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Craftcation Conference!! Who’s Comin’ With Me?!?

January 24, 2012
Craftcation Conference!! Who's Comin' With Me?!?

I shared the Craftcation Conference website with you guys recently as a show and tell – to date, it’s the largest, most intricate, involved website I have ever built, and I’m pretty proud of it. You want an interactive forum? Online ticketing integration? A clickable, easy to use schedule matrix that links up who’s teaching [...]

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Merry Christmas from Hearts and Laserbeams!

December 24, 2011
Merry Christmas from Hearts and Laserbeams!

From all of us at Hearts and Laserbeams, cheers to all of you and best wishes for the happiest of holidays. May your Christmas be full of friends, family and fun! We’ll be driving down to old town Mesilla in New Mexico to enjoy some cider at Josephina’s and show Phil the 20 bazillion lumenarios [...]

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Tutorial: Command Hook Curtains for Oddly Sized Windows

December 1, 2011
Tutorial: Command Hook Curtains for Oddly Sized Windows

Last September, when Phil came home from the hospital and we were nursing, we’d spend a lot of time on the couch opposite our front door. Feedings in the early evening were kind of irritating, because the sun was juuuuust low enough to laser blast you right in the eyes through these slim little windows [...]

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Tutorial: Painted Onesies Birthday Banner Bunting

November 23, 2011
Tutorial: Painted Onesies Birthday Banner Bunting

In the spirit of this week’s crafty giveaway, I have a totally awesome craft project to share! I’ve been wanting to post this for literally 2 months, but time just gets away from you sometimes. I’m super excited to share my tutorial for a Painted Onesies Birthday Banner Bunting! (We love alliteration here at Hearts [...]

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Book Giveaway: 1 2 3 Sew by Ellen Luckett Baker

November 20, 2011
Book Giveaway: 1 2 3 Sew by Ellen Luckett Baker

We’re starting the week off with a giveaway, folks! Exciting! Chronicle Books was nice enough to send along a copy of 1 2 3 Sew: Build Your Skills with 33 Simple Projects by Ellen Lucket Baker for me to check out, and I love this book for beginner sewers and more experienced ones alike! The [...]

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Show and Tell: Hearts and Laserbeams in HOW Magazine

October 20, 2011
Show and Tell: Hearts and Laserbeams in HOW Magazine

A couple of months ago, I saw Fab.com had a discount on subscriptions to HOW Magazine. I’m not sure why I never got this graphic design mag before – oh wait I just glanced at one and the cover price is like $10.95. That explains it. So this week, I received HOW Magazine’s November 2011 [...]

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Call for Vendors – Villa Park High School Fabulous Fall Boutique

August 2, 2011
Call for Vendors - Villa Park High School Fabulous Fall Boutique

I heard from Meg Faulkner recently, that the Fabulous Fall Boutique she’s coordinating for the Villa Park High School choir is still looking for vendors. The boutique is on Saturday, October 22 from 9am-2pm, and if you postmark payment by August 10 the tax deductible booth fee is only $40 for a 10′x10′ space. That’s [...]

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Long Time No Blog!

August 23, 2010
Long Time No Blog!

Or it feels like it, anyways! Between getting to baby classes and finishing up projects before going on maternity leave, it seems I’ve fallen a little behind in my updates for you fine folks. Last night I finished one of my last projects that needs to be done before leave happens! I was commissioned to [...]

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Hearts and Laserbeams Gets Featured on the Etsy Storque Blog!

August 12, 2010
Hearts and Laserbeams Gets Featured on the Etsy Storque Blog!

Did y’all see the Etsy Storque Blog today? Amy Zurcher from ShopScad, a boutique with locations in Savannah, Atlanta, France and online was a guest curator for a post. In her piece, she featured some of the great work by Scad students, alumni and faculty that are carried in the shop that are also available [...]

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Commission in Progress: Wedding Cake Topper!

August 4, 2010
Commission in Progress: Wedding Cake Topper!

I just wanted to share the progress on a wedding cake topper I’ve been commissioned to paint for an upcoming wedding! I love working collaboratively on projects like this, it really turns out a unique result. The bride has all kinds of quirky, eclectic and handmade elements she’s incorporating into her wedding, including a bouquet [...]

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