Thanks to HGTV’s Design Happens blog for featuring the Graduation Cap Gift Jar from CraftsbyAmanda.com. The feature is appreciated and I am honored to have been mentioned on HGTV’s site. See the feature here – Graduation Cap Gift Jar | Design Happens.

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Playpennies for Pennywise Parents posted their choice for 8 of the Best Children’s Craft Sites yesterday and included Crafts by Amanda among them. I’m honored to be joining company with greats such as Martha Stewart Crafts, Spoonful and Nick Jr. Crafts! Thanks so much for including Crafts by Amanda!

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Both Crafts by Amanda and Fun Family Crafts were chosen among the top 10 craft sites for grandkids by Grand Magazine, the Digital Magazine for Grandparents and Their Families. Kaboose.com, where I have over 500 projects under my belt, was also included in the top 10 list. I am honored to be chosen by Grand [...]

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iVillage, a Division of NBC Universal, has featured several of my crafts in the past on their website. This year they are featuring a large selection of Easter crafts for kids, including my cardboard tube bunny family. You can see my Easter project as well as all the others here at iVillage. More of my crafts [...]

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I am pleased to announce that I have accepted a position as an editor for Movable Media. Movable Media is a content marketing agency working with clients like MasterCard, Proctor & Gamble, University of California and more. Movable Media works closely with not only talented and experienced writers, but with writers that already have a [...]

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I have been working closely with Prime Publishing for quite a while now. They own a large number of websites, including FaveCrafts, All Free Slow Cooker Recipes, All Free Kids Crafts, and several more. They’ve released their top visited crafts and recipes for all of their sites for 2012 and have been kind enough to [...]

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A few weeks ago I was approached by Movable Media, and through this new relationship, began writing articles for Proctor & Gamble. P&G runs the popular website Home Made Simple as well as P&G Everyday. I’ve been writing furiously, finishing assignments as quickly as their giving them to me, and I’m really loving it. Most [...]

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I recently completed an assignment for Parents.com, the website for Parents Magazine. They asked me to make a collection of toddler friendly Christmas ornaments for them. You can see the completed pieces here — 6 Toddler-Friendly Christmas Ornaments to Make. Thank you Parents, always a pleasure working with Meredith Corporation.

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Special thanks go out to Parents.com, the online portion of the print publication Parents Magazine, for featuring my Halloween painted jar luminaries in their Halloween holiday round up! I have worked with Parents Magazine several times in the past and always appreciate their professional and friendly staff.

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I’ve said before that I have several friends in the blogosphere, some that I’ve met in person, some that I haven’t. Cheryl of Tidy Mom is someone I’ve been working with online for quite a while but haven’t had the opportunity to meet in person yet. When Cheryl sent me this photograph of her beautiful [...]

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