Feb 24th 2011 04:58:55 pm

I’m a little late on letting you know about this swap, but this week I am featuring the Knit or Crochet a Cupcake swap hosted by cinderella730.

I love cupcakes and am always admiring the adorable crocheted cakes I’ve seen on the internet. I know that our Swap-bot members could whip up some cuties!

For this international swap, you knit or crochet one cupcake for your one partner. For inspiration, check out these online patterns:

• Crocheted Cupcake on Canadian Living
• Ana Paula’s Amigurumi Cupcake
• Blah, Blah, Blahhhg Knit Cupcake
• Newton’s Knitting Cupcake Pattern
• BeeKnits: Cake Glorious Cake
• Cupcake Pincushion
• Carissa’s Creativity Space Cupcake Dishcloth
• Spud & Chloe Cupcake Pincushion

If you love cupcakes, sign up for this swap fast! The sign up deadline is March 1st. Then you only have ten days until the mail deadline on March 11th. Have fun!

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Feb 18th 2011 10:13:19 am

I took an unintended hiatus from blog posting this week. I hope you are not in despair over the lack of swappy goodness! The good news is that I am back with a stellar Friday Link Love!

• Many of us in the USA have Monday off work in honor of the President’s Day holiday and why not commemorate the occasion with a presidential craft?! Learn how to make the cute mini president figurines seen above on the Etsy’s blog.
• Check out these two lovely craft blogs I discovered during the Crafterminds tweet-up this week: The Casabella Project & Nethering Our Fest. (You can join in on the Crafterminds chat on Twitter ever Monday at 4 pm EST by following the #crafterminds tag.)
• Fortune favors the brave… and the crafty! I love this DIY glitter garland on Creature Comforts.
• Use this pattern on Kat Crafts to crochet adorable flying pigs with golden wings.
• This time of year I use a lot of tissues for my runny nose, so I really want to make one of these cute “tissue monsters” on Better Together. Kids would love to carry around tissues in a monster pouch!
• I like these clever Twitter and technology inspired greeting cards from PaperWheel press featured on The Crafts Dept.
• One of my favorite illustrators, Lynn of Jinjerup, created some totally lovable animal gift boxes that you can print, fold, and share… and she is giving a few away! Click here for more details about the giveaway.
• Cute! A plush Polaroid camera!
• This neapolitan S’more recipe on Oh Joy! looks like heaven! Yum!
• The Academy Awards are coming up on February 27th. Check out the round-up of Oscar party ideas on Pizzazzerie!

If you are lucky enough to have one, enjoy your three-day weekend!!

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Feb 11th 2011 04:29:49 pm

Check out the new Ernie buttons that just arrived today! Aren’t they cute?! Stay tuned — there may be an opportunity for you to get your hands on some of these cuties in the near future.

Now, on to the links! I only have a handful of things for you this week…

• Mega round-up of free printable Valentines over on Dollar Store Crafts.
• I like these DIY Valentine Poppers made out of toilet paper tubes over on Chasing Fireflies.
• These are so simple, I might make them this weekend: chocolate dipped marshmallow pops on Glorious Treats.
• Not Martha has a bunch of great Valentine’s Day links.
• And lastly, this is just cute: a tiny book made out of buttons!

Share more links in the comments!

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Feb 9th 2011 02:44:55 pm

Postcards are such fun, easy, quick things to swap. This week I found two unique postcard swaps to share with you:

Hablamos Espanol – For this swap, hosted by ssshauna, you send one postcard (in an envelope) to your one partner with a message written in Spanish on it. Sign up before February 21st.

Pi Day Cards – Did you know that March 14th is Pi Day? If you are a match lover, sign up for this swap hosted by thesuester and make or buy a Pi-themed postcard for your partner. Sign up before February 23rd.

Both swaps are international and have only one partner. You are allowed to send traditional style greeting cards for each swap, if you prefer. Both swaps allow new users.

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Feb 4th 2011 02:46:26 pm

Yes, I am still thinking about Valentine’s Day…. but there are a few non-lovey-dovey links for you, too. Have fun!

Valentine-y Stuff:

• Such an easy idea from OneCharmingParty.com to make Valentine’s Day dinner a bit special: heart pizza!
• Another tasty idea – Calzone Hearts!
• Cute Valentine’s Day Traditions on Say Yes to Hoboken.
• Martha Stewart’s round-up of heart-shaped crafts.
• Cute ninja Valentine downloads on CraftZine.com.
• Curbly.com’s round-up of awesome Valentine’s Day cards for the men in your life.

General Craftiness

• This fluffy stuffy bunny pattern is just about the cutest thing ever, on the cutest website ever: Jenny B Harris’ AllSorts.
• A few crafty ideas for Super Bowl Sunday over on CraftZine.com.
• DIY yarn-wrapped monograms – very pretty, and simple!
• CraftCritique’s 2010 Best in Crafting list!
• Pssst. Did you read about my recent craft night with Heidi Kenney of My Paper Crane? Or my recent trip to a Martha Show taping? fun times.

As always, feel free to add more fun links in the comments… Thanks!

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Feb 3rd 2011 02:01:28 pm

I combined my two loves and searched for “glitter valentines” on Etsy and found a bunch of sparkly goodness! Like the “LOVE” garland by tutucrafts seen above. Here are some more glittery wonders to check out:

Sorry for the Valentine’s Day overload — I just can’t get enough of the lovey-dovey holiday!

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Feb 2nd 2011 08:29:11 am

FaveCrafts.com is an awesome craft website that has thousands of free craft projects, home decor ideas, and DIY tips. I have subscribed to their email newsletter for quite a while and was super-pumped when they announced their FaceCrafts Valentine’s Card Swap.

For the swap, each participant creates three Valentine’s cards — one for each of their three partners. “Cards can be designed and made however you want, as long as they’re homemade. This means die-cutting, sewing, photo-shopping, glitter, etc. Make sure the design you choose is easy enough to make multiples of, because you’ll have to make 3.” The swap is a great way to get your creative juices flowing and get some lovely Valentine’s mail in return!

The FaceCrafts Valentine’s Card Swap is currently in the “Top Swap” position on Swap-bot, with over 90 participants already signed up! But, there is still time to participate! Sign up for the swap before this Friday, February 4th, and start spreading the Valentine’s Day love!

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p.s. Friday is also the last day to sign up for the I Love Swap-bot Ultimate Swap and get your bonus pack of Swap-bot goodies!

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