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TV & Video Appearances

Regular guest on More Good Day Oregon, Fox 12, Portland, Oregon, 2012
Martha Stewart Show, October 2011
Host, Get a Little Creative Show, MyCraftChannel.com
Threadbanger guest: Scented Wax Tarts

Personal Appearances

Craft & Hobby Association Trade Show, Speaker, January 2013
BlogHer, Panel Speaker, August 2011
iLoveToCreate Blogger's Lounge at CHA, January 2012

Awards & Ranking

Top 10 Craft Bloggers at Babble.com
Favorite Crafty Blog at About.com DIY Fashion
10 Favorite Craft Blogs at Blogs.com
Top 100 Christmas Crafts at AllFreeChristmasCrafts
Top Mom Craft Blog at Red Tricycle
14 Great Family Websites at Grandparents.com
10 Crafty Blogs We Love at ApartmentTherapy.com
2 DIY Blog Faves at Real Simple
5 Awesome Craft Blogs at CafeMom
Top DIY Blogs at Viewpoints
Nominee in 2010 BlogLuxe Awards: Category "Blogs I've Learned The Most From"
Top Tutorials of 2009 at The Long Thread (Tea Towel Calendar)
Top 20 Craft Blogs - Xmarks
Top 100 Craft Blogs - Alltop
DIY Blogger of the Week - BlogHer
2011 January Alexa Ranking: 13,589 in US
2010 December Technorati Ranking: 1096 (Top 100: #7 Home Blog; Top 100 Living Blog; Top 100 Arts Blog)

Published Work

Parenthood, Oh the Humanity (ABCnews, A Million Moms, November 2011)
My First Pregnancy Was No Big Deal, Until... (ABCnews, A Million Moms, September 2011)
Social Media Fights Urban Outfitters and Wins, Kinda (ShePosts, May 2011)
Try On Leprechaun (FamilyFun Magazine, March 2011)
Are Twitter Parties Annoying? (ShePosts, January 2011)
Clothespin Angel Ornaments (CrafTown, November 2010)
$2 Apothecary Jars, Guest Post (Someday Crafts, October 2010)
Wool Tree Ornaments (CrafTown, October 2010)
Star, Crafting With the Stars (Sew Dang Cute, October 2010)
5 No-Sew Costumes (Kaboose.com, September 2010)
No-Sew Netbook Case (According to Kelly, July 2010)
Make a Peg Doll Family (Skip to My Lou's Craft Camp, June 2010)
Guest Judge, Dollar Store Challenge (The CSI Project, June 2010)
Waffled Monte Cristo Sandwich (Foodwhirl, May 2010)
Judge, Threadless.com Threadknits Challenge (Threadknits.com, March 2010)
Regular Craft Contributor at AmazingMoms (Amazingmoms.com 2010)
How to Get Your Toddler's Teeth Brushed (Ohdeedoh, February 2010)
How to Make a Reusable Babysitting Board (Ohdeedoh, February 2010)
How to Cook With Toddlers - Painting Toast (Ohdeedoh, February 2010)
How to Make Chocolate-Dipped Twinkie Bon-Bons (Ohdeedoh, February 2010)
How to Make a Pirate Ship Sandwich (Ohdeedoh, February 2010)
Cocktail Umbrella Lamp (Ohdeedoh, January 2010)
Porcelain Village Fixer-Upper (Ohdeedoh, December 2009)

Interviews

Heather Mann -- Dollar Store Crafts (Country Woman, March 2012)
Craft. You. Interview: Heather Mann (Craft.You, December 2011)
The Dollar Store Economy (NYTimes, August 2011)
Blog Karma: Interview with Heather Mann (nrelate, March 2011)
Penny Craft Couture (Reader's Digest Asia, December 2010)
Getting to Know Anna & Heather - Crafting with the Stars (Sew Dang Cute, October 2010)
Meet Heather Mann of Dollar Store Crafts(Ohdeedoh, October 2009)
Zines Get All Crafty (CraftyPod #7 Podcast, Aug 18, 2005)
Interview With Heather (CraftyPod #48 Podcast, April 6, 2007)
Story of Heather’s First Zine, (HelloCraft #3 Podcast, Nov 19, 2008)

Thanks to everyone who has linked to Dollar Store Crafts, including:

How to Get the Most out of the Dollar Store (Globe and Mail, May 2012)
Make a Japanese Lantern for Just a Few Bucks (Lifehacker, May 2012)
9 Dollar Store Projects to Try Out (Savvy Sugar, April 2012)
18 Beach & Coastal Crafts (Babble, April 2012)
Craft of the Day: Beaded Chandelier (HuffingtonPost Styleist Home, April 2012)
15 Easy Garden Marker Projects (Babble, April 2012)
Damn Easy Pumpkin Decorating (Broke-Ass Stewart, Oct 2011)
Anything from the Web (HelloGiggles, Sept 2011)
18 Easy Christmas Crafts (Parenting.com, Sept 2011)
DIY on a Dime (Babble, Aug 2011)
Blueprint File Cabinet Makeover (Apartment Therapy, July 2011)
Links of the Week: Dollar Store Crafts (Grandparents.com, June 2011)
Add a Pocket to the Back of a Tie (Lifehacker, May 2011)
Make a Delicious-Smelling Wallet (Lifehacker, May 2011)
Try a Rubber Band in Small Space Showers (renest, April 2011)
Declog Your Drain With a Soda Bottle (renest, April 2011)
Tea Duck! (the Kitchn, March 2011)
Turn a Rubber Ducky into a Tool for Tea (Lifehacker, February 2011)
From the Tips Box: Travelling With Spices (Lifehacker, February 2011)
Make a Portable Salt Kit (theKitchn, February 2011)
The Spotlight: DollarStoreCrafts.com (nrelate, February 2011)
Kids' Valentine Crafts (iVillage, February 2011)
How-To: Coffee Can Zoetrope (Craftzine, February 2011)
10 Offbeat Ways to Be Frugal (WalletPop, January 2011)
HowTo: Hack Together a Drain Declogger (WonderHowTo, January 2011)
Make a Drain Declogger Out of a Plastic Bottle (Lifehacker, December 2010) (LH Aus)
How to Reuse T-Shirts in Incredible Ways (Huffington Post, December 2010)
Make a Solar North Pole Street Light (Ohdeedoh, December 2010)
Eight Ways to Reuse old T-shirts (Yahoo Green, December 2010)
Make a Faux Capiz Shell Garland (Apartment Therapy, December 2010)
Make a No-Sew Soft-Sided Play House (Ohdeedoh, November 2010)
8 Ways to Use Old T-Shirts (Care2 Green, November 2010)
$2 Apothecary Jar (Lifehacker, October 2010) (Lifehacker Australia)
$2 Apothecary Jar (Apartment Therapy, October 2010)
TechSpot September 2010
137 Inexpensive Handmade Holiday Gift Ideas (CraftyNest, August 2010)
Real Simple May 2010
Curbly May 2010
Apartment Therapy Chicago May 2010
Casa Sugar May 2010
CafeMom May 2010
Make Jointed-Letter Banners (Ohdeedoh, May 2010)
Make Your Own Patio Chandelier (Apartment Therapy, May 2010)
So What Was in the Envelope? (How Does She, April 2010)
Adventures in Dollar Store DIY (I Heart Daily, March 2010)
Top Tutorials of 2009 - The Longest Thread (Apartment Therapy, February 2010)
A $2 DIY Ornament (Apartment Therapy, November 2009)
Try This: Toddler Sewing Card(Ohdeedoh, April 2009)
This Weekend Have a Portrait Party (Apartment Therapy, April 2009)
Star Wars Felt Finger Puppets (Ohdeedoh, August 2009)
Crafty Crow - Mobiles & Wind Chimes (Crafty Crow, November 2009)
Tip Junkie - Halloween Ideas (Tip Junkie, October 2009)
Make an Alien Abduction Lamp (Curbly, May 2009)