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June 3, 2008

Craft Mutiny Supply Swap

The Craft Mutiny will be having a supply swap at Crafty Bastards Silver Spring on June 28th. If you have art and craft supplies that you don't need and want to recycle, email us and we will let you know when we set up a drop off for them. Stay tuned!

June 9, 2008

Recycle and Rescue Craft Supplies at Crafty Bastards!

The Craft Mutiny Arts and Crafts Collective is having a Supply Swap at Crafty Bastards Silver Spring on June 28th at Pyramid Atlantic. If you have left over arts and crafts supplies taking up space in your house, here is your chance to get rid of them! Never got the hang of a certain craft, but still have all the supplies? Trade them in for something else. Just want to get rid of all those beads? Donate them to the swap and maybe someone else can do something with them! You will be able to recycle or rescue all kinds of things from yarn to fabric to paint to beads. Please leave home house paint, toxic materials and old clothing. Other than that, if you think someone can make something from it, bring it! Don't have anything to swap? You can still pick up new-to-you-supplies crazy cheap even if you don't donate/trade. Also plan to get in on the fun with demonstrations of Gocco printing and yarn spinning, plus zines and how-tos.

If you would like to donate items before the swap, please email craftmutiny@gmail.com and we can set up a drop off. We are also looking for volunteers to help us man the booth during the fair, so please email us if you would like to help out. We are planning a swap happy hour for later this month where you can drop stuff off, too, so stay tuned!

We'll see you at booth number 56 at Crafty Bastards Silver Spring!

For more information about Crafty Bastards, check out http://www.craftybastards.com

June 11, 2008

8th Street Soap Kitchen's Jenny Isaacs in the Express

Check out this great article highlighting Jenny in the Express: here!

The article is about "The New Faces of Handmade" and also features some Mutiny friends, such as belt buckle maker Jon Wye.

Thanks to Jenny for mentioning the Mutiny. We are all busy getting ready for Crafty Bastards in Silver Spring. Come see us and enjoy the crafty goodness!

June 18, 2008

Supply Swap Happy Hour

The Craft Mutiny Arts and Crafts Collective is having a Supply Swap at Crafty Bastards Silver Spring on June 28th at Pyramid Atlantic.

If you have left over arts and crafts supplies taking up space in your house, here is your chance to recycle them! Never got the hang of a certain craft, but still have all the supplies? Trade them in for something else. Just want to get rid of all those beads or fiber or fabric? Donate them to the swap and maybe someone else can do something with them! You will be able to recycle or rescue all kinds of things from yarn to fabric to paint to beads. Please leave house paint, toxic materials, and old clothing at home. Other than that, if you think someone can make something from it, bring it! Don't have anything to swap? You can still pick up new-to-you-supplies crazy cheap even if you don't donate/trade. Also plan to get in on the fun with demonstrations of Gocco printing and yarn spinning, plus zines and how-tos.

While you can drop off your stuff at booth 56 the day of the fair, you are also invited to join the Mutiny for a Supply Swap Happy Hour next Tuesday, June 24th at 6:30 at Chloe in Adams Morgan, DC (2473 18th St NW). Drop all your unwanted supplies with us, have a drink, hang out and talk crafty.

The Mutiny are also looking for volunteers to help man the booth during the fair, so please email craftmutiny@gmail.com if you would like to sign up for a shift. It will be a great way to make new crafty friends!

June 26, 2008

Dabbler Kits!

Ever want to try your hand at new crafts, but daunted by the prospect of having to buy a whole sheet of fabric, or an entire bag of fiber-fill? Me too! Only, I went ahead and bought the fiber-fill, only to have it live in my closet for YEARS before being used! Tsk tsk!

Craft Mutiny is helping you out this time - giving you all you need to make something fun in these cute little kits!! We've got felted soap, hand-sewn pins, and our fave, the pincushion kit -- materials to go along with the first edition of our new zine, the dabbler!

The Dabbler is our newest project with several rad projects you can make with materials from around your house! This issue focuses on bottle caps - what *you* can make, what some other people have made, and some pretty crazy trivia!

This is from a tutorial by http://www.schmaltzycraftsy.com/! And yep - there's a bottlecap in there, holding it all together! :) See details in our zine!

So come by on Saturday and check it all out - drop off some craft supplies and pick up something new to try!

June 27, 2008

Free Crafty Demos Tomorrow!!

Want to learn something new? Try your hand at crochet or gocco printing? Meet other crafty folks? The Craft Mutiny is organizing several demonstrations tomorrow. Check out our schedule!

11 AM - Crochet with Chauncey (Swap Booth) - see how this DC area artist gets his crochet on!
12 PM - Shrunken Punks Panty Hose Zombie Heads with Spooky Daddy (Booth # 58) - Craft Mutiny is sponsoring a few kit giveaways here, so don't miss it!
1 PM - Knitting with Woolarina, Jess, Kelly (Swap Booth) - learn some knitting basics!
2 PM - Gocco Printing with Tina Seamonster (Swap Booth) - See how a gocco works, from burning screens to printing postcards!
3 PM-5PM - Grab Bag Crafting with Sandra (Swap Booth) - see what you can make with a bag of random supplies! Results will be added to a fridge door that will be displayed at a DC museum!!

We'll have supplies for you to try out, or take away for a small donation (to go to booth and material fees!) Come on out and get your craft on!!

Team Members
  • Joy - Charming Vices
  • Debbie - 60 Bugs
  • Tina - I Like Seamonsters
  • Jessee - Art School Dropout
  • Paula - Woolarina
  • Heidi - My Paper Crane
  • Sarah - Pile of Craft
  • Bendependent
  • Kim Foo
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