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Monday, October 06, 2008
 

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Crafts Suppliers and Manufacturers

Delta Paints - One of the best acrylic craft paints on the market.

DMC America - DMC is the only embroidery floss I use. The company also features a great variety of other needlework fibers, crochet cotton, embroidery needles, and aida cloth.

Fox Den Fiberarts - Ooooooh.... very pretty and wonderful Celtic drop spindles!

Kreinik Manufacturing - The leading maker of a wide assortment of metallic fibers for needlework.

Marr Haven Wool Farm - One of my very favorite sources for fine, soft spinning wools.

Needle Necessities - This family-owned company makes fantastic hand-dyed needlework fibers in (literally) a rainbow of colors and a wide variety of fiber types.

Plaid Enterprises - Plaid makes many diverse kinds of craft supplies, including acrylic paints, needlework supplies, decopage medium, glass crafts and paints, and loads more.

Springfield Leather - THE place to get craft leathers because they will actually cut your pieces to the size you want rather than trying to sell you an entire side. A fun website and nice folks too.

 
Pagan and Religious Freedom Resources

Americans United for Separation of Church & State - Nobody works harder to ensure that the wall of separation stays in place as the American founders intended.

Keoz8.com "Society Vertical Portal" - A search engine with a good Pagan section.

Links of Light - A Yahoo group for Pagan networking and link exchanges.

Officers of Avalon - OOA represents Pagans who work as police officers and other professionals in the emergency services in many countries.

Pagan Resources - Pagan related news, books and web resources.

Wicca for the Rest of Us - Fluff Bunnies, Fiona Fans and $ilver devotees beware, this website features actual Witchcraft. If you're looking for confirmation that "9 million people died in The Burning Times" or other such nonsense, look elsewhere.

The Witches' Voice - This is the best Pagan/Wiccan/Witch site on the internet, period.

Witches of the West - Midwest, that is... good resource and collection of Pagan links, especially for the Midwest US region.

Wren's Nest - "The Absolute Latest in WitchCraft/Pagan Related News."

 
Other Pagan Authors and Friends

Isaac Bonewits - One of our community elders and author of many books. Visit his site! Go there now!

Chas Clifton - Author of the terrific Witchcraft Today series and several other books on Witchcraft and Paganism.

Dorothy Morrison - Author of Magical Needlework, Everyday Magic, In Praise of the Crone, and many other books.

M. Macha NightMare - Author of Witchcraft and the Web: Weaving Pagan Traditions Online, co-author of The Pagan Book of Living and Dying and author of the forward in my own The Veil's Edge. A fiery banshee and damn proud of it, thanks! (heehee)

Pagan Travel Network - Arranges cruises with well-known Pagans and for the Sabbats. Their inaugural cruise featured Trish Telesco, and from the looks of those photos, they had a great time!

Sabrina the Ink Witch - Artisan and all around nice person, Sabrina creates lovely line drawings with magically charged inks she makes herself.

Trish Telesco - Prolific author of just about every kind of Pagan book you can imagine.

 
Places to Go, People to See

Elderflower Womenspirit Festival - The official website for the annual Pagan women's festival held in the lovely Mendocino Woodlands redwoods.

Sierra Nevada Webcams - A large selection of webcams from all over California's Sierra Nevada mountains. My favorite is the Yosemite Valley cam. They also have Quicktime VR panoramas!

The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) - I play with these guys when I get the chance and am in my kingdom's Needleworkers' Guild. If you want to look me up, I'm Willow MacPherson in the West Kingdom, Principality of Cynagua.

Virtual Reality Groveland, CA - A full 360-degree panorama of the little Gold Rush town closest to my house. Cool!! Navigate from that page to other VR panoramas (including another view of Main St. and the Mariposa Courthouse where I was married) or anywhere else in western North America you want to experience.

Webcam-Index.com - Lists free live webcams from all over the world.

 
Crafty Charities

Goddess Moon Circles Helping & Warming - Send them your handmade hats, scarves, quilts, blankets, soft toys, and canned goods to help the needy. They also accept craft supplies like yarn and knitting needles for their members to make items.

Rag Dolls 2 Love - Download their special pattern to make soft dolls for children in need around the world.

 
Willow's Fun Favorites

Ain't It Cool News - THE film insider super-geek website. Check it daily for spy reports on the latest movies and upcoming projects, plus TV spy reports too!

Bird Feeder Cam - Wild Birds Unlimited hosts this fun webcam which, aside from a live shot of the home office's bird feeders, often has inside shots of nesting birds like owls and bluebirds.

Bruce Campbell Online - Hail to the king, baby... actor Bruce Campbell's official website (from Army of Darkness, Evil Dead, Xena, BubbaHotep, Brisco County, Spiderman movies, loads more) featuring rants, appearances, current projects, and other fun stuff. I just love this guy's sense of humor!

C. Wolf - This gal is one talented artist, duplicating the Fairly OddParents and Danny Phantom art style of Butch Hartman to an inhuman degree! Check out her gallery...

Lionlight Studios - Lisa Yount, a wonderful Elderflower Crone, creates magical collages and beautiful semiprecious gemstone jewelry.

Live 365 Internet Radio - If your modem is 56.6 or faster, check out my Pagan Paradise streaming radio station! (I'm so proud!) It's updated to reflect the season and features the best of Pagan songs, progressive rock, folk tunes and groups, and more with a few surprises thrown in for fun.

Puppet Show - My husband's band plays finely crafted neo-prog rock. Take a look, especially if you like Genesis, Pallas, King Crimson, or IQ.

Ted Raimi's Astro Lounge - Official website of actor Ted Raimi (from Xena, Spiderman movies, Army of Darkness, etc... he's also Sam Raimi's brother) It's tiki-licious! Features a blog, memorabilia, bundt cake recipes, and lots more.

Top Secret Recipes - This is a fun site where you can get the re-created recipes for many famous favorite foods, including candy bars and restaurant exclusives like KFC chicken and El Torito's salsa.

World of Kevin Buntin - Check out Kevin's amazing, detailed, and wonderous faerie sculptures inspired by the art of Brian Froud.

 
Self-Sufficiency & Natural Living

Countryside Magazine - If Mother Earth News is too city slicker, and Backwoods Home is too conservative, try Countryside which is packed full of practical advice from real homesteaders.

Crowning Achievements Doula Service - A wonderful site on the benefits of doulas to women and how supportive they are during birth. Tons of information on natural birth, products, living, and feeding.

Gentle Survivalist - Even if UFOs and end times prophecies aren't your cup of tea, this site is packed with interesting greenlore and survival information (minus the gun stockpiles).

Homesteading Today Discussion Boards - Chat with others about everything from cows to crafts, beekeeping to bartering.

Lehman's Non-Electric Catalog - Popular with the Amish and located in Lancaster County, PA, Lehman's offers essential goods for those seeking a simpler lifestyle.

Path To Freedom - Providing pathways for living a self-sufficient lifestyle in an urban setting.

Pioneer Thinking - Homemade beauty recipes, crafts, herbs and gardening, and tons more information (in 9 languages!) for those wanting to escape the modern grind.

 


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