Cut Out + Keep
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| Available in | English |
|---|---|
| URL | cutoutandkeep.net |
| Registration | Yes |
| Users | 198,000 |
| Launched | 2007 |
| Current status | Active |
Cut Out + Keep is a recipe, DIY and craft tutorial-sharing website established in 2007. Members create tutorials on the site of their recipes, crafts and handmade items. The site currently hosts over 70,000 projects as of March 2015.
History
[edit]While at university, Cat Morley began sharing tutorials for her crafts, first on WordPress, and later on a website built by her partner, Tom Waddington. After sharing around 250 projects, the site software was updated to allow any other member to share their own tutorials. Since then, over 180,000 members have shared around 70,000 projects.[1]
Coverage
[edit]The site is monetized through Google AdSense, who made a video featuring the sites founders.[2][3] Interviews and features on the site have been published in Company Magazine,[4] DC Thomson's Ruby Loves magazine,[5] The Reader[6] the Edinburgh Evening News,[7] as well as a profile of the site in Mollie Makes: Making It.[8] It is frequently mentioned as a source for craft inspiration across multiple publications[9][10][11][12][13][14]
A book, "Cut Out + Keep: Around the USA in 50 Projects" was published by Laurence King in February 2015,[15] covering the founders' trip through the 50 US states alongside craft tutorials.
References
[edit]- ^ "Cut Out + Keep - Make and share step by step craft tutorials!". Cut Out + Keep.
- ^ "Inside AdSense: Introducing 10 for 10 publisher stories: Crafting with Cut Out + Keep". Inside AdSense.
- ^ http://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/uk_cutoutandkeep_adsense.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Are you social craft-working yet?". Company Magazine: 68–69. February 2011.
- ^ "Interview With A Crafter". Ruby Loves (2). DC Thomson. 30 May 2013.
- ^ Lee, Cheril (7 May 2013). "Cut Out + Keep". Archived from the original on April 23, 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ^ "Home Economics site gains 150k global users". scotsman.com.
- ^ Mollie Makes: Making It. Collins & Brown. 2014. ISBN 9781908449184.
- ^ "Get Creative". YourHome. January 2011. Archived from the original on 2015-04-23.
- ^ Buxton, Isabel (February 2011). "Sew on the Net". Sew Hip. Archived from the original on 2015-04-23.
- ^ "Quirky Projects and Unusual Ideas". Simply Knitting. Future. March 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
- ^ "cutoutandkeep.net". Make Jewellery. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
- ^ Lewis, Perri (15 June 2010). "How to make the perfect dress". Guardian.
- ^ Kapotes, Emma (2 February 2015). "Recycle CDs into Crafts". Reader's Digest.
- ^ Morley, Cat; Waddington, Tom (2015). Cut Out + Keep: Around the USA in 50 Craft Projects. London: Laurence King. ISBN 978-1780674162.
