Craft News
The CHA Craft SuperShow is coming to Anaheim!
The CHA Craft SuperShow is coming to the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA on January 22-23, 2010!
The Craft SuperShow is a crafter’s dream come true. Whether you are a beginner crafter or have been doing it for years, you will discover something new and exciting at the show. Learn from expert crafters and top craft companies offering hands-on make-n-takes in their booths and top-notch workshops throughout the show. Try a new craft or enhance your skills at something you already love. You’ll leave amazed at what you can do!
This unique event provides incredible hands-on learning opportunities, shopping at 100+ booths plus aisles of inspiration. Don’t miss your chance to meet some of your favorite celebrity crafters, win incredible door prizes and have fun with the entire family. Kids under 10 are free and with a fun and exciting (and free!) Kids Zone at the Show, there’s plenty to keep them busy.
Tickets go on sale on Monday, November 16th. Visit www.craftsupershow.com to buy tickets and learn more about this not-to-be-missed event!
January 11th, 2010
iLovetoCreate Gets Crafty for National Dress Up Your Pet Day
URL : http://www.ilovetocreate.com/education.aspx
Check out some of the hottest fashions for your pets! iLovetoCreate has designed chic couture for traditional and, well, less traditional pets. Check out the video to see the looks and then visit the projects section of the site for step-by-step instructions to create them for your 4-legged friends!
CHA Winter 2010 Craft SuperShow
URL : http://www.craftsupershow.com
The CHA Craft SuperShow is coming to the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA on January 22-23, 2010! Get ready for 2 fun days of hands on crafting, shopping and fun for the whole family.
Handmade Especially for You
URL : http://www.crochetmagazine.com/newsletters.php?mode=article&article_id=385&key=NL00
Leslye Borden has taken her passion for knitting and crocheting beyond her own personal use by creating an organization that brings a bit of joy to abused women. Handmade Especially for You distributes special scarves to women and children in shelters. Presently, there is a request to the organization for 1,000 scarves for Thanksgiving baskets and another 2,000 for…
click here to read more about this incredible new organization and how you can get involved.
September 18th, 2009
Scrapbook.com introduces Scrap by Color: a free tool for scrapbookers
URL : http://www.scrapbook.com/color/
Scrapbook.com just unveiled a really cool, free, online color matching tool that can help you find the perfect color schemes and coordinating products for your projects! All you have to do is upload your photos and Scrap by Color suggests color schemes, layout ideas and even embellishments and papers that will work with your photo. Check it out and change the way you prepare to scrapbook!
Click here to check it out!
September 10th, 2009
Tulip Fabric Spray Paint used at New York’s Fashion Night Out!
Location: New York, NY
Tulip® Fabric Spray Paint™, typically known as a “craft” product, was spotlighted as a true fashion design product at the Quicksilver Women’s & Tia’s Place DIY Craft Bar in honor of Fashion’s Night Out on September 10, 2009.
Hosted by Erica Domesek, DIY maven of P.S.-I made this…, the all-day event provided shoppers at Tia’s Place in New York’s Grand Central Station an opportunity to make a free t-shirt or wristlet using Tulip® Fabric Spray Paint™!
“Everybody loved love loved the sprays...they were such a hit,” said Domesek. “The neons were definitely the most popular, which is not a surprise given current fashion trends.”
Fashion’s Night Out was an inaugural event to kick-off New York Fashion Week. Every fashion retailer across the five New York boroughs were encouraged to share in the fun of fashion again—flagships, tiny boutiques, massive department stores, young designers, mainstream chains, and niche luxury names alike —by keeping its doors open late on the evening of September 10 and to implement creative customer experiences welcoming all.
More information on Tulip Fabric Spray Paint can be found on www.ilovetocreate.com.
September 9th, 2009
Spotlight on Color
URL : http://www.softflexcompany.com/spotlightcolor_Sep09.html
Margie Deeb from Soft Flex Company helps you determine the intensity of color and how that will help you make beautiful color palettes.
September 8th, 2009
Color trends Autumn/Winter 2009/2010
URL : http://www.beadstylemag.com/bds/default.aspx?c=a&id=1909
Twice a year, Swarovski releases Crystallized color mixes that reflect color trends. These can be used as a launch pad to inspire your own seasonal palettes.
BeadStyle Magazine is offering a download of this color trends guide for free! Click here to access the guide.
Cool Tool: the Threadster from Kreinik
While it may not be new news, we just discovered the Threadster™ from Kreinik and are so excited to share this cool tool! It lets you write with thread, just like with a pen. You do need to write onto tape, but the Threadster give you full control to create intricate details and keeps your hands free from sticking to the tape! Plus, you can use a variety of different threads and fibers. Click here to learn more about it—and if you have any Threadster created projects of your own, post them to site.
August 1st, 2009
Great Turnout at the CHA Craft SuperShow!
Location: Orlando, FL
URL : http://www.facebook.com/CraftSuperShow?v=photos&viewas=0
The first ever CHA Craft SuperShow attracted over 8,000 crafters from across Florida, from 48 states and from 18 countries. Attendees came to learn new crafts and techniques, take workshops, shop and have fun. Enjoying aisles of inspiration, hands-on make-n-takes and exciting crafting events and activities, the SuperShow was a super success
Click here to visit the Facebook photo albums to check out some of the SuperShow fun!
April 3rd, 2009
Knitting for Your Health
Check out this CBS news segment about the health benefits of knitting and crocheting!
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Take the Craft Night Pledge to Enjoy the Benefits of Crafting Year Round
Location: Nationwide
Starting this March the Craft & Hobby Association is challenging individuals and families to take the Craft Night Pledge of crafting one night a week with your friends and family. By participating in just one craft per week, people can enjoy the financial, social as well as the emotional and extrinsic benefits of crafting - including sense of accomplishment, memory keeping, relaxation, and spending time with friends and family.
CHA developed the Craft Night Pledge to support individuals and families in this regard, as well as provides a Flickr site where you can share your inspiration crafting photos.
Click here for the Craft Night Pledge form.
Click here for directions on how to share your crafting photos via Flickr.
