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Happy Birthday to us. Happy Birthday to us …

This issue marks our third year of publication. If you would like to give us a little birthday present, please come visit The Artful Crafter and stay awhile.

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They send questions and suggestions. When one reader is looking for something and another feels my answer falls short, I love it when they put in their two cents.

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Eileen

Dear Artful Crafter, Where Can I find …?

We get a lot of requests to help people find crafting supplies. This was an easy one.

Hi Eileen, Where can I order the Ceiling Fan and Light Pull charm kits that are shown in The Artful Crafter?

Is that something you have? Thanks, Shaaron

Hi Shaaron,

I make my beaded fan pulls from scratch. For that you need an inexpensive wire jig. It’s really fun to form your own craft wire into intricate loops and swirls.

If you want to make your own beaded fan pulls and prefer to start with the kit, you can find them at Create for Less.

Just type “Darice Fan Pull” into the search box.

I am sometimes asked if it is safe to order online. Yes. I do it all the time myself.

When I provide a link to a merchant from The Artful Crafter, as I did for Shaaron, I know the company well and trust them. After all, my reputation is on the line.

If I am only able to find the special supply at an unfamiliar supplier, I don’t provide a link but rather the company’s name and Internet address (URL) which the reader can cut and paste into the Internet address box at the top of the screen.

This is a small distinction but one that is very important to a website’s credibility.

New on The Artful Crafter This Month

Digital Scrapbooking Tutorials – explanations and tutorials on some of the neat things you can do digitally – from making your own brushes or stamps to making the most of layers.

Label and Other Tricks – just sharing some neat techniques I have come up with for printing custom labels and earrings. (Yes, you can print your own earrings!)

Create Your Own Digital Patterned Alphabet – step-by-step directions for making pretty patterned letters for your scrapbook pages.

Dart Question – how to update your “big shirts” by tailoring them with darts.

Eileen’s Digital Scrapbooking Journal: Part 7 – more fun with digi-scrapping.

Do You Believe in Signs? – if you do (or would like to) you’ll enjoy this short, short story of how Eileen’s Gifts (my little shop) came to be.

Craft Foamy Fun – patterns for projects made with craft foam – fun, quick and easy!