Craft Gossip

Oct

26

How to Sew Your Own Produce Bags

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producebagsI often wander the grocery store grumpily thinking about how stupid it is for people to freak out about paper or plastic grocery bags, it just seems like such a pathetic thing to focus on. Our country is AT WAR…

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Oct

23

Boy and Girl Halloween dress up dolls!

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dressupgirlOh these are cute! Dress up boy and girl paper dolls just in time for Halloween!

Created by Babalisme. Great job! Also, check out her cute downloadable Halloween party invites!

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Oct

22

Bazaar Bizarre Winter Show 2009 – Dec 12-13

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banner1smallThe Bazaar Bizarre San Francisco winter show has been announced! You can check out all the vendors here!

The 2009 Bazaar Bizarre San Francisco (BBSF) will
feature 100 of the best indie crafters and designers.
DJs will provide entertainment and food from local
eateries…

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Oct

21

Beer Goggles! hur hur

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Beer goggles. Heh! and Ouch!
I think I may have posted about the wooden frames from Urban Spectacles before.

Made by reusing empty beer bottles, these goggles are a playful take on eyewear. Pick out your favorite beer, or even make the selection…

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Oct

20

Dino Spiked Leggings Tutorial

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dinospikesI saw these spiked leggings on Threadbanger the other day and just about died laughing. They are AWESOME and HILARIOUS. If weren’t a respectable *cough Cough* lady I would totally make and wear these babies. As it is I might translate these…

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Oct

16

The art of Furoshiki – Using cloth to wrap packages

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furoshiki - wrapping gifts in clothI found this great visual explanation on how to use cloth to wrap gifts on a Japanese government website. You can use any square or rectangular cloth.

Furoshiki (???, furoshiki) are a type of traditional Japanese wrapping cloth that were frequently used…

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Oct

15

Indie Banditas Looking for Vendors

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The Indie Banditas Bazaar, happening near Seattle next month, has a few vendor spots open for their holiday show. Contact the Banditas at indiebanditasbazaar@hotmail.com.

And if you’re in the Seattle area, plan on attending the show November 27th and 28th…

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Oct

14

Ready-to-Stitch ECO TOTE Model Citizen by Bonnie Rue Limited Edition

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Model_Citizan_Eco-ToteWhat do you get when you combine sublime stiching, bake and destroy and model citizen? Awesomeness, that’s what.

Introducing a new design in the Sublime Stitching line of exclusive, ready-to-stitch EcoTotes, pre-stamped with wash-out ink! This is a limited-edition design, by Bonnie…

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Oct

12

Fail Harder

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Fail Harder

Originally uploaded by swissmiss studio

I saw this ‘Fail Harder’ sign on SwissMiss that someone made out of like 45 million thumbtacks. I need this sign (along side my Natalie Dee print out that says ‘I’m a Quitter!’ (which you can…

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Oct

9

Crafty and tech-y – How to make a solar powered bag

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chargeI love this tutorial on how to make a solar powered bag so that you can recharge all your various devices during the day. Very handy for those out and about people who also forget to charge their phone or music…

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Oct

9

narwhal necklace

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narwhalNarwhals continue to be one of my favorite animals. Please to notice this cute blue narwhal necklace on Etsy.

Made by Cupcakes And Mace in New Zealand.

I also like the Running with Scissors necklace!

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Oct

7

Handmade Canberra at Old Parliament House (AUS)

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webheaderg4The fabulous people at Old parliament house, Ginger catering, and Handmade Canberra are joining forces to create a very unique twilight market in Canberra (Australia).

Ginger Lane will be once a month starting Friday 9th October, 5-9pm. Get along to Old Parliament House once a…

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Oct

7

Jill Bliss – Flock and Flutter

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jillbliss-ce970c-800wiJill Bliss, and collaborator saelee oh has a 2010 calender called Flock and Flutter.

“seeking out small corners in the natural world suitable for habitation, we capture and compare complementary worlds populated by native and fanciful cut-paper friends.”

I think I see…

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Oct

6

Paradise City Arts Festival

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15thlogoColumbus Day Weekend marks the 15th anniversary of the award-winning Paradise City Arts Festival, the most exciting, beautiful and wide-ranging show of juried American craft, art and sculpture in New England.

With 260 extraordinary exhibitors, fabulous food from area chefs, a…

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Oct

5

Wing earrings

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wings-cicadaCicadas are horrible creatures, once, one flew up and hit me in the face and it was supremely horrible and I am emotionally scarred for life. It hit my face with a big wet THUNK. EW!

But their wings are certainly…

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Oct

4

Regretsy.com – I am cracking up.

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condompillowOh lord. Forgive me for I think this is hilarious and I am a mean person. Regretsy.com, all the things you wish you never saw on Etsy.com plus snarky comments.

You can follow regretsy on twitter.

P.S. the condom pillows can be…

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Oct

3

New Vendors Wanted for Holiday Shows

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It’s almost that time of year again–holiday craft show season is looming, and show producers are looking for new talent! If you want to be a part of this season’s indie craft scene, watch for craft event organizers in your…

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Oct

2

I have died and gone to cute beer heaven

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hitachino nest beer

Originally uploaded by elphster

I didn’t even know there WAS a cute beer heaven but I guess that is the genius of packaging design. It takes you to a place were cute fat owls look at you with big…

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Sep

30

Spark Creativity Journey in SLC

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th_SparkAnimationBlinkieRFI have a very cool new creative event to share with you today. I just learned about Spark. I can’t think of a better way to describe it than the way they do on the Spark blog: Spark is a…

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Sep

30

Instructables free felt Pop Tart pattern

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poptartI ate a cinnamon pop tart everyday for breakfast for a long time. my mom would put it in the toaster and then wrap it up in a paper towel and I would take it to the bus stop with…

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Sep

29

More altered shoes! Custom Fluevogs

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fluevogFluevogs are my favorite shoes ever. I posted today about how I had my CeCe boots altered to fit my wide calves.

For some serious awesomeness check out these altered Fluevog’s Lily Darling shoes! They were inked by Halle Riddlebarger from Village Shoes…

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Sep

29

Cute felt owl rings!

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owlringbackI just saw these handmade felt owl rings on flickr and had to post about them. They are adorable.
They are created by joeyjo666 on Etsy. If you are an owl lover these are surely a must have.

owlringfrontHer Etsy profile says…

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Sep

29

Altered Shoes

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shoes01I’ve been seeing altered shoes around recently including from a woman here in Oakland who does not have a web site apparently. How can that be? websites are pretty much free at this point.

Hippy of Doom on Etsy has some…

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Sep

25

Handmade Nation in a City Near You

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handmade nation logoHandmade Nation, the 2009 documentary about the rise of DIY crafting, is still making it’s way around the country with premieres in more than 20 cities still scheduled. If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the upcoming screenings on…

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Sep

23

Giant cupcake building in Visa ad

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Giant cupcake building in Visa ad

Originally uploaded by Rachel from Cupcakes Take the Cake

I do wish this cupcake building were real. But it surely isn’t. I mean, it juts out into the sidewalk, has no windows, no door and the…

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