November is all about entertaining, having fun with friends, and some good fall just about winter crafting, oh and a great selection of christmas gifts to make and give. This month’s kit is in the spirit of entertaining. Enough cute fabric + the pattern to make your own fabric napkins! And in the zine there is a great pattern for crochet napkin rings. You will be all set!

This is a listing for the November zine plus kit bundle, only on sale until the 20th of October. All orders will be sent out on the 24th. 

Get the November Kit+Zine Bundle (Etsy) (Artfire – no account needed)

Get the November issue of Craft Leftovers Monthly (Etsy) (Artfire – no account needed)

Craft Leftovers Monthly is great Handmade Craft Zine filled with projects, recipes, tips, stories, puzzles, and ridiculous illustrated nonsense just for the fun of it. 24+ pages of crafty goodness in this great handmade craft zine! Printed on partially recycled paper, all original art work, projects, and recipes.

Each subscriber’s package is unique because it is made up of reclaimed leftovers and random, stashy goodies and therefore a few of each kind only.

Starting next month there will be subscriptions available again. I can’t wait to show you what I’ve been cooking up.

October is such a great month to write a zine for – fall is so close, a touch of halloween, and the last bit of running around outside. Learn about halloweens past, my mom’s adventure making costumes for me and my sister, folk lore, fairy houses, paper leaf garlands, and even stamp projects using out door found objects! And more. Of course more! 

October Craft Leftovers Monthly {artfire; etsy}

October Zine + Kit Bundle {artfire; etsy}

2 Months of Zine + Kit Bundle starting with the October issue {artfire; etsy}

This month’s kit is so fun! Bringing the Outdoors in with Weaving! It’s a mini book about weaving with the outdoors + yarn + warp + mat board to weave on.

There are only 30 kit+zine bundles available this month so make sure you pick one (or two) up while the getting is good :) They will be on sale until the 20th and then all orders will be sent out on the 22nd. 

In the shop! Check it out! now. do it. Check it. out.

Get a one month zine+kit bundle. (etsy :: artfire)

A three month subscription for the zine+kit. (etsy :: artfire)

The September zine. (etsy :: artfire)

The full subscriptions are on sale until the 20th and be sent out all at the same time on the 22nd.

Crochet, love, looped. Love of the looped crochet. This month is all about the crochet lovin’ – history, properties, 3 methods of reading crochet patterns and 3 patterns to illustrate the different ways. And a ton more. Check out the listings to see a full description.

I had a last minute inspration and the crocheted doily as sun turned into dandelion. I like it. Yep, that’s right, the dandelion’s head is actually a pineapple crocheted lace doily. Neat!

See you all tomorrow!
Kristin

Drawing is my primary language. I have been drawing since before I can remember and before I could read or right most definitely. I am so happy to present this issue to you because it’s all about drawing. Yes of course there will be some instruction on drawing, but there will be a lot of great drawing related projects and tutorials.

*How to make your own charcoal
*Book reviews for books about drawing – from Instructional to Inspirational
*Sew your own Pencil Wrap
*A great right up on an enthusiastic draftsman Micheal Nobbs
*And of course many other fun things that will just have to remain a surprise to you

This zine is perfect for anyone who is interested in learning to draw, is fascinated by drawing but hasn’t given it a try yet, or loves drawing likes me.

This months kit is pretty neat. All the supplies you need to make your own codex bound sketchbook – boards for the cover, scrap paper to fill it, waxed linen thread, and a curved needle for stitching. Included in the kit is a brand new mini book: Stitch and Sketch IT!

You can get a:

1 Month Subscription

3 Month Subscription

or the Zine!

You can check out the listings here if you have an account on etsy.

Full Subscriptions are on sale until 2pm on Tuesday July 21st and are sent out all at once on Wednesday, July 22nd.

Make sure to go check it out and I’ll see you all tomorrow. Back to work drawing, cutting, folding, and assembling! I love putting this all together each month.

See you all tomorrow! Have a great night!

Kristin

Issue number 22 is on it’s way! Sign up for a three month subscription starting with the July issue. Do you love handmade books and playing with paper? Well, this issue is packed full of ideas on how to make, design, and play with making your own books. There are 3 great book reviews, many how-to’s (silk screening, block printing, and mini book making), and stories about trying to print on anything down at my local copy center. Oh yeah, and just for fun an original paint by numbers! (paint not included). And of course, some other fun things in the mix that are yet to be revealed. (pocket envelopes and other goodies).

Get a 3 Month subscription

or 1 Month subscription

or the July Zine only.

And make sure to check out the Zine and Mini Book section of the shop for all the back issue of Craft Leftovers Monthly – I just added February, January, and December for the first time!
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Subscriptions now on sale from the 16th – 20th and will all be sent out on the 21st. Visit the shop to get your copy today!

Craft Leftovers Monthly is great Handmade Craft Zine filled with projects, recipes, tips, stories, puzzles, and ridiculous illustrated nonsense just for the fun of it. 28 pages of crafty goodness in this great handmade craft zine! Printed on partially recycled paper, all original art work, projects, and recipes.

Get the full Craft Leftovers Monthly Subscription for one or three months! It comes with the zine, a kit of the month (The Water Bottle Sling Duo Kit), and a little random goodie!

Each subscriber’s package is unique because it is made up of reclaimed leftovers and random, stashy goodies and therefore a few of each kind only.

Subscriptions cost:

Zine only = $6.00 (+s&h) ::On Sale May 17th to the beginning of July::
1 month = $10.95 (+s&h) ::On Sale May 17th-20th::
3 months = $28.95 (+s&h) ::On Sale May 17th-20th::

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Today has flown by! I am in awe that it’s already 10:39! Yikes. I think I’m just going to turn in for the night and I’ll have the pattern ready on Monday. I would say tomorrow – and maybe – but the central Iowa Sewing Rebellion meeting is tomorrow so I’m sure I’ll be more beat than I expect to be after it’s all wrapped up.

Oh and I’m working on updating the subscriber database and will send out reminders before I go to bed, so if you are not sure if your subscription is up or not, just wait until tomorrow morning to order and you will have an email letting you know if you do or not.

Best wishes and happy crafting!
Kristin

Hi ya folks! This upcoming month’s issue of Craft Leftovers Monthly is in the shop! It’s really a great issue this month and I think you will all really love it! I changed up the format a bit, so now it’s super easy for me to tuck goodies into the zine – so be looking for them. And then the kit this month is just great! It’s for a mending kit called Mending on the Go! It has everything you need to mend while traveling around this summer (or at home). It’s everything you need to make, stock, and learn how to mend – I’ve included a little mini book on mending tips in the kit! This is yet to be released pattern and will be coming out this Friday.

Craft Leftovers Monthly is in the shop until the 19th and will go out the door on Monday, April 20th! There are only 15 subscriptions available, so make sure to pick your’s up as soon as you can! And if you missed last month, you can still order copies of the April clm zine until the end of April!

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I’m going to send out a newsletter tomorrow night as well as a previous subscriber reminder. I’ve also decided to start sending out a note to current subscribers so they know their issue is on their way. That will all happen tomorrow evening though. I have one last deadline to finish up tomorrow and then I’ll be all your’s again. I can’t wait because I really have some fun projects and posts planned out.

Happy Crafting!
Kristin

Hooray Hooray Hooray! The April Issue of Craft Leftovers Monthly is in the shop today! It’s super crazy awesome and there are only 15 subscriptions available, so pick your’s up today! OH and because it’s my birthday in April, get 20% off when you order a gift for a subscription friend! Woooo!

Go check it out.

The March issue of Craft Leftovers Monthly is in the shop!

You can get a one month subscripton
or three month subscription or
the zine only.
You can also get the February issue of clm if you missed out on it last month.

I know I say this every month, but I am really excited about this issue!

This issue is going to be so great! A whole section of fixing up your knit socks for their summer hibernation. Great recipes for filling up your tummy with what’s on hand in tasty ways. Oh and a great way to start seeds at home, just in time too for the March seed starting season. Not to mention fun misunderstandings of what the childhood version of myself thought a  leprechaun (sorry for the misspelling, but that will tie into the story too as I thought it was spelled “leper-con”) is. And of course some crafty puzzles and a great center project for using up felt beads.

And this month’s kit a great project for embroidered bookmarks – the birdy bookworm bookmark set – linen, fabric, interfacing, embroidery floss, pattern, and needle included!

March subscriptions are on sale until Friday, February 13th and will all be sent out Wednesday, February 18th!

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There is a bit more of delay in getting clm out the door, but for good reason. Jason and I are celebrating our 5 year anniversary! I can’t believe it – it seems like forever and it seems like no time at all. Anyway, so we promised each other that we would take the weekend off, no work.

And my plan was to do a double post today, but I think that was a delusional dream because I also had a sewing rebellion meeting today – four hours of great sewing fun, swapping, food to be hand, ideas to be shared. After only 2 meetings we’ve decided starting next month we will start meeting every other week instead of just once a month! Hooray!

So I will see you all tomorrow! I have an interview with a fiber artist that I just know that you will love! Oh and she’s letting me include one of her projects, in this month’s clm – how to weave on anything! I’m so excited to share it with you!

Kristin

The February Craft Leftovers Monthly is in the shop! You can pick up a:
3 month full subscription
1 month full subscription
February Zine only

and if you missed the January issue, don’t fret, it’s still in the shop until the end of this month. If you order the January zine with your February subscription, I’ll refund the postage difference and send them out together.

Full Subscriptions are on sale until Friday, January 16th and will all be sent out at the same time Monday, January 19th!

Go check it out!
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