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Amanda FormaroAmanda 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.
DIY Network Interview: Creative Genius , Amanda Formaro of Crafts by Amanda

Recently I received an email from Scripps Network saying they wanted to interview me for their Creative Genius series on their blog, Made + Remade. To say the least, I was honored, but after going through previous interviews I was really excited. See, previous interviewees were artists, business owners, etc, but I didn’t see any […]

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Amanda's Cookin' and Kraft Cheese

In February of this year, I worked closely with Hunts and Kraft to create two delicious recipes for Amanda’s Cookin’ and for the Kraft Cheese website. You can head over to Kraft Cheese to see the recipes and browse the other deliciousness that was shared by a few fellow bloggers! Thanks Kraft, it was great […]

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http://www.playpennies.com/8-childrens-craft-sites-74814

Playpennies for Pennywise Parents posted their choice for 8 of the Best Children’s Craft Sites yesterday and included Crafts by Amanda among them. I’m honored to be joining company with greats such as Martha Stewart Crafts, Spoonful and Nick Jr. Crafts! Thanks so much for including Crafts by Amanda!

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Grand Magazine Top Ten

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 […]

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Crafts by Amanda on iVillage

iVillage, a Division of NBC Universal, has featured several of my crafts in the past on their website. This year they are featuring a large selection of Easter crafts for kids, including my cardboard tube bunny family. You can see my Easter project as well as all the others here at iVillage. More of my crafts […]

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top honors from Prime Publishing

I have been working closely with Prime Publishing for quite a while now. They own a large number of websites, including FaveCrafts, All Free Slow Cooker Recipes, All Free Kids Crafts, and several more. They’ve released their top visited crafts and recipes for all of their sites for 2012 and have been kind enough to […]

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Featured Interview on Ganz Parents Club

I was recently interviewed for a featured blogger spot on Ganz Parents Club. I have been the Ganz resident craft expert for several months now, though this feature focuses on my food blog. You can see the featured blogger spot here, and thank you for the spotlight Ganz. 🙂

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Featured in Michael's Sale Flyer

If you get the Sunday paper, or you watch for the Michael’s sale flyer in other publications or even online, you may have seen one of my projects this week. I create projects for Michael’s, Jo-Ann Fabrics and Hobby Lobby via my designer gig with DecoArt. One of those projects was this Glitter Flower Power […]

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FaveCrafts Featured Blogger

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 […]

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Amanda's Cookin' a Top 50 Food Blog

Cision released their top 50 food blogs and Amanda’s Cookin’ was among them. You can see the full list here. Cision’s blog discusses current trends in media and PR, especially as it relates to social media. Their top 50 list was compiled using the Cision Influence Rating which “offers a 360-degree view of each journalist […]

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