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Morgan Levine
Name: Morgan Levine
Job Title: Editorial Assistant Crafts and Holiday
Date started at company: I started freelancing 3/07 and joined Editorial Crafts full time 6/08
First story you worked on: “Glow and Behold” Blueprint , Nov/Dec 2007
Hometown: Bethesda, Md
Education: Pratt Institute, Industrial Design BA
First Job: Sorted clothes in a warehouse for my friend’s father’s thrift store
Astrological sign: Capricorn
Personal crafting/artwork: I used to focus on ceramics, but these days I’m bonkers for crepe paper . My work can be found at amblethroughbramble.com.
Things you collect: Snack sets…they’re the plates that have an indentation to the side for a matching cup and little handle. They’re perfect to keep a hand free at a party, or to carry your breakfast outside
FAVORITE . . .
Color: Pantone # 377
Holiday: Passover. I host it every year for family and friends. Mom does most of the cooking, and we fill my apartment to capacity with nears and dears
Pizza topping: artichoke hearts
Kind of Fabric: Anything cable knit
Dessert: bananas foster
Source: Metalliferous.com
Editor's Archive
Posted by Morgan Levine
Congratulations Talitha Lee and Lara Corbell! You won this week’s giveaway of Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric Crafts. Please e-mail your address to thecraftsdept@marthastewart.com, so we can send your new books on their way…
Tags: contest, contest winner
Posted on April 16th, 2010 in Contests & Prizes | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Morgan Levine
We are all so excited to have been named Honorees for Cultural Blogs by the Webbys!! There was a lot of stiff competition, so it’s a serious honor. Thanks to all contributors, our web team, and of course our readers!!! As always, we love your feedback, so leave us a comment or write us at …
Tags: award, Webby
Posted on April 13th, 2010 in Inspiration Board | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Morgan Levine
Congratulations to Puja, Don, Nina Smith, and June Pegram! You won last week’s giveaway of Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric Crafts. Please e-mail your addresses to thecraftsdept@marthastewart.com and we will send some books your way. Thanks!…
Tags: contest, contest winner
Posted on April 8th, 2010 in Inspiration Board | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Morgan Levine
As you probably know, we celebrated the launch of our new Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric Crafts with a big party full of demonstrations, projects, and displays. If you weren’t able to make it, take a look at the photos below for a little tour of Stitch Fest. photographs by Emily Roemer…
Tags: Behind the Scenes, sewing, stitch fest
Posted on April 7th, 2010 in Around Town, Photo Galleries | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Morgan Levine
Easter is only a couple of days away, so I wanted to share these adorable Easter crafts from blogger/crafter Benita at http://chezlarsson.com. The Crafts Dept can’t stop cooing over them. See more pom-pom & egg creations, including how-tos here. She writes that she was inspired by “Fancy Eggs,” a Faberge-inspired egg crafting story from April …
Tags: cute, Easter, egg, pom-poms
Posted on April 2nd, 2010 in Inspiration Board | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Morgan Levine
Congratulations to Josephine Silvassy! You won the Singer Futura Embroidery and Sewing Machine!! Please e-mail your addresses to thecraftsdept@marthastewart.com and we will send it your way. Thanks!…
Tags: congrats, contest, contest winner
Posted on April 2nd, 2010 in Contests & Prizes | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Morgan Levine
Check out some behind the scenes photos of The Crafts Dept. setting up for tonight’s Stitch Fest…
Tags: Behind the Scenes, stitch fest
Posted on April 1st, 2010 in Behind the Scenes, Photo Galleries | direct link to this entry |
Posted by Morgan Levine
We’ve talked a lot about Easter eggs over the past couple of weeks, but there’s more to Easter crafts than eggs. I’ve selected a few of my favorite Easter crafts in the gallery below, but click here to find loads of other tabletop and entertaining ideas for your Easter event, along with how-tos for the …
Tags: Easter, entertaining, tabletop
Posted on April 1st, 2010 in On The Web, Photo Galleries | direct link to this entry |