Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers) About CRAFT
What is CRAFT?
CRAFT is an online magazine with fresh content every day including how-to projects, video tutorials, and free patterns. It's the first project-based magazine dedicated to the renaissance that is occurring within the world of crafts. Celebrating the DIY spirit, CRAFT's goal is to unite, inspire, inform, and entertain a growing community of highly imaginative and resourceful people who are transforming traditional art and crafts with unconventional, unexpected, and even renegade techniques, materials, and tools; people who undertake amazing crafting projects in their homes and communities.
Launched in 2005, CRAFT magazine gained a loyal and influential print readership as the first project-based magazine dedicated to today's craft renaissance. With the growing success of the popular CRAFT: Blog, CRAFT was transformed in 2009 into an online magazine with more than a half-million readers each month. CRAFT is also a thriving community -- with CRAFT forums and dedicated Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr groups -- that shares projects online and meets in real life at Maker Faire, the world's largest DIY festival.
CRAFT is the sister publication of (and created by the same team of renegade thinkers who created) MAKE magazine.
How can I follow CRAFT and stay up to date?
We offer the CRAFT: Blog as a daily email digest or RSS feed. We also offer an insider monthly email newsletter with updates about new authors, upcoming features and contests, and blog highlights. And if you use Twitter you can follow us at twitter.com/craft.
How can I contribute to CRAFT?
If you've got a great DIY project you want to write about, read our submission guidelines and send us your idea. If you've got something that's great to share on the CRAFT: Blog, suggest a site. And if you want to share your projects and connect with other CRAFT readers, join our Facebook and Flickr groups.
Where can I buy back issues of the CRAFT print magazine?
Back issues of CRAFT Volumes 1-10 are available online in the Maker Shed.
How do I get help with my subscription?
For former CRAFT subscribers who are now MAKE subscribers, if you have a question or problem involving the delivery of your MAKE subscription or processing of your account, please contact the MAKE customer service team at
I believe my work is being copied on the CRAFT website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement. Who do I contact?
O'Reilly Media respects the intellectual property rights of others, and we ask our users to do the same. If you believe that your copyrighted work has been copied and is accessible on the CRAFT web site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please see this page for information about contacting us with the details.
