from Wendy at sunshine creations - check it out.

The team at Handmade Detroit are running a contest for the best handmade Mother’s Day gift. The prize is a brand new silver iPod. Deadline to apply is May 14. All the details are here.

Christine from Paper and cloth is running a “decorate your bra” contest.

I came up with the idea as I’m walking in a 26 mile walk for breast cancer in May called the London MoonWalk where participants wear decorated bras whilst they’re walking through the night.

Black Dog Publishing is a small book publishers specialising in high-end illustrated books. Following on from the success of our alternative craft book, Making Stuff, we are currently working on a follow up, Making Stuff for Kids. We want it to include a variety of inspirational projects to make for and with kids - anything goes!

Contributions are unpaid, but you will be credited in the book with a 100-word biog, featuring any websites or contact details you would like to
promote. Please send a brief description of your idea with any images by May 25th to: makingstuff@hotmail.co.uk.

Find out more about Black Dog Publishing and about Making Stuff on: www.blackdogonline.com

Calling all creative individuals! seeking instructors with expertise in: jewelry, sewing, collage, crochet, knitting, embroidery, re-fashion, soap making etc…

The venue is The Make Lounge, a new space (launching Autumn 2007) where busy women can reconnect with their creativity - and socialize with others - through fun, informal evening and weekend craft-based courses.

email JenniferTML@gmail.com with TEACHER in the subject line, include a description of the class, a bit of info about yourself, your rate requirements for teaching the class, the maximum number of students, and the duration of the class (e.g., 2 hours, three 2-hour sessions, etc.). website: creating from scratch

Future girl has recently started selling the pattern for her hand sewn, felt octopus. The three-page PDF includes the pattern and detailed instructions for making your own felt octopus.

Her all-white version, Octophrost, received honorable mention in Whiplash Gifts and Decorations.

Becka of Becka’s project journal sent in her link to her hints on hemming skirts

whiplash for April will close on the last minute of the month … so get those entries in

The sew along starts April 30th! Join us in sewing your favorite skirt or skirts out of the “Sew What! Skirts” book.

This is an open-ended sew along, so feel free to join in at any point (and to sew as many skirts out of the book as you want). We look forward to seeing the beautiful skirts everyone makes!

More info can be found on the groups Flickr page. The hosts for this sew along are Chara Michele and MéLisa.

A local yarn shop, University City Blvd. Blacksburg, has posted a call for donations of knitted or crocheted squares to make blankets for the victims and families of the Virginia Tech tragedy. To participate check this blog post at the mosaic yarn shop.

great post and tutorial at Echoes of a dream blog

Simmy writes I did a tongue-in-cheek post about getting over the granny square addiction by just making a few and turning them into pincushions. I thought your readers, who like me want to make that blanket but haven’t quite got the stamina to see it through, might be interested:

Karrie from girl on the rocks has started up a whiplash group over at flickr - great idea … check it out.

Good luck! can’t wait to see all the fab entries and showcase some here on whipup!

Check out why, and continue to support this terrific indie handcraft shop. ::shanalogic

AUSTRALIAN CONTEMPORARY • DESIGNER CLOTHING • KNITWEAR • TEXTILES • CHILDREN’S WEAR • ACCESSORIES • JEWELLERY • AFFORDABLE ART • HOMEWARES

when: May 3 to May 5 - times vary - check the website ::Melbourne Made

where: St James Anglican Church Hall, Cnr High Street and Burke Road, Glen Iris, Melway ref 59 G8

contact: Email: melanie (at) creativewomen.com.au

how much: Gold coin donation going to the Melanoma Awareness Foundation for awareness, support and research

Heather wrote: I wanted to let you know that our craft mafia chapter, the Charm City Craft Mafia, is now accepting applications for our upcoming event (June), Pile Of Craft. Interested parties can visit ::the website to apply and get more info. Thanks!

Thank you to everyone for entering, sorry if your entry did not make it to the final eight. It was a tough decision, there were lots of great entries. And now I want to see which one YOU the readers like best, to that end I will be running three polls to see which banner is going to be the new WhipUp Banner.

You will need to go the banner competition page to view the eight finalists.

check out the winners of the softie awards. ::via craftzine ::softie awards

Your work must be of an original design in the needlearts areas of knitting, crochet, cross-stitch, needlepoint, or embroidery. Each needlearts category will have winners in the Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Levels. The contest entries are open from April 4 though May 31, 2007. ::stitch & pitch contest info

Which tutorial is making you want to get crafting? Let me know because I will featuring some of the whiplash tutorials in the coming week.