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Posts tagged “crafting”

Home Ec. of Silver Lake

Some of our best DIY project posts came way by special guests post from local Los Angeles crafting specialist and friend, Jenny Ryan. If you're ever in the vicinity of Silver Lake's Sunset Junction,...

How to Revamp a Chair With Neckties!

As you can tell with last week's post, we're totally into the current trends of patchwork and granny chic decor. When we came across this chair makeover by Austin resident Stephanie Lewis, we had to ...

Parasol-Craft for the Arts & Crafts Crowd

This month's focus on artwork, crafts and collections coincides with the launch of Parasol-Craft, a spin-off of Parasol Magazine, spearheaded by the blogger of our daily online stops......

Crafty LA and 500 Days of Summer Walking Tour
Los Angeles Slinks for 8.25.2009

Below are links to a recent spotlight on some of our favourite LA crafting/handmade wares businesses and individuals, a unique look into the interiors of bomb shelters, details about a free 500 Days o...

Cut, Paste, Play: USB Powered Paper Model Speakers

There's always something pleasantly rewarding about carefully cutting something out, folding and slotting tab "A" into tab "B" and converting a 2 dimensional piece of paper into a 3 dimensional object...

Martha Stewart's Crafting Blog

How do you know that an underground movement has gone completely mainstream? Two words: Martha Stewart. From the gal that brought the art of homekeeping out into the open, comes a crafting blog that ...

Look: Crafting as an Escape!
Austin

We loved Laure’s thoughts on slowing down and Abby's ideas on vacationing at home. If you're looking to slow down, vacation at home and do something a bit more active than just relax, may we sugges...

Modern Sewing Workshops

Apparently a bunch of you took advantage of the sewing classes offered at smc. The teacher there, Rebecca, let us know that she hosts a bunch of classes throughout LA. And if none of those work with...

Etsy Seller: Good-ness

Etsy seller Good-ness has such a charming selection of Japanese fabrics that we have about a million ideas for projects. We love to add color and texture in small ways and a fun fabric is one of them...

How To: Media Fast

WHAT!? No TV? Are you CRAZY? No, we're doing a media fast. Like any kind of fast, this kind of cleansing is tough but the benefits are worth it. We use it when we're trying to jumpstart our creat...