In this show: Â Flowers, flowers, and more flowers: let's make a ton of them! - Some interesting ideas for felt and yarn flowers. - A couple of paper flower projects. - Turning lace into a versatile flower-craft material. Paper Flowers: - Wow! Big paper flower pomander balls, at Something Old, Something New. - Mexican tissue paper flowers, from the Kansas City Public Library. Fabric Flowers: - A cute felt flower pin, from Deborah Merlo. - Beautiful felt-flowered tea cozy, from Bella Dia. - Heather Bailey's wondrous felt, fabric, and yarn flower. - Very Lovable Flower Hairpin, by Run Girl Run. - Perfect Felted Flower, by Betz White. - A wonderful fabric flower, from Wise Craft. (Even has its own Flickr Group.) - Leah Kramer's awesome roundup of Kanzashi info. - An excellent Kanzashi tutorial, by Beastbunny on Craftster. - Floral Brooch Tutorial, by Candycanechild on Craftster. - Really lovely, delicate fabric flowers, by Trufflegirl on Craftster. - Awesome necktie flowers, by Hilatron on Craftster. - Super-cute Necktie Daisies, by Rickrackruby on Craftster. - Great felt and fabric flower tutorial, by Quarkiegirl on Craftster. - Fabric Flower/Japanese Craft Book Inspiration, at Wise Craft. - Molly Chicken's cute patchwork flowers. - Puffy Flower, at Craftlog. Beaded Flowers: - Sparkly Vintage Beaded Flower, at Craftbits. - Cute Beaded Flower Bracelet, at Robyn's Bead Page. - Best use of craft foam ever, at Craft Entrepreneur. - Love these beaded hairpins, by Martha. Crochet Flowers: - A nice spiral flower, from Lion Brand Yarn. - Several kinds of cool crochet flowers, at the ever-amazing CrochetMe. - A gorgeous photo tutorial, at Applehead. Other Flowers: - Button Flowers that rock, at Kiddley. - Needle Felted Flower, at Craftlog.

In this show: A conversation with Rachel Johnson, co-founder of Swap-bot. - All about Swap-bot, a home on the web for people who love to trade handmades. - Some thoughts on the culture of swapping: why we love it, and how to do it up right. - Notes on some delightful - and odd - swap themes.   . . . Now, go check out Swap-bot! Want to know which swaps these photos came from? Read on... All Pink Matchbox Fill From my Hands to Yours Winter Scarf Knit Kit Swap Full Of Flowers Matchbox Fill

Welcome to the CraftyPod, a podcast all about making stuff. Click the "Play" button at the bottom of this post to listen! In this show: - A conversation with Sarajane Helm, who, with her husband Bryan, makes a wonderful variety of polymer clay art. - Learn about the history, safety, and multi-tasking abilities of poly clay. - Hear about the poly clay fabric store! Some interesting links: - Enjoy Sarajane's website. - Sarajane and Judith Skinner's book, Adapting Quilt Patterns to Polymer Clay. - Learn more about the Skinner Blend. - Some interesting examples of polymer clay illustration. - Marie Segal's polymer clay knitting. Wowee! - Check out the Polymer Clay Artist Guild of Etsy.com. Lots and lots of links there!