We had a serious glitch in posting the new free cross-stitch project of the week for 8/4 over at MyCraftivity — so we left the cute cow magnet patterns up for a bonus week. If you haven’t seen them yet and downloaded the charts, do it soon. If things go according to plan, I’ll be taking down that pattern on Monday evening and putting up a new one. (Here’s the problem: I’m out of the office all next week at a photo shoot for one of the books I’m editing. I’ll need to stop in the office Monday evening to get the post up, so we’ll see. Check late Monday or on Tuesday for a new post, just in case.)
For more information about the free cow cross-stitch patterns, see this post.
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Stopped by the Stampaway USA convention today in nearby Sharonville (near Cincinnati). I don’t work with rubber stamps as much as I do other things, but the convention has tons of vendors with all kinds of stuff that makes for fascinating browsing (and buying). Did I spend a lot of money? By my standards, yes. I bought things to make some small books and to learn to do Japanese stab binding, acrylic blocks with handles (I love using clear stamps and acrylic blocks, but I always find the blocks hard to place and lift), and some great shrine kits. I could have bought double that, but I had to show some restraint! (Stampaway U.S.A. is sponsored by a shop called Stamp Your Art Out, which is near where I work in Kenwood and is my favorite destination when I want to treat myself or just see what new things are being done with stamps, paper crafts, and bookmaking.)
