Crafty Blogger Blurb Friday!

Happy 4th of July to all my American blogger friends,

have a safe and sane holiday!

Stefanie Girard's Sweater Surgery
There are giant pom poms, a giant aluminum craft project, "Superfly", and a fun video from the Knitty Gritty peeps.
http://sweatersurgery.blogspot.com/search/label/July%201-3

Layers Upon Layers
Cyndi has DVDs to giveaway from "Beads & Beyond" Magazine!
http://www.layersuponlayers.com/reader-giveaway-dvd-from-beads-beyond/

http://polymerclay.craftgossip.com/low-tech-tools/2008/06/30
No batteries required - Heather shares a list of low-tech tools for creating with polymer clay.
http://polymerclay.craftgossip.com/low-tech-tools/2008/06/30

The Impatient Blogger
A link to three fabulous free projects on the Simply Beads website and some thoughts about inspiring creativity from a professional designer.
http://margotpotter.blogspot.com/2008/07/create-without-filters.html

About Family Crafts
Is it time to start planning your Christmas crafts?
http://familycrafts.about.com/b/2008/07/02/time-to-think-about-christmas.htm

About.com Cross Stitch
When do you do the back stitch on your needlework projects? Vote in the poll and let us know.
http://crossstitch.about.com/b/2008/06/29/poll-when-do-you-complete-back-stitch.htm

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world
Kicking off the summer Craftside brings you a password for 15% of Voyager Press titles through July 8th, a funky woven lamp project, the Making Designer Jewelry with Hardware, Gems. and Beads contest extended, a quick and easy party banner idea and some fun pictures from Swap-o-rama rama.
http://craftside.typepad.com/craftside/june30july3/index.html

Crafty Princess Diaries
Tammy is "so" learning the ropes over at Etsy.com with her new jewelry making supplies shop. Is it too much of a hodge podge? How big of a learning curve are we talking about here?!
http://www.tammypowley.com/?p=158

Read more of Aileen's Musings:

http://aileensmusings.blogspot.com/