I love these pens, the Pilot HI-TEC-C pen is so great because it has such a fine point, they are available in 0.4 and 0.3 and even 0.25mm! There are lots of fine tip felt pens available but I’m a hard writer and I tend to destroy the felt tip. What I love about them is that …

It’s nearly October!  Halloween crafting season is here, so we’re giving away an assortment of six spooky Halloween glitters along with our glitterable skulls to to get you started. Leave a comment describing how you’ll use these glitter and skulls in 50 words or less, along with a valid e-mail address by 6 PM Friday. …

Hand Dyed Glass Pearls Amy asks: This is a question about a project Martha did on air over a year ago.  She had dyed glass pearls and then threaded them alternately on satin ribbon to make a necklace. My question is that if I omit the ribbon and just string the dyed pearls, will the …

photo by Charles R Rushton Agnes Martin is hardly a new artist I’m introducing … but still I wanted to talk about her on this blog, since she is one of my most favorite painters ever. I very much remember the retrospective 1992 at the Whitney Museum in New York. I can’t even recall how …

As Halloween approaches, we wanted to share one of our favorite candy resources with you.  In publishing, we develop seasonal stories throughout the year.   Since we use candy for favors and styling, like in the Halloween table setting below, we frequently need seasonal candy out of season. Luckily, we work close by to Economy Candy.  …

Is anyone else excited for Halloween?  According to the overwhelming response to our HALLOWEEN WORKSHOP and other online projects, I’d say so!  I hope everyone has seen the October issue- we’re really excited about it.  There were too many projects to fit in the magazine, so we’ve put some exclusively on the web.  Here are …

Thank you everyone for all of your great questions for this new section – We were  really overwhelmed by your response! We will definitely have to make this a weekly feature to get as many of your great questions in as possible!! A few things to note for the coming weeks: 1. Though we LOVE …

I’m working on a few baby quilts right now at home (lots of due dates in November and December) and I thought I’d share with you some of my favorite sources for quilt fabric and tools while my mind is all quilty. Online, my go-to source for quilt fabric and tools is always Hancock’s of …