{"id":4057,"date":"2014-01-12T18:51:31","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T02:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noelophile.com\/?p=4057"},"modified":"2014-01-12T18:55:16","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T02:55:16","slug":"cha-and-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelophile.com\/?p=4057","title":{"rendered":"CHA and You"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Anaheim<\/a>by Noella Noelophile\u2122<\/em><\/p>\n

OK.\u00a0 Admittedly, this particular post didn’t start out this way.<\/p>\n

I’d planned to tell you all about what was happening at the Craft and Hobby Association’s<\/a> 2014 Mega Show, going on from now through Tuesday at the Anaheim Convention Center.<\/p>\n

I’ll still do that.\u00a0 But first, here’s something you might like to use immediately.<\/p>\n

These are just a few of the creative resources available for your use, courtesy of the talented and passionately artistic people on-hand at this, the largest international trade show in the world.
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Let’s start with the brand-new online creative community, cre8time.org<\/a>, which contains free DIY project videos and how-to’s.\u00a0 Craft and Hobby Association President and CEO Andrej Suskavecic says that this is an online movement designed to help people reclaim their creativity.\u00a0 (Think about it–what don’t<\/em> you do, that you’d like to, when everything else seems to be clamoring for your attention?)\"cre8time1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Cre8time.org<\/a> encourages everyone to take just 8 hours out of a month, to do something of a creative nature–knitting, painting, jewelrymaking, name it–and share it online.\u00a0 Check out the videos and project descriptions, you are certain to find something fun–and be thinking about what you<\/em> might like to post, as a part of this community.\u00a0 \"lisa<\/a><\/p>\n

Next?\u00a0 Well, how about this–a free online quarterly crafts magazine, which you can read and download?\u00a0 That would be Bella Crafts Quarterly<\/a>, which was the inspiration of four hugely talented women in 2012.\u00a0 I had the pleasure, this afternoon, of talking to Editor-in-Chief Carol Heppner and Editor-at-Large Lisa Rojas about their magazine, which Lisa said “took a lot of craziness” to put together.\u00a0 Clearly, it’s a creative “craziness” both of them love passionately–and you will, too.\u00a0 Check them out on Facebook<\/a>–and if you happen to be a blogger who loves crafts and writing about them, they’re looking for some guest bloggers!\u00a0 They’d like to hear from you, at info@bellacraftsquarterly.com.<\/p>\n

And there’s another opportunity available for you, too.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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Perhaps you’d like to know more about making a living as an artist.\u00a0 Conventional “wisdom” holds that that’s difficult, if not impossible.<\/p>\n

Nonsense, says Elizabeth Shepard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not only has Elizabeth been making a living as a professional artist for most of her life–she also teaches workshops called, “How to Make a Living As an Artist”, all over the Los Angeles area, and she’s written a book, “Your Art Workbook”.\u00a0 You can find out more by e-mailing her, at eliza.artist@gmail.com.<\/p>\n

And that’s it–except to tell you that I can’t wait to share the stories of these amazing creative people with whom I had the opportunity to speak, this weekend at the the Craft and Hobby Association’s 2014 Conference and Trade Show!\u00a0 Look for their interviews to show up here next, on noelophile.com!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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