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Clever People Abound

I’ve been finding all sorts of cool, inspiring and useful stuff online over the last day or so, and decided I’d share them.
Firstly, Sayraphim has written this great wee tutorial on how to publicise your exhibition or event. I would call this a must read for anyone putting on an event and wanting some [...]

Craftivism, Fun stuff, Photos

Craftivism in Italy

Cat Mazza from MicroRevolt has these lovely pics up from a craftivism workshop she facilitated? was in?  not sure.  But the pics are cool.  Looks like they had an ace time expanding the imaginations of the people of Milan.  And I ALWAYS give props to craftivism that involves finger knitting!

More here.
It’s awesome how much the [...]

Admin, Geek stuff

Tweet

In an insane moment of procrastination, radical cross stitch and twitter combined forces yesterday. So if you’re a fan of the minutiae, come follow us!

Craftivism, Feminism, Media

Radical Craft on the radio

A couple of weeks before Christmas, Melbourne radio station 3RRR invited the Craft Cartel to come on air to chat about craft ins, conscious shopping and radical craft.
It was gonna be me and Casey but Casey’s bike objected to the early morning workout so it was just me in the end. It was a [...]

Craftivism, International Politics, Photos, xstitch

In English it’s called a quadrillion. In Swedish there’s not even a word for it.

julbroderi-023

First post of the new year for me. I would have liked to finish this earlier, but it took me most of December to get the stitching done.

During 2008 the situation in Zimbabwe has gone from bad to… well, catastrophic.

Craftivism, Stuff You Can Buy, xstitch

Buy Me This!!

From my utmost favourite vintage style Etsy store Betty Oatmeal.

I know someone out there has money to spare…

Craftivism, Feminism, Fun stuff, xstitch

Finishing Off

I’ve been quite slack on the blogging front recently )read: stupidly busy doing other stuff) but really wanted to share some stuff I’ve seen recently which deserves to be seen!
From the Facebook group, there’s been all sorts of interesting things pop up recently. I LOVE this one by Aruna, what an awesome present.

And this [...]

Comments

  • Cate: Really enjoyed the interview! Hurrah!
  • johanna: no you open one gift every day. but it\’s not supposed to be anything big, just some sweets or...
  • kakariki: Cool! I’ve never seen an advent calendar like that. Do you get to open them all on Christmas? How fun!
  • johanna: you’re supposed to tie a little gift to each day, counting down to christmas.
  • kakariki: Wow it’s stunning! What’s the significance of the red rings for each day?