In addition to publishing some very fine craft books, Wiley Publishers has a craft blog. This week they are featuring yours truly, Future Craft Collective. They have some interviews and sample projects and even a few giveaways including kits and books. Leave a comment on the Wiley blog  and maybe you’ll be the lucky winner of [...]

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We’ve gotten so many beautiful reviews and lovely notes and amazing feedback about our book from family, friends and even total strangers! Here’s one we got today from Lois Bastian, a writer in Pennsylvania. For me it captured just what we were trying to do – which was offer a craft book that also offered good writing and possibilities [...]

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We have hit opposite coasts with our book and we are looking forward to some fun craft events, talks and book signings. Check out our Book Tour page for info about where we’ll be in the upcoming weeks. Our virtual tour continues as well with even more chances to read reviews, interviews and to win [...]

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The book giveaways continue and so do the lovely reviews, interviews and sample projects… Check out Slow Family Online with their very sweet and thoughtful post about Make Stuff Together and about crafting with kids. Then there’s the inimitable Sr. Diane over at Craftypod with smart review and a link to a sample project at Craftzine. And [...]

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Now into day 3 of our Blog Tour and we are so excitedly receiving all the accolades. It’s funny when you put something out into the world that has been such a painstaking effort for so long. For nearly 2 years we pored over every aspect of each project, each paragraph, each sentiment and each photograph [...]

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And we are so excited! Today we kick off our virtual tour with both Craftzine and Rhythm of the Home. Read each one for sample projects and book reviews and for a chance to win your very own copy of our brand new book Make Stuff Together. Then “like us” on our Facebook page for [...]

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Want to see something really cool? Something that arrived this week in our inbox over here at Future Craft Collective? It’s our book! Nearing completion and it is looking good. Thanks to the amazing magic of a whole slew of editors and designers and photographers and marketers, here is the cover as it looks right [...]

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We over here at Future Craft Collective have a penchant for those old fashioned Make Stuff books from the late 60s and 70s. You know the ones. The craft books for kids that were often part of a kids book set such as the Childcraft series or Things to Make and Do or The Children’s Hour [...]

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As we work on our own book Make Stuff Together with Wiley Publishing, (which is seeming even more amazing as our April publishing date draws near), it is brought to our attention that there are a lot of cool craft books out there. And design books. And film, fashion, environment, family life books and more. [...]

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True to our tagline, we really do like to make stuff with our kids. We like to make stuff without our kids too which can actually make the making of stuff with our kids a little more complicated. Sometimes our own vision gets in the way and we have to remember that it’s not just [...]

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