Have you heard about Austin Mini Maker Faire? There are going to be lots of amazing makers. And it’s going to be in one of Austin’s really cool venues in downtown Austin. There will be fun things to make. Great accordian driven steam punk to listen to. And creative people to watch all day long. You can even [...]

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Next Thursday is our first ever Mamas Craft Night Out for which we partnered with the Austin Children’s Museum. It’ll be a fun night of craft, appliques to be exact. A little cutting, ironing, stitching, talking, imbibing of the spirits if you’re so inclined and hanging out in the Children’s Museum all by ourselves! Just [...]

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Join us at the Austin Children’s Museum for a fun night of creativity and making and talking and a Mamas Crafty Night Out! (no experience necessary to play!) Including FREE PARKING to all who register! We’ll kick off this series with a fun appliqué project from our new book, Make Stuff Together. Bring your favorite [...]

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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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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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Thanks for all your comments last week. Sorry if we seem delayed on this process that we said would be weekly. Truth be told, we don’t just seem delayed, we actually have been delayed. A case of chicken-pox, a school holiday and non-English speaking houseguests have spun our world a little out of its usual [...]

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Yes, it’s true. More free fabric coming your way. As Kathie and I work out the details of our upcoming book, and figure out the tone we’ll take and whether or not we’ll have a little bullshit icon for when we get too uppity in that parenting kind of way, we’ll be thinking of all [...]

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We are hard at work over here in Ramonsterwear world headquarters putting our book together for Wiley Publishing. Yes that’s right, Our Book which will from here on in be called OUR BOOK!!!. Our book, under the working title Crafting To Connect, should be out sometime in Fall of 2011. Since we can’t invite you [...]

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