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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.
…business life. On January 1st I hired my daughter Kristen as my editorial manager. She’s taking on everything that the blogs can throw at her. That means that I will be able to focus more on the growth of this business, start my new travel blog and develop new products as well. In the fall of 2016 I went back to school full time. Yes, I’ll be 50 years old in May of this year, but that didn’t stop me! I’m pursuing my photography degree and thorough…
…pecial thanks to my editor Elizabeth Bennett for helping me through the process and being there to answer all of my questions. More to come soon. 🙂…
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…Join me on September 11, 2012 at 10:00 AM Central (11:00 EST) on Fave Crafts Radio. Hosted by Amy Anderson of Mod Podge Rocks I will be joined by my good friend Shalana Frisby, Craft Editor for Reader’s Digest Publications. We will be discussing simple home decor ideas and answering your crafty questions! Get all the information about the show here and to listen online….
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…t for preserving those special memories or decorating your home. Discounts available when ordering multiple items. Photographers, contact me directly for special pricing! For portraits, standard pricing includes photos up to 11×14 print size, one photo per plaque, and rustic finish. Additional photos, special finishes, and wording or phrases carry an extra charge, quotes available. Standard colors include rustic brown, antique white and black. Cus…
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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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…ers from Crazy for Crust, Oh Sweet Basil, Busy Mommy, From the Kitchen of Mama Harris, Kitchen Fun with My Three Sons, Rachel Ferrucci & Sensibly Sara. Pillsbury’s Food Editor, Madison Mayberry, talked about Pillsbury and their vision, how recipes are tested and retested and how products are developed. One of Pillsbury’s main focuses is to help families spend less time in the kitchen, and more time together. We were given a tour of the building an…
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…On Saturday, June 14th I was featured in the FaveCrafts Quick and Crafty newsletter as the Featured Blogger. FaveCrafts is one of the largest crafting websites on the internet. Their newsletters boast over 3 million subscribers and their company’s websites are numerous. Be sure to visit FaveCrafts for thousands of free craft projects and downloadable e-books! Thanks so much for the spotlight FaveCrafts!…
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…Here’s what you can expect to see: Recipes that are either new on the blog Amanda’s Cookin’, or are seasonally relevant Crafts that are either new on the blog Crafts by Amanda, or are seasonally relevant Occasional features from Fun Family Crafts, like special days and holidays, or even editors’ picks! Cooking and crafting tips, and other fun stuff For now, this newsletter is sent out monthly, if that changes an announcement will be made letting s…
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…Today I will be a guest on Martha Stewart Living Radio on Sirius Satellite for the Living Today show. We will be talking about easy crafts for kids and the show will air live at 1:30 EST. If you would like to listen but don’t have Sirius Satellite, you can sign up for a FREE 30 day subscription here. Hope you’ll listen in! I hope to have a recording available afterwards as well….
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…e all of the projects that I made. Whether it be on my own blog, Crafts by Amanda, or on Kaboose, in Parents Magazine, wherever I happened to appear. Fast forward a year or so later. I was gabbing with some awesome business women friends and came up with the idea to create a site to not only feature MY crafts, but everyone else’s too. It makes sense really. A library of tutorials for all to see! A place where people can go to find crafts that are…
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