On Sunday night I was pleasantly surprised by fireworks at the Hudson River.  What a treat!  There’s something spectacular about fireworks.  They are celebratory, magnificent, and so beautiful to watch; which is why I’m excited for the 4th of July.  I hear Macy’s puts on quite the show in New York so I’m hoping for …

Today’s post is written by Ashley Little, a web producer for marthastewart.com. When I began working at marthastewart.com as a web producer, I was an avid knitter and never devoted much time to sewing.  After taking a few Martha Stewart employee sewing classes, I was hooked. One pillow, two aprons, and three tote bags later, …

Hi, we’re Renée and Tracy, the newest crafts interns here at Martha Stewart Living! We’ll be contributing to thecraftsdept.com throughout the summer, so we thought an introduction was in order.  Renée is a rising senior studying Graphic Design at Rhode Island School of Design, and Tracy is a recent graduate from Northwestern University with a …

Happy Friday!  Today’s tutorial comes to us from the brilliant Lara and Teegs, who run a screenprinting studio from the Great Down Under.  I think this is a perfect weekend project.  Not only is an apron essential when crafting, but with all the gardens and barbecues to tend to this summer, there’s no time like the …

How is it the last day of the school year already ?! Each year this day seems to come faster and faster. Normally I give an ice cream kit to the teachers as an end of year present, but this time we’ve already had this wonderful teacher once before and I didn’t want to give …

Did you notice we changed our blog header in preparation for July 4th?  Since we launched thecraftsdept.com, we’ve crafted each blog header using a specific technique, or relating to a seasonally relevant theme. Blake came up with our most recent header.  She used red strips of paper to create the striped letters.  Once she’d cut …

So, it’s officially Summer!  I just came across a great center on the web- 60 Days of Summer.  There are plenty of great entertaining ideas, handmade gifts, and fun activities to do outside, or in an air conditioned room.  Start crafting now, and you can have 60+ projects done before labor day!  Below are a …

This store is hardly just a yarn store, and certainly not the kind of yarn store you may be used to. Located on the 8th floor in a nondescript building in New York’s flower district, Habu Textiles is more like a work room and when you enter, you feel like you’ve entered the world of some very …