Counting down the days to our favorite holiday, Dia de los Muertos. The kids and I have started to drag stuff out of the basement to make our family altar. Some years we do it big and set everything on the dining room table pressed up against a wall, but it leaves us eating in [...]
Archive for the ‘Super Crafty’ Category
Bring out your dead
Posted in Super Crafty, tagged Day of the Dead, dia de los muertos, Steve Gascoyne, Wheels for Henry on October 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Par for the Course
Posted in Super Crafty, The kids are all right, tagged flags, mini golf, the Strokes on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My son especially enjoys hitting into the rough and water and mud hazards are a magnetic destination rather than something to be avoided.
Dia de Los Muertos ‘08
Posted in Super Crafty, tagged dia de los muertos, Someday Lounge, sugar skulls on October 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Well, last year’s Day of the Dead party was huge fun and my friends at the Someday Lounge in Portland Oregon agree! We’re planning to do it all over again this year, with a free skull decorating workshop, a community altar build and procession through Old Town and the Park block areas.
tiny tba
Posted in Super Crafty, Work, tagged Greasy Kid Stuff, Indiekid Arts, Leftbank Project, paint chip poetry, PICA, PNCA CE, tiny tba on September 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Xander and I were busy attaching ponies to rings around town (see previous post) when we came across the innards from an old piano in an alley. It was just the back with metal wood and strings but we knew at once it was a real treasure. We plucked, banged and pulled on the strings for about 20 minutes getting the loveliest variations in tone which all complimented the small downpour we endured for our spontaneous art.
Summer slacker
Posted in Super Crafty, tagged capri sun bag, felt crafts, finger knitting, Mochicmochiland on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just couldn’t justify the cost, actually I could, but really just couldn’t explain the impending credit card bill to my better half. “But honey, I just had to have the eyeball yarn…”.
You’re the Yarnbomb!
Posted in Super Crafty, tagged kid made art, tiny horses, yarnbombing on May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a mommy/daughter project in the making. Lucy and I along with our friends, mother/daughter team of Kristina and Alivia, have submitted a proposal to the forthcoming book on Yarn Bombing. If you’re not familiar with the term, yarn bombing is like doing late night graffiti, but using fiber arts rather than spray paint. [...]
Moshi Moshi
Posted in Super Crafty, tagged Aranzi Aronzo, kid crafts on January 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The holidays have come and gone in a blur of super glue and feathers. The children crafted their little fingers to the bone like tiny indentured servant elves high on candy canes and instant coco. Complaining of pain fumes and beastly working conditions (dried out markers, cotton mouth from licking envelopes) [...]
My Chemical Romance-The IPRC Text Ball
Posted in Super Crafty, Things to Wear on November 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Another great party! Guests were asked to come in outfits inspired by text and this year’s theme was “The Elements of Style”. My friend CJ Beman has some lovely pictures on her site here…
The Grand Prize deservedly went to “Serif and Sans Serif” a brilliant and well executed costume, though I [...]
uA blog
Posted in Super Crafty, Things to Wear on November 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Oh irony, ye are a very cruel mistress on an ugly learning curve… Also known as “I hope the ink dries by Saturday”.
Tonight is the IPRC Text Ball, an annual benefit party for the Zine Museum, meeting center and classroom, which makes it’s home here in Portland. They host lots of [...]
Casa del Muertos
Posted in Super Crafty on November 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So the Dia de Los Muertos festivities left us with lots and lots of beautiful objects du arte, which really weren’t ready for long-time storage. The kids and I decorated a couple wooden skeletons (from Jo-Anne’s no less, the 50% off sale kind-of makes it o.k.) and attached them to bamboo poles for the procession- [...]
