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Portland Crafty

Amazing Feats of Creativity, from the Recycled Arts Festival

June 28, 2010

The Recycled Arts Festival has been happening across the river in Vancouver, WA for several years, but thanks to Terra, this year I finally attended. And I’m so glad I did!

It was fun to see an array of really talented artists, all of whom make beautiful things from old stuff. And many of them were [...]

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Summit of Awesome was like this…

June 25, 2010

So . . . Summit of Awesome.
First, Kelly, Sara, Christine and Kim of Hello Craft did an absolutely wonderful job organizing it. Portland owes them a big debt of gratitude for choosing our city this year. (More in the whole gratitude thing in a moment.)
Actually, quite a few people have done posts detailing the specific [...]

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One Awesome Day in PDX with Lovely Crafty Folk

June 21, 2010

Whew, my friends.

I wasn’t around here much last week because I was participating in the Summit of Awesome. I’ll have a post on that later this week, as soon as I can wrap my head properly around all the awesome I experienced there. (For now, you can take in the Flickr pool everyone’s contributing to.)

Anyway. [...]

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PDX, Get Ready for Awesome!

June 14, 2010

Just a quick post for any locals who might have missed it – there are still a few passes left for Summit of Awesome, which kicks off on Wednesday!

If you’ve started a crafty business, this is a great place to get help from the likes of Kari Chapin, Christy Petterson, Danielle Maveal, Heidi Kenney, Kim [...]

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A New Tutorial, a New Article, and Holy Crap – Victory!!

May 21, 2010
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In all seriousness, yesterday was the Best. Day. Ever.

First, I had a new tutorial on CRAFT – and one I was really happy with. As part or their sewing theme this month, I took a bunch of paper grocery sacks, cut them up, and sewed the pieces together in a patchwork. Then I fused some [...]

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Craft Master Armor in progress…

May 18, 2010

It’s a bizzy week around here, but I wanted to pop in and share this work-in-progress. I’m tricking out my Crafty Chica Cruise apron to wear in Thursday’s SCRAP Rebel Craft Rumble.

(For deets, read this post. I’m going to be the Craft Master!)

Anyway. It’s awesome to have an application for the giant sequins! And I’m [...]

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More than likely, it’ll be the funnest thing I’ve ever done on a stage.

May 10, 2010

Hey, Portland! Mark your calendars and order your tickets for SCRAP’s Rebel Craft Rumble – it’s coming up next week.

It works a lot like Craft Corner Deathmatch – citizen crafters will compete in a series of head-to-head rounds, with the fruits of their labors judged by Julie Sabatier.

The winner advances to the next round, and [...]

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One Last Free Project at The Knittn’ Kitten

November 10, 2009

We’re wrapping up our local Knittn’ Kitten project this week! The lovely and talented Bridget Benton contributed this cool scarf, made from recycled tees and doilies. Here’s what she said about it:
“This project sheet was inspired by a scarf pattern I saw in Generation T: Beyond Fashion by Megan Nicolay and by all the [...]

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Some cool things to know about

November 4, 2009

Whew! Getting caught up after a couple days off. Just a few things to share…

First, if you don’t mind a little daughterly pride, my Mom is celebrating her first Blogiversary! I can’t believe it’s been a whole year since she started her blog. In that time, she’s shared a metric ton of crafty and kitchen [...]

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This week’s free project at The Knittn’ Kitten

November 3, 2009

It’s a new week, which means there’s a new free project sheet available at The Knittn’ Kitten. This week, Lee Meredith has cooked up a really cool little knit-and-sewn zipper pouch. As she says:
“I had fun combining knitting and hand sewing together in this project, and seeing the different pouch types you can get from [...]

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