CraftyPod #103: Keeping Up with the Crafty Internet, with One Pretty Thing’s Rachel Klein
Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff. In this show: - With so many blogs, so many projects, and so much crafty Goodness on the web every day, how can we hope to keep up? Rachel Klein, of One Pretty Thing, gives us some tips. - Learn how Rachel manages to read over 4000 blogs and websites each week, rounding up the best links for her amazing website. - Apply Rachel’s strong organizational skills to your craft projects, too. Links:

Two New How-To’s
Ooh! I’ve had a couple of felt-y projects published over at CRAFT, and wanted to share. They’re in the midst of a Super Crafty Kidz month – lots of projects for kids aged 8 and up. Up top there is a felt photo frame you can clip to a backpack. Starring Cedric Diggory. (Just kidding.) The how-to is over here.

Cool Zine Alert: Contours
Still trying to catch up on my zine blogging. Su, of Tangled Press fame, sent me this gem a while back – and it is a gem. She was thinking about doodling, and realized that this contour line type of doodle that you see on the cover has appeared in many of her creative projects. So this zine is about how this doodle mapped out her creative path. Bet you were wondering w

Some cool things to know about
Whew! Getting caught up after a couple days off. Just a few things to share… First, if you don’t mind a little daughterly pride, my Mom is celebrating her first Blogiversary! I can’t believe it’s been a whole year since she started her blog. In that time, she’s shared a metric ton of crafty and kitchen value. It’s been such a thrill to watch her dive into blogging. You can enter her holiday fabric g

This week’s free project at The Knittn’ Kitten
It’s a new week, which means there’s a new free project sheet available at The Knittn’ Kitten. This week, Lee Meredith has cooked up a really cool little knit-and-sewn zipper pouch. As she says: “I had fun combining knitting and hand sewing together in this project, and seeing the different pouch types you can get from different gauges. This isn’t exactly a quick project, with all the hand sewing (at least not for me!) but it’s so satisfying when