Women’s eNews: Jan became interested in namdas during a research project on declining crafts while getting her master’s degree at the Craft Development Institute in Srinagar, Kashmir’s summer capital. As part of her research, Jan was required to introduce innovations to increase the marketability of Kashmiri namdas. So instead of using local wool, she used […]
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PR Newswire: Thirteen years ago, mother of two Laura Kelly stood in the doorway of a kindergarten class and watched as a group of three-, four- and five-year-olds baked bread and hand-sewed little animals. Kelly was prospecting schools for her own children, and to a mother who was nervous about choosing the right one, “this
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You don’t need to be Picasso to be an artist. At times, you don’t even need paint and a brush. Donovan Peterson is an artist who uses existing, worn out items to make new things. The process is also known as upcycling. “At one point I just decided to quit saying ‘that’s a good idea,
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Although Kat Woodard grew up in a home filled with artists, it wasn’t until she was older that she found her own niche reports Idaho State Journal. Woodard, 56, said it began at a Lia Sophia jewelry event about a year and a half ago. She was drawn to a particular necklace, but did not
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It all started with Barbara Barry’s new hobby, knitting. Whenever she’d learn something new she would find herself shopping at her local craft store for that new piece. Eventually those pieces would find themselves lost at the bottom of her knitting bag. So Barry took to the net in search of an all-in-one kit that
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It was at a party when Faith Saunders first came into contact with make-your-own greeting cards, reports My Central Jersey. “I got bored with what they were doing, so I just started making my own stuff,” Saunders said. Saunders said people had always told her she was creative, but she never really felt in touch
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Wicked Local: Sitting on the cream carpet of her Lee Street home, just a stone’s throw from the Brookline Reservoir, Megan Woods doesn’t look like the kind of mom who spends her afternoons sifting through ugly sweaters in the back of a thrift store. But Woods has become a connoisseur of second-hand sweaters in the
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Brainerd Dispatch: Doretta Busbey started creating felted wool handbags as a way to pay for the plane ticket to Ethiopia to pick up the daughter she adopted with her husband. The couple has three adopted children, two daughters and a son, from Ethiopia. It was Busbey’s first trip to Ethiopia. She didn’t know what to
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KFBB.com: For some, decorating and shopping for the holidays is a chore, and for others the Christmas season is time to go all out. But for one Great Falls mom, spreading Christmas cheer pays the bills, through a two day craft show that makes Santa’s operation look like a part time hobby. In this house,
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Imagine walking into your local store, picking out a cart full of items, and going to the check out line just to tell the cashier what you will pay for each item. Feels like a dream, doesn’t it? Anyone who has bought from Shoppers Rule knows that it is a reality. Through an innovative system
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