Whip Up is now taking article and tutorial submissions.

We are looking for tutorials and submissions that fit within our feel - read our Manifesto for more information.

We are looking for thematic articles and tutorials to fit within the months themes - see monthly themes below - but also timely articles outside of these themes will be considered such as exhibition and pattern reviews, craft memes, fun, frivolous and extreme ideas, etc that cannot wait and do not fit within the theme.

Submissions now being accepted for January, February and March 2008

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April - Home (crafts for the home - for the family - practical and comfort and loving crafts)

May - Ephemeral (short lived, naturally occurring, transitory crafts)

June - Traditions (handed down through the generations, classic patterns, colors, and styles, inherited, established, or customary)

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To learn more about how to submit an article read the submission guidelines here

hi everyone, terribly sorry about the unscheduled downtime that whipup has recently experienced. Due to hackers and spammers we had to go off air for a while, we upgraded our security and changed our server. The forum will be down for a little bit longer and there may be some other teething issues over the next couple of weeks. But we are working night and day to get whipup up and running again - better than ever!

thanks for all your support and concern
Kathreen

Whip Up is now taking article and tutorial submissions.

We are looking for tutorials and submissions that fit within our feel - read our Manifesto for more information.

We are looking for thematic articles and tutorials to fit within the months themes - see monthly themes below - but also timely articles outside of these themes will be considered such as exhibition and pattern reviews, craft memes, fun, frivolous and extreme ideas, etc that cannot wait and do not fit within the theme.

Submissions now being accepted for January, February and March 2008

——–

April - Home (crafts for the home - for the family - practical and comfort and loving crafts)

May - Ephemeral (short lived, naturally occurring, transitory crafts)

June - Traditions (handed down through the generations, classic patterns, colors, and styles, inherited, established, or customary)

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To learn more about how to submit an article read the submission guidelines here

Whip Up is now taking article and tutorial submissions.

We are looking for tutorials and submissions that fit within our feel - read our Manifesto for more information.

We are looking for thematic articles and tutorials to fit within the months themes - see monthly themes below - but also timely articles outside of these themes will be considered such as exhibition and pattern reviews, craft memes, fun, frivolous and extreme ideas, etc that cannot wait and do not fit within the theme.

Submissions now being accepted for January, February and March 2008

——–

April - Home (crafts for the home - for the family - practical and comfort and loving crafts)

May - Ephemeral (short lived, naturally occurring, transitory crafts)

June - Traditions (handed down through the generations, classic patterns, colors, and styles, inherited, established, or customary)

——–

To learn more about how to submit an article read the submission guidelines here

Whip Up is now taking article and tutorial submissions.

We are looking for tutorials and submissions that fit within our feel - read our Manifesto for more information.

We are looking for thematic articles and tutorials to fit within the months themes - see monthly themes below - but also timely articles outside of these themes will be considered such as exhibition and pattern reviews, craft memes, fun, frivolous and extreme ideas, etc that cannot wait and do not fit within the theme.

Submissions now being accepted for January, February and March 2008

——–

April - Home (crafts for the home - for the family - practical and comfort and loving crafts)

May - Ephemeral (short lived, naturally occurring, transitory crafts)

June - Traditions (handed down through the generations, classic patterns, colors, and styles, inherited, established, or customary)

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To learn more about how to submit an article read the submission guidelines here

I am really looking forward to bringing an interesting spin to this months theme of toys and games. Different to kids crafts - this theme is not necessarily child related and can be toys and games for any age group. Please send in your ideas, tutorials and articles to whipup[at]gmail.com - don’t forget to read our submission guidelines if submitting an article.

Recently we have really cut down watching TV at our house. We were noticing an ugly trend in ourselves (my partner and I) and in our two children of becoming bored and boring. We were losing our creativity and imaginations and becoming snarky and prickly towards each other much too easily. Since putting a limit on TV (in fact we disabed it so the kids can not just automatically turn it on whenever they feel like it), we have noticed that we and they play more games, accessing the games cupboard and craft boxes and book shelves more readily. At night we have been playing various board games, the whole families favourite is blokus and the kids play Uno and pick up sticks and have recently become obsessed with Monopoly (oh dear!). The drawing books have made a big come back and the kids love to play schools with each other now that my youngest is learning to read and spell. We also play word games with each other and charades … Some of the kids favourite things to do are really so very simple - dressing up the cat and organising their endless collections of stuff (see pics). love to hear your suggestions and ideas for more family friendly games.

This month I hope to discover more games and toys that can be played with kids with adults and with the whole family - I will be hunting for games and toys for outside, sports games, dangerous games, imaginative and playful games - so send in your ideas whipup[at]gmail.com

the wonderfully talented Wendy from Sunshine’s creations is job hunting - she wrote in with this letter - if you can help please contact Wendy at sunshine_harbaugh(@)juno.com

Life is such right now that I have been forced into finding a job outside the home to make ends meet. I was hoping if you knew of someone who was hiring in a way that I could test patterns and such from home and stay with my family you could send them a link to my website. I thank you in advance if you can do this. If not I understand.

Fundraiser for Handmade Nation Tickets cost $2, one winner will be selected at random from entries. Enter as many times as you want, winners will be announced the last week of March and the package will ship thereafter. All proceeds will go towards production cost for film. - prize package - I Heart Felt book, Handmade Nation T-Shirt (you pick size), Handmade Nation Pocket Mirror, 3 Sublime Stitching iron-on transfers, one skein Handspun Yarn from yarnpunk!!

Eric From Wonder fair wrote in:

Hello hello! Eric here at Wonder Fair headquarters in Lawrence Kansas. Wonder Fair is an art gallery that doubles as little d.i.y/handmade shoppe. We mostly sell local product but are interested in selling little goodies from other people around the globe, if the globe will have us. I thought a little post on whip up might be a good call to action. Just curious if anyone would anyone be interested in getting their craft in circulation here in Kansas? Let me know what you think and keep fighting the good fight against the bad. Love, Eric

Thank you all for reading and participating in Alt craft month - it was on fire! so much amazing, quirky, eccentric and wonderful stuff being made out there. I know a few people were offended by some things and I am sorry about that - you can’t please all the people all the time. But I sure hope there was enough variety this month to get everyones imaginations and crafty inspirations firing away.

We had a book giveaway comp - and the lucky winner of
49 Sensational Skirts: Creative Embellishment Ideas for One-of-a-kind Designs by Alison Willoughby, published by Interweave Press (April 1, 2008). is …. Di from Clementines Shoes … you will be contacted soon. Thank you to every for entering the comp - and good luck with your clothes embellishing.

This month is Toys and Games month - we have a fabulous line up of great projects and tutorials and ideas to inspire. As always if you wish to submit an article or tute please first read the guidelines and email it in. We also accept ideas or just links to cool things you have spotted.

Whip Up is now taking article and tutorial submissions.

We are looking for tutorials and submissions that fit within our feel - read our Manifesto for more information.

We are looking for thematic articles and tutorials to fit within the months themes - see monthly themes below - but also timely articles outside of these themes will be considered such as exhibition and pattern reviews, craft memes, fun, frivolous and extreme ideas, etc that cannot wait and do not fit within the theme.

Submissions now being accepted for January, February and March 2008

- February: Alternative crafting
- March: TOYS - changed theme for March
- April: Home

To learn more about how to submit an article read the submission guidelines here

ps. What is alternative craft? Making unconventional choices (materials + methods); taking different approaches to the problem, not conforming to accepted rules or standards; out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird.

Whip Up is now taking article and tutorial submissions.

We are looking for tutorials and submissions that fit within our feel - read our Manifesto for more information.

We are looking for thematic articles and tutorials to fit within the months themes - see monthly themes below - but also timely articles outside of these themes will be considered such as exhibition and pattern reviews, craft memes, fun, frivolous and extreme ideas, etc that cannot wait and do not fit within the theme.

Submissions now being accepted for January, February and March 2008

- February: Alternative crafting
- March: Toys (changed theme for March)
- April: Home

To learn more about how to submit an article read the submission guidelines here

ps. What is alternative craft? Making unconventional choices (materials + methods); taking different approaches to the problem, not conforming to accepted rules or standards; out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird.

Just a quick admin moment: Whipup has been hit (worse than usual) by hackers and spammers - all has been fixed - however I have had to delete a lot of bogus users - I apologize if any real users have been deleted by mistake.

Whip Up is now taking article and tutorial submissions.

We are looking for tutorials and submissions that fit within our feel - read our Manifesto for more information.

We are looking for thematic articles and tutorials to fit within the months themes - see monthly themes below - but also timely articles outside of these themes will be considered such as exhibition and pattern reviews, craft memes, fun, frivolous and extreme ideas, etc that cannot wait and do not fit within the theme.

Submissions now being accepted for January, February and March 2008

- February: Alternative crafting
- March: TOYS - changed theme for March
- April: Home

To learn more about how to submit an article read the submission guidelines here

ps. What is alternative craft? Making unconventional choices (materials + methods); taking different approaches to the problem, not conforming to accepted rules or standards; out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird.

Whip Up is now taking article and tutorial submissions.

We are looking for tutorials and submissions that fit within our feel - read our Manifesto for more information.

We are looking for thematic articles and tutorials to fit within the months themes - see monthly themes below - but also timely articles outside of these themes will be considered such as exhibition and pattern reviews, craft memes, fun, frivolous and extreme ideas, etc that cannot wait and do not fit within the theme.

Submissions now being accepted for January, February and March 2008

- February: Alternative crafting
- March: Ephemeral art and craft
- April: Home

To learn more about how to submit an article read the submission guidelines here

ps. What is alternative craft? Making unconventional choices (materials + methods); taking different approaches to the problem, not conforming to accepted rules or standards; out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird.

Whip Up is now taking article and tutorial submissions.

We are looking for tutorials and submissions that fit within our feel - read our Manifesto for more information.

We are looking for thematic articles and tutorials to fit within the months themes - see monthly themes below - but also timely articles outside of these themes will be considered such as exhibition and pattern reviews, craft memes, fun, frivolous and extreme ideas, etc that cannot wait and do not fit within the theme.

Submissions now being accepted for January, February and March 2008

- February: Alternative crafting
- March: Ephemeral art and craft
- April: Home

To learn more about how to submit an article read the submission guidelines here

ps. What is alternative craft? Making unconventional choices (materials + methods); taking different approaches to the problem, not conforming to accepted rules or standards; out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird.

Whip Up is now taking article and tutorial submissions.

We are looking for tutorials and submissions that fit within our feel - read our Manifesto for more information.

We are looking for thematic articles and tutorials to fit within the months themes - see monthly themes below - but also timely articles outside of these themes will be considered such as exhibition and pattern reviews, craft memes, fun, frivolous and extreme ideas, etc that cannot wait and do not fit within the theme.

Submissions now being accepted for January, February and March 2008

- January: Children’s crafts
- February: Alternative crafting
- March: Ephemeral art and craft

To learn more about how to submit an article read the submission guidelines here

Whip Up is now taking article and tutorial submissions.

We are looking for tutorials and submissions that fit within our feel - read our Manifesto for more information.

We are looking for thematic articles and tutorials to fit within the months themes - see monthly themes below - but also timely articles outside of these themes will be considered such as exhibition and pattern reviews, craft memes, fun, frivolous and extreme ideas, etc that cannot wait and do not fit within the theme.

Submissions now being accepted for January, February and March 2008

- January: Children’s crafts
- February: Alternative crafting
- March: Ephemeral art and craft

To learn more about how to submit an article read the submission guidelines here

Whip Up is now taking article and tutorial submissions.

We are looking for tutorials and submissions that fit within our feel - read our Manifesto for more information.

We are looking for thematic articles and tutorials to fit within the months themes - see monthly themes below - but also timely articles outside of these themes will be considered such as exhibition and pattern reviews, craft memes, fun, frivolous and extreme ideas, etc that cannot wait and do not fit within the theme.

Submissions now being accepted for January, February and March 2008

- January: Children’s crafts
- February: Alternative crafting
- March: Ephemeral art and craft

To learn more about how to submit an article read the submission guidelines here

Whip Up is now taking article and tutorial submissions.

We are looking for tutorials and submissions that fit within our feel - read our Manifesto for more information.

We are looking for thematic articles and tutorials to fit within the months themes - see monthly themes below - but also timely articles outside of these themes will be considered such as exhibition and pattern reviews, craft memes, fun, frivolous and extreme ideas, etc that cannot wait and do not fit within the theme.

Submissions now being accepted for January, February and March 2008

- January: Children’s crafts
- February: Alternative crafting
- March: Ephemeral art and craft

To learn more about how to submit an article read the submission guidelines here

Thank you all for keeping on reading whipup over the holiday break. I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday and celebrated well in your own personal style. I am now back at work with a huge to-do list after almost 3 weeks at the beach. I live in inland Australia and my husband and I took the kids for a longer than usual camping/beach holiday - encompassing Christmas and New Year. We celebrated with a beach BBQ and Pavlova, beach cricket and of course a lovely swim in the ocean and lots of sand castle building. The highlights of the holiday for the kids were learning to kayak, jumping off of a rope swing into the river and catching a fish big enough to eat. For me the best thing was that finally the kids are big enough and good enough swimmers to not need constant supervision and I was able to read four books and swim every day in the ocean.

Needless to say I did no holiday crafting, hence the big to-do list. I have a few things planned: make a couple of light cotton summer tops, finish off a baby quilt for my soon to be born niece/nephew and do the binding of a queen size quilt for my bed. I will be also doing lots of outdoor crafting and have a rope climbing ladder to build (with help) and a rock sculpture planned for my front garden - as well as some mosaic to do on the bird feeder.

I am excited to see the direction that whipup will take in the next year. I am looking forward to more contributing stories and tutorials throughout the year - please feel free to send me your thematic ideas and story ideas. We are doing children’s month in January - and it is not too late to send in your kids crafting essays or tutorials. Thank you for your participation in whipup in 2007 and look forward to a bigger and better 2008.

Whip Up is now taking article and tutorial submissions.

We are looking for tutorials and submissions that fit within our feel - read our Manifesto for more information.

We are looking for thematic articles and tutorials to fit within the months themes - see monthly themes below - but also timely articles outside of these themes will be considered such as exhibition and pattern reviews, craft memes, fun, frivolous and extreme ideas, etc that cannot wait and do not fit within the theme.

Submissions now being accepted for January, February and March 2008

- January: Children’s crafts
- February: Alternative crafting
- March: Ephemeral art and craft

To learn more about how to submit an article read the submission guidelines here