# crafty — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover crafty. Page: Feed: --- ## [WIP Wednesday #10: Guest Edition Part 2!](https://sarahisenberg.substack.com/p/wip-wednesday-10-guest-edition-part) _2026-08-19 · Craft Club_ Featuring Ella Wiznia, Isabelle Rieken and Noa Mellul. ## [27 Things I Made in my 27th Year of Life](https://sarahisenberg.substack.com/p/27-things-i-made-in-my-27th-year) _2026-08-18 · Sarah Isenberg · Craft Club_ It’s my birthday! ## [Becoming a DOOM Pile Destroyer Take 2](https://iamjenperkins.substack.com/p/becoming-a-doom-pile-destroyer-take) _2026-08-18 · Jennifer Perkins · Glue Stuff To Stuff with Jennifer Perkins_ Apparently I Need a Magazine Deadline to Make Me Actually Clean My Craft Studio. ## [Twinkle Toes](https://sarahisenberg.substack.com/p/twinkle-toes) _2026-08-14 · Sarah Isenberg · Craft Club_ Adding a bit of sparkle to my latest designer dupe: the Heavenly Jelly beaded, bedazzled flats. ## [The Glue Gun Gazette 8/13/26](https://iamjenperkins.substack.com/p/the-glue-gun-gazette-81326) _2026-08-13 · Jennifer Perkins · Glue Stuff To Stuff with Jennifer Perkins_ The King of Color, Bjork in balloons, decapitated dolls and more. Weekly crafty gossip from Jennifer Perkins hotter than your high temp glue gun! ## [WIP Wednesday #9: Guest Edition!](https://sarahisenberg.substack.com/p/wip-wednesday-9-guest-edition) _2026-08-12 · Craft Club_ Featuring Sarah Hardt and Isabel Watkins. ## [I Thought I Had a Few Tiny Journals. Apparently I Have a Collection.](https://iamjenperkins.substack.com/p/i-thought-i-had-a-few-tiny-journals) _2026-08-11 · Jennifer Perkins · Glue Stuff To Stuff with Jennifer Perkins_ Because apparently owning one of something has never been my strong suit. ## [What Everyone Made at the Craft Club Collage Picnic](https://sarahisenberg.substack.com/p/what-everyone-made-at-the-craft-club) _2026-08-07 · Sarah Isenberg · Craft Club_ Spoiler alert: it was all very cute! ## [The Glue Gun Gazette 8/5/26](https://iamjenperkins.substack.com/p/why-rip-up-old-books-wicker-gets) _2026-08-06 · Jennifer Perkins · Glue Stuff To Stuff with Jennifer Perkins_ The Glue Gun Gazette 8/5/26 - weekly crafty gossip from Jennifer Perkins hotter than your high temp glue gun! ## [WIP Wednesday #8](https://sarahisenberg.substack.com/p/wip-wednesday-8) _2026-08-05 · Craft Club_ Knitting, paper crafts, and a few places to get crafty in NYC this week. ## [Sync Bookmarks Everywhere (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3zxp4gsc9xzZ) _2026-08-05 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync keeps folders and toolbar intact across Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. ## [The Family Business of collecting Quotes](https://iamjenperkins.substack.com/p/the-family-business-of-collecting) _2026-08-04 · Jennifer Perkins · Glue Stuff To Stuff with Jennifer Perkins_ Dad loved Ben Franklin, mom had snarky southern one liners and now I have a hand lettered art journal full of quotes on creativity. ## [Unsure if this has been suggested before: watching a 1981 performance by Masayoshi Takanaka earlier,…](https://easternmind.tumblr.com/post/823733639769653248) _2026-08-01 · Eastern Mind_ Unsure if this has been suggested before: watching a 1981 performance by Masayoshi Takanaka earlier, I was captivated by how the colours and placement of the volume/tone knobs on his custom Yamaha SG are mirrored by the Super Famicom logo and control pad design. Takanaka used this guitar on tour that year, when he released ‘The Rainbow Goblins’, a jazz-fusion, pop-rock album inspired… ## [The Glue Gun Gazette 7/30/26](https://iamjenperkins.substack.com/p/the-glue-gun-gazette-73026) _2026-07-30 · Jennifer Perkins · Glue Stuff To Stuff with Jennifer Perkins_ Join my book club, free classes, beaded chandeliers, needle felting and crafty gossip from Jennifer Perkins hotter than your high temp glue gun! ## [WIP Wednesday #7](https://sarahisenberg.substack.com/p/wip-wednesday-7) _2026-07-29 · Craft Club_ Knitting, sewing, needlepoint, and a few places to get crafty in NYC this week. ## [Vintage Craft Book Club](https://iamjenperkins.substack.com/p/vintage-craft-book-club) _2026-07-28 · Jennifer Perkins · Glue Stuff To Stuff with Jennifer Perkins_ The McCall's Book of Handicrafts - A video flip through, giveaway and modern spins on retro crafts. ## [The Glue Gun Gazette 7/23/26](https://iamjenperkins.substack.com/p/the-glue-gun-gazette-72326) _2026-07-23 · Jennifer Perkins · Glue Stuff To Stuff with Jennifer Perkins_ Thoughts on the term "grandma crafts", scratch-n-sniff wallpaper and crafty gossip from Jennifer Perkins hotter than your high temp glue gun! ## [I Thought I Had Lost My Teaching Mojo. Last Weekend Changed My Mind.](https://iamjenperkins.substack.com/p/i-thought-i-had-lost-my-teaching) _2026-07-21 · Jennifer Perkins · Glue Stuff To Stuff with Jennifer Perkins_ A redemption story, 10 tips I NOW know for teaching creative workshops and a free book binding handout! ## [All Aboard the Mending Boat](https://sarahisenberg.substack.com/p/all-aboard-the-mending-boat) _2026-07-17 · Sarah Isenberg · Craft Club_ Ahoy, mateys! ## [The Glue Gun Gazette 7/16/26](https://iamjenperkins.substack.com/p/the-glue-gun-gazette-71626) _2026-07-17 · Jennifer Perkins · Glue Stuff To Stuff with Jennifer Perkins_ From Love Island to Arkansas let's celebrate summer-ween and more! Plus a new newsletter format. Crafty gossip from Jennifer Perkins hotter than your high temp glue gun! ## [WIP Wednesday #6](https://sarahisenberg.substack.com/p/wip-wednesday-6) _2026-07-15 · Craft Club_ Plus five places to get crafty in NYC this week. ## [Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/D0ZTdeXKfMp4) _2026-07-15 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell and margin trade BTC & ETH with fiat currencies ## [I interviewed DAVID BYRNE!!!](https://sarahisenberg.substack.com/p/i-interviewed-david-byrne) _2026-07-10 · Sarah Isenberg · Craft Club_ :0 ## [Summer Holiday Fun](https://makeithappencreativedreams.substack.com/p/summer-holiday-fun) _2026-06-29 · Make-it Happen · Make-it Happen_ Creative Workshops for Children ## [Summer Holiday 2026 Children's Workshops](https://makeithappencreativedreams.substack.com/p/summer-holiday-2026-childrens-workshops) _2026-06-15 · Make-it Happen · Make-it Happen_ Crafty, creative fun! ## [Insular Rites - The cultural heritage at the heart of Siren’s darkness](https://easternmind.tumblr.com/post/817713085949394944) _2026-05-26 · Eastern Mind_ A vicennium of dim disquiet The long, rich history of Japanese horror encompasses a prolific era of fascinating creations emerging at the turn of the millennium, spanning from global best-selling novels to blockbuster movies. The video game medium, too, partook in this fertile creative phenomenon with developers and publishers seizing the potential of rapidly evolving technologies to introduce… ## [InterActivity Issue #5 (Nov./Dec. 1995) - The Making of GADGET](https://easternmind.tumblr.com/post/813813953908162561) _2026-04-13 · Eastern Mind_ reve-des-eaux : InterActivity #5 (Nov./Dec. 1995) - The Making of GADGET Via The Internet Archive ## [Easter Holiday Children’s Craft Workshops](https://makeithappencreativedreams.substack.com/p/easter-holiday-childrens-craft-workshops) _2026-03-23 · Make-it Happen · Make-it Happen_ Plushie making fun! ## [Why I closed my mail club after a year 💌](https://martinacalvidiary.substack.com/p/why-i-closed-my-mail-club-after-a) _2026-02-22 · Martina Calvi · Martina’s Secret Diary_ I created my mail club because I wanted human connection. ## [February Half Term Fun](https://makeithappencreativedreams.substack.com/p/february-half-term-fun) _2026-01-19 · Make-it Happen · Make-it Happen_ Children's Hand Sewn Plushie Workshops ## [Get 10% Off Workshops for 2026!](https://makeithappencreativedreams.substack.com/p/get-10-workshops-for-2026) _2025-12-23 · Make-it Happen · Make-it Happen_ Book now and learn a new hobby ## [For years, I’ve been obsessed with the pervading presence of mirrors and reflections in video games,…](https://easternmind.tumblr.com/post/803460457511911424) _2025-12-20 · Eastern Mind_ reve-des-eaux : For years, I’ve been obsessed with the pervading presence of mirrors and reflections in video games, namely this sequence from Gadget: Past as Future. This pursuit culminated in a research project compiling those I consider to be the most relevant examples from both a technical and aesthetic point of view. If you’re similarly inclined, the link below may interest you.… ## [Realtime AI Arbitrage Terminal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/CgCsfC6A2MQR) _2025-12-20 · **Sponsored**_ Realtime auto-trading across exchanges with scored setups, backtesting, and risk controls. ## [Last Workshop of the Year!](https://makeithappencreativedreams.substack.com/p/last-workshop-of-the-year) _2025-12-15 · Make-it Happen · Make-it Happen_ Book a fun festive treat ## [How to Sew a Christmas Stocking](https://makeithappencreativedreams.substack.com/p/how-to-sew-a-christmas-stocking) _2025-12-01 · Make-it Happen · Make-it Happen_ Make your festive season extra special with a handmade touch! ## [The Sewist's Christmas Gift Guide](https://makeithappencreativedreams.substack.com/p/the-sewists-christmas-gift-guide) _2025-11-24 · Make-it Happen · Make-it Happen_ Sweet gifts for your sewing friends! ## [Upcoming Sewing Workshops](https://makeithappencreativedreams.substack.com/p/upcoming-sewing-workshops) _2025-11-18 · Make-it Happen · Make-it Happen_ Get making on your sewing machine! ## [Seasonal Sewing & Craft Inspiration](https://makeithappencreativedreams.substack.com/p/seasonal-sewing-and-craft-inspiration) _2025-11-17 · Make-it Happen · Make-it Happen_ Christmas has arrived in our shop! ## [For the better part of the year, I have corresponded with SoftEdge founder and director Koichi Mori….](https://easternmind.tumblr.com/post/799020594601525248) _2025-11-01 · Eastern Mind_ For the better part of the year, I have corresponded with SoftEdge founder and director Koichi Mori. As if that rare privilege wasn’t enough, I was rewarded this week with one from a handful of existing copies of his self-published CD-ROM, TRIPITAKA 玄奘三蔵求法の旅. If the name fails to register, I recommend that you read this my previous post . I also had the honour of interacting with the… ## [Fresh off the flatbed high-resolution scans of the character artwork for the 1999 Dreamcast RPG EGG…](https://easternmind.tumblr.com/post/798836680398405632) _2025-10-30 · Eastern Mind_ Fresh off the flatbed high-resolution scans of the character artwork for the 1999 Dreamcast RPG EGG - Elemental Gimmick Gear, possibly authored by Hisashi Kubo. ## [Arranging these items, it occurred to me that Shadow of the Colossus was the videogame that I…](https://easternmind.tumblr.com/post/797864788197867520) _2025-10-19 · Eastern Mind_ Arranging these items, it occurred to me that Shadow of the Colossus was the videogame that I anticipated the most. I yearned for it so ardently, and it was nevertheless able to surpass all my long-held expectations. Such an experience arrives once, perchance twice in a lifetime. ## [To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the US release of Yutaka Saito’s Seaman, I have scanned and…](https://easternmind.tumblr.com/post/792071989025243136) _2025-08-16 · Eastern Mind_ To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the US release of Yutaka Saito’s Seaman, I have scanned and archived this rather rare specimen published in Japan by Vivarium in the year 2000. This is, however, no ordinary guidebook. Authored by Yutaka Saito himself, this book is the centrepiece of the game’s broader viral marketing campaign in Japan, based on the uncanny premise that the virtual… ## [Here’s my gift to true MetalGearSolid fans: a full scan of “Metal Gear Solid The Twin Snakes…](https://easternmind.tumblr.com/post/788472684098076672) _2025-07-08 · Eastern Mind_ Here’s my gift to true MetalGearSolid fans: a full scan of “Metal Gear Solid The Twin Snakes Survival Guide In The Darkness of Shadow Moses”, published in Japan in 2004. It is one of the most unique videogame guidebooks ever created. See more of this post to find out why. Metal Gear Solid The Twin Snakes - Survival Guide : Tosho Printing Co., Ltd. : Free Download, Borrow, and… ## [In 2004, Kazutoshi Iida (Aquanaut’s Holiday, Tail of the Sun) sat down with his friend Hideo Kojima…](https://easternmind.tumblr.com/post/786945607357087744) _2025-06-21 · Eastern Mind_ In 2004, Kazutoshi Iida (Aquanaut’s Holiday, Tail of the Sun) sat down with his friend Hideo Kojima to discuss the original Metal Gear Solid, apropos of the Japanese The Twin Snakes guidebook, which Iida himself was editor-in-chief of. Today, I present to you a translation of this fascinating conversation. Below is the link to the PDF containing the edited and translated scans from the… ## [After the longest search, most of it in the uncertainty that it even existed, I finally located the…](https://easternmind.tumblr.com/post/784259283947864064) _2025-05-22 · Eastern Mind_ easternmind : TRIPITAKA - the lost spiritual sequel to Cosmology of Kyoto was found This post is a compilation of a series of tweets I have composed over a period of weeks during this summer. For years, it was uncertain whether TRIPITAKA 玄奘三蔵求法の旅, by Soft Edge, had in fact ever been published. I remind the more absent-minded readers that this is the studio responsible for the mythical CD-ROM… ## [I have long wanted to translate this 1997 interview with Keita Amemiya concerning the production of…](https://easternmind.tumblr.com/post/783957626138542080) _2025-05-19 · Eastern Mind_ I have long wanted to translate this 1997 interview with Keita Amemiya concerning the production of Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari. I did my best to maintain the format in which it is presented in Enix’s Picture Imagination Book . You can browse the translated pages here . I also seized the opportunity to extract and compile Gaupu’s dream sequences, consisting of unique stop-motion… ## [Do you know of any good “anthology games”? I don’t just mean any games that are collections of smaller games like UFO 50, but rather a game where, like an omnibus film or short story cycle, the collection of original games creates a thematic contrast or tells a story through the juxtaposition of the component games?](https://easternmind.tumblr.com/post/783689153453932544) _2025-05-16 · Eastern Mind_ Very interesting question. I don't believe that there are many anthologies of games within a game whose order and purpose is deliberate or meaningful, as opposed to, say, commercial. As is commonly known, the standard for game design dictates that its gameplay is anchored to one cohesive genre from start, with a few notable exceptions over the years. As far as I can remember, the only games that… ## [Japan’s Crafty Videogame Cover Design Part V: 2001 - 2015](https://easternmind.tumblr.com/post/783619238454755328) _2025-05-15 · Eastern Mind_ Japanese game cover design is widely admired by players around the world, a true craft which that was perfected over the years. In an effort to make their productions stand out, many studios explored a more tactile range of materials from modelling clay to plastic, wood, paper and metal. The resulting effect elicits a sense of fascination and instant nostalgia, particularly at a time when physical… ## [Japan’s Crafty Videogame Cover Design Part IV: 1996 - 2001](https://easternmind.tumblr.com/post/783618199648403456) _2025-05-15 · Eastern Mind_ Japanese game cover design is widely admired by players around the world, a true craft which that was perfected over the years. In an effort to make their productions stand out, many studios explored a more tactile range of materials from modelling clay to plastic, wood, paper and metal. The resulting effect elicits a sense of fascination and instant nostalgia, particularly at a time when physical… ## [Japan’s Crafty Videogame Cover Design Part III: 1992 - 1996](https://easternmind.tumblr.com/post/783615320619384832) _2025-05-15 · Eastern Mind_ Japanese game cover design is widely admired by players around the world, a true craft which that was perfected over the years. In an effort to make their productions stand out, many studios explored a more tactile range of materials from modelling clay to plastic, wood, paper and metal. The resulting effect elicits a sense of fascination and instant nostalgia, particularly at a time when physical… ## [Japan’s Crafty Videogame Cover Design Part II: 1989 - 1992](https://easternmind.tumblr.com/post/783612377238208512) _2025-05-15 · Eastern Mind_ Japanese game cover design is widely admired by players around the world, a true craft which that was perfected over the years. In an effort to make their productions stand out, many studios explored a more tactile range of materials from modelling clay to plastic, wood, paper and metal. The resulting effect elicits a sense of fascination and instant nostalgia, particularly at a time when physical… ## [Japan’s Crafty Videogame Cover Design Part I: 1983 - 1989](https://easternmind.tumblr.com/post/783611184086745088) _2025-05-15 · Eastern Mind_ Japan’s Crafty Videogame Cover Design Part I: 1983 - 1989 Japanese game cover design is widely admired by players around the world, a true craft which that was perfected over the years. In an effort to make their productions stand out, many studios explored a more tactile range of materials from modelling clay to plastic, wood, paper and metal. The resulting effect elicits a sense of… ## [I just posted a very long thread on the subject of Japanese videogame cover design and its use of a…](https://easternmind.tumblr.com/post/783446576806969344) _2025-05-13 · Eastern Mind_ I just posted a very long thread on the subject of Japanese videogame cover design and its use of a variety of sculpture materials to stand out and achieve a lasting impression on the player. Should you feel that X is not worthy of your visit, no reason to worry, I mirrored it on my BlueSky as well. I hope you will be pleasantly surprised.