I never knew about it -- thanks for the info !

I think a lot of things happened over the last couple of years. For one thing the forums got a little thinned out with a forum for this and a forum for that etc. Then when they started charging a fee for a lot of them we lost a lot of comtributors. People just didn't feel that they wanted to pay the $15 a year so they could post. some were on fixed incomes and felt they couldn't
The more recent thing is the sale of these Forums by Spike who apparently owned and ran them for years.
I don't know how many are paid forums (I think mostly on the That Home Site side). With that membership we also have access to the hundreds of others on Garden Web as well as the Glypths (art, music movies)
I thought it was a good buy myself. Another thing is I think with current events like they are some have kind of phased out their craft work or have lost interest. The Quilting Forum is going strong and that is good.
One idea that has been suggested is that we do most of the craft posting over here with a subject prefacing the title, like PAPER (and then the title) or CLAY- xxx just for examples.

Minnie,
I didn't realize that Spike had sold the forums. It does seem slow and I personally can't decide if I'm going to recontribute.
Susan in Bama

Where did everybody go then? I know people have their own little sites. But where is there a good one where everybody shares like they used to here? It really is a shame cause this is one of my favorite sites. But of course I havent found anywhere else to go that has such good feedback and ideas. I really miss all the traffic that used to be. I got really good ideas here.

Didn't notice the Holidays forum. I'll have to start visiting. Wish more people posted on "crafts and decorations", too.

I wonder if a lot of people have put crafting on the back burner. It's so much cheaper and easier to buy a lot of things and not make them any more. I was in Hobby lobby yesterday. I'm putting together some Christmas ornaments to enter in a craft fair. Some of the made in China ornaments HB has are a lot cheaper than I can make them. Some of it is the same type of work as the handcrafted stuff. I was really disappointed.

Hello everybody, Long time no see, if everybody is like me they have been very busy with outside work. I haven't had time to post all summer. When I haven't been working in the garden and canning or working on my fish pond, I've been making my purses and crocheting scarves and crocheting preemie blankets for the hospital. I haven't had time to get on and check out what everybody was making. I did buy me a skill saw and jig saw and made a martin house and a couple of blue bird houses. I still haven't gotten the martin house up in the air yet. I need help with that. I was a little leery of working with the saws but I learned it's just like any craft pattern. You just have to make everything fit into place. I also planted some gourds to have to paint next year. Summer is not over but I will be checking in, things are starting to slow down. I need to get something figured out to make for Christmas gifts.

I'm glad someone has started this...because I was thinking the same thing...

I miss how busy this used to be...

A post would be off the first page in one day...But when it went to pay this forum came to nearly a halt.

Many of the other forums slowed a little but picked back up.
This one seems like it never did...except during Christmas crafting season.

I'd sure like to see it grow again.

Maybe if we each brought one thing to the forum at least once a week...it would entice others to come back .

patti

I have been checking in here and the Holidays forum...my old favorties..but it's been soo very slow for the last few years..glad to see C&D picking up a little. Stuff made in china is a lot cheaper than making it yourself and that's why I don't do craft shows anymore...I haven't done anything since the paver snowmen really a few years ago....guess I got burned out, but I'm getting interested again.....so happy to see some of the familiar names from the past still here.

Vikki~~