A present for me!
My friend Lish told me a few days ago that she had bought me a present on Etsy and was awaiting its arrival. I’ve been curious since, and excited cause Lish has fantastic style and taste (seriously, her apartment is amazingly cool) and I knew whatever it was, I would love it.
She passed it along to Dan, who gave it to me in the parking lot of Chipotle last night. I opened it in my car - there was no way I could wait until I got home!
First off, look at this wrap job! So cute!
And the gift…
A super cool neoprene & velcro lunch bag (how green!)! Its handpainted, and made by Goshdarnknit. Not only is it really fun, it’ll be super functional for me whenever I’m on buying trips or selling at shows!
Thanks Lish! I’m so on the hunt for you for something cool!!!
Good thing I’m not rich yet
Another addition to the long list of ridiculous things that I don’t need and would never use, but would totally buy if I had the means. (thx Doug)
My fascination with nintendo crafts continues.
My fascination with nintendo crafts continues.
A Brief History Of Cars Crashing Through Walls On Sitcoms
A Brief History Of Cars Crashing Through Walls On Sitcoms: (via Waxy)
Last bartending shift…
Last night was my last bartending shift at the Majestic Complex. I worked in the Garden Bowl with my “work husband” Nathan, and had a great last shift and a lot of fun. I managed not to cry the whole time, but I can’t promise that I won’t writing this out right now…
Thanks to all my friends and our regulars who came out to get one last drink from me. I was really touched by everyone’s kind words, best wishes and contributions (all my tips from the night were donated to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society)!
I’m still going to hang out there a lot I’m sure, plus I’m still going to running the Baar Bazaar (hopefully more each year now that I have more time to work on it), but I will miss seeing everyone there as often as I did. I made so many friends there, and I really am looking forward to keeping in touch with them all now that I can have a bit of a social life again!
Now that I won’t be working nights, I’m excited to work more on RewareVintage.com and really build that up even more, and to continue working with Handmade Detroit and all our future plans. I’m also excited to spend more time with Dan, my friends, and my family!
I took a bunch of pictures of my last night - look at our Flickr account to see all of them!
Thanks to the Zaniea family for giving me a job there, great experiences, and a ton of memories! It was a blast, and one of the best times of my life!
Green Street Fair
Thanks to all of the participants who came out the Michigan’s first Swap-O-Rama-Rama last weekend at the Green Street Fair in Plymouth! We had a fantastic time sewing with everyone and making so many great projects (Tote bags were the overall crowd favorite!).
Thanks to everyone who donated clothing and material for us to use, and a big thank you to Janome for loaning us sewing machines for the weekend!
Thanks also to all of the fantastic vendors at the Rethunk booth - you showed everyone so many ways to be a “green crafter”!
And last but not least, a humongous thank you to all of the Swap-O-Rama-Rama volunteers - we couldn’t have done it without you!
To read more about the weekend, visit Handmade Detroit! Pictures from the event are also on mine and Lish’s Flickr pages!
With a fond farewell…
My last night bartending at the Garden Bowl is tomorrow (Wednesday)!
Come and get your last drink from me from 6 til close, and tip me well - all of my tips from the night are being donated to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society!!!!
Volunteers Needed!
If you’re interested at putting your crafty/do-gooder skills to work May 3 or May 4, Handmade Detroit is looking for volunteers to help out with Swap-O-Rama-Rama.
We will be teaching people of all ages how to sew and turn old clothing into something new! There are a dozen different tutorials (all are no-sew or basic sewing knowledge geared) that we will have around our tent for participants to use, but we need volunteers to help guide people through the process!
If you’ve got a lot of time or a little bit, one day or two, it doesn’t matter; we’d love for you to help out! If you’re a sewing queen, we’d love to have you come on out, but if you’re more of an overall helper or just want to part of the action, we can’t wait for you to help.
The Swap-O-Rama-Rama is from 10am-7-pm on Saturday May 3rd and from 10 am-5pm on Sunday May 4th. If you can help in any way, for any amount of time, please email me at bethany@rewarevintage.com or Lish at lish. dorset@gmail.com!
you know we’re just trying to get to the club and shake our asses
Josh and his brother get in a short session. I can’t wait to get out this year.
Josh:
f-you, we suck and we’re ok with it, but hey, at least we got off our asses and did something… thanks to lauren for shooting us…
Swiss
An awesome collection of Swiss graphic design books
Things I learned this weekend:
-Trying to cut little Michigans out of Astroturf is nearly impossible and will really dull a pair of scissors. It will also result in a big mess! So much for that Mitten Pin idea for Handmade Detroit…
-I need to go out more! I had a great time with Mary on Sunday night drinking at the WAB, catching up and joking about our lack of social lives.
-Transformers can catch on fire and make quite a lot of smoke! Just ask anyone at the Magic Stick on Friday night.
-And finally, every car has a little arrow next to the gas gauge to show you which side of your car your gas tank is on. Thanks Dan!
Real Transformers
I’m torn between how cool this is and how lame these people actually must be. (via Kottke)
adventures of Ship
I really like a lot of these pieces. They look like scenes from a kids book. (Too bad the site uses frames or I’d link you directly to the page titled “adventures of Ship”)
Pure genius!
Pure genius!
