Handmade Detroit

JUST THE FACTS, MA’AM
Tease
Sarah Sockit, editor
Penguin Books, April 2006, 176 pages
$15.95
It seems like T-shirts are the DIY reconstuctors’ object of choice these days. Maybe it’s just a coincidence, but if felt like not long after I did a Project Crawl on the topic, I found the craft section of my local Borders filled with T-shirt […]

Talk about living in a digital world. Gone are the days of saving book reports on big floppies, recording the season finale of Growing Pains on a video tape and making a mix for that special someone on a cassette. With the switch to bits and bytes, what does a girl do with all those […]

Where did Stephanie go? Oh, away, away, I say. But I’m back now. And here are some interesting things of crafty note.
+ One of our favorite blogs, Whip Up has started Whiplash, a weekly crafty challenge with prizes. Dang cool prizes! Link
+ Craftlance is an interesting concept: It aims to hook crafters up with […]

Chopsticks. If you pick up your favorite take-out on a regular basis, chances are you have a few extra pairs of these utensils lying around. However, don’t throw them out quite yet. There are lots of other creative ways to put these sticks to use!
Around the House

HGTV has more than one way to reuse chopsticks […]

I’m a record collector and probably spend a little too much on near-mint copies of The Shirelles finest recordings, so I’m always a little queasy about taking top-notch platters and turning them into crafts. However, I have no problem turning a 25-cent copy of Neil Diamond’s greatest hits into a record bowl. Get those vinyl […]

Looking for a Prince T-shirt from his 1984 “Purple Rain” tour? What about a skirt from the ’60s revamped for today’s vintage-lovin’ fashionista? If it’s vintage and it’s fabulous, Reware Vintage probably has it. The brainchild of super-creative Bethany Nixon, Reware Vintage can be seen all over the metro area, whether it’s the Magic Stick […]

Looking for some potential crafting supplies, but short on cash? No problem. Clean out your truck and head over to Birmingham for the city’s bi-annual “Bulky Pick-up Week.”
What? You heard me.
The city allows residents to dispose of non-standard trash items during the week of April 10 (and once again in September) free of charge. Goodies […]

It’s Mitten Maker Monday and being that Mitten Makers love to make music (say that five times fast), we’re digging today’s submission. Mike from Top Quality Rock and Roll sent us info about his handmade Record Reversers. These are awesome little gadgets that allow you to play records backward perfectly, rendering that pencil technique crude. […]

Slowly but surely, the sun is shining here in Michigan and with warmer weather means lighter layers. In other words … Time to bring those T-shirts out of hiding and into the sun! This week we’ve hit the Web pavement to see what others are doing with their old shirts to spruce them up for […]

Adrienne wrote a nice piece on both Handmade Detroit and DUCF in this week’s Real Detroit. Pick up a copy and turn it into a paper hat when you’re finished … or simply or click this link!
We’re hoping to see you all in August.