About Family Crafts  Over the years I have learned some tricks when it comes to storing craft supplies and staying organized, and I am happy to share these with you.

Aileen's Musings  Download some freebie Cabinet Cards from Aileen's Musings this week, and check out her gouache paint and altered cabinet card tutorial.

Cathie Filian  Cathie Filian has a fun tutorial on recycling jeans into fashion cuffs with personalized patches.

Craftside- A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world  Kicking off the new year Craftside will theme each week with a letter from the alphabet and give away a book a week to a lucky commentor. This week there is ATC art, a free antler graphic from Design Parts Sourcebook: Romantic, photos from an appearance by Patti Medaris Culea with doll and altered book pocket design, and a sneak peek at some of the cool pages from Essential Fashion Illustration-Men.

Crafty Princess Diaries  The Crafty Princess asks: Are you a tweaker or a tried and true crafty type?

Cross Stitch at About.com  Be the first to stitch and submit a photo of Connie's free BGB Gizmo Pattern and have your photo featured as the stitched model. Get your 15 minutes of Cross Stitch fame!

Layers Upon Layers  Fabulous artwork by a very motivated distance learner

Stefanie Girard's Sweater Surgery  Check out super cute pair of camo baby booties I knit from a pattern in the book Faith, Hope, Love, Knitting.

The Impatient Crafter If you're attending the Tucson Gem Show or CHA, Madge would love to meet you! Check out her schedule and come take a class or get a signed copy of one of her new books!

About.com Jewelry Making  Since many of us are trying to get our jewelry studios organized this year, Tammy collected some excellent ideas to help out jewelry designers and crafters of all kinds.

Art Bead Scene  Art Bead Scene's January Challenge is ‘Inspired by Irises’. Enter a piece of jewelry and win free beads.

Art Jewelry magazine  Jill's teaching at a retreat; check out the information.

Carmi's Canvas Flower Bracelet  Carmi has a short demo using the new Sticky Back canvas.

Carter Seibels for Divali Glass Jewelry  Carter looks forward to the exciting year ahead and shares some photos from her time away from beads.

Jennifer Jangles Blog  Gather some New Years inspiration from the Jangles Blog.

Jewelry & Beading  Cyndi is hosting an educational blitz this month, and she's wondering if you know of classes she should add to the list.

Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done!  Book Review from Jean: Add some sparkle to your New Year with Crystal Chic, a super pretty book by Debbi Simon

Strands of Beads  Looking for new shopping opportunities? Melissa suggests visiting your local rock shop!

The Writing and Art of Andrew Thornton  Andrew creates a buying guide of skull related beads and pendants.