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News Articles: Crafts

Eggs are pricey this Easter, so it's time to seek out some substitutes.

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  • Arts & Life

Eggs too expensive? Here are some Easter alternatives

With prices for a dozen eggs remaining high this spring, crafting eggsperts offer creative substitutes — from potatoes to marshmallows.

April 09, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
A Joann retail store seen here in Arlington Heights, Ill., on Jan. 15 is among the outlets slated for closure.

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  • National

Craft supplier Joann to close 60% of its stores across U.S. as it looks for a buyer

The move to close 500 stores comes after Joann declared bankruptcy for the second time in less than a year. The closures would leave it with far fewer stores than competitors Hobby Lobby and Michaels.

February 13, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Hanan Zarura, a master craftswoman of Palestinian tatreez embroidery, with a jacket she's been making at her workshop in the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila, in Beirut, Lebanon.

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  • Middle East

In Lebanon, these Palestinian refugees sew designs from a homeland they've never seen

In a workshop in an infamous refugee camp in Beirut, Palestinian women practice an ancient art form — as a livelihood, and also as therapy. The designs come from a homeland most have never seen.

January 18, 2025
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  • Lauren Frayer
John Shambroom and Loose Ends volunteer Jan Rohwetter examine the rug Shambroom's wife, Donna Savastio, couldn't finish due to symptoms of Alzheimer's.

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  • Health

When illness or death leave craft projects unfinished, these strangers step in to help

It can be heartbreaking to let go of a hand-made rug or sweater that a loved one didn't quite finish. A group of volunteer knitters, quilters and other crafters offer some closure.

July 25, 2023
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  • Martha Bebinger
Yoshikazu Netsuno (left) watches his son Shinichi hammer a thick stack of specialized paper. In between each sheet is a thin layer of gold leaf. "My son is going to take over this business, so in our case, we had a successor," Netsuno says. "Many other artisans' families in Kanazawa were not so lucky."

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  • World

Japan's traditional crafts are struggling to survive the country's population decline

The city of Kanazawa produces most of Japan's fine gold leaf, but there aren't enough young people to take over the craft. The same situation is playing out for small family businesses across Japan.

July 29, 2022
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  • Jackie Northam
Workshop participants learn to create <em>pysanky</em>, or Ukrainian-style decorated eggs, at a workshop in Troy, N.Y. on Mar. 21.

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  • Arts & Life

These intricately decorated eggs are raising money and good wishes for Ukraine

The Ukrainian springtime tradition of intricately decorating eggs has taken on new urgency during the war with Russia. Now, people are using this art to fundraise and bring awareness for Ukraine.

April 12, 2022
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Megan Fowler's Sunny Side 2019 calendar was highlighted by Garden and Gun magazine as one of the best crafts in the South.

Two Georgia Makers Share Their Crafting Inspirations

Each year, Garden and Gun magazine celebrates the best food, crafts and creations with the Made in the South awards. "On Second Thought" heard from two...

December 21, 2018
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  • Elena Rivera and
  • Virginia Prescott

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