Pop Culture
December 9th, 2009 at 09:00am
Under Christmas+ DIY+ Pop Culture
It’s often difficult to make homemade Christmas gifts for teens because you never know if they will truly like what you’ve made. Grandma’s gifted knit sweater might end up at the back of the closet along with last year’s Halloween costume. The easiest Christmas gifts for teens tend to be store-bought because they have one [...]
Continue Reading How to: DIY Christmas Gifts for Teens
Tags: celebrity styles, christmas gifts for teens
By Kristen
August 3rd, 2009 at 12:05pm
Under Jewelry Making+ Pop Culture+ Uncategorized
I just returned from a week long trip to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin where I counseled a cabin of high school girls at sleepaway camp. The week was exhausting but pretty incredible none the less. I’ll admit, I’m a bit out of touch with what it was like to be a high schooler, with the stress [...]
Continue Reading Friendship Bracelet Frenzy
Tags: friendship bracelets, Jewelry Making, Pop Culture, wearable crafts
By Kristen
April 29th, 2009 at 02:59pm
Under DIY+ Events+ Pop Culture
A new documentary by first time director Faythe Levine, Handmade Nation takes a look at the evolution of the craft/DIY movement. From the website:
“Handmade nation documents a movement of artists, crafters and designers that recognize a marriage between historical techniques, punk and DIY (do it yourself) ethos while being influenced by traditional handiwork, modern aesthetics, [...]
Continue Reading Handmade Nation, The Movie
Tags: DIY, Handmade Nation
By Mindy
April 6th, 2009 at 02:22pm
Under Crochet+ Pop Culture
Anyone who was born in the 80s can appreciate the original Nintendo Entertainment System. There was nothing better than the original Mario Bros. game, which also came with duck hunt, a classic old school shooting game. I still love it. In fact, my boyfriend and I still own an original Nintendo (though we rarely play [...]
Continue Reading I Love the 80s
Tags: Crochet, mario bros., Pop Culture
By Mindy
March 26th, 2009 at 04:38pm
Under Pop Culture
I’m not quite sure what to make of this story from GOOD magazine on DIY Funerals. In a way, it sounds to me like a touching, personal way to mourn the passing of a loved one. But at the same time, I also wonder if it’s taking the DIY movement a little too far. Read [...]
Continue Reading DIY Funerals — taking it too far?
Tags: DIY Funeral, DIY Movement, Make Your Own Coffin
By Kelly
February 24th, 2009 at 09:01am
Under Etsy Picks+ Pop Culture
Today’s Etsy Pick is tofunkytown, a shop full of retro-themed cigarette case wallets. The stainless steel cases are great for business cards, cash, credit cards or IDs. tofunkytown won me over with the 1969 Andy Warhol Esquire cover, which combines my love for Pittsburgh (Andy Warhol’s birthplace) and Esquire, one of few good magazines left.
Sphere: [...]
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Tags: Esquire, Etsy, tofunkytown
By Mindy
February 23rd, 2009 at 09:41am
Under Pop Culture
Behind all of the glitz and glamour of last night’s Academy Awards was, well, more glitz and more glamour. Framing the stage of the show at the Kodak Theatre was a magnificent curtain made from 92,000 Swarovski crystals. Interested in learning more about how the curtain came together, I did some research and here is [...]
Continue Reading Crafting the Oscars: Swarovski Crystal Curtain
Tags: David Rockwell, Oscars, Swarovski
By Mindy
February 4th, 2009 at 09:48am
Under Embroidery+ Pop Culture
You may not know this about me, but I am a HUGE fan of The Price is Right. I started watching at age 3 with my babysitter and was determined from then on to meet Bob Barker, get on the show, play Plinko and take home wads of cash. Mock me all you want, but [...]
Continue Reading “Drew Carey is suprisingly easy to embroider”
Tags: Embroidery, Pop Culture, Totally Severe
By Mindy
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:29pm
Under Events+ News+ Pop Culture
You know Paris Hilton never misses a party so maybe it shouldn’t come as too much of a shock that she was present at the first day of the Craft and Hobby Association Trade Show in California but I have to say, Paris is one person I wouldn’t expect to be into crafting. But sure [...]
Continue Reading Paris Hilton goes to the CHA Trade Show
Tags: CHA Trade Show, Paris Hilton, Pop Culture
By Kelly
January 21st, 2009 at 08:50am
Under DIY+ News+ Pop Culture
Slated to come out February 6th, Coraline is a new stop-motion animation movie from Director Henry Selick (best known for directing The Nightmare Before Christmas). The movie is about a young girl (Dakota Fanning) who steps through her closet into an alternate version of her life. The other life closely mirrors her own, but is [...]
Continue Reading DIY Goes to the Movies with Coraline
Tags: Coraline, Handmade Products, Pop Culture
By Mindy
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