Craftwork: Places we like on the Interwebs.

Before we go into our craft blog round-up for the week we wanted to be sure to give a nod to the great work Lisa Congdon and her family did on the art auction for the Kim family. Lisa, Gerrie Congdon, and Stephanie Barnes organized an amazingly successful auction which raised a total of $16,899.11. The generosity of both the people who bid and the talented artists who donated their work was astounding. All of the money will be donated to the James Kim Memorial Fund, and anyone who would like to give but didn’t get a chance to can donate money directly to the fund.

Remember back when Rita told us about the Daiso store that opened in the Serramonte Center? Well Natalie Zee of Craft Magazine has been too, and after seeing all the amazing craft stuff available there we’re thinking of a stealing a friends car and heading out to beautiful Daly City tomorrow. Besides scouting out all things good and crafty, the Craft blog, which is companion to Craft Magazine (sister of Make Magazine), offers podcasts where you can download free patterns, book reviews and links to tutorials on every craft you can imagine.

Photo courtsey of lamentables on Flickr.

If you haven’t experienced the joy of Not Martha, it’s time. One of our favorite places to visit for some crafty inspiration, Not Martha offers advice on everything from recipes to magazines you should avoid subscribing to. But really, we love Not Martha most of all for the how to make stuff section on her site. Each entry has detailed directions on how to make a wide range of crafts, and each project has photos that document every step of the process.

Finally, if West Coast Crafty isn’t already book marked on your computer, one stop there will make you an addict. Susan Beal gives us the most information per post we’ve ever seen. Most recently she’s given us a great post on crafts for kids, which makes us wish we weren’t 3000 miles away from our own nephew, although at two and a half it might be a little dangerous arming him with scissors.

This week-end we head off to San Diego for TNNA, which is the annual National Needle Arts trade show. We’ll be sure to report back with lots of pictures and tales of knitted tea cozies.