drawn has a bevy of great projects to get stuck into - like this colouring book for graffiti artists : and I heard about the Norwich School of Art and Design 6000 heads project - see some at flickr

Jeffrey Yamaguchi has a new book coming out - the sequel in his working for the man series its called ‘Working for the Man: Inspiring and Subversive Projects for Residents of Cubicle Land’. Congratulation Jeff. And you all really must check out his website - and his story at the storque on side projects - the benefits of side projects and where to find inspiration or tell others about your projects. Check out flickr groups - whats your project and brought my lunch and make sure to check in to 52 projects for more inspiration everyday - can’t think of a project - read some others projects to get you cracking.

submit your doodle to the moleskin project - [via]

Andrea from Letitfly wrote: Hello! I was lucky enough to end up with two copies of the great new book Craft,Inc. and have decided to give one away to another artist/crafter! check out her blog to find out how to get your hands on a copy.

We have not had a WHIPLASH here at whipup for a couple of months. I am really happy to be bringing it back. For those who are unsure what this is - a recap:

whipup whiplash competition…

A daring venture into organised making across the world - a theme to inspire, a short time frame, a prize (or two).

our definition of whiplash “sudden involuntary forced movement in any direction, and the resultant rebound in the opposite direction”

In the past we have had a mini quilt theme - which was so very popular: here is one of the entries

Redwork in Germany

We have had recycled crafts - one of the entries included:

felting dog by mamaquilla

We have had gifts and decorations: one of the entries was

ruby crowned kinglet with her suede reindeer

one of the most controversial topics was alt crafts: never in my wildest dreams thought it would spark so much heated debate. I certainly didn’t think that Alt Crafting would be so controversial. It seems some people think they are lacking an ‘alterna craft’ gene, or think that Alt Craft is too abstract or too elitist, while others thought that Alt Craft means subversive and rebellious and are not interested in turning their craft into a political statement. While some appreciate being pushed into new directions and into thinking about the materials they are using, others are just happy doing what they always do. One of the entries was:

brain smatter with her Knitted, steeked and felted rocket.

and this time last year we had accessories as the theme - one of the entries was:

greeting arts - felted thimbles

Also check out wardrobe surgery theme and the hats theme.

WHIPLASH IS BACK and the theme is fibre & mixed media inspired jewellery

The categories have slightly changed:

1. project tutorial - this is where you give step by step instructions on how to make or do something nifty or tricky. It does not have to be an original design - but does need to have features that are your own. It can be a tutorial on making something you have designed yourself or it can be a tutorial on how to do some old crafty tricks passed down from your grandma or figured out for yourself.

2. project process - this is where you show off a completed project - it can be your own design or something you followed from a pattern - the point here is to describe the project and tell us how you did it - this is not a step by step tutorial - rather a description of how you felt, alterations or additions you may have made, challenges and choices you met along the way during the making of this project.

And so has the way you enter your link to your project: Read the whole thing at the whiplash page - but basically here is how:

1. We are now using the forum to link to entries - please put your link in this whiplash Oct/Nov thread

2. Make your item - you have one month from now entries close 15 NOV and must relate to the theme.

3. Post your item on your blog - include a link to the whiplash forum thread in your post - good clear photos and a good story will help your post be noticed, and then post a permanent link to your whiplash post at the whiplash forum thread at the new forums.

4. To enter you need to be a member of this site or the forum - if you are not yet a member then you need to register see the meta information in the side bar of the main whipup site page or the forum side bar. Once you are logged in you will be able to participate in the forum discussions and post your link at the forum.

If you don’t have blog you might like to use an image hosting service such as flickr.com. The same rules apply however regarding your explanation and photo quality and if you can’t add the whiplash badge then please link back to the whiplash site making it clear that it is a whiplash entry.