Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff.

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In this show:

- Learn about marketing your art and craft, with Ryan McAvery of Littleput Books.

- Pick up some tips for marketing your work within the community of Etsy.com users.

- Consider some ways to market yourself to the world outside Etsy.

- Get over your fear of marketing once and for all!

Some Markety Links:

- Check out Ryan's Etsy shop, Littleput Books.

- Check out Ryan's blog as well - great tips there!

- Pamela Slim has good marketing advice, too.

- CraftBoom is another good resource.

- A resource for international sellers: Etsy for Everyone.

- ...And lastly, here's Etsy's own marketing advice.

Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff.

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In this show:

- An interview with Lauren Redniss, author of Century Girl.

- A glimpse into Lauren's fascinating visual style of collage combined with drawing and handwritten text.

- The equally-inspiring story of the book's subject, Doris Eaton Travis.

Images here are posted with the kind permission of the author.

Links:

- Check out Lauren Redniss' website.

- Order a copy of Century Girl.

- Watch Doris dance on her 101st birthday.

- Doris has written a book, too!

- Doris at IMDb, just for fun.

Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff.

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In this show:â

- An interview with Ann Rubin and Laura Truffaut, of afghans for Afghans.

- Thoughts on using creative skills to bring comfort to people in need.â

- A glimpse into what it takes to run this amazing project.

Links to many topics discussed in the interview:

- Explore the afghans for Afghans website.

- Photo galleries of Afghan people with their knitted and crocheted gifts.

- Learn more about the CURE Hospital Campaign for newborns in Kabul.

- Browse Afghan themed knitting patterns - an afghans for Afghans fundraiser.

- Participate in Heidi's knit and crochet-along for Afghanistan.

- Read How Knitting for Charity Changed My Life, by afghans for Afghans volunteer Candice Key.

- Read about Mason-Dixon Knitting's Afghanalong.

- Read Knitting for Peace, by Betty Christiansen.

- Read Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini.

- Read Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson.

- Learn a little bit of craftivism history, from the Red Cross Knitters.

Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff.

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In this show:â

- Making stuff with pasta . . . for grownups!

- An interview with pasta-crafter extraordinaire Lancea LaPorte.â

- You know you're curious . . . .

Links (Marinara or Alfredo?):

- See more of Lancea's work, pasta and otherwise.

- Check out these Pasta Lace Ornaments on How Stuff Works.

- Pasta crafting on HGTV? I kid you not.

Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff.

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In this show:â

- An interview with artist Kirsty Hall, about her year of daily making, The Diary Project.

- Thoughts on how making something every day will change you, and challenge you.â

- Excellent advice for embarking on a daily practice of your own.

Kirsty Hall's Links:

- Kirsty's artist website.

- Kirsty's main blog.

- The Diary Project Blog.

- The Diary Project Flickr Set.