Thanks in part to the "nesting" phenomenon, home-based crafts have experienced a renaissance in recent years.
But even with the flurry of stories surrounding the hip, urban knitting circles that popped up a few years back, much of this growth has occurred without mainstream media help.
"We've had our 'moments' of mainstream media doing stories on scrapbooking," explains Brian Tippetts, editor-in-chief of Creating Keepsakes. "We've been covered on Oprah, Today, and in Seventeen. Unfortunately, the mainstream media tend to stereotype ...