Getting Crafty

Well Hilary Duff is at it again, this time she’s dipping her fingers into the craft industry.

You heard that right: Hilary Duff, singer, actress, the face of a perfume, and designer of the clothing line Stuff by Hilary Duff, has a new line with Michaels, one of the largest craft store chains in North America (and the chain that is currently carrying Martha Stewart’s exclusive line).

I haven’t yet stopped by my local Michaels to see Hilary’s collection, but the images on the Michaels site are sure to please your favourite tween. The idea behind this new line is to provide girls with charms and iron on patches among other things to add to fitted t-shirts, cell phone cases bags, jewelry, and more, which are all also part of the collection. Black and silver seem to be the dominant colours, with some jewel tones (purple and turquoise) to them.

If you’d like a bit more convincing before heading to your nearest Michaels, check out the following:

See the official introduction to her new line by Michaess here
Watch Hilary’s introduction video here
Tune in here for craft ideas using items from her line

Hilary Duff, Stuff by Duff, celebrities

A new show, Martha Stewart Crafts, has been acquired by the DIY (do it yourself) network. If you only have 30 minutes a day to get tips on all sorts of various crafts, starting this November you can make Martha’s show a part of your weekday. The new show will share the best of craft-related episodes from Martha Stewart’s own Martha Stewart Living series.

A reader (Hi Dave!) would like an update on the magnets as I promised a week ago to provide an update.

I bought them but they scare me. Why?

The warning on the label that tells me to keep them away from everything in the entire world, for starters:

I want to know how far away from electronics I should be keeping my rare earth magnets. I have a magnetic board right beside my computer and now I’m scared that I’ll corrupt my stored data all because I wanted to make magnets strong enough to hold 2lbs of stuff. Why did I have to be so greedy?

And here’s what these teeny magnets look like:

…and all 60 of them:

They are really strong and prying one magnet away from the bunch requires a signifcant amount of strength.