Did you catch it?
I settled into to watch the 3 hour airing of CRAFT IN AMERICA, ready be inspired and educated. I was not disappointed. I love to watch artists working! I love to hear them talk about their process. I want to know what drew them to a specific craft. For three hours I felt like I was sitting at the feet of these artists, drinking in their lives.
It was wonderful.
It is the best part of my job here as CE for hobbies. Many professional craftspersons and artists reject the category when listing their blogs here, yet there are many bloggers who began their craft blogs as hobbyists and have grown to professionals in part because of their blogs. They build community online, support each other and regularly give us glimpses of their process.
And I "have to" read their words to share them with you. I tell ya, sometimes life is hard.
Among my favorite "process sharing" craft bloggers:
Sharon B's In A Minute Ago shares everything one might wish to know about embroidery and bead embellishment.
Melody Johnson's FiberMania. When asked once why she doesn't write a book, she explained she has a blog!!
I have explained how to fuse, how I make patterns, how I dye, how to do the Escape Hatch Finish, how I knit, and how I paint and of course how I party. You don’t get menus and Mexican recipes in a quilt book, do you?
What would I put in a book that I haven’t tried to blog?
Posie Gets Cozy. Gorgeous photos, charming writing and super cute clothes!
Sonji Hunt has wonderfully visual art, a blog full of bubbly run on sentences and tutorials for many of her techniques.
not martha. A fun blog.. a entire catagory of "how to make stuff"!
Whip Up. Brilliant.
While I'm at it, I'm going to add one that's new-to-me and new-to-BlogHer. Noell Hyman produces Paperclipping. It's a Scrapbooking Video Podcast. Hmm.. I normally download podcasts to my chocolate phone and listen to them at the gym. Will have to see if I can watch this in a similar way!
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