March is National CRAFTING Month

Here’s info I am copying and pasting about a contest being run by CraftPlace dot org

National Craft Month – Spring Cleaning Challenge
March is National Craft Month. The same month of the year when Spring finally rolls around. The snow melts, the grass gets green and the first signs of warm weather allow you to open your windows and do some spring cleaning! But don’t toss out that old pair of boots, throw pillow or tee-shirt just yet- recreate, upcycle, embellish or repurpose it for craftplace.org’s National Craft Month Spring Cleaning Challenge.

Read more at:
http://www.craftplace.org/contests.php

Read too my March 2009 Blog post >> Here << to find links for all Crafters to have fun with.

Happy Crafting Month!

Blogging for Crafter's - All Crafters

There are so many blogs in cyberspace - and the favorite sites to create ones are like "here" at Blogger.com (or where you get the blogspot.com name portion from) and other popular sites : Wordpress and Live Journal. Each of these sites offer help and are FREE.

But if you're a Crafter and considering creating a BLOG for the first time, there's now a new space for just "you" to create your own blog. Lots of Crafters already have created their own blogs, again putting them on the sites mentioned - but if you're new to Blogging and a Crafter - then you might want to Check out AllCrafts.net - Free blog offer. They have help to guide you every step of the way.
Read this article >> Free Blogs for Crafters
and/or visit AllCraftsBlogs.com

Don't forget March is National Craft Month >> see some of the resources I have listed in this post on my blog here at Blogger.com

Happy Blogging ~ Happy Crafting!

March in like a lion out like a lamb....but what goes on during the month?

Crafters know it's TIME for CRAFTING during those lion around days and they aren't sheepish about how they use their talents!
March is National Craft Month in the USA
With our economy in such disarray - maybe crafting or creating things with our hands and imaginations is just what we need to distract ourselves.
Read this recent article on MSNBC
Crafting: A Silver Lining in a Tough Economy

Looking for an outlet for your creativity? Crafting is bucking the economic meltdown. Here are the latest crafting trends you should know about.

Entrepreneur.com By Laura Tiffany

updated 2:00 p.m. ET, Wed., March. 11, 2009
Visit Entrepreneur.com for more interesting information and ideas for the Entrepreneur in you.

There's soooooooooooooo many crafting & creative ideas - websites, blogs, etc. online - and over to the right along the side of this blog is a feed to "Inspirations" tips and techniques...take a link on over and browse around.

Here too are just the tip of the crafting iceberg of sites that may peek your interest during this month:
websites or blogs of interest

All Crafts.net
http://www.allcrafts.net
CraftBits.com
http://www.craftbits.com
Creativity Portal
http://www.creativity-portal.com/
Arts & Crafts
http://www.creativity-portal.com/howto/artscrafts/
HGTV Crafts
http://www.hgtv.com/crafting/index.html
Martha Stewart >> Crafts
Splitcoast Stampers Project ideas
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/
Templates
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=16
Check out too the amazing Paper Crafting projects ideas from Scor Pal
remember as long as you have a "Scoring" tool or Bone folder tool you can do any of these
projects - print out the directions, and make note of folding markings and measurements for
the various projects.
http://www.scor-pal.com/projects.htm
and see too MelsStampz - 100 things you can do with your Scor-Pal
http://melstampz.blogspot.com/2008/08/scor-pal-things-you-can-do-with-your.html

Visit Craft Critique - for honest reviews & commentary of crafting items and tools from real crafters
sign up for their newsletter too.
http://www.craftcritique.com/
Other sites to visit during the month in no particular order

• http://thinkcrafts.com/blog/2009/03/01/its-national-craft-month/
• http://blog.craftsolutions.com/2009/march-is-national-craft-month/
• http://twiddlebugzdesignz.blogspot.com/2009/03/march-is-national-craft-month.html
• http://en.wordpress.com/tag/national-craft-month/
• http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/marchholidays/l/aa021201a.htm
• http://crafts.kaboose.com/
• http://christynelson.net/blog/2009/03/national-craft-month.html
• http://www.typeamom.net/march-is-national-craft-month.html
• http://willowglen.ning.com/profiles/blogs/march-is-national-craft-month
• http://www.ehow.com/how_4802733_celebrate-national-craft-month.html
• http://polkadotwhimsy.typepad.com/polka_dot_whimsy/2009/03/march-is-national-craft-month.html
• http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/
• http://scrapbookdui.blogspot.com/2009/03/march-is-national-craft-month.html
• http://www.kidsturncentral.com/crafts/craftmonth.htm
• http://www.crayola.com/calendar/detail.cfm?event_id=139&year=2009
• http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/164047/march_is_national_craft_month.html
• http://www.plaidonline.com/articleDetail.asp?entry=article&articleID=354
• http://familycrafts.about.com/b/2007/03/05/national-craft-month.htm

Shopping Online for Craft Stuff - again just a few sites to check out
Craft shopping online
HSN
http://crafts-sewing.hsn.com/?ccm=ct
QVC
http://tinyurl.com/dc6fqq
Create for Less
http://www.createforless.com/
CreativeXpress
http://creativexpress.com/
Joann's
http://www.joann.com/joann/

Printables / Crafts ready to print, fold and assemble
Aimee Asher.com
The Printing and Digital Crafting Mall
http://aimeeasher.com/

D.A.I.S.I.E. Company
find Craft Projects and Printables at D.A.I.S.I.E. Company
http://www.daisiecompany.com

Also check out Daily Crafter.com
Its a fairly new website/forums online for crafters. This is an excerpt quoted directly from website:
"DailyCrafter.com! The internet's friendliest craft forum community.DailyCrafter.com is the place to meet your favorite craft suppliers and manufacturers. Ask them questions. Get the dirt on upcoming craft news and events! It's also a great place for craft enthusiasts to gather and share their latest ideas and nifty new projects. Get inspired and make crafty new friends. What could be better?" http://dailycrafter.com
Visit your Local Public Library too - check out Crafting Books for FREE!!!
Happy Crafting!

Find out what else is being Observed or Celebrated this Month
http://www.brownielocks.com/march.html
I hope you found some inspiration via the links - I welcome your feedback or comments ;-)