…websites, including Parents Magazine, Redbook, Family Fun Magazine, Family.com, Kaboose.com, SheKnows, Spoonful.com, iVillage, Shutterfly, Parenting.com, Parents.com and many others. My passion for crafting resonates from my blog, Crafts by Amanda, where I share tutorials with step-by-step photos for adults and kids alike. I also own and manage Fun Family Crafts, a website that features literally thousands of kid friendly craft tutorials. And of c…

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…work. It’s like a digital business card!” You Own a Business Even if your company name doesn’t include your personal name, it’s still a good idea to own it. Bob Phibbs, owner of The Retail Doctor said, “I purchased bobphibbs.com probably twenty years ago. While I had trademarked my business as The Retail Doctor, I didn’t know if people would search for my newbie brand or my name.” While Bob currently forwards his name domain to his business site,…

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…Special thanks go out to Parents.com, the online portion of the print publication Parents Magazine, for featuring my Halloween painted jar luminaries in their Halloween holiday round up! I have worked with Parents Magazine several times in the past and always appreciate their professional and friendly staff. 🙂…

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…I recently completed an assignment for Parents.com, the website for Parents Magazine. They asked me to make a collection of toddler friendly Christmas ornaments for them. You can see the completed pieces here — 6 Toddler-Friendly Christmas Ornaments to Make. Thank you Parents, always a pleasure working with Meredith Corporation. 🙂…

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…Just a quick thank you to the fine folks over at PBS Parents. I’ll be sharing my Cardboard Tube Coiled Snakes on their site here (originally posted on CraftsbyAmanda.com). PBS has always been close to my heart and I’m honored to be sharing with their audience….

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…e working with the Disney folks again. Watch for more fun crafts next month! You can find all of my crafts on Spoonful here. Kaboose.com has now rolled up into Spoonful.com…

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…cribe to my newsletter, Foodie in the Craftroom, to receive updates and tips from both Amanda’s Cookin’ and Crafts by Amanda! Visit http://www.amandascookin.com/p/subscribe-to-newsletter.html…

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…this include projects I made for some websites, including Disney’s Kaboose.com as well as projects for print magazines, such as Parents Magazine. Here are some of the places you can find my craft projects online:   I’m back to create kid’s craft projects for Spoonful after Kaboose roll up   Currently creating several projects per month for General Mills and their Kix Cereal brand   Disney’s Kaboose.com – I wrote for Disney for five years. I have o…

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…ow set up on your site! To log in to your new WordPress site, go to http://www.(your URL here).com/wp-admin What to do next: Now that you have a WordPress site that is up and running here are some more things to consider doing. Design your site (or hire someone to do it for you). While you can Google lots of information, a comprehensive WordPress reference guide (like this one) will be helpful for this part. Start writing. From tutorials to recipe…

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…rder 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 Publishing, more widely known as FaveCrafts.com. It was great to get out and meet the faces behind the successful company that I’ve worked with over the last year or so. I’ve posted all about the visit and the company over on my Craft Gossip blog. Stop by, won’t you?…

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