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Creative Reuse Workshop Wrap-Up

By On November 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Events and Classes, Past Events

This past Saturday, I got to teach an awesome recycled art workshop at Wonderroot. It was a total blast!

The project was based on this burlap chevron painting tutorial that I did for Crafting a Green World, and Atlanta’s new Creative Reuse Center sponsored the workshop and provided all of the supplies. The [...]

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By On November 7, 2011 · 1 Comment · In #lml, Events and Classes, Past Events

I haven’t done a wrap-up yet from this year’s Summit of Awesome, but suffice to say that it was….AWESOME! I learned a ton, met some amazing crafters, and my green crafts panel with Shanon was fabulous! My favorite part of doing that panel is the Q&A – I feel like I always learn [...]

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Chattanooga Adventure: Day Two

By On November 9, 2010 · 4 Comments · In News, Past Events

Yesterday, I posted about the first day of our Chattanooga adventure at Chatty Crafty. Here’s how the rest of the weekend went down. If you missed day one and want to take a peek, it went up yesterday.

Sunday morning, the time change had us up on the early side, so we had [...]

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Crafty Bastards Wrap Up

By On October 7, 2010 · 4 Comments · In Past Events

Crafty Bastards was as amazing this year as it was last! Five of us tailgated up to DC together: me, Christy Petterson, Shannon Mulkey, Jessica Swift, and Brooke Helfen.

It’s about an 11 hour drive from Atlanta to DC, and we got into town late Friday. [...]

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April Stash Bust: We Have a Winner!

By On May 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Past Events

There were so many great entries to the April Stash Bust Challenge, that we deliberated for weeks and weeks. This morning, though, we finally picked a winner!! Wanna see? Related Posts: What does green mean?Unusual Planters Made From Everyday Items

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Crafty Stop Motion Animation Video

By On March 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Past Events

How awesome is this DIY-style animation? All of the moving pieces are made from recycled materials!

Hurrah for getting kids into recycled crafts!

[VIA Extreme Craft]

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Vegan Bake Sale for Haiti: Wrap-Up

By On February 1, 2010 · 5 Comments · In Past Events

This past Saturday, Kristen Anderson organized a vegan bake sale to benefit Doctors Without Borders, and it was stellar!

There was an overwhelming outpouring of support from Atlanta’s vegan community! We had one 6′x4′ table, which was filled to the brim before half of the contributors [...]

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Indie Craft Experience Wrap Up

By On November 24, 2009 · 2 Comments · In Buy Handmade, Past Events

The Indie Craft Experience was amazing as always! Since my camera is a mess, I’ve got no photos of my own (the picture at the top there is totally ganked from the ICE Flickr account ). Luckily, a few other folks were all over it!

Check out this writeup on the [...]

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Summit of Awesome Wrap Up Roundup

By On May 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Past Events

I am back from DC, and my head is still spinning with crafty goodness from the Hello Craft Summit of Awesome!

I hit up lots of fun sessions on topics from taking better photos of my work led by Dandelion Blu to understanding trademark and copyright. Christy spoke on a [...]

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Inman Park Wrap-up

By On April 27, 2009 · 2 Comments · In Past Events

Inman Park Festival was fantastical as always! My camera’s battery died pretty much immediately on the first day, so I don’t have any parade pictures of my own. Luckily, swfrost’s cameras was working just fine.

The parade this year really knocked my socks off. Sometimes I get down on Atlanta, between [...]

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