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| Singer Contest: Me, My Scarf, and I CRAFT and SINGER® present the Me, My Scarf, and I Contest. Fall is upon us, and what better accessory than a scarf! We invite all of our crafty readers to participate and create a sewn scarf that best describes your personality! All entries must have some portion created using a sewing machine. The Me, My Scarf, and I Contest will run for 6 weeks, and the Prize winners will be announced by Monday, November 30th. Deadline for entries is 11:59 p.m. PDT November 23, 2009. Each entry will be judged based on the following criteria: creativity of design, description of how the scarf represents the creator, and the use of a sewing machine in the creation process. Please see Official Rules for more information on the Winner selection.To submit an entry, simply take a picture of yourself wearing your scarf, include a description of how the scarf describes your personality, and submit it to the Me, My Scarf, and I Contest Flickr Group. If you're joining in on the contest, here's the code for the badge to display on your site or blog.Pictured above is our own Brookelynn Morris wearing a Ruffle Scarf she sewed up using recycled wool from an old poncho. Watch for her inspirational project in tomorrow's How-To Tuesday.Read this article | Comment on this article blog.craftzine.com |
Gomistyle's Urban Window Garden San Francisco resident Marque Cornblatt of Gomistyle recently started documenting his indoor urban gardening efforts and he presents some really neat ideas and suggestions. Despite the fact that he does have a little yard, he got tired of sharing his harvests with the neighborhood raccoons and decided to take his garden indoors. He replaced traditional pots with big black plastic storage bins from Office Depot because of efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Marque experimented with growing vines, including tomatoes, pole beans, cucumbers, and peppers, by creating hanging planters from plastic one-gallon jugs. These soon got replaced by more black plastic bins with holes drilled in them (as seen in the top picture). This is such a great way to maximize his window space and conserve water too. Here's a closeup of his lovely thriving cukes:My favorite part is that Marque is admittedly no master gardening. He just experimented to see what works best. He even begins his blog post by saying: "Let me begin with a simple admission. I don't know much about gardening. Until a few weeks ago, I had never planted a seed, or maintained houseplants. My thumbs weren't green, they were red and swollen from playing Xbox. " That put a smile on my face. He plans to post updates and details as his garden grows.Read this article | Comment on this article blog.craftzine.com |
Holiday Crafts coming to Morristown Armory Dec. 4 (Morris NewsBee) MORRISTOWN – Holiday Crafts at Morristown returns Friday, Dec. 4 through Sunday, Dec. 6 to the armory on Western Avenue for its 19th year, displaying contemporary work from 150 artists and crafts people from across the country. us.rd.yahoo.com |
New adult program connects famed art with Madison museumâs tools (Madison Eagle) MADISON – The Museum of Early Trades and Crafts at 9 Main St. in Madison is offering a new education program for adults, “Tooling Through Art.†us.rd.yahoo.com |
Jeweller crafts firm's success on wide exposure to business (Business Times (Malaysia)) WHENEVER he goes overseas, be it for business or leisure, Datuk Eddie Choon's first stop is a jewellery store. "I want to see what people are selling, how good their services are, the store's decoration, and so on. Previously, I used to check out their (jewellery) designs. us.rd.yahoo.com |