Here's a poll that's just for fun - What is your favorite floss color? Choose the color that matches the closest or select other and tell us what your favorite color is in the Comments sections below.

I can not only tell you what my favorite color is - Blue - but I can also tell you that DMC 930, 931, and 932 are my favorite flosses in particular.

After you select your favorite color, read more information about color and what it means. About.com Guides have loads of information for you to check out:

Kendra Van Wagner, About.com Guide to Psychology, has an article about The Psychology of Color that has a great deal of information about color and what it means.

Phylameana lila Desy, About.com Guide to Healing will enlighten you about Color Therapy and how Color Therapy and Your Wardrobe impacts your life.

Kate Pullen, About.com Guide to Rubber Stamping explains that Using Color in Rubber Stamping Projects allows you to express your individuality.

Finally, Marion Boddy-Evans, About.com Guide to Painting explains The Three Sides to a Paint Color's Personality: Hue, Value, and Chroma.

If you enjoy designing your own patterns, these articles will help you learn more about selecting colors that are meaningful and complimentary. Express yourself through color!

If you like to hang inspirational sayings in your office or home, then the free Make a Difference pattern will be perfect for you. The simple saying carries a lot of meaning. What can you do to make a difference?

There are all sorts of ways that you may answer this challenge. There are even ways you can do this here at About.com Cross Stitch or using your Cross Stitch skills in general.

Ways to Make a Difference:

• Help Other Stitchers in the Forum - Answer questions, encourage others, and make new stitching friends.
• Teach Someone to Stitch - Pass your passion for stitching along to someone else, using the free tutorials from About.com Cross Stitch. You know how much stitching means to you - share it with another.
• Cross Stitch for Charity - Help keep someone warm with a afghan or memorialize and infant - use your Cross Stitch powers for good.
• Share a Photo of a Project - Inspire other stitchers with photos of your latest project.
• Share a Tip - Submit your best tips to be added to About.com Cross Stitch. You never know who you may help out!

Remember, no matter how small your action may be, you never know how much of a difference it may make to someone else. So, find a way to make a difference today!

This week, many of my crafty blogging friends are in the spirit of Halloween again. Craft some tasty treats, gifts, and more.

Crafty Bloggers:

• Crafty Princess Diaries - As crafters we have an advantage over most folks because we can often wear what we make. See what Tim Gunn from Project Runway has to say about what to wear this season and how accessories play a part.
• Layers Upon Layers - Be inspired by artist Nicola Dale's amazing book arts!
• The Impatient Crafter - Margot has made the executive decision to split her blog in two. Introducing the brand spanking new The Impatient Crafter™ blog! A new destination for all things crafty!
• Sweater Surgery - Stephanie is performing surgery on a 10 commandment bracelet making it over into an asymetrical necklace.
• About Family Crafts - Want to surprise your neighbors this Halloween? These unique gift ideas will get your entire neighborhood into the Halloween spirit!
• Aileen's Musings - Stop by and meet Zoraida the good witch, she's just flown in on Air Broom. She wanted to be here in plenty of time for the Art Muse Contest Aileen is hosting!
• Cathie Filian - Take a sneak peek at the Emmy Nominated, Halloween craft show, Witch Crafts on DIY Network and check out the complete project list (with instructions) from the series.
• Craftside - There are crafty tasty treats this week at Craftside with an inside peek into the book Artisan Chocolates, a recycled book slider idea, design points from Singer Decorative Machine Stitching, eye and soul candy from the new book Knitting Art and a secret square altered art page tutorial.
• About.com Cross Stitch - Connie's been having some fun with FurTaStitch floss. See what she's been up to and learn more about stitching with textured flosses.

I know many of you like to make your own greeting cards using Cross Stitch motifs and other embellishing techniques. So, I wanted to pass this information along to you. Kate Pullen, About.com Guide to Rubber Stamping, is sponsoring a challenge in celebration of World Card Making day. The challenge is quite simple. The theme is "Happy." You are invited to post pictures in the Rubber Stamping Forum of handmade cards that will "raise a smile or two" as she says. I already have some ideas for the card I want to make.

The deadline for entry is October 31st - so there is plenty of time to enter. The entries will be posted into a gallery and hosted on the About.com Rubber Stamping site. More information can be found in this thread at the Rubber Stamping Forum.

Card-Making Patterns, Projects and Ideas:

• Make Cross Stitch Cards
• Cross Stitch Card Motif Patterns
• Make Professional Looking Hand-made Cards