Archive for June, 2011
Winner of Collage Couture
Thursday, June 30, 2011 20:57 View CommentsCongrats to Juliamm who is the winner of the Collage Couture giveaway:
To learn more about the book, read the Hello Craft review here.
Song/Craft: Yarn-Wrapped-Instrument-Cable Maker Juli Sherry
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 11:41 View CommentsSong/Craft is an irregular series on music and the handmade movement.
There are the things familiar to just about everyone who’s ever shopped a handmade marketplace: soaps in heady scents, pendants in the shapes of birds and octopuses, totes and T-shirts decorated with bicycles, turntables, and cassettes. And then there are the things Juli Sherry and [...]
Craft Idol – Moonlight Bindery
Saturday, June 25, 2011 17:21 View CommentsKatie Wagner is a bookbinding and book-saving super hero. As the head of Moonlight Bindery, she makes the most lovely books from fun and interesting materials. In her job as a trained conservator, she recently rent to Haiti to help save a library. Listen as I sit down to talk to Katie about all things [...]
Book Review + Giveaway: Collage Couture
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 8:51 View CommentsHave you ever day-dreamed about a career in fashion? Maybe you coveted paper dolls as a little girl, or traced dress designs from glossy magazines. If you recognize yourself in one of these behaviors, and have a penchant for decoupaging, collaging, sketching and stamping, you’ll enjoy Collage Couture, a 125 page book by Julie Nutting [...]
Bettering Online Presence with Smart Web Design
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 14:19 View CommentsIt can be scary to put yourself out onto the wide, all-access world of the Internet. Your online creations are around forever (hello to my future grandchildren, who will probably be able to Google this article in 2050). Your web presence is also the virtual face of your business, and the first meet and greet [...]
Directors’ Picks
Monday, June 20, 2011 9:45 View CommentsEvery Monday, Hello Craft Directors present our favorite picks of the week from the creative community. We’ll dish what’s caught our eyes at the moment from giveaways, blog postings and shop offerings, to [...]























