Listen up – tune into PodCasts!

Hey, I’d never listen to one singel podcast (and didn’t even know what they were) before last week, and now I’m totaly addicted! I did love fall totaly in love with HeartsArt when I found it, but the speakers of my laptop is bad and I hate that I can’t move around from the computer. But PodCasts are like radio in mp3-format, that you can download and make into a CD or even better, just store on your Ipod and walk around with! Yiihaa!

It’s been so fun to listen to all the creative podcast’s that are out there, and I just wanted to post a couple of links today (and my reviews of the ones I’v listen to this week). I’ve listened in bed, while going to IKEA in the car, knitting a baby cap outside in the sun – and picking lots of berries in my mothers garden!

So here goes:
First I started with the CraftPod with creative Sister Diane, who speaks of creativity and crafting in general and gives some history to crafts like felting and decopage, wich is fun. She also describes some projects to do, and I’m really going to make a button bracelet (that she talks about in show #1)… any time soon… She also recomend keeping a small creativity journal with you at all times, to take notes of what you see and here for later inspiration – I already do that, since a year or two!
But her show is too short and there is only five files to download yet! Please make more, Sister DG! While waiting for more CraftPoding I’ve downloaded the availible files from spinsterspin.com, her show about women who doesn’t bread or bride! I might try one of those things, some day… (?) but I like her show a lot even though I’m not single! For me it’s about great stuff like confidence, happines, taking care of your economy – and celebrating life by taking care of yourself! We all need to hear it! I higly recomend her show (server is now down).

There is also ScrapCast, for scrapbookers (and paper junkies) everywhere. At the blog you, strangely enough, can’t download the mp3-files itself. You do that here. I don’t scrap but I like listening to Lynette talking about papers, distressing and marketing a buisness of your own! You get a lot of energy by listening to this podcast, and Lynette is sparkling! I don’t want to go out and buy expensive papers, but I did pic up my Asia album! It has black cardstock pages and no writing or other ornaments – and our beautiful photos! Simple! I’m thinking of adding some journaling though, from my written diary of the time, to the pages… someday… That is credit to Lynette! (I’ve also listned to Franklin’s
Media Artist’s Secrets, wich is good if you are looking to start your own buisness as well – but to much jingle and rush for me, and to little content in each show).

The other two craft related podcasts that I’ve found is Annie’s Quilting Stash about life as a pro quilter (wich is a little to personal for me; more like a blog than a show with tips and interviews, though I really liked her interview with a friends husband who bought fat quearters for his wife!) and KnitCast about knitting (where I’ve only listned to some shows and really enjoyed the interviews with Amy Singer, founder of Knitty.com and designer Kate Gilbert, famous for her pattern Clapotis, wich I wanna make soon too!). Maybe in pink?

And if you speak Swedish, you can check out P1′s Sommar in mp3-format! Nice to save for autumn walks and rainy days doing more laundry! :-)

That’s it. Now you know what I think, hope you’ll enjoy podcasts too – and that there will be more to chose from soon! Take care until next time.

Oh, and all who podcast should listen to Sister DG’s advice, at least that’s what I think!