While working on the book this morning, I was struck by the number of admonitions about “rules” in craft work – either laying down a list of things to do and not-do, or urging you to break all the rules and “just do it”. I think both approaches are wrong. There definitely are design rules, [...]

A lot of crafters/writers/artists run into creative block (“writer’s block” for crafters), and end up waiting around for inspiration to hit. I rarely suffer from this kind of block (you may have noticed!), but it’s not because there’s something supernatural about me. It’s because I practice creativity and creative thinking constantly – so I’m in [...]