This week's
Hip List is all about craftiness, local sales, and the hippest events to attend!
FEELING CRAFTY??
We're SEW in love with the
Stitch Lab and their new website - have you seen it? What a eye-pleasing transformation and they have a new website address:
http://www.stitchlab.biz/. The new site is very user friendly with a snappy way to register for
classes by creating your own account and each class has pictures and descriptions, such as this one on
Circular Knitting. You can sign up for the
Stitch Lab Gab, peruse their
FAQs,
Shop or find great
Resources! They even had a professional photographer come in and take pictures of all their teachers, check out
Anne Marie's! SEW stop in to their new website next time you are up late at night roaming the web and then go check them out in person the very next day!
Some
exciting news from the Stitch Lab is their all new tower of DMC Embroidery Floss, but if you also like machine embroidery, you might want to check out this
Bernina video tutorial on Thread Painting from
The Quilt Show. I have some beautiful thread paintings from our Grandmother Maryann that she did herself by hand many, many years ago, but it is nice to know you can do the same thing with your machine. I cherish these paintings and every time I walk by them I think of her and all the wonderful memories I have of being with her.
Speaking of good memories - do you remember your prom? Mine involved a hot pink and purple dress, handmade of course with matching pink shoes, and I got engaged. (Kevin and I are still married almost 21 years later, but it was still crazy to get engaged at prom). These kids just might have my memory beat:
Sticky Competition - Stuck at Prom. First look the article over and the amazing pictures and then come back and have the discussion/thoughts... Did those outfits even look like they were handmade out of DUCT TAPE? Wow! I would love to have a "normal dress" made like the one the winner is wearing this year. It seems this
competition has been going on for 10 years - who knew? Did you know? Next year will be my oldest daughter's prom - can't believe she will be graduating - but maybe I can get her to think about entering this sticky competition! And the winning couple wore their outfits to prom - priceless!
TIME TO SHOP!
Two great stores in Austin are having sales...
Jerry's Artarama is having a
Back-to-School Sale with some items up to 95% OFF! We love Jerry's Artarama for supporting our
Frontier Scholarship and offering great supplies at great prices.
If you're not into making handmade items, but you like to buy them, check out the
20-40% sale at
Sanctuary. Sanctuary has many local designers in the store, so shop local this summer!
SO MANY PLACES TO GO...
E.A.T. and Starving ART's First Friday East! (
map) Tonight from 6-11pm and don't forget
The WonderCraft will be there at their new location!
Austin Bead Society Bead & Jewelry Bazaar at Palmer Events Center. (
map) Saturday and Sunday, all day! Admission is $5.00, but bring two cans of food and save $1.00.
Artisan's Market at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf locations all over Austin. From 11am-3pm on Saturday, all locations. Support your local artisans at this intimate handmade shopping markets.
Gallery Black Lagoon is having a
Jewelry by Artists Exhibition (
map) with some of our favorites, including
adaptive reUse! Saturday, 2-7pm.
XO,
allison
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