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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.
…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 Magazine and truly appreciate the recognition. So glad that my crafts are bringing joy to little ones everywhere! ๐ …
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…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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If you follow my craft blog, Crafts by Amanda, you may already know this. Back in July I started working with General Mills to create crafts and recipes for their Kix Cereal brand. You can see the tutorials and recipes at KixCereal.com. I’ll be sharing a new project or recipe every Wednesday. Mine will have my bio at the bottom of the post. I’ve worked with General Mills before on their Pillsbury and Betty Crocker brands through my food blog, Ama…
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…ether a demonstration of a classic Rice Krispy treat from their website, as well as one of my own creations, these adorable Gingerbread Man Rice Krispy Treats. The video is above, you can also get the recipes from this link. Thank you to Emily, Erin and Cooper of TheMotherhood for inviting and to Kelloggs for the opportunity. ๐…
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…First as an accounts receivable clerk, discrepancy coordinator, accounts payable manager, general accounting clerk, and then finally staff accountant. That was a big leap for me. The staff accountant position required a bachelor’s degree, but all I had were a few accounting classes from night school and my work experience with the company. I got the job… I got the job! What an accomplishment that was for me! Then it happened. We moved. Across the…
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A couple of weeks ago I visited Country Woman Magazine, a Reader’s Digest publication. Their Craft Editor, Shalana Frisby, gave me a tour of their building and I was able to get a glimpse into the behind the scenes action. The funnest part for me was the “prop loft”, an upper level area filled with colorful plates, cups, mugs, trays, accessories, pans and more. For a food blogger like me, this was pure heaven. You can head over to Craft Gossip to…
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…ying a few copies each of my brand new craft books for kids, Duct Tape Mania and Rubber Band Mania ! This was an exciting day for me, to finally see them in print, to be able to hold them and flip through the pages! Yesterday I discovered that they were already on Amazon (available for pre-order, the books will be available August 26, 2014) and that was exciting as well! I really haven’t been able to say much about the books up until now, so to gi…
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As you may remember, I wrote two kid’s craft books, Rubber Band Mania and Duct Tape Mania that were released last summer. I posted about them here. Well, just recently books #3 and #4 of the series have been placed on Amazon ready for pre-order! So excited! I’m currently working on book #5, sorry I can’t divulge any details yet, soon! I can tell you I am having so much fun with this series, and I can’t wait to hear your reactions to Paper Fun Man…
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