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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…
…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…
…y 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 Illinois border and head down to my old stomping grounds. That’s right, the very town I spent so many years commuting to.. Northbrook, Illinois. I made the treck to visit the offices of Prime Pub…
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…The pilot show will be an easy and fun Valentine craft that can be adapted easily to your child’s age. So whether you have a toddler or a teenager, I will show you a fun craft that everyone can enjoy! What: Get Crafty with Kids of All Ages on Valentine’s Day – Live Video Presentation When: Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 1 p.m. ET. We will chat for 30 minutes! Where: On The Motherhood, right here Who: The chat will be hosted on live video by yours truly. I’ll…
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…Shortly after I moved Amanda’s Cookin’ over to WordPress, I transitioned Crafts by Amanda as well. WordPress is so much easier to work with, and now there’s a library of craft tutorials that you can access easily. No more fumbling around the blogger platform trying to find something! Stop by Crafts by Amanda and see the new look….
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…ion is to create. Below are my blogs, hope you’ll stop by and have a look. Amanda’s Cookin’ – I bake, I cook, I write about it and share the recipes that I love. Crafts by Amanda – This is where I share tutorials of crafts I have created for both kids and adults, with some DIY and home decor thrown in for good measure. Fun Family Crafts – This site is basically a library of family friendly craft tutorials. Only crafts that kids can make, or the oc…
…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!…
I’m excited to announce that Amanda’s Cookin’ has been moved from Blogger to WordPress… finally! Been dying to do it for a while. It took me a while to get going on it, but I would say a solid 2-3 days of work on my part, considering I pretty much did it on my own and had to learn from my mistakes. We all know what that means.. if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again! I did a lot of trying again. I did have some help from my friend Randa Cl…
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