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Handmade Living Blog Tour

November 26, 2010 By Spoonful of Sugar - 11 Comments

A Spoonful of Sugar is delighted to be a stop on Handmade living – a designer collective blog tour which starts tomorrow. Handmade Living, written by Tania McCartney,  is a beautiful, hard cover lifestyle and handicraft book that features more than 70 projects that showcase the talents of Australian designers and craftspeople. 





Here is the Blog Tour line-up:


Saturday 27 November 
Posie Patchwork

What is handmade living?

Sunday 28 November

Thea and Sami

How handmade living Was Produced

Sunday 28 November

Tiny Concept

Illustrating handmade living

Monday 29 November

Australian Women Online

Handmade Is the New Black & book giveaway!

Monday 29 November

The Happy Home

Designer Interview

Tuesday 30 November

Lark

Designer Profiles

Tuesday 30 November

Tania McCartney   

Sneak Peek!

Wednesday 1 December

A Spoonful of Sugar

Handmade Christmas gifts

Wednesday 1 December

Perth Upmarket

Western Australian Designers

Thursday 2 December

made it

Book Profile

Thursday 2 December

Life and Other Crises

handmade living Choc-Fest

Friday 3 December

My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Combining a Cottage Business with Raising a Family

Friday 3 December

findmakedo

Designer Profile

Saturday 4 December

Fat Mum Slim

Project Recreation

Saturday 4 December

Handmade Canberra

Book Giveaways

Handmade living: a designer collective will be launched at the Handmade Canberra twilight Christmas Market at the Kamberra Wine Company in Lyneham, Canberra on 4 December. The book will then be available from Shop Handmade and in bookstores Australia-wide from Monday 6 December 2010. See www.handmadecanberra.com.au for more on all the book signings and events they have scheduled around Canberra before Christmas!

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  1. Bloom says

    November 26, 2010 at 3:42 am

    Wow Lisa, this flew in under my radar! What an exciting publication. I’m guessing you feature? Can’t wait to hear all about it. Thanks for the heads up. Ros x

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  2. Posie Patchwork says

    November 26, 2010 at 4:12 am

    Yippee, thanks Lisa, the Handmade Living blog tour has indeed kicked off at my blog – i couldn’t wait for Saturday!! So proud to be part of this awesome book, you go girl, can’t wait to read your post about it. Love Posie

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  3. Bela says

    November 26, 2010 at 7:47 am

    Lisa, I am so happy for YOU!!! What a wonderful project!!! I can’t wait to see your post!!
    LOve!!! Bela.

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  4. Vickie says

    November 26, 2010 at 7:56 am

    How exciting! Congratulations! I can’t! This will be lots of fun!

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  5. KaHolly says

    November 26, 2010 at 9:40 am

    Looks like an excellent line-up, especially because you are on the list!! I look forward to it. ~karen

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  6. Simone @ Doberman's by the Sea says

    November 26, 2010 at 5:28 pm

    How exiting! Happy Holidays.

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  7. Janellybelly says

    November 26, 2010 at 6:20 pm

    Why doesn’t this surprise me 🙂 Congrats again sweetie. Now, if we could just get you publishing your patterns…
    Janelle xx

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  8. Tania McCartney says

    November 27, 2010 at 12:01 am

    Can’t wait to visit, gorgeous Lisa! xx

    Reply
  9. Market Girl says

    November 28, 2010 at 5:26 pm

    How fabulous, I cannot wait to rad this one for sure. Thanks so Much Lisa.
    Julie @ handmade

    Reply
  10. Shannon says

    December 1, 2010 at 7:29 pm

    Thank you for posting all of these links – I am not sure I would have heard of this in my tiny corner of the U.S. Looks wonderful!

    Reply
  11. Anonymous says

    February 6, 2011 at 11:04 am

    Enjoyed reading/following your page.Please keep it coming. Cheers!

    Reply

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