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So, how many of you wish you had a place to do your creative stuff? Ooh I see a lot of hands up out there! I am right with you! With 4 kids two cats and a largish dog, I struggle just to walk through a room let alone carve out a space for . . . → Read More: How To’s Day: Creating a space to create! I was watching Craft in America tonight and thinking about my own art..or lack there of right now. I do look forward to getting some real art going this summer, but how to jump start it? I really feel the need to create something but just need a spring board. Where do you start? . . . → Read More: How To’s Day
Give the girl $250.00 (Thanks to a great online contest by BlogHer! ) Let her stew over it a bit. Let her order a new iPod Touch to replace her old broken one (that broke in October! More on that later!) Be patient with her as she waits for it to ship to . . . → Read More: How To’s Day! How to Make a Gadget Girl Happy! It’s really quite easy actually. Write a blog. Get a surprise email from Major Knitter stating that a package is on it’s way to you. Receive the package. Open the package and marvel at the EXTREMELY thoughtful things inside it! I’ll show you….
As you may recall from one of my . . . → Read More: How To’s Day: How to Know Someone REALLY Reads Your Blog! I don’t think I have paid for a book in a while. I have gotten a few good ones lately and I thought why not share how I did it! It’s really pretty easy! I use Swagbucks. It’s a great little deal! I downloaded their search bar and rather than searching through my . . . → Read More: How To’s Day: How to get free knitting books! It’s been a while since I have done a How To’s Day and so let’s get back into it! In a week and a half I will be going out to Texas to attend my brother’s graduation. We will have a little free time while we are there so I figured that we could do a little yarn crawl.. so I set about searching for what was in the area. It was slow going till I found a terrific website called Knitmap! It’s like Google maps but specifically for finding yarn and craft related places! Simply enter in the city and state that you are going to and if you have other specifications.. like if you want stores with wi fi, or spinning supplies etc, and off you go! It will bring up a map with the locations pinpointed, and when you click on them it will show you a summary of details about the shop! Like this: You can even access it on your iPhone or iPod Touch if you have one! Just enter www.knitmap.com/iphone and you will be there! For those of you who are not the electronically inclined.. there is a yarn shop guide printed annually. The Fiber Mania,2009-2010, a Travel Guide for People Who Do Things with String is a guide of shops and guilds all related to the fiber arts across the country! Since it is updated annually so it should have pretty much the most recent info. In a compact size you can throw it in your car, or suitcase and off you go! With summer vacations coming up planning some yarn shop time while you travel isn’t such a bad idea.. is it. you know in case of emergency and all… |
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