Monthly Archives: April 2006

Book Review: ‘Tease’

JUST THE FACTS, MA’AM Tease Sarah Sockit, editor Penguin Books, April 2006, 176 pages $15.95 It seems like T-shirts are the DIY reconstuctors’ object of choice these days. Maybe it’s…

Project Crawl: Office Tech Trash

Talk about living in a digital world. Gone are the days of saving book reports on big floppies, recording the season finale of Growing Pains on a video tape and…

Web roundup

Where did Stephanie go? Oh, away, away, I say. But I’m back now. And here are some interesting things of crafty note. + One of our favorite blogs, Whip Up…

Project Crawl: The Chopping Block

Chopsticks. If you pick up your favorite take-out on a regular basis, chances are you have a few extra pairs of these utensils lying around. However, don’t throw them out…

Project Crawl: On the Record

I’m a record collector and probably spend a little too much on near-mint copies of The Shirelles finest recordings, so I’m always a little queasy about taking top-notch platters and…

Krafty Kids: Reware Vintage

Looking for a Prince T-shirt from his 1984 “Purple Rain” tour? What about a skirt from the ’60s revamped for today’s vintage-lovin’ fashionista? If it’s vintage and it’s fabulous, Reware…

FYI: Talkin’ trash

Looking for some potential crafting supplies, but short on cash? No problem. Clean out your truck and head over to Birmingham for the city’s bi-annual “Bulky Pick-up Week.” What? You…

Mitten Maker Monday: Backward masking

It’s Mitten Maker Monday and being that Mitten Makers love to make music (say that five times fast), we’re digging today’s submission. Mike from Top Quality Rock and Roll sent…

Thursday Project Crawl: T-shirts Revisited

Slowly but surely, the sun is shining here in Michigan and with warmer weather means lighter layers. In other words … Time to bring those T-shirts out of hiding and…

Handmade Detroit in Real Detroit.

Adrienne wrote a nice piece on both Handmade Detroit and DUCF in this week’s Real Detroit. Pick up a copy and turn it into a paper hat when you’re finished…