Many years ago my friend, Page Marchese Norman, and I started a tradition of hand making Valentines gifts for our coworkers. I think we had originally meant for them to be holiday gifts but with the December craziness, Valentines seemed like a more reasonable deadline! Since we needed to make around 200 gifts, we came up …

The Halloween Fun House story in the October Issue of Living came to life with the help of some of our favorite vendors. It was a lot of fun to find market items that fit the Fun House theme – Stripes! Balloons! Rubber Ducks! All these items can be found easily for a great price …

Have you gotten a chance to play around with our CraftStudio App for the iPad? <object classid=”clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000″ id=”ooyalaPlayer_13421329_1342121601″width=”450″ height=”600″codebase=”http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab”><param name=”movie” value=”http://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=kydG00NToShR6JbeDBovE9ARW0f1-85z&version=2″ /><param name=”bgcolor” value=”#000000″ /><param name=”allowScriptAccess” value=”always” /><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true” /><param name=”flashvars” value=”embedType=noscriptObjectTag&embedCode=kydG00NToShR6JbeDBovE9ARW0f1-85z&videoPcode=MyMGo6h73X-jHfvV7pidoDm3o4bK” /><embed src=”http://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=kydG00NToShR6JbeDBovE9ARW0f1-85z&version=2″ bgcolor=”#000000″width=”450″ height=”600″ name=”ooyalaPlayer_13421329_1342121601″ align=”middle”play=”false”loop=”false”allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash”flashvars=”embedCode=kydG00NToShR6JbeDBovE9ARW0f1-85z&videoPcode=MyMGo6h73X-jHfvV7pidoDm3o4bK”pluginspage=”http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer”></embed></object> To help celebrate the launch of the app, we invited some of our favorite bloggers …

Today’s guest post comes from the wonderful Jane Buck of Foxy & Winston: Hello, I’m Jane Buck and I am the Illustrator behind Foxy & Winston. I own and run a small Shop and Print Studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn where I sell my hand printed Stationery and Textiles alongside hand made goods by dear …

Tune in on March 31 at midnight ET (meaning tonight, the night of the 30th!) to see Martha and our own Alex Perruzzi demonstrate some new and favorite tools, embellishments, kits, and great craft ideas. Check local listings for additional times, and click here for more information. They will demonstrate some fun projects you can create …

“If you build it, he will come.” In this case I’m hoping that “he” means spring. After a promising prediction and the welcome break from record-breaking snowstorms, I think we’re due for some sunshine and blooms right about now. How about these cherry blossom punches? Two lucky winners will win a corner and edge punch set, …

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. Martha Stewart Crafts Blog Official Rules MARCH 9, 2011 MARTHA STEWART CRAFTS SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES NO SUBSCRIPTION, PURCHASE OR ONLINE ENTRY REQUIRED TO ENTER OR RECEIVE A PRIZE. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. These Official Rules apply for the “Martha Stewart Crafts Blog Giveaway” promotion (“Sweepstakes”) …

Over at TV, we’re gearing up to celebrate a number of exciting arrivals—the arrival of spring (finally!), the arrival of a bouncing baby boy (courtesy of TV crafter Kirsten Earl) and the arrival of our Craft Hour on The Martha Stewart Show on Wednesday, March 2, at 10 a.m. Exciting arrivals require exciting celebrations, and …