So our travel themed craft swap is coming to a close. These photos are just a few of the amazing crafts the particpants have exchanged. Check out our flickr group to see the rest, and leave these guys some comments! The creativity of all you swappers is seriously incredible. Hope you all had fun!!!! (…) Read more »
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jotterblog
Jun 06, 2007My attention has recently been captured by jotterblog, a paper/stationary/craft blog written by one of our avid fp blog fans. As I am new to their site, I went back and checked out the archives, and found a post on these awesome paper dresses. I’m also loving their love of chickens. Guess what. Chicken Butt. (…) Read more »
renegade craft fair
May 29, 2007It’s coming up, so clear your calendars, and make that road trip to NY! The Renegade Craft Fair is sponsored by Bust Magazine and is seriously awesome. This year is their biggest yet, with over 300 artists participating. And I’m sure some of our favorite craft bloggers will be there. Leave a comment with your (…) Read more »
new crafts, new blogs
May 25, 2007The first few images for the travel swap are posted! Check out the details on our flickr page. Also, on the flickr page, I recommend checking out all of the messages left in our “introductions” stream. Find it under “discuss” or “discussions”. Practically all of the swappers participating have listed their blogs, websites, or myspaces. (…) Read more »
travel swap news
May 18, 2007This is for anyone signed up to swap… You should have your partners by now. I’m still getting some comments trickling in about not having partner info. If you don’t have a partner, then the message went to your junk box or you gave me the incorrect (or no) email address. So let me know (…) Read more »
tonight!
May 11, 2007I know this is late notice if you actually live close enough to Philly to go tonight, but I would like to support the artist anyway, so I thought I’d give her a shout out… Tonight!! May 11th, 7pm-9pm At Benna’s Cafe’ (which is located on the north-west corner of 8th and wharton st in (…) Read more »
etsy labs
May 10, 2007I was browsing through this week’s issue of Time Out New York, when I spotted the word “Etsy” under the “recently opened” section. It seems Etsy, our fav DIY web merchant, has opened up their warehouse, or the Etsy Lab, for… *Workshops on making things *Advice & help with your Etsy shop *Meeting other artists (…) Read more »
cloth paper scissors
May 03, 2007One of my favorite artist / bloggers, Anahata, is on this month’s cover of Cloth Paper Scissors! I picked up this magazine for the first time a few months ago, and it’s really great for artistic inspiration, especially collage ideas and techniques. I’ll definitely be buying this month’s issue to check out the feature on (…) Read more »
blue stripes and more swap info!
May 01, 2007So there were seriously eight different FP employees in the home office yesterday wearing blue and white stripes. How ridiculous is that? And yes, we have an FP man! He merchandises the stores! And about the swap… There are just under 200 people signed up! woohoo! Thanks to all you bloggers that spread the word! (…) Read more »
last chance to swap
Apr 30, 2007Today is the last day to sign up for our travel themed craft swap! This is such a fun opportunity to share your creative talents with another crafty free people girl, and all of the blog readers as well. Check out details here and sign up here. I was walking home from work last week (…) Read more »
travel swap update!
Apr 26, 2007I want to thank everyone that’s already signed up for the travel swap (probably about 150!) and encourage you to get even more people involved! I love the community the last swap created, and all of the back and forth in the flickr group was such a great chance to share your crafty talents with (…) Read more »
camping
Apr 23, 2007Rocket St. George posted the above images of tents in the spirit of the upcoming season of music festivals. I thought the whole camping idea could be added onto the list of inspiration for the Free People travel themed craft swap. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, check it out! But the tents (…) Read more »
