Archives: November 2007

November 30, 2007

Recycled Altoid Tins + More Advent Calendar

Shannon writes:

• Jennie painted and decorated five years worth from Altoids, Velamints, Penguins, travel candles, and loose tea to create a lovely modern advent calendar.

Check out this fresh minty advent calendar for yourself on Flickr. - Link.

City Sampler: Brooklyn Available Starting Saturday, Dec 1

Brooklyn crafters are representing in the new City Sampler: Brooklyn!

From The Sampler:

This particular City Sampler was curated by Brooklyn Based, "an essential supplement to the best food, art, services, shops and people the borough has to offer: Brooklyn distilled." We've put together 100 City Samplers: Brooklyn, each one featuring a selection of at least a dozen of the items below, plus information about each contributor, provided by Brooklyn Based. Each City Sampler: Brooklyn box has been decoupaged by hand by Team Sampler using maps of the Brooklyn Area!

The City Sampler: Brooklyn will officially go on sale starting this Saturday at 10am PST. Hurry, there's only 100 of these in limited stock! Link.

Winter Enchantment Fashion Show in Austin, Dec 1-2

Austin Enchanted Forest, who has hosted events like Austin Haunted Forest and Art Outside, is bringing forth a new event, "Winter Enchantment Fashion Show". This is a fashion show unlike any other with two full days of fashion runway and vending from 2p.m. to 5p.m. December 1-2. Emaree and Ferrin Deloach, two young and innovative fashion designers, partnered with Molly's Metals and other young designers, have dreamed up a fashion show that will be a true experience to your senses. The event sprawls throughout the Enchanted Forest's three acres of wooded wonderland in south central Austin (1404 West Oltorf). Find out more from their My Space page. Link.

Recycled Computer Cat Bed

Etsy seller Alpine took an old computer monitor and turned it into a cat bed, with a fun toy mouse, of course. If this looks like a fun home for your kitty it's going for $40. Thanks Marieke! Link.

Related:
MAKE Blog: Old monitor = cat bed

Love Makers Sustainable Craft Fair in Mill Valley, Tuesday December 4

If you are in the Bay Area next Tuesday December 4th from 2pm-8pm head over to Mill Valley for the Love Makers Sustainable Craft Fair run by Ambatalia Fabrics (1 El Paseo). There's a great list of people selling at the fair including Molly of 8mm Ideas, Ashley Rose Helvey, Green Dog Designs, and more. There will also be two screen printers from Remade in America printing that day so bring by t-shirts and clothing to print on. For more info, visit the Ambatalia blog. Link.

Toys by Ninon

Kristen of Plush You! introduces us to Ninon's beautiful plush creations. You can see her photos in Flickr as Taniapat. Read more about them on Plush You! Link.

CRAFT Pattern Podcast - Princess Mitts from the book The Knitter's Book of Yarn by Clara Parkes

This week's CRAFT Pattern Podcast is the smashing Princess Mits, a pattern excerpt from the new book,The Knitter's Book of Yarn: The Ultimate Guide to Choosing, Using, and Enjoying Yarn by Clara Parkes. These adorable fingerless mits are the perfect small project you can tackle this winter! Plus it's a small enough project you can tackle if you want to learn how to knit cables. If you are especially daring, make them a bit longer to keep your arms warm with those 3/4 sleeve sweaters.

The Knitter's Book of Yarn is a fantastic book that is one part a resource that helps you understand yarn, how it's made, the various fibers, and which one works the best for what projects. The second half is chock full of 40 beautiful knitting patterns from sweaters, shawls, socks, mittens, hats and more. It's a guide book you'll turn to again and again before you start any knitting project! You can browse the book online in a special module at the Potter Craft site here. Link.

• Download this week's CRAFT pattern PDF - Link.

Subscribe to the CRAFT podcast and get this pattern and other CRAFT content delivered automatically via iTunes - Link.

More Weekend Craft Fairs

Here are some more craft fairs that wil be happening this weekend around the globe!

• Australia - Melbourne Craft Mafia Market, Sunday Dec 2 - Link.


• California - Indie Sacramento, Saturday Dec 1 - Link.


• Minnesota - No Coast Craft-O-Rama in Minneapolis, Nov 30-Dec 1 - Link.


• Oregon - Portland's got I Heart Indie Holidays, Sunday Dec 2 - Link.

Hanukkah Cards

Sari of Sari Victoria designs and makes her own custom cards and has some great versions for Hanukkah which begins December 4th. Link.

HOW TO - Refashion Extra Long Gloves

Sarah points us to Craft Addiction's tutorial on how to make Anthropologie-inspired extra long gloves out of cheap gloves and a recycled sweater. Link.

Last Day to Enter Chronicle Books' Intarsia Contest

Hi Crafters! Today’s your last day (it's been extended a bit) to submit a pattern in Chronicle Books' Intarsia Contest (previous post here). If your pattern is chosen, it will be printed in their next knitting book, Picture Perfect Knits, alongside patterns from an all-star lineup of guest designers like Denyse Schmidt, Diane Gilleland, Alyce Benevides, Sarah Neuburger, Lisa Congdon, Crafty Chica Kathy Cano-Murillo, Ed Roth, Eunice Moyle, and more! For more information, visit the Chronicle Books site. Link.

November 29, 2007

Crafting on This American Life

I was talking to my brother about making people gifts for the holidays and he told me I should listen to This American Life when David Rakoff discusses crafting as a job with the crafts department at Martha Stewart Living and the idea of giving people handmade presents. Part three with David Rakoff begins at minute 47. Personally, I think people want homemade gifts, but I have also never made anything covered with Necco wafers. Pictured above is a Necco wafer pony from megasoul's Flickr account. Link.

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