Gary

Welcome to the Artistic Crafts discussion forum! This forum is for the general discussion of artistic crafts that do not fall into one of our already created categories. Just post here and then go to the Suggested Craft Types post in the Site Feedback section and let us know the name of the craft so that we may add it also. We will then move you post into that new category.

We have lofty goals for making The Crafting Community the best crafting website on the internet. To reach that goal, we have decided to implement areas of the site in several phases. This should keep the website growing, but not causing it to become too big, too fast. We would love to just release everything at one and say “have at it”, but we feel if we were to do that, then it would cause some sections of the site to grown faster than others, and in general make the site a less enjoyable experience. Below is our planned release phases: Phase 1 - Forums and Gallery - The Forums and Gallery sections are currently available as of Day 1. As these areas are expected to be the main part of the site, we wanted to make these available first. As user participation increase and becomes regular, we will move on to Phase 2. Implemented December 2024 Phase 2 - Downloads - Downloads is an area we are excited to make available (but also a little worried about), because it gives our members the opportunity to share and download files, such as patterns, project instructions, 3D printing files, or even vinyl cutting designs, which is a great resource to the crafting community, but it will also be the most resource intensive features of our site. The Downloads section will require a huge amount of storage space, as well as bandwidth for downloads, and the site is free, so we will be absorbing all of the cost associated with this. We want to make sure that the Forums, followed by the Gallery, remains the main focus of the website, and not just people wanting to come and download free files, but not participating in the rest of the website. Phase 3 - Blogs - Blogs is going to be a great section, where we can give some of our most knowledgeable, respected, and active members, a place for their own voice, to impart their knowledge with other users. This might be things like how-to’s or even special projects just for the members of The Crafting Community. This will be added once the site has grown significantly and is quite active. Phase 4 - Clubs - Clubs are a fun way for our members to make the site a part of their own. Clubs are like a community within the community (such as a crafting club within a particular city). Like Blogs, Clubs will be added once the site has grown quite significantly, and is quite active. The reason for doing this, is because Clubs can take on a life of their own, and if we were to implement them in the beginning, it could take away quite a bit from the other sections of the site, and we don’t want that to happen.

We have quite a few crafts that we will be creating individual discussion forums for, as our site grows. However, while building this site, several friends mentioned crafts we weren’t even familiar with, so obviously there will probably be quite a few we didn’t think of, or even knew of. That’s where you and this post come in. Please post the crafts that most interest you. If you’d like to see the ones we are planning to add already, then check out the Site Roadmap post in the News and Announcements section, and then add your suggestions here.

Welcome to the Site Feedback forum! Your feedback is important in helping us to grow The Crafting Community into the best crafting website on the internet! If you like something, don’t like something, or have an idea on what we can do to improve the site, then let us know here!

Welcome to the Fun Crafts discussion forum! This forum is for the general discussion of fun crafts that do not fall into one of our already created categories. Just post here and then go to the Suggested Craft Types post in the Site Feedback section and let us know the name of the craft so that we may add it also. We will then move you post into that new category.

Hello, and welcome to the Crafting Community website! This website has been created in hopes of becoming the largest crafting community and information resource on the internet. Our goal, as we grow and expand, is to offer multiple different sections: discussions forums (obviously to discuss crafting, ask questions, and provide help and ideas to other crafters), galleries (to show off your crafting creations), crafting blogs (for members to share their crafting expertise with other members), a downloads area where you can share and download patterns and other craft related files), and clubs (where members can create their own small communities, within our larger community, to help and teach others). Be sure to check out our Site Roadmap post, to see more about where we plan on going with the site, and our goals to get there. The first thing to do, to help us reach that goal of becoming the internet’s largest crafting community, is to create your totally free account. After you have done that, start participating! This site is brand new, so we need all the participation we can get, to get the momentum needed make the site grow towards our goal! Also, if you know others who are interested in crafting, and would find this site useful, please be sure to let them know about it. After all, the more people we have participating, the more content there will be to join in, and the better it will make the site. If you have a suggestion for a craft that we should add to the site, please add it to the Suggested Craft Types post that we made in our Site Feedback forum. Thank you for visiting the Crafting Community, and we look forward to seeing you as one of our active members!