| Art, Cooking, Crafts, Crochet, Embroidery, Graphy, Needlepoint, Other Crafts, Painting, Video
I’m a Grapher, and my first Graphy – Learn to Crochet – went live today! What’s Graphy? Well, it’s a new form of books. Graphy is made for mobile with videos, images, quizzes and more.
The content is created by creators, artists, authors, and storytellers who are experts in their perspective fields. You can access your Graphies over and over from your mobile device.
(more…)August 2020 Crafty Time with Jessie wraps up the summer and gets us into fall. We learned some medieval crafts that I would normally do at my medieval vacation. I shared our school space at home for the kiddos. We also talked about the horrible actions against my brother and other medics and activists at peaceful protests.
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July 2020 Crafty Time with Jessie featured felt crafts, loom knitting, wood painting, and lots of fun with various Plaid products. I mean, Plaid just keeps sending me the coolest goodies and I LOVE playing with them and sharing them with you. I also really enjoyed the day I learned to use a straight loom knitter because one of you asked how to use it. Keep sending me questions and suggestions so I can be sure to share info YOU want.
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| Art, Crafts, Tips & Tricks, Video
It’s Tangi tutorial time! Have you found Tangi yet? It’s Google’s new short form video platform geared to use creative types. How cool is that? I know that my video tutorials tend to get long because I give you all the info I think may help, so on Tangi I share the just-get-to-it versions of my tutorials. I even learned how to make stop-motion videos for Tangi!
Week 15 of Crafty Time with Jessie was the last full week of videos. Moving forward videos will be on Thursdays only, still at 11 am eastern time. This is all part of transitioning to our new-new normal. I don’t want to go back to what we were, I want us to be even better! So keep making beautiful creations and spreading kindness.
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Week 14 of Crafty Time with Jessie demonstrated how the only thing constant is change. Things got a little heavy on Wednesday, but sometimes that’s part of life and change and growing. On a lighter note, there was cool embroidery and new crochet and general fiber fun!
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“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.” — Dr Martin Luther King Jr
Starting several weeks ago various members of the Joy Creators/Stitch Ambassadors for Spinrite/Yarnspirations/Red Heart started sending emails to Spinrite asking them to take a stand against racism and make and implement an actionable plan to ensure inclusion and anti-racism in their company and in those they choose to represent them. These emails fell on deaf ears.
(more…)Week 13 of Crafty Time with Jessie has been a bit of a rough week. I’ve had to remind myself several times that it’s OK to not be OK. Everything will be fine, but sometimes you just have to deal with a cruddy week. Thankfully I have awesome friends who always make things better. And of course, having 12 year olds who still cuddle on the couch with me helps a whole lot as well! Let’s not forget the wonderful stress-relieving powers of crafting. And of course, my lives with all of you have been very therapeutic as well. Thank you!
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Week 12 of Crafty Time with Jessie has been off-the-wall! OK, I may be feeling a bit punny, but we did make a pretty wall hanging. On Thursday and Friday I also inadvertently demonstrated how sometimes the road to success travels through failure first, and how sometimes I think I know more than I do. You can’t be afraid to make mistakes, just go with it and learn from them!
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This has been an intense and important week for the world, and especially the USA. I have continued to hold my daily live videos because of the number of people who have told me it helps them feel less alone. However, I’ve held back a lot of my other posts as I’m taking time to listen, to learn, to grow, and to try to help in this fight against racism and oppression. I hope you will join me in standing with our black brothers and sisters and others along with me. Those of you who we are standing with, you are seen, you are heard, you are loved.
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Week 10 of Crafty Time with Jessie included so many ways to display your needlepoint, embroidery, & cross stitch creations. There’s more than just hoops. We also chatted quite a bit about mental health while crafting. Remember my friends, it’s OK to not be OK. Just be good to yourself and others. I care about ALL of you.
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Week 9 of Crafty Time with Jessie included my birthday! I’m a palindrome this year. I’ve had a great week. We were super crafty and I experimented with several ideas, most of which came out really cool. I hope you’re enjoying crafting with me, because I’m having a blast!
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Week 8 of Crafty Time with Jessie included a few creative (and fun!) experiments. I’m actually pretty happy with the outcomes. I enjoy just playing around with my crafts and seeing if I can make the idea in my mind into something that actually works. After all, crafting should be fun.
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Week 7 of Crafty Time with Jessie started off with some super fun fabric painting with the kiddos, and ended with a friendship bracelet inspired wall hanging. I also gave a go to a quilling idea I had. You can see some of the previous Crafty Time with Jessie finished projects in THIS POST.
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Week 6 of Crafty Time with Jessie has come to an end. This week had sewing skully caps for the local hospital, dyeing yarn, crocheting, and even some embroidery. Of course we started the week with Vada teaching us how to make origami dinosaurs! The week ended with me rather stressed out after some behind-the-scenes blog issues, and some life…stuff. Remember, we are all in this together, and it’s OK to not be OK.
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Week 5 of Jessie At Home has shown me that this IS the zombie apocalypse after all. Or maybe I just need more sleep or coffee. I’ve been soooo tired this week, but I’ve still managed to be productive. This week has most definitely been sponsored by coffee.
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Week 4 of Crafty time with Jessie At Home is done and we are over a month into Stay At Home here in New Jersey. We’re getting into our groove here.
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The Origami Modular Cube is made with 6 identical pieces joined together. You could hide something inside and use it as a gift box. I made two small boxes and turned them into earrings. Use all the same color paper, or various colors, just have fun! You will find the written and pictorial pattern for the Origami Modular Cube below. There is also a video tutorial at the end of this post.
Week 3 of Crafty Time with Jessie At Home has lots of sewing fun and even a tutorial lead by Kyla. Keep tuning in to see what else we have in store next week! You can find general info, links to all the weeks as we progress, and the current week’s videos HERE.
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I’ve had a cold all week. You can watch it progress through the videos of Week 2 Crafty Time with Jessie. It’s almost all gone now. I’m sure I’ll be fine by Monday. The girls and I made some really pretty and super neat stained glass look eggs to stick in the window. You can find general info, links to all the weeks as we progress, and the current week’s videos HERE.
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