Reviews & Recommendations

Kanzashi in Bloom: Give-Away!

Kanzashi in Bloom: Give-Away!

I'm a lucky girl! Diane Gillelland of Craftypod sent me a copy of her new book, Kansahi in Bloom. Maybe you'll be lucky too: she sent me a...

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the feeling is mutual

the feeling is mutual

I'm anxious to get my August issue of Family Fun. I love this magazine! Family Fun mag always has such great project ideas for families. I...

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Fashioning Felt

Fashioning Felt

Last month when I was in NYC, I was fortunate enough to visit the Cooper-Hewitt exhibit entitled Fashioning Felt. It runs through...

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muck and pluck

muck and pluck

Muck and pluck were the two things that we yarnies had in common at the very rainy and muddy Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival this...

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heads up

heads up

I just wanted to *reach out* and give you a *heads up*. Thought maybe we should *touch base*. Now that my husband and I are both working...

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Sew Hip Mag Give-away

Sew Hip Mag Give-away

As promised, I've got two issues of The new UK sewing magazine, Sew Hip, to give away! Issue #2 has my interview (along with bunches of...

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Sew Hip-Hooray!

Sew Hip-Hooray!

I finally got my copy of Sew Hip! Sew Hip is a new UK sewing magazine that I've been involved with recently. This issue #2 and it has an...

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bees knees in my tea

bees knees in my tea

My Jersey City brother and sister-in-law gave us some honey for Christmas...homemade from their own backyard! How cool is that? I'm having...

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Give-Away: Week 3

Give-Away: Week 3

Hope you all had a great Halloween and that you are ready for the 3rd and final weekly give-away! Woot! As we head into November, I...

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cover me

cover me

Look what came in the mail yesterday... Issue 09 of Craft Magazine will be on newsstands Nov 4th, but you can get a preview of my article...

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Give-Away: Week 2

Give-Away: Week 2

Happy Monday and welcome to week #2 of the betz white blog reader give-away! Last week's response knocked my socks off! Really, it gave me...

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have podcast, will travel!

have podcast, will travel!

I've got a trip coming up this week so I'm gathering my travel necessities. My new favorite thing to bring (when I'm traveling solo, that...

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get cranky!

get cranky!

I received an email this morning from a reader frustrated with making I-cord, asking for advice. I wrote my original I-cord post ages ago,...

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bag-o-rama

bag-o-rama

I think I have bags on the brain since my last workshop. I keep acquiring them. Whether or not I will actually use them for their intended...

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starts and stops

starts and stops

I am ALL over the place these days with projects. Not that that's any different from my usual m.o. but I feel extra multi-tasky. Maybe...

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seasonal allergies

seasonal allergies

On July 5th, Target's "seasonal" section was packed with Back To School supplies. On August 1st, our local Michael's craft store was full...

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call me jane*

call me jane*

I finished my first sock! Here it is in it's fresh-off-the-needles unblocked zany glory. I started it on vacation. This was actually my...

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etsy love

etsy love

A few weeks ago I bought this adorable felt camera case on etsy. It's made by Hine and her workmanship is impeccable! I had spied her...

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from me to me

from me to me

This past week I totally lucked out and caught wind of new stock available from yarntini. Ever since Susan introduced me to this yarn I...

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pounce

pounce

Do you know about "pounce"? It's a fun little search feature on etsy. A little like Stumble, but more dangerous to one's paypal account....

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quick, like a bunny…

quick, like a bunny…

Just a quick note to let you know that Rob Kalin, founder of etsy.com is going to be on The Martha Show today, February 29th. Short...

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warm fuzzies flickr pool

warm fuzzies flickr pool

Hey Warm Fuzzies friends...have you visited the Flickr pool lately? Here is a small selection of wonderful projects made by YOU! Oh yes,...

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monday inspiration

monday inspiration

Here's a little peek at that magazine I was looking at last post. I do love Marie Claire Idees! It's very french and very girlie...which...

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