For years and years, I have longed to make terrariums. (Plants! In containers! ENCLOSED!!) But, because I once heard from someone (who had a friend who knew a guy) that I needed south-facing windows for terrarium success, I never even bothered to try. So, tonight at the Twig Terrariums workshop at The Parlour Brooklyn, Twig …
Category: Craft Shows and Events
Craft Shows and Events
Etsy Craft Night: Making Wallets with Kim Grassie
Tonight, I went to the Etsy Labs craft night, where the lovely Kim Grassie taught us how to make simple wallets using fabric scraps. It took about 10 minutes total—excluding the time spent making friends in line for the sewing machine—to turn this pile of fabric into a cute, tiny wallet that is just the …
Recycled Beer Bottle Glasses
On Saturday afternoon, I went to my first Craftaholic’s School of Art and Creativity workshop at Spacecraft in Brooklyn. (Update 4/26/13: Spacecraft is now closed.) We made glasses using recycled beer and soda bottles, which is something I’ve wanted to learn how to do for quite a while. Yoshi, the workshop instructor, showed us all …
Emmy Adventure: Emmy Day!
Emmy Day started out bright and early with a trip to see Sara at Primrose Organics—a vegan and eco-friendly salon in Los Filez—to get my hair done. I walked in with no idea what I wanted, and somehow left with exactly what I was looking for. If you’re in LA, I recommend that you go …