Jane's Folly Posts

I made Celtics and Yankee ornaments for my nephews.  (Note, make absolutely sure you know what the recipient’s favorite teams really are!) Look up the logos.  Usually teams have a…

textile arts

Graham Cracker and Candy House I’ve been doing this craft for years and years.  It started with a cute little one page idea in Family Circle (or was it Family…

Library programs

textile arts

Get Input on Your Art “Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.” – Stephen King If you are creating for the joy of making things, then you don’t need this…

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Embroidery and Redwork artistry I sat down with Tisha Dolton, also known as Aprilsongstress, about her art of choice, embroidery.  She does redwork, portraits, and recently did Doctors from Doctor…

textile arts

I switched from having my books individually uploaded to different sites to using Smashwords, an ebook distributor that translates my files into multiple formats.  You can download a 10% sample…

writing

writing

Why write a novel? National Novel Writing Month starts today.  This is where crazy people from all around the world write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days.  There’s something…

writing

Book of Librarian Crafts I’m starting a new project, with the working title of “Librarian Crafts.” My idea is to have sections with different categories: pre-school story-time crafts school age crafts…

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