Cool and hipster handmade movement
I keep wondering how to label myself as a crafter. Crafter? Sewist, sewer (no), seamstress, MOM, designer…
Labels are important, having a one word label for yourself can give people a wealth of information about you, when you’re meeting new … Read More ...
Standard Recording & Craftster SXSW Day Party
… Read More ...The fabulous indie record label Standard Recording Co. has invited Craftster to team up for a SXSW day party!
If you’ve been to SXSW or if you live in the Austin-area you
Hola from Texas, land of my youth! I am here in Houston and will be driving my butt over to Austin for sXsw 2009 in a mere matter of hours.
What is sXsw?
SxSW is a conference/festival comprised of three … Read More ...
It’s time to apply to vend at the Maker Faire Bazaar Bizarre Craft Show. They are accepting applications until April 1st.
Bazaar Bizarre is a funky juried craft fair that occurs in cities all over the US. Every May … Read More ...
Gods, I love the internets. How one thing takes you to another thing and another thing in a huge chain of awesomeness that is never ending (until my computer crashes and firefox forgets to save my tabs).
CubeeCraft, pronounced … Read More ...
Shin Tanaka is a graffiti, toy and paper artist.
… Read More ...Shin Tanaka is a Japanese graffiti artist and originator of the “custom paper toy project.” On his website, he provides free, limited-edition, printable templates for paper toys that anyone can build
Knockdown Knits: 30 Projects from the Roller Derby Track by Tomi Carr a.ka. Joan of Dark is a book full of knitting projects that are fun and useful for the roller derby girl (nd non) in your life.
“What is … Read More ...
If you haven’t been to a Maker Faire I highly recommend it! If you don’t live close enough for that to be practical you can always enjoy Maker goodness on the Make web site, Maker.tv, or a zine … Read More ...
First of all I really enjoyed reading all the comments about what keeps people from crafting and how they overcome it. I can totally relate to all of them!
The winner of the Crafty Chica book The Guide to Artful … Read More ...
Are you a geek girl that’s jealous of all the boys funny regex cheat sheet t-shirts? Right? Your boobs get in the way of reading them. Well, problem solved! Here’s a regex cheat sheet SKIRT. It’s super cute and I … Read More ...
Way back when I was a gopher in cubicle land I used to write “DON’T PANIC” on a post-it note and stick it on my computer monitor just as reminder to myself that everything would be okay. I would also … Read More ...
It’s not too late (says the girl who STILL does not have a 2009 calender) to get this 2009 calender by Sarah Utter (of Reading is Sexy fame). You can buy it on buyolympia.com. Here is the description:
… Read More ...Sarah
Yep, Spring is in the air.. sort of. And it’s time to start applying for the Spring Indie Craft Fairs. There are many good ones and I hear that the Bust Magazine Craftacular is …er spectacular.
The show is May … Read More ...
An Art show of things made with scissors
Sometimes I wish I lived in New York. In this case so that I could go see the Cut it Out art show at the Open Space gallery Curated by Mike Perry … Read More ...
If I had this dinnerware and someone (me included) broke a piece I would have to be very very upset. In fact, I am usually more upset when I ruin something of my own than if someone else does because … Read More ...
