I’m happy to tell you that despite an ice storm, Craft Leftovers Monthly is in the shop! You can get this months issue here or sign up for a subscription here. Available in Print and Digital editions in the Craft Leftovers Shop. This month is full of great tutorials, […]
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February Craft Leftovers Monthly: Coming Soon!
{cover image for Feb pictured above} I am so happy to announce the release of Craft Leftovers Monthly Vol 2: Issue 2! You can buy a subscription to Craft Leftovers Monthly any time of the month. Starting tomorrow at noon central time, the February issue will be in the shop and […]
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Su Mwamba: Delicious zines in my mailbox!
This beautiful tiny zine is, literally, the size of a match box. The introduction and then the history of the Borrowers with a cute little accompanying magnifying glass. You will need it. This zine is all about post. I love getting mail and mail art is even better. The page […]
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mixtape Giveaway! We have a winner!
Spreading some of that mixtape lovin’! Amy P stated, “I just hear fabulous stuff about Mixtape everywhere I go!” And now she happily will have her very own copy. Hooray for giveaways! I’ll be back a little later today with a free pattern for fingerless, crocheted mittens. See you soon! Kristin
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Mail Day! Goodies to watch for in the Mail!
I am such a sucker for mail of any kind, but when it’s as neat and well put together as these two zines, well… I don’t know how to end that sentence, I guess I’m speechless? Love them! Love mail! Swapping is a load of fun and in exchange for […]
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Shop Sale!
You may have read over the last week that the shop had some start up issues. We have them fixed now, hooray and thank you Jason! I have decided to have a redo of the initial shop sale since some of you may not have been able to order before. […]
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Quick Knits Club: Another awesome mail day!
The mail has been pouring in lately. On Friday I was so happy when Jason checked the mail and brought back the first package delivered to my new studio address: Lee sent me her awesome Quick Knits Club! The yarn is gorgeous, it’s recycled, respun, and over-dyed. An amazing amount […]
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Grand Opening Sale!
Hooray it’s here! It’s today! The Winter issue of Craft Leftovers Monthly is on sale. Subscriptions are on sale! Box sets of Volume 1 are available! And everything in the new shop is 15% off today and tomorrow (calculated at checkout automatically, no code required). And when you place your […]
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New Shop, Winter issue of CLM, and new Kits!
Grand Opening Celebration for CraftLeftovers.com/Shop is this Sunday and Monday, November 15th and 16th! Every month over the last year I have been continually wowed by the amount of subscriptions sold and the amount of orders placed. I realized that Craft Leftovers had out grown etsy and artfire. So I […]
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February CLM Submissions: Deadline Extension
Hi there everyone! I just wanted to put up a quick post about the February issue of Craft Leftovers Monthly. I’m going to go ahead and extend the deadline by 1 week to Sunday, November 8th midnight for submission ideas for the Feb issue of CLM. So not finished projects, […]
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Last Day to Get November Kit+zine bundles! + Awesome News!
And some freaking awesome goodnews. Can I swear? I’m swearing. I got my hands on a sweet ass crazy awesome, zine maker’s dream come true copy machine! Jason and his two friends went down to the ISU surplus sale last week and found, I kid you not, a Canon ImageRunner […]
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November Craft Leftovers Monthly!
November is all about entertaining, having fun with friends, and some good fall just about winter crafting, oh and a great selection of christmas gifts to make and give. This month’s kit is in the spirit of entertaining. Enough cute fabric + the pattern to make your own fabric napkins! […]
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October Craft Leftovers Monthly
Just two more days to get an October Craft Leftovers Monthly zine+kit bundle! And just 5 left! Once 5 more are sold the zine+kit bundles will be removed from the shop. I can’t handle more than 50 going out :) Thank you everyone for another amazing month! Today I finished […]
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October Craft Leftovers Monthly!
October is such a great month to write a zine for – fall is so close, a touch of halloween, and the last bit of running around outside. Learn about halloweens past, my mom’s adventure making costumes for me and my sister, folk lore, fairy houses, paper leaf garlands, and […]
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Mix Tape::Vol 10!
I am having such a Mix Tape Crush lately. I was lucky enough to get the last 3 issues of Mixed Tape in the last few weeks, the most recent being Vol 10 just yesterday afternoon. I love that it’s all about the little bits in life – or as […]
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September Craft Leftovers Monthly
In the shop! Check it out! now. do it. Check it. out. Get a one month zine+kit bundle. (etsy :: artfire) A three month subscription for the zine+kit. (etsy :: artfire) The September zine. (etsy :: artfire) The full subscriptions are on sale until the 20th and be sent out […]
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August Craft Leftovers Monthly in the shop!
Drawing is my primary language. I have been drawing since before I can remember and before I could read or right most definitely. I am so happy to present this issue to you because it’s all about drawing. Yes of course there will be some instruction on drawing, but there […]
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Drawing your life and 75 ways to draw more!
This is a great little zine on drawing I came across. I think on The Art of Nonconformity. It’s called 75 Ways to Draw More and was made by Michael Nobbs. The really great thing about this, besides it’s fun content and illustrations, is that you can either purchase it […]
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The Making of Craft Leftovers Monthly
This issue of Craft Leftovers Monthly has a lot to do with making your own books. Ideas, inspirations, tutorials, resources, and of course my own adventures with putting together my own zine each month. One thing I don’t mention (in full) is how I put together Craft Leftovers Monthly. What […]
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DIY Weaving Club TF3 + Free projects for your leftover pleasure!
I am not sure if you have seen my previous reviews for Su’s Zine Telaic Fantasy, but if you haven’t you can see them here (TF1) and here (TF2). And I’m happy to say that you can now get Telaic Fantasy #3 in the shop now! At a mere $15 […]