DIYthing

Happy Mother’s Day! The joys of being a mom - I have 2 myself that are not so small anymore (15 and 16) and one on the way!

Have you ever thought about recycling daddy’s shirt into a dress for your little girl? The photo above is just that - luvlug on Etsy does just that. She recycles old men’s button downs into little dresses.

The pocket on the front of the shirt has been repositioned on the left hip of the dress for your little Busy One to fill with all sorts of little goodies.

by: Wendy

NOLA Rising presents it’s fourth ever PAINT PARTY. In association with the St. Claude Arts District!

“we’ll be out in the Marigny at 2833 Dauphine on Saturday, May 10th, 2008 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. painting our happy little booties off.”

- going to New Orleans. its yours take it. 10″x10″ acrylic. Musical Theme

It’s a day of community art, and they are going to be collaborating with four other cities to have an “IT’s YOURS, TAKE IT” public art event. - You can check out pic’s from Tel Aviv, Honolulu, Southsea, Chicago, Tempe, Phoenix, and Germany.

So are you still confused about what the “It’s Yours, Take It” is all about - well this sums it all up:

“Artwork placed on the street for any member of the public to enjoy and take home!”

Wendy and I are hard at work on the next issue of DIY City Mag. We will feature New Orleans as our next city. It has been so much fun meeting and interviewing artists from the city. We have also been busy going to the many festivals and fairs in the city. And soon we will be going to Jazz Fest. We think you will really love the second issue. We hope to publish it in June. So stay tuned. In the meantime you can meet new artists from all over at our DIY City Blog and our DIY City Community. Also, we are posting weekly on Stylehive so keep a look out there for our fun finds. This week we are showcasing designers who bring you great designs for Earth Day.
Deb

The Brooklyn Indie Market is coming out in spring kickin’ - they will kick off their seasonal opening with an Indie Fest. That sounds like fun!
It is all happening on Saturday, May 3, 2008 from 11 am - 7 pm in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. BIM is one of our favorite markets in NYC. There’s always new artists and the collections are always fresh and hip.

Opening festivities include: unplugged indie musicians, temporary tattoo parlour for kids of all ages, face painting, kiddie artisan-craft workshops by Stars and Sprinkles and BIM’s designers, giveaways and meet-and greet with indie designers. FREE

So head on down to the corner of Smith and Union Street and look for the red and white striped tent

You will find some of your favorite indie artists at the weekly indie market: jewelry by Wabisabi-Brooklyn, hats by Rocks and Salt, kids wear by Wonder Threads, and frocks by Melissa Bell.

So get ready to shop and join BIM in this kickin’ celebration.

And remember BIM is open May-Aug, Saturdays, 11a-7p and Sep.-Dec. Saturday and Sundays, 11a-7p

If you are a vendor you can find details on how to apply to sell your goods at Brooklyn Indie Market.

Directions:
Subway: Take the F/G train to Carroll street. Exit at President street exit.
Car from NYC: From the Brooklyn Bridge turn RIGHT onto Atlantic Ave. Turn LEFT onto Court Street. Turn Left onto Smith Street

Have you heard about Vida’s Market ? It is to be the first market in New York featuring handcrafted items for children, babies and expectant parents.

Up-and-coming designers will have a chance to sell their work on Saturday, May 31, 2008 from 10 AM – 7 PM at Wallace Hall in Saint Ignatius Loyola Church at 980 Park Ave. (between 83 and 84th Streets) in New York City. Stay tuned and we will bring you more details. Check out the web site for some of the vendors you can find.

See Kate’s profile on our DIY City Mag Community site.

CRAFT CON 2008 will be in San Francisco in just a few short weeks - April 4-6, 2008. The applications are now live! It will be held in Brava Theatre in the historic Mission District. If you are new to Craft Con, it was born in 2007 as Craft Congress in Pittsburgh. The launch event was very successful with over fifty indie craft show organizers from across the US, Canada, as well as the UK. This event seems to be a great way for indies to share their experiences with others in regards to business development for the craft community. So if you can make it, you should hurry and register - there are 250 seats available for this year’s event.

Do you ever wonder about the process of printing? Printing has always facinated me - the smell of the ink - the touch of the paper - the old handcarved print blocks. There are a few people who still take pride in hand carving each block for print. A shop by the name of “Tugboat Printshop” in Pittsburgh and owned by Paul Roden & Valerie Lueth still hand carve each print block.

Visit them at:
www.tugboatprintshop.com
www.tugboatprintshop.blogspot.com
www.tugboatprintshop.etsy.com
www.flickr.com/photos/tugboatprintshop

a bagful of almost done bunnies, originally uploaded by jek in the box.

What about some handmade bunnies this Easter? Jek in the box - has some great bunnies made of fabric that any child would delight in this year for Easter.