canceled, but then I remembered that it’s not my…

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  • BusinessCraft ColumnsGrand RapidsHandmade StoriesLeather CraftMade in USAPodcasts

    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 154: A conversation with Grand Rapids leatherworkers, Jacob Vroon and Elyse Marie Welcher

    by jennifer February 8, 2015
    by jennifer February 8, 2015

    Born a day apart, Jacob Vroon and Elyse Marie Welcher crossed paths for the first time in the Butterworth Hospital nursery in June…

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  • Craft ColumnsReviewSewing

    CraftSanity Review of the Juki TL-2010Q

    by jennifer January 18, 2015
    by jennifer January 18, 2015

      Love at first stitch? Craft columnist invests in a new sewing machine, still swooning two weeks later By Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood (Read full article…

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  • Craft ColumnsLetterpressPodcastsPrintmakingScreen printing

    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 147: An audio tour of Dinderbeck, Grand Rapids’ first community printshop

    by jennifer November 17, 2014
    by jennifer November 17, 2014

    It just got a whole lot easier to be a printmaker in West Michigan thanks to three Grand Rapids artists. Anthony Mead, 27,…

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  • Craft ColumnsFallHalloweenHolidayRecipes

    Dear Craft World, I’m taking this Halloween off

    by jennifer October 26, 2014
    by jennifer October 26, 2014

    Yes, you heard that right. I’m not going to forgo precious sleep to stay up all night making handmade costumes and party favors…

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  • Craft ColumnsFiber ArtMacramePodcasts

    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 145: Sally England talks about her career as a macrame artist

    by jennifer October 19, 2014
    by jennifer October 19, 2014

    For the last couple weeks I’ve been walking around with cotton twine in my pocket and Sally England is partly to blame.  I…

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  • Craft ColumnsGrand RapidsGreen CraftingPodcast UpdatePodcastsRecycling

    CraftSanity Podcast 144: A conversation with artist Kelly Allen

    by jennifer October 12, 2014
    by jennifer October 12, 2014

    If you crave more art and craft supplies or have a few extras (ahem) stashed in your basement, you need to meet Kelly…

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  • Air PlantsBusinessCraft ColumnsglassGoing GreenGrand RapidsGreat FindsGreen CraftingHandmade StoriesPodcasts

    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 141: A library love story leads Marianne Gardner and Sean Maginity to handmade business venture

    by jennifer September 28, 2014
    by jennifer September 28, 2014

    Sometimes handmade business partnerships start in the most unlikely ways. Sean Maginity was working in the maintenance department at the Grand Rapids Public…

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  • Craft ColumnsPodcasts

    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 136: A story about how jewelry-making helped a young West Michigan woman heal

    by jennifer August 17, 2014
    by jennifer August 17, 2014

    Caitlin Myler was turning left out of the parking lot of the Ottawa County bank call center where she worked when she spotted another motorist traveling fast over the hill. Their cars collided and the impact of the November 2011 crash changed the course of Caitlin’s life.

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  • Craft ColumnsLocal EventsPodcastsweaving

    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 135: A Conversation with SAORI weaving instructor, Chiaki O’Brien

    by jennifer August 10, 2014
    by jennifer August 10, 2014

    When Chiaki O’Brien rolls into Allegan County and sets up her SAORI weaving looms at the Michigan Fiber Festival this week, her students…

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  • Craft ColumnsPodcasts

    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 134: A conversation with East Lansing Tapestry Weaver Nancy McRay

    by jennifer August 3, 2014
    by jennifer August 3, 2014

    A surprising gift led Nancy McRay in an unexpected direction shortly after she graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in advertising.…

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  • Craft ColumnsPodcasts

    CraftSanity Episode 133: A conversation with Runaway Press artist, Michelle Terry

    by jennifer July 20, 2014
    by jennifer July 20, 2014

    Messy inks and a collection of wood and lead type eventually lured Michelle Terry, 30, of Wyoming, away from spending her professional life in front of a computer screen.

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  • ContestsCraft Columns

    I challenged my sisters to a Craft Smackdown. Who Will Win? You Decide.

    by jennifer March 2, 2014
    by jennifer March 2, 2014

    Hello! I’d like you to meet my sisters. That’s Jacquie in the middle. She’s the middle sister. Julie, my youngest sister is on…

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  • BooksCraft ColumnsReview

    A 2014 CraftSanity Mini Book Review Roundup

    by jennifer February 15, 2014
    by jennifer February 15, 2014

      Several fun books are coming my way and distracting me from the harsh Michigan winter. Above is a small selection of titles…

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  • Craft Columns

    Potholder LOVE: A fundraiser to help the Wes Leonard Heart Foundation get more AEDs in schools

    by jennifer January 5, 2014
    by jennifer January 5, 2014

      Potholder LOVE Hello! Welcome to the kickoff of the CraftSanity fundraiser to benefit the Wes Leonard Heart Foundation. Last spring I interviewed…

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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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