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Five Steps to Making a Holiday Memory Scrapbook

One sure thing about the holidays: as the family gathers together there will be a discussion -or worse argument- about something that happened at a past holiday gathering. The kids received duplicate gifts 2 years ago -or was it three? Uncle Joe hit ...

From DEBRA ROBY, BlogHer,  21 Nov 2009

Five Tips for Making a Holiday Wreath

I believe in "short time" holiday decorating-limiting the exposure of Thanksgiving and Xmas decorations to something close to 10-14 days. It's a personal choice that makes seeing any of these items appear much more dear to me. The one exception to this ...

From DEBRA ROBY, BlogHer,  14 Nov 2009

Crafting for the Military. How we Thank our Troops.

Sandi Carstensen's son-in-law emailed her from Baghdad and asked her to make him a dark pillowcase. She did and he was the hit of his battalion. She made a few more, then a few more. She mentioned what she was doing to on-line quilting friends and soon ...

From DEBRA ROBY, BlogHer,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: US Department of Defense

Ideas for a Great Thanksgiving Centerpiece

The holiday season is only a couple weeks away, so many of us are starting to make details To-Do lists for all the parties, festivities and family gatherings being planned. Count our dinner plates, check the good silver (then consider locking it away?), ...

From DEBRA ROBY, BlogHer,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Parents Magazine

A Better Plan for The Social Crafting Business

I'm sure I'm not the only one whose life often feels like one big social network experiment. Like many others, I know that my blogging has suffered at the hands of Twitter. At least once each day, I find myself sharing fascinating links via Facebook. ...

From DEBRA ROBY, BlogHer,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Facebook Inc.

The Small Purse Project: An Internet Lesson in Compassion

While walking her dog, BlogHer member Kelly Wickham (MochaMomma) passes a neighborhood church that lately has an interesting sign in front: So you Don't Want or Need to go to Church? Where do you Learn About Compassion? On the Internet? For ...

From DEBRA ROBY, BlogHer,  28 Oct 2009

Make your Own Halloween-Spooky Crafts for a Scary Night

So here’s an easy project made with thin cardboard. You can use cereal or cracker boxes, or save chipboard from packing materials, like I did here. I think these would also be pretty cut from patterned paper, if you are so inclined. I just cut these ...

From DEBRA ROBY, BlogHer,  24 Oct 2009

Define A Strong Woman

I'll let you in a secret: I Strength Train. Five to six days a week I throw a large gym bag into my car and drive 4 miles to my local gym. After a 10 minutes warm-up on the cardio machines, where I am surrounded by other women, I head to the very back ...

From DEBRA ROBY, BlogHer,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Scott Dixon

This Week in Crafts: Fashion Shows, Swaps, and Making It Work

I'm home from spending 24 hours at Pacific International Quilt Festival.  This west-coast weekend is a blend of hundreds of vendors, hundreds of quilts and a fascinating mix of wearable fashions.  I was there to work the Fashion Show -a Friday night ...

From DEBRA ROBY, BlogHer,  18 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Rachel Clark

Painfree Crafting- Stretches, Yoga and A Training Schedule

In the next few months many of us will decide we have to "buckle down" and create all the presents and decorations that are on our imaginary -or sometimes not-so-imaginary- To Do List.  We have deadlines- Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, ...

From DEBRA ROBY, BlogHer,  10 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Hanukkah,  Twitter Inc

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