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Name: Blake Ramsey
Job Title: Assistant Editor
Date started at company: June 2006, as an Intern for the Holiday Department
First story: I assisted Marcie on ‘Tis the Season, December 2006
Hometown: Chappaqua, NY
School & Degree: BFA, Guilford College
First Job: Interning in Children’s Publishing at Reader’s Digest. I mocked up board books and Barbie products a few days a week after school
Astrological Sign: Libra
Personal Crafting/Artwork: Corinne and I have been crafting flowery fascinators together. We have a website- www.handlespout.com. I also really enjoy making little collaged postcards to send to my friends. It’s a nice surprise to receive mini-art in the mail- complete with a personal note and pretty stamp
First Craft Memory: The most basic kind of Printmaking: When I was 4 or 5, I loved to make stacks of black and white photocopies of my drawings or the pages of my books
Things I Collect: When I was young I collected pigs- dozens of them. Now I collect craft supplies- mostly scraps and strange found objects that I hope to one day have a brilliant use for
FAVORITE . . .
Color (pantone #): Pantone # 331C
Holiday: Halloween
Pizza Topping: Broccoli
Kind of Fabric: Sequined
Dessert: Key Lime Pie
Source: Tinsel Trading
Font: Andale Mono
Martha Stewart Craft Project: “Bottle Beauty” May 2006
It’s Labor Day- pools are closing, kids are going back to school, and the weather is getting a bit cooler. Hold tight to those summer memories with a handmade scrapbook- we’ve got some fun ideas right here!
I need to make one of these Seashore Scrapbooks to keep all the odds and ends I’ve collected over …
Erica asks:
“Do you have any suggestions for personalizing back-to-school supplies?”
Fill these last summer days with activities that will help your back-to-schooler get excited for the first day. You probably already have the supplies needed to make these fun pencils.
Get creative and eco-friendly with textbook covers—here we’ve used old roadmaps.
Paper grocery bags are also a good …
Earlier this summer, I attended a girls getaway in honor of my dear friend’s upcoming wedding. What a great weekend! We laughed, we danced, we celebrated, and we made party hats to wear while doing it all. The most fun was had making them, but I have to say, wearing them—and taking funny photos—was pretty …
Congratulations, Debbie! You won last week’s Scrapbooking giveaway. Please e-mail your address to us at thecraftsdept@marthastewart.com so you can get started with your new supplies. Thanks to everyone who commented!
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Last week on the Bloggers Night Out, we posted the editors’ NYC passports, stamped with our top NYC destinations. In her comment on the post, Shirley asked:
Any way you could share the top NYC craft destinations with us? I wasn’t able to make out all of them from the photo. Thanks!
We’d love to, Shirley! Here are 10 …
Our dear friend Laura Normandin is having a baby! We made a collective gift for Laura—an embroidered patchwork pillow. Athena cut small squares of linen, we each embroidered one or two, and then Steph assembled them into a pillow. It was great seeing all the different styles and techniques together—a personal gift with a lot …
Congratulations, Stephanie of turtlesoupdaily.blogspot.com! You won last week’s Circle Cutter giveaway. Please e-mail your address to us at thecraftsdept.marthastewart.com so you can get started with your party décor!
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Congratulations, Melissa! You won last week’s Cricut Cake giveaway. Please e-mail your address to us at thecraftsdept.marthastewart.com so you can get started with your cupcake decorating!
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