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Asta Arts ~ Nicole Yost

Rubber Maiden & Compulsive Crafter

About Me

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I’m Nicole, also known as ‘Rattlesnake’.
I'm a DIY craft junkie, old-school punk rock chick, and pop-culture affectionado. I design and manufacture the fabulously wonderful Asta Arts rubber stamps.



Check out my How-Tos section to learn how to make cool stuff like this:

Click here for Skull and Chains purse tutorial

Click here for Flamey candle-holder tutorial

Click here for Gold dragon card tutorial

My Interests


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I'd like to meet:



Craftsters, indie business owners, tattoo lovers, bands, artists, and other cool people...

... but no, I don't want a free PS3 and I'm not the one who asked you how to make money doing online surveys...

Heroes:

Paul "Ed" Yost - Father of the Modern Hot Air Balloon
June 30, 1919 - May 27, 2007

My Blog

Ed Yost - "Father of Hot Air Balloning" Dead at 87

As some of you already know, my grandfather Paul "Ed" Yost passed away the other day. We were very close, and talked just about every week.  He has been a huge influence in my life.   ...
Posted by Asta Arts ~ Nicole Yost on Wed, 30 May 2007 03:24:00 PST

What are you doing next Tuesday morning? Crawl out of bed & watch us on TV!!!

Next Tuesday, May 29th, very very early in the morning I am going to be on TV - and you should watch!! The HGTV Network is airing one of the San Diego Craft Mafia episodes of "Uncommon Threads" that ...
Posted by Asta Arts ~ Nicole Yost on Fri, 25 May 2007 02:10:00 PST

Come out and see us at the SD Derby Dolls Fundraiser June 9th!!

We're gonna be at the San Diego Derby Dolls benefit for the SD Autism Society on June 9th - so come on out & say hi!  There will be some kick ass bands playing & you can see how my Naked ...
Posted by Asta Arts ~ Nicole Yost on Fri, 25 May 2007 05:10:00 PST

Dare 64 - Naughty Girls Need_______________ Too!

So these fun crazy arty ladies who have a fun website full of crafty dares contacted me a while back.  They wanted to have a dare based on my stamps with the theme "Naughty Girls Need __________ ...
Posted by Asta Arts ~ Nicole Yost on Sun, 06 May 2007 11:59:00 PST

AstaArts.com is Back in Black

AstaArts.com is back up again - sorry to everyone who visited today and got a whole buncha nothing.  Yahoo store (the platform Asta runs on) made some changes (ahem, screw ups) in the way they ma...
Posted by Asta Arts ~ Nicole Yost on Sun, 06 May 2007 11:42:00 PST

Watch me on HGTV June 7th - Uncommon Threads!!

The San Diego Craft Mafia's "Punk Party" episode of Uncommon Threads will air on HGTV on June 7th!! I'll be showing how to make a removable jacket applique using beads, sequins, felt and velcro like t...
Posted by Asta Arts ~ Nicole Yost on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:58:00 PST

New LOWER shipping rates for Asta Arts International orders!

The Asta Arts web site is now way more export-friendly!  It used to connect in real-time to the UPS site to pull the actual shipping rates, which sounds great in theory but the prices were j...
Posted by Asta Arts ~ Nicole Yost on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:11:00 PST

Asta Arts now takes PayPal!!

I just made some changes to my shopping cart last night & I can now accept payments via PayPal as well as the old standbys Visa, Amex, and MC.  Paypal now shows up as a payment option when yo...
Posted by Asta Arts ~ Nicole Yost on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:59:00 PST

Bitch Magazine & Web Funkiness

One of my new wholesale customers told me I was in Bitch Magazine - (not me, my stamps.)  Cool beans, no?  I love that sweet little rag. Some people (many, actually) called and e-mailed to ...
Posted by Asta Arts ~ Nicole Yost on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:57:00 PST

Knitty Gritty on HGTV & the DIY Network!

Oy, did I forget to mention that the San Diego Craft Mafia are going to be on Knitty Gritty?  I am one lazy blogger, I tell ya.  The tapings were last month and the episodes will air la...
Posted by Asta Arts ~ Nicole Yost on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:22:00 PST