Thanks Jenna for the article on how to enter your projects in a county fair. She says “not only is it a fun summer activity, it’s a learning experience and a chance to meet your local crafty community”.
More: join the county fair revival flickr group
[image c/o benimoto]
Sorry, I’m a little late to find this one! Photo submissions due by 22 June…..you have a couple of days!
Gallery Show: 25 to 30 June 2008. Link
Etsy is having a Yart (Yard-Art) Sale starting Wednesday, June 11 to Friday, June 20 - To find items on sale type the word “yart” and whatever you are interested in ( i.e. “necklace”) into the search engine and you will find many items. ( At the last count there were about 400 participating stores.)
Thank you Hallmark magazine for the write up - check out their ‘things we make’ section.
MindBites Spread the Craft contest! - they are extending the deadline for the contest, - the new deadline for submission is July 21st. This will give an additional 4 weeks to shoot crafty videos! The winners will now be announced on August 5th.
check out the naughty secretary entry - and voting is now open
The Charm City Craft Mafia is an organization that promotes independent artists, designers, craftspeople, and businesses in the Baltimore region. They are presenting the Second Annual ‘Pile of Craft’ Craft Fair.
Saturday, June 21st from 10am to 5pm at St. John’s Church, located at 2640 St. Paul St, Baltimore, MD 21218. This event is free and open to the public.
–If you have any tutorials you’ve created or found please feel free to email them to whipup.tutorials[@]gmail.com
A place to discover Canadian designers and their work, and a one-stop-shop for Canucks to buy local and feel proud about what’s being created at home. LINK Launched by Laural from Thimble and Jen of Toronto Craft Alert.
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How to contact retailers that might want to carry your handmade products. LINK from sew betty.
Call for illustrators: Alabama Chanin is seeking an illustrator for our upcoming book: Alabama Studio Style. The illustration style should closely follow the style set forth in Alabama Stitch Book. LINK (thanks Ina for the link)
SWAP: Hand printed fabric swap - each person wanting to join in contacts each other person they’d like to swap with, and arranges to swap a 20 cm square swatch of handprinted fabric. When you’ve collected enough pieces, you can sew them together to make a blogger/printer quilt. LINK
On the 23rd of this month The Crafty Crow is going to be three months old! To celebrate…they are having a funny food contest! find out more LINK
And the winners of a set of four mixtape zines are: Laura, Heather, Meri and Deb Ferguson you will be contacted shortly by the mixtape girls.
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Do you want to swap your handmade project from the Alabama Stitch Book
This image is from last years postcard swap - a huge success - if you want to be involved this year - read this post and sign up before June 15
Trade A Favor - a new service that allows creative people to trade their skills, services and knowledge online. It is currently a Facebook application co-founded by Amanda - favors available include: Art, Custom Journals, fabric, quilting, mending, photography services …
Lincraft is having a competition, open to Australian residents only. Link.
Create any item that is ‘made with love’ and enter it in the Lincraft Make It Challenge.
Knit it, paint it, mosaic it, crochet it, paper-mache it, sew it, or do all those things at once to it. Just make it!
Over $1000 worth of Lincraft vouchers to be won across the three age categories.
Entries close Monday June 30th.
Aprons on Pino Pie Day (Apifera Farm - near Portland see link for directions and more info) - June 28 - (donkey dreams - celebrating the Healing power of donkeys and other animals). This fine sheep apron is by Friederike.
ah the ever changing face of the inspiration board - as you remove or hide something to make way for some new treasure that you love… Some inspiration boards are simple and sparse, some crazily cluttered with colours and textures and others beautifully artistically arranged - but they all do the same job of inspiring and reminding us of beauty and interesting unique goodness…
if this in not enough - check out the inspiration boards flickr group - where all these images came from
MindBites.com is a new instructional video community, self-publishing platform and marketplace where people can teach what they know and learn what they need to know. They have a contest beginning 15 May - called Spread the Craft - with $1500 in prizes. Spread the craft has a 6 week submission period, ending 23 June. Videos will be open for voting until 7 July and winners announced the next day. The link for the Spread the Craft will not be live until 15 May.
One of our contributors Susan Schwake who runs artstream studios in Rochester is participating in a public art project - art speak - overnight art- her illustrations are being taken from the 8×10 inch realm and blown up into public art pieces - her work: dialog was one of five works chosen for a summer long public art installation. She says of this work: Dialog is a large scale window banner featuring birds and vegetation. It was conceived to enliven the parking garage’s facade by adding a bit of whimsy and delight to a utilitarian public space, creating an enjoyable pause in the task of finding a parking spot. The piece asks the viewer to pause for a moment and consider the idea of nature larger than life size, thus fostering a momentary daydream.
Don’t miss this months guest lecturer at the Textile Study Group of New York - Cyrilla Mozenter who works with handmade paper and wool felt, creating 2-D and 3-D objects. Its on Wednesday, May 21st at 7 pm at Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist 40 E. 35th St. betw. Park and Madison, New York City (thanks Marci)
Be a Part of The Pillowcase Challenge Book! The common pillowcase is experiencing a creative transformation - being repurposed into everything from fashionable clothing and accessories to chic home décor items. Lark Books are publishing a book tentatively called The Pillowcase Challenge, and they would like submissions from readers. Share your favorite memory of a pillowcase past: perhaps it’s the one you couldn’t part with as a child, a cherished heirloom piece created by a loved one, a delightful patterned number that you simply had to have. If Lark select your written reminiscence for inclusion in the book, you’ll receive credit in the book and a free copy of the book. Send your pillowcase passion in 200 words or less by June 7.
For pillowcase collectors: here’s your chance to shine a spotlight on your fabulous stash and share it with the world. Send Lark a snapshot or two of your prettiest, most beloved pillowcases: floral, striped, polka-dotted, embroidered, whatever. They will then select the best of the pillowcase bunch to be shipped to us, photographed and then featured in the book. Send your stash shots to Lark by May 21. Yes, that soon. To enter visit the Lark Books web site, and click on the Submissions page. (image show in via Bella dia)
The wooster collective - one of my fave sites is dedicated to showcasing and celebrating ephemeral art placed on streets in cities around the world.
Zonenkinder’s art in a run down building. || candle street art from know hope - KNOW HOPE is an artists from Tel-Aviv who creates handmade drawings out of paper and then lites them up with candles. || cardboard art in Melbourne || on the streets in Chile || on the streets of San Francisco || Moss graffiti by Edina Tokodi
send in your ephemeral creativity ideas, links or stories to whipup(at)gmail.com
