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If you're going to be in London this Wednesday and fancy a bit of alternative life drawing then you should check out Dr Sketchy's Sketch-A-Thon at Madam Jojo's. Here's the flyer but you can also find out more on the Dr Sketchy website.

Our latest Crafty Superstar was the multi-talented Natalie Zee Drieu from Craft: Zine.

Nat posted some fantastic how-to projects including a Needlepoint Nintendo DS Case, a DIY Light Box and some Coffee, Tea & Drinks Cozies!

Check them out now >>

We've been a bit slow at announcing winners on the blog, so here's a run-down of our winners over the past month. Sex & The City Craft Contest Our SATC craft contest was won by lentsu, with her pattern for a Cosmopolitan Softie, and jojobeandesigns with her Sex & The City Cupcakes. Fitness For Indie Rockers In our Indie Rockers competition, the yoga DVD was won by Erika A and the pilates DVD won by Megan LaCore. Fifi's Secret Jewelry Contest Our jewelry contest with Fifi's Secret was won by Sarijuana with her Playing Card Hair Clip how-to. The Ultimate Tea Diet And finally, the Ultimate Tea Diet competition was won by George B, Jessie H and Tommy.

There's a new CO+K podcast with Cat Morley and this one is all about moving home, including tips and tricks for easing the stress and staying organized.

You can listen to the podcast directly from CO+K or, if you want to do us a very lovely favor, subscribe to our podcast in iTunes and you'll get the latest podcasts direct to you as soon as they're released.

We're hoping to bring the podcast back as a regular feature, but we'd like your say on what themes to cover. Head over to this thread on the board where we're discussing it now.

Also, make sure to check out the cheesy new theme tune.

- Subscribe to the CO+K podcast in iTunes.

- Stream the podcast.

- Have your say on the next theme.

Our Sex And The City Craft Contest has been going strong and we've already had some fabulous entries including a knit Cosmopolitan Softie, Sex And The City Cupcakes and a Sex And The City Bag. The contest doesn't close until the 10th of July, so there's still time to enter your SATC inspired how-to's for a chance of winning the Sex And The City Movie book. Good luck!

Check it out here ->

Mamiedale has posted photos of this fantastic birthday cake on her blog, Mamiedale Does It Again.

I love the way she's incorporated the birthday candles in to the design of her cake. It looks yummy too!

You may have noticed that Crafterella has been a bit quiet here on Cut Out + Keep over the past few weeks. Well she's been very busy moving the whole Cut Out + Keep office down to London (and that's a very long way from Scotland!)

We have made it here safely and are settling in to our new home. We can't wait to give London some CO+K craft goodness but for now, we're asking any CO+K Londoners to enlighten us with tips for good places to go, craft shops and any craft groups they know of. CO+K is in the neighborhood!

To celebrate the release of the new movie, we're running a Sex And The City craft contest over in the projects section now. Enter your SATC inspired how-to projects for a chance of winning the new book of the movie.

Need some inspiration? Think New York, shoes, jewelery, fashion and all things SATC!

Enter your projects and check out the other entries now ->

The winners of our Play Craft Contest have been announced and we'd like to congratulate our winner Gracey for posting a how-to for Play Doh and our runner up, Roma for posting her Tetris Stomacher. Well done guys! If you didn't win this time don't worry, there will be lots more craft contests coming in the future. Check out the Jewelry Contest with Fifi's Secret which is running now.

You may or may not have noticed this, but we've launched a brand new area on Cut Out + Keep called Crafty Superstars. Here we'll be showcasing how-to projects from crafty celebrities and some of the big names in craft.

Head over now, to find how-to's and crafty chat with Pink Ribbon Boutique's Sarah Rhian, Venus Zine craft editor and 99 ways author, Justina Blakeney and craft party hostess, Lady Wurlizter.