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21 Christmas Craft projects to create a festive holiday season

Over at the new Craftside blog there is a great list of 21 Christmas Craft projects collected from the past years.

The Arc Academy fundraiser and more crafty news to enlighten and inspire

First up today, I want to let you in on a sale at Qbookshop.com

Nothing Scary Here! All Craft Books 35% Off! 

There's nothing scary about our Halloween Sale ... unless you miss it! 

SAVE 35% ON ALL BOOKS between now and Halloween at Qbookshop.

We're offering free shipping, to boot!*

To save 35% off the original price of your purchase, place your items in the shopping cart, then enter 

Promo Code PUMPKIN6 

and click the "Apply" button before checking out. Don't miss these great savings! 

*Free shipping on $50 or more.

 

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Here is a cool (or should I say hot?) video from Stephen Christena, author of our upcoming book Learn to Weld: Beginning MIG Welding and Metal Fabrication Basics - Includes techniques you can use for home and automotive repair, metal fabrication projects, sculpture, and more.

Support The Arc Academy from Arc Academy on Vimeo.

To contribute pop on over to indiegogo: The Arc Academy.

And to listen to a cool interview with the 3 men of Arc Academy, pop on over to Vacalo.

More about the new book:

Learn to Weld: Beginning MIG Welding and Metal Fabrication Basics - Includes techniques you can use for home and automotive repair, metal fabrication projects, sculpture, and more

by Stephen Blake Christena

Master MIG welding and the metal fabrication techniques you need to repair, create, and duplicate projects in your home welding studio. Learn to Weld starts with the basics: setting up your studio, the right safety gear and safety procedures, and the equipment and materials you will need to begin with welding. With the help of step-by-step metalworking photos and tutorials, you will learn detailed techniques for cutting and grinding, and for joinery using a MIG welder. Practice the techniques and projects, and you’ll soon be able to repair, create, and duplicate metal fabrication projects in your own welding studio. Best of all, you will have both the fundamental skills and the confidence you need to create whatever is in your imagination. With Learn to Weld you’ll be equipped to conquer a world of welding projects.

Stephen Blake Christena is the owner of Midwest Metal Works in Chicago, IL. MW2 offers custom fabrication services and a learning center for hobbyists interested in MIG welding. Christena teaches small-size courses designed to cover the basics and explore students' projects and interests. He is also a spokesman for Miller welding equipment.

 

Originally from Flint, Michigan, Christena moved to Chicago in 1998 after graduating from Western Michigan University with a degree in art. During his time at WMU, his primary focus was directed toward metal sculpture, photography, and painting. He opened his first custom metal sculpture studio in August of 1998.

www.midwestmetalworks.org

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I know I'm mixing things up as I usually share links on Monday, but hey, who doesn't love a good list of links any day of the week?

  

Body Mind Beauty Health

6 Tips for Organizing Movies and Music

  

Quarry SPOON

Recipe for Sweet and Sour Mango Ketchup

  

Whole Home News

Recipe for French Onion Soup

  

Rock Paper Ink

Sketchology

  

Motorbooks

How to repair Aluminum Automotive Trim

    
  

Craftside and SPOON Double Holiday Goodness Book Giveaway

Did you love last week's Double Holiday Goodness Giveaway? Well, I have another Double Holiday Goodness Giveaway for you today! This one is with SPOON and it's all about BOOKS!

Get yourself in the running for these 2 fabulous sets of craft and cook books!

This first Craftside set includes:

Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails  by Ted Haigh

Drawing and Painting Imaginary Animals  by Carla Sonheim

Vegan Food Gifts by Joni Marie Newman

The Textile Artist's Studio Handbook by Visnja Popovic and Owyn Ruck

Book Art Studio Handbook by Stacie Dolin and Amy Lapidow

The Complete Photo Guide to Crochet by Margaret Hubert

The Complete Photo Guide to Beading by Robin Atkins

Steampunk: An Illustrated History of Fantastical Fiction, Fanciful Film and Other Victorian Visions by Brian J. Robb

You can get yourself in the running for this first Craftside set of books 3 easy ways.

1. Leave your answer in the comments below to the question:

Do you consider cooking a craft? If so, do you consider yourself a "foodie"? Do you get your craft inspiration from sources that cover both crafts and feature recipes?

2. Share your favorite holiday food or craft over at the Craftside Facebook page (remember in order for Craftside Facebook updates to show in your newsfeed, you need to hover over the "LIKED" button on our page and select "Show in News Feed". Otherwise you might miss our on our behind the scenes sneak peeks!)

3. Join our mailing list on the top right column.

Enter by midnight December 13th, 2012 and we will randomly pick a winner from entrances. Watch your email as you may be the proud new owner of a whole bunch of book goodness!

To get yourself in the running for this set of Cooking and Crafting books pop on over to SPOON.

The SPOON set of books includes:

Making Artisan Pasta by Aliza Green

The Sweet Book of Candy Making by Elizabeth LaBau

How to Make Stuffed Animals by Sian Keegan

The Complete Photo Guide to Cake Decorating by Autumn Carpenter

Extreme Brewing: A Deluxe Edition with 14 New Homebrew Recipes by Sam Calgione

Shake, Stir, Pour: Fresh Homegrown Cocktails by Katie Loeb

How to Build a Better Pie by Millicent Souris

The Joy of Foraging by Gary Lincoff 

Good luck!!!

     

Happy New Year from all of us at Craftside

Happy New Year!

May it be filled with all sorts of fabulous creativity!

I am so looking forward to this year and all sorts of new books filled with new techniques and ideas that are sure to spark my creativity.

If this sounds like a plan to you then please be sure to come on back and see what I am up to!

And if getting a new book in your hot little hands sounds like a plan over at Qbookshop there is a sale going on.

Use the promo code

"HAPPY3"

by January 6th, 2012 (first time typing that! Whoo-hooo!) and get

30% off

the original price of your purchase.

To save 30% off the original price of your purchase, place your items in the shopping cart, then enter Promo Code HAPPY3 and click the "Apply" button before checking out. Don't delay! This offer ends at midnight CT on Friday, January 6.

See you tomorrow!

 

How to create a hierarchy and system for type on a page from the book Typography Essentials

I am always looking for interesting ways to incorporate type into my art, whether it be an alter art page or a greeting card, so I often turn to graphic design books like Typography Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Working with Type for some insight. These two pages are filled with the mechanics of good and interesting design.

These pages from Typography Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Working with Type have some great points on the subject of systematizing type hierarchy on a page. Click on the images to enlarge and read about these two different ways to organize type on a page and create an understandable path.

 Looking for more info on creating good designs with your type? Then grab yourself a copy of:

Typography Essentials:

100 Design Principles for Working with Type

By

Ina Saltz

This comprehensive book outlines and demonstrates basic type guidelines and rules through 100 entries, including choosing the typeface for the project, striving for rhythm and balance with type, combining typefaces, using special characters, and kerning and legibility. These essentials of type design are critical to the success of any job.

Ina Saltz is an art director, designer, writer, photographer and professor of Electronic Design and Multimedia at The City College of New York. Her areas of expertise are typography and magazine design, and for more than 22 years, she was an editorial design director at Time Magazine (International Editions), Worth Magazine, and other magazines including Golf Magazine, Golf for Women Magazine, and Worldbusiness Magazine.

Want to see more inside? Pop on over to this link to Qbookshop and click on the Google Preview Button.