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  • Make All the Things: A Craft-Kit Roundup and GIVEAWAY!
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    Make All the Things: A Craft-Kit Roundup and GIVEAWAY!

    ByKatie MacAvoy May 7, 2020May 18, 2020

    Welp, here we are. Day 4,927ish of Quarantine. I don’t know who needs to hear this but DON’T CUT YOUR BANGS! Instead, take a stroll through this fun round up of craft kits and activities you can do at home….

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  • DIY Fabric Face Masks
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    DIY Fabric Face Masks

    ByKatie MacAvoy April 28, 2020May 18, 2020

    All over the world, communities are rallying together to support medical personnel and frontline workers in the battle against COVID-19. Sewists and crafters are uniting to share their crafty gifts with the world by creating handmade face masks. We’ve pulled…

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  • Dear You: Permission Slips, Pandemics and What’s Next
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    Dear You: Permission Slips, Pandemics and What’s Next

    ByKatie MacAvoy March 27, 2020April 1, 2020

    Editor’s Note: Every month we send out a newsletter with info on upcoming events, giveaways, links to stuff we love and a letter to our readers. Below is our March letter which includes some of my favorite Coronavirus resources for makers….

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  • 10 Items to Spark Organizational Joy in Your Home Office
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    10 Items to Spark Organizational Joy in Your Home Office

    ByGuest Contributor March 5, 2019May 1, 2019

    Editor’s Note: If you’ve been to our Craftcation: Business & Makers Conference, then you probably already know (and love) our friends at Darice who have been our official craft supply sponsor for the conference for the past four years! If you don’t know…

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  • Craftcation Conference comfortable being uncomfortable
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    Dear You: Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

    ByNicole Stevenson September 12, 2018September 12, 2018

    Editor’s Note: Every month we send out a newsletter with info on upcoming events, giveaways, links to stuff we love and a letter to our readers. Below is our September letter. P.S. – If you’re interested in getting our newsletter, click here. Dear Friends,…

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  • How to combat overwhelm and recharge your inspiration and creativity from Dear Handmade LIfe
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    Dear You: Taking it “Bird by Bird”

    ByNicole Stevenson August 15, 2018August 14, 2018

    Editor’s Note: Every month we send out a newsletter with info on upcoming events, giveaways, links to stuff we love and a letter to our readers. Below is our August letter. P.S. – If you’re interested in getting our newsletter, click here. Dear Friends,…

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  • These Dear Things Six Things I Can't Live Without This Summer from Dear Handmade Life
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    These Dear Things: Six Things I Can’t Live Without This Summer

    ByNicole Stevenson August 13, 2018August 3, 2018

    When I fall in love with something, I tend to fall hard. I fear the people I spend the most time with (ahem, my husband) are growing tired of hearing me talk about how much I love this new precious…

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  • Dear Handmade Life Summer Solstice Intentions
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    Dear You: Summer Smoke Signals

    ByNicole Stevenson July 25, 2018February 5, 2020

    Every six months, I scribble secret things on paper and burn them in my backyard. I started this tradition during a June heat wave a few years ago.  A friend of mine suggested we write down our goals and then…

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  • How I’m keeping up with my daily sketchbook practice
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    How I’m keeping up with my daily sketchbook practice

    ByNicole Stevenson May 26, 2016June 18, 2016

    I’ve been keeping a sketchbook off and on for over 20 years. In that time my sketchbook has been home to working through ideas for my former clothing line, too many to-do and bucket lists to count, whole sections of…

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