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Crafty stuff I found in France: Toc-toc-toc magazine!

While I was in France, during the last 2 weeks, I found the very lovely crafty magazine toc-toc-toc. I bought it at the as beautiful indie store in Lyon, L’Instant Poétique. Of course, being in France, the writing inside is in french. But I just read at Continue Reading →

“Where Women Create” magazine review

Some of you already know I’m a fan of Stamptington‘s beautiful artsy and crafty magazines. This time, I decided to try their Where Women Create issue. I was very tempted by their Stuffed magazine about plush toys but decided to try a new title, this Continue Reading →

Book review: John Howe Fantasy Drawing Workshop

I will be reviewing a how-to draw book by the the french editor, Dessain & Tolra. Love their arts and crafts books! It’s a  book by one of my favorite fantasy illustrator, John Howe. Some of you may remember that I did a book review of another of his Continue Reading →

Book Review: Drawing animals by Mari Suzuki

One of the good things of having a part-time job as a librarian is that you get to see all thoses beautiful books before everyone else does. Because I work in a french bookstore, this book I will be reviewing was in it’s french version; Dessiner les animaux Continue Reading →

Magazine review: Artful Blogging

A few weeks ago, I bought a magazine about a great passion of mine: Blogging! But not just blogging: Artful Blogging! Tim’s Sally The magazine is made by Stampington & Company. A business that focuses on very niche subjects in magazines. And it’s Continue Reading →

Zine review: Handmaiden's voyage #2

I recently discovered a very nice crafty zine via the new Etsy team I’m in, Team Zine. (Ah, the joys of finally having a Etsy shop!) It is called Handmaiden’s Voyage and it is made by Jennifer Williams. I ordered it a couple of weeks ago and received Continue Reading →

Halloween serie: Crochet Today goes witchy!

I really wanted to review the amazing issue Sept/Oct. issue of Crochet Today magazine. It’s not the first time I review this magazine but I just had to share their great Halloween crochet projects! There are just so many projects I would like to make… Continue Reading →

Halloween serie: Better Homes and Gardens Halloween magazine review!

It’s that time of the year, again: The Crafty Life’s Halloween serie! Autumn & Halloween celebrations are my favorite time of the year. There’s just something about it that make me feel like so happy about it. The cold weather is slowly coming Continue Reading →

Ebook review: Stitching borders and beyond

Just before going off in vacations, I received Carina’s neat new ebook: Stitching borders and beyond. And yours truly is finally reviewing it. If you didn’t know, this is Carina’s second ebook as her first one was Small Stitches Booklettes. I Continue Reading →

Book review: John Howe's Fantasy Art Workshop

One of my favorite place in Montreal is our Bibliothèque nationale. It’s all brand new as it’s been here since only 2006. It’s got 4 floors of all the books you can find in Quebec. (Or at least 99% of them, for sure!) One book I’ve been Continue Reading →