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Crafts and Creativity at Girlfriendology

Girlfriendology Girlfriend Guru of crafts and creativity. Have a crafty question? Looking for a creative idea? Check with the Girlfriendology Girlfriend Guru of crafts and creativity. And share your comments to help out our creative girlfriends out there!

Creative Holiday Gift Ideas

Katie Hacker Stamped and Beaded Frame

30 inch Strand of Blue Glass Beads

My girlfriend Katie shares some Creative Holiday Gift Ideas!

Leave it to my crafty girlfriend Katie Hacker for the following creative holiday gift ideas! (Katie also did a fun podcast interview with Girlfriendology about crafting

Creative Girlfriend Gift Idea: True Blue Crystal Flower Bracelet

What girlfriend doesn’t love jewelry?!

I made a necklace for a girlfriend last night. A simple design of black silk thread and black-iridescent blue beads. Nothing complicated,

Creative girlfriend gift to make

Want to make a fun creative girlfriend gift?

Creative girlfriend gifts are the best! They’re personal, personalized gifts that say your friendship is so dear to you that you even spent time (much less materials) to make something special. So, look…

TIP TUESDAY #24: Hey girlfriends - what’s your favorite hobby/passion?

Tip TuesdayI’ve heard that if you look back to your childhood, before boys had an impact or peer pressure was in it’s teen madness, you’ll find the things that you genuinely love to do. Maybe it was acting, drawing, talking, cooking…

Creative Contest for Creative Girlfriend Robin


Robin Beam is a wonderful papercrafter, inker, beader, stamper, proud crafter and idea maker. Her blog features lots of creative techniques using Ranger Industries products (like Tim Holtz products, Adirondack Ink, etc.). Robin is the Director of Education for Ranger…

Shrinky Dinks and Girlfriends! (and BlogHer, with smart women!)

In my creative past (in the craft and hobby industry), I attended several tradeshows for businesses in the creative industry. Often I shared a room with Lisa, Vicki, Phyllis - sometimes Jill, Marie and others. Never was there a trip where…

Lessons from a Girlfriend … LISA SHEPARD STEWART

Previously I belonged to an organization that was almost 100% women. SCD (the Society of Creative Designers) was a group of professional designers who worked in the craft and hobby industry (as well as other industries). Being a group of almost all…

Must be the season for Girlfriend Contests!


My girlfriend JILL MACKAY is dang creative, prolific designer. I’ve bragged on her before. (Bragging on Jill is easy - she’s so amazingly talented!) Her site/blog has a new contest lasting through the end of March. Rules go something like this ……

Learn how to ‘follow your bliss’ from our girlfriend the CAPITOLA GIRL

Funny how each of our girlfriends play a different role in our lives. Some are here to teach us lessons - like knitting, politics or community service. Some girlfriends are here to tend to us - they take care of us…

My Knitting, Beading, Crafting Girlfriends

We’re off to meet Dana and Bear (aka: Barry) for dinner. Dana was introduced to knitting a few years ago when I was part of “Purple Tree” - a home party biz that offered all kinds of creative kits. I’m sure…