Last year we were invited to a stellar holiday party built around a diorama competition. The hostess is an expert on all things vintage, and especially loves deer, so I decided on a deer theme — initially thinking that the finished product would be something I could leave as a memento. But the idea grew […]
By Future Craft Collective It’s holiday time! Let the countdown begin! If you’ve got kids in your house you know how they love to count down to special occasions. We designed this Anticipation Calendar for just that reason — counting down to the big day. With this calendar you can help your kids count down […]
Halloween T-Shirt Trick or Treat Bag By Future Craft Collective Halloween season is here! Time to break out the pumpkins, the masks, and the scary makeup, and get out there to do a little trick or treating. When I was a kid we used pillow cases for our candy collecting, which were good in size […]
Basketball Jersey Produce Bags By Future Craft Collective By now most of us have figured out our reusable bag system for going to the grocery store. I know in the back of our van we’ve got myriad choices for small, medium, or large shopping outings. What we hadn’t figured out, however, was what to do […]
atherine Shaughnessy is one of my favorite people on the craft scene. She runs the online shop Wool & Hoop, which is one of the main suppliers online for crewelwork kits and fine supplies. She is also the author of The New Crewel. A few years ago, she came from Chicago to the very small Texas town of Marfa (population 2,000) where she now has ten chickens and two kids, and she recently opened a little craft store on the town square. Katherine is a trained artist with an interesting story and I really wanted her to tell it in her own words.
Subversive Finds: Talking with Mr. X Stitch By Julie Jackson Jamie Chalmers is making a name for himself in the world of embroidery — and that name is Mr. X Stitch. This 6-foot-tall Brit regularly cross-stitches in public, mostly on the train to London. He’s a newlywed with an urban homestead and nine chickens who […]
It seems like summertime is the season of the birthday party in my circle of friends, at least as far as the kids are concerned. So I thought I’d come up with a quick craft to make for the children in my life that would be both inexpensive to create and easy to personalize. Something […]
