Many of you know me because of my craft blog or my food blog, or perhaps from my Kaboose days, or maybe even as far back as FamilyCorner.com. However, I go back even farther than that, to a time where I worked 40 hours per week in general accounting from the northern suburbs of Chicago. […]

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I’ve been writing articles for websites since 1999. In the last 3 or 4 years my writing has been mostly limited to craft tutorials, recipes and blog posts with an occasional article here and there. That’s when I realized how much I actually missed writing. Not just writing about anything, but rather about my hands […]

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I have worked from home for over 14 years now. After high school my dad couldn’t afford to send me to college, so I applied for a job at a local savings & loan and became a full time teller when I was 18. From there I moved my way up from bank teller to […]

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It’s been almost a year since I started contributing monthly to the Make and Takes website run by the amazing Marie LeBaron, author of . You will find me over at Make and Takes the first Monday of each month sharing a craft tutorial for kids. Marie was kind enough to spotlight me recently and […]

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Today was the debut of my monthly craft show on TheMotherhood. I will appear once a month, each month demonstrating a seasonal or holiday specific project that moms can make with their kids. For February’s show I talked about how you can adjust one craft for all different age groups, and focused mostly on these […]

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Back in December I hosted a live video demonstration for Rice Krispies and The Motherhood. They’ve asked me back as a regular video chat host to demonstrate easy crafts for kids. 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 […]

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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 […]

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On Thursday, December 8th I did a live demonstration via video feed on TheMotherhood.com, sponsored by Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies®. I put together 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 […]

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A couple months ago I was contacted by Bailey’s Irish Cream. They introduced a concept to me that they were working on and wanted me to participate using my food blog, Amanda’s Cookin’. The idea behind Friendsgiving is to celebrate what you are thankful for with your friends. Thanksgiving is reserved for family, so Friendsgiving […]

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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 […]

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