{"id":118,"date":"2016-06-14T08:58:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T12:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/?p=118"},"modified":"2016-06-14T08:58:41","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T12:58:41","slug":"all-aboard-for-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/all-aboard-for-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"All Aboard for Inspiration!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite a severe slow-down on the part of YouTube&#8217;s uploading system, I managed to get the first three videos up of the projects I shared with you last week of those non-card items from our Spark Kits!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f8lnREDzRAU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Direct link for the feed readers: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/f8lnREDzRAU\" target=\"_blank\">Origami Shirt Tutorial on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NxlhNp1nQak\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Direct link for the feed readers: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NxlhNp1nQak\" target=\"_blank\">How to Make and Embellish Fold-Over Gift Tags on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5dZieBWaI0g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Direct link for the feed readers: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5dZieBWaI0g\" target=\"_blank\">How to Make a Tabbed Envelope Book<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And if that wasn&#8217;t enough, we had a successful (more or less) go of the new setup for the Mid Week \u00a0Create Break live streams last Wednesday!!! I&#8217;d just picked up some pieces\u00a0from the remnant table of our local home decor fabric store the day before and was itching to make a journal, so I pulled out the tools from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bit.ly\/boundkit\" target=\"_blank\">our Bound &amp; Determined kit<\/a> and did a somewhat modified version of our Coptic stitch binding. I&#8217;m still finishing up the cover stitching (decided I wanted to top stitch all the way around) but the MWCB replay is available now.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hYEjCwIGeEs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Direct link for the feed readers: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hYEjCwIGeEs\" target=\"_blank\">Soft-Cover Coptic Binding on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be doing another live stream next Wednesday (topic\/project is yet to be determined) probably going back to the 9pm EDT time slot I was using for the Periscopes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite a severe slow-down on the part of YouTube&#8217;s uploading system, I managed to get the first three videos up of the projects I shared with you last week of those non-card items from our Spark Kits! Direct link for the feed readers: Origami Shirt Tutorial on YouTube Direct link for the feed readers: How [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[76,77,75,63,73,74],"class_list":["post-118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspo","tag-bound-kit","tag-live-streaming","tag-mid-week-create-break","tag-spark-kits","tag-videos","tag-youtube"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/thecraftybranch_creativemischief_sparkkits-10.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7cd0I-1U","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100,"url":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/whats-your-flavor\/","url_meta":{"origin":118,"position":0},"title":"What&#8217;s Your Flavor?","author":"Jennifer","date":"May 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Not to be confused with Craig David's \"What's Your Flava,\" even if that's what runs through my head every time I think about it. Gotta love the Willy Wonka theme of that video, though, right? The flavor I'm referring to is the options for the upcoming Spark Kits! Unlike our\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Kits&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Kits","link":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/category\/kits\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/whats-your-flavor.jpg?fit=735%2C1102&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/whats-your-flavor.jpg?fit=735%2C1102&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/whats-your-flavor.jpg?fit=735%2C1102&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/whats-your-flavor.jpg?fit=735%2C1102&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":106,"url":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/more-than-just-cards\/","url_meta":{"origin":118,"position":1},"title":"More Than Just Cards","author":"Jennifer","date":"June 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The (very) soon-to-be-released Spark Kits have a decidedly card-related lean, but what else can you do with them? I'm so glad you asked! With our blue-green combo I used the patterned card base to make a rather nifty origami shirt (all I added was a few sticky-backed pearls to serve\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Kits&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Kits","link":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/category\/kits\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/thecraftybranch_creativemischief_sparkkits-10.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/thecraftybranch_creativemischief_sparkkits-10.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/thecraftybranch_creativemischief_sparkkits-10.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/thecraftybranch_creativemischief_sparkkits-10.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":121,"url":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/hot-and-fresh-get-your-spark-kits\/","url_meta":{"origin":118,"position":2},"title":"Hot and Fresh! Get Your Spark Kits!","author":"Jennifer","date":"June 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, the day has finally arrived, the Spark Kits are ready to order in our store, they even have their own category to make them easier to find. As you can see, each kit is $24.95 USD with free shipping in the United States! Each of the inaugural Spark Kits\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Kits&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Kits","link":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/category\/kits\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tcb_sparkstore.png?fit=985%2C759&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tcb_sparkstore.png?fit=985%2C759&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tcb_sparkstore.png?fit=985%2C759&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tcb_sparkstore.png?fit=985%2C759&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24,"url":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/eleventh-hour-save\/","url_meta":{"origin":118,"position":3},"title":"Eleventh Hour Save!","author":"Jennifer","date":"October 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks to the efforts of my contact at the distributor, the final pieces of the kit puzzle\u00a0arrived last night, just in the Nick of time! See what I did there? It'll be more apparent in a minute... The time has come, friends, to let you see the next kit, or\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Kits&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Kits","link":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/category\/kits\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/thecraftybranch_cprholidays-1.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/thecraftybranch_cprholidays-1.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/thecraftybranch_cprholidays-1.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/thecraftybranch_cprholidays-1.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":96,"url":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/combining-colors\/","url_meta":{"origin":118,"position":4},"title":"Combining Colors","author":"Jennifer","date":"April 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"As I work on the Spark Kits that will be officially announced in a few weeks, I've been considering some different color combinations. I even went as far as laying out some color sets the other night, just to see what looked right. For this first batch of Spark Kits\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Inspiration&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Inspiration","link":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/category\/inspo\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1461158572177.jpg?fit=1090%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1461158572177.jpg?fit=1090%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1461158572177.jpg?fit=1090%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1461158572177.jpg?fit=1090%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1461158572177.jpg?fit=1090%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":45,"url":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/introducing-our-february-kit-print-your-heart-out\/","url_meta":{"origin":118,"position":5},"title":"Introducing our February Kit: Print Your HeART Out!","author":"Jennifer","date":"January 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Print Your HeART Out is all about monoprinting with the awesomeness that is the Gelli Plate. As usual, the kit comes with everything you'll need to get started with pulling prints from your very own 5\" plate including papers, paints, brushes, a brayer, a couple of stencils, and texture tools.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Kits&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Kits","link":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/category\/kits\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/thecraftybranch_creativemischief_printyourheartout_kitcontents-1.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/thecraftybranch_creativemischief_printyourheartout_kitcontents-1.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/thecraftybranch_creativemischief_printyourheartout_kitcontents-1.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/thecraftybranch_creativemischief_printyourheartout_kitcontents-1.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119,"href":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions\/119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecraftybranch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}