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Amanda Formaro is a published author and professional blogger with over 18 years online experience. Her work has appeared on websites and in magazines such as Parents, Family Fun, PBS Kids, Disney's Spoonful, SheKnows, Redbook, Mixing Bowl and more. Please contact Amanda to inquire how she can provide fabulous crafts or recipes for your site or brand. You can visit her blogs here.
I’ll be writing a new column called “Ask Amanda” on Crafterminds.com. The column will answer questions from craft and DIY bloggers as it pertains to blogging as a business. Crafterminds.com is a site dedicated to craft and DIY bloggers who are looking for advice, ideas, and networking possibilities. It’s a great resource for advice on every aspect of running your craft or DIY related blog and/or business. You can read more about Crafterminds in t…
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My craft blog is Crafts by Amanda, but that’s not the only place you can find my craft projects. Anything that I create for my blog will be there, and anything I have created for other blogs/companies that I have the right to repost about can also be found there. But there are some projects, a rather large number in fact, that I was hired to create exclusively, meaning I cannot post them on my blog. Some examples of this include projects I made f…
I’m super excited to announce that the Crafts by Amanda craft kits I’ve been working on are finally here! I worked exclusively with a great company called S&S Worldwide to develop these fun kits for kids. While these kits are not available for individual sale, they are IDEAL for teachers, scout troop leaders, camp directors, and those working in the occupational health and senior fields. The kits are available for group projects and include three…
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…ontributor for Ganz Parents Club. Ganz is a family owned company based in Canada that began in 1950 as Ganz Toy Company. They were a premier toy company for many years, then as more generations of the family came into the business, the company evolved into more products and changed its name to Ganz. You may know them also from their famous toys Webkinz, which are cute stuffed animals that have a virtual life online. Children and parents can log on…
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…se. I was fortunate enough to have a mentor way back in 1998. Her name was Alanna Webb and when I met her she owned a site called Lovestories.com, which was loaded full of beautiful poems. Anyway, she took me under her wing and shared with me what she had learned as a webmaster. I will never forget that I started my old website on a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor called AOL Press. She told me I needed to learn HTML, so I did. I foun…
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…I’d love to hear from you. Whether you are looking for a freelance crafter, a recipe developer, or just have a question, please feel free to drop me line. Contact me Email – amanda@amandaformaro.com Twitter – @amandaformaro Facebook – Amanda’s Cookin’ Fan Page Facebook – Crafts by Amanda Fan Page…
…even farther than that, to a time where I worked 40 hours per week in general accounting from the northern suburbs of Chicago. It’s true, I haven’t always been a work at home mom and crafty entrepreneur! I got up every morning and drove the hour to work each day along with thousands of other commuters clutching their coffee mugs and holding their steering wheels. Recently I had the opportunity to leave my quiet country setting north of the Illinoi…
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…Just popping in here to say that while this is in fact my portfolio blog, I don’t use it much. You can find me at Amanda’s Cookin’ most of the time and on Facebook at Things I Love by Amanda Formaro. This blog is the home of Amanda’s Creative Studio, Inc. See you soon!…
…Dictionary Magnets I demonstrated and helped people make over on Crafts by Amanda. Upon my arrival Friday night, I met up with my amazing friend, Jen Goode, an illustrator and crafter extraordinaire. From there we hit the CHA Block Party where we talked, mingled and a had a few drinks. The food trucks were all lined up and we were able to enjoy some delicious food too! Also pictured here is Jenny Barnett Rohrs of Craft Test Dummies. It was definit…
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…I was recently featured in the March 20, 2017 issue of Woman’s World Magazine in the “Borrowed from the blogs!” section on page 39. I expected to see a small 1/4 page piece and was floored to open my copy and find that my tutorial takes up the entire page! Thanks so much to Woman’s World for the wonderful feature. You can find this magazine on just about every grocery store checkout line rack! I am honored to be included. 🙂…
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