Since May was scrapbooking month and it’s nearly over, I’d love to share this project with you… A couple of us attended a lecture at the Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum given by Jessica Helfand, author of the book “Scrapbooks: An American History”. She mentioned participating in the project “A Week in your Life– 13 Book …

Today’s TV Tuesday post by Aaron Caramanis: We all take our turns developing “nature crafts” around here at TV, whether it’s glittering twigs, gluing down seashells, or embellishing eggs. I also have sole responsibility of overseeing all the floral content for the show. Flower arranging for me is where crafting and gardening intersect. At its …

If you don’t already have your June ’09 Martha Stewart Living Issue… grab one before it’s too late!  I’m really excited about the summer crafts story entitled “Lasting Impressions”.  It is full of simple (yet sophisticated) printing projects that can take as little as 20 minutes to create.  Here’s a behind-the-scenes peek at the photo …

Thank you all for your submissions.  We had a really difficult time narrowing it down to 5 .  Now it is up to you.  Here are our 5 finalists in no particular order.  Please cast your vote by 6:00 PM Friday, May 29th.  Good Luck!! Header Option 1 Header Option 2 Header Option 3 Header Option …

Thank you all for your amazing entries.  Sorry for the delay – we will be posting the winning entries for voting  tomorrow morning!…

Last summer I spent a week traveling along the southern coast of Ireland. It was an amazing trip. I was really taken with the natural patterns in the landscape. I kept thinking to myself, if I were a textile designer this would be my inspiration. Wouldn’t you just love an entire summer wardrobe in these …

Funny that I should post about scrapbooking again (did I mention that my wedding photos are still in a box … my 13th anniversary is coming up). Anyway, I thought I’d share my way of keeping some of the kids’ memories: In their rooms I’ve simply strung lengths of twill tape, that I clip artwork, …

Some more photos from my recent trip to France! I love the muted and beachy colors of these buildings on the waterfront We were lucky enough to catch the big Tuesday Market- what a treat! Even the trash in France is beautiful! We came across these discarded shutters near the beach. The beautiful blue is …