Crafty peeps from Craftside at Maker Faire!

I think all of us would say we were blown away by all the creativity at Maker Faire!

We took a moment out of our crafting adventure to pose for a quick picture in the Craftside booth. Here we have Catherine from the "home office" and Stan our Amineko roving reporter, Carolee Gilligan Wheeler co-author of Good Mail Day: A Primer for Making Eye-Popping Postal Art

Garth Johnson author of 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse: Remake, Restyle, Recycle, Renew

and myself Stefanie Girard, author of Sweater Surgery: How to Make New Things from Old Sweaters

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Here is Laurie Sharp, author of Wool Pets: Making 20 Figures with Wool Roving and a Barbed Needle

with a fan who came to needle felt with her and shared one of her creations, a needle felted sock monkey who just loved hangin' with Stan!

 

And the fans of recycling sweaters and turning them into cute little flowers with the help of the awesome Sizzix die cutter were in abundance!

It was just a wild weekend for sure!

Now it's Monday, so onto Crafty Blogger links!

About Family Crafts
I know at this time of year many people are trying to think of ideas for graduation gifts, but how about making a special end-of-the-year gift for a special teacher?

Aileen's Musings
Aileen's offering some fabulous fractal freebie backgrounds for you to download and use!

Beading Arts
Rubber glass? Rubber glass?!? What the heck is rubber glass?

Cathie Filian
Seed packets are the inspiration for sprucing up your garden. Pop by Cathie's to see how.

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world
Craftside's got a chance to win a free copy of The Complete Photo Guide to Textile Art, and we are off to Maker Faire with our new roving reporter Stan. Stan is an Amineko (crocheted cat); see how to make his Steampunk business card holder made Sweater Surgery style, learn how to make a 4-ply braid, and to relax, try our honey cucumber skin toner recipe.

Crafty Princess Diaries
Tammy shares some crafted items she purchased during a recent trip to the Bahamas.

Cross Stitch at About.com
Got a great source for free Cross Stitch patterns? Check out Connie's list and then share your own.

Farm Girl Roots, City Girl Style
And it's one, two, three strikes you're out... check out Linda's baseball quilt.

Margot Potter The Impatient Crafter
Turn a vintage tie into a stylish tampon case with Madge in this week's Teen Craft project for ILoveToCreate!

Stefanie Girard's Sweater Surgery
Enter to win a copy of Sweater Surgery!

The Artful Crafter
Make a travel art journal for when you want to jot or sketch ideas on the go. 

Comments

[Suella]

Looks like you all had a great time. Much fun and much creativity.

[Janel]

I can't wait for the Detroit Maker Faire! It looks like so much fun.

[laurie@woolpets.com]

Thanks so much for having me, Steph! Mr. Woolpets and I loved meeting you and Catherine. We're already looking forward to next year's Maker!