DIY Batik Chic Links and Resources
So here’s the last of four posts related to batik, and a few of the resources we checked out for our DIY batik chic picnic: A great video on how to create batik artwork from House & Home Some...
View ArticleSpins & Needles @ Culture Days: Free Printmaking Workshop
In case you haven’t heard,either via CBC or your local newspaper, Culture Days is upon us starting today and runs until this Sunday. It’s a packed weekend full of thousands of free cultural things for...
View ArticleRecap: Celebrating DIY, Craftiness and Beats at Culture Days
We’re a wee bit late on this posting but it’s still worth noting that it was such a blast! Spins & Needles, with the help of our beloved volunteers, participated in Canada’s first ever Culture...
View ArticleRetro Holiday Decoration Inspiration
One of my favourite thrift store finds of all time is a 1967 Better Homes and Gardens: Treasury of Christmas Ideas book with tons of retro holiday inspiration. To get you in the mood for tonight’s...
View ArticleDIY Project: Foam + Cardboard Deer Heads
By popular demand, here’s the link to the original instructions for the DIY Deer Heads which inspired one of the projects at last month’s Spins & Needles Apres Ski installment, courtesy of Dorm...
View ArticleParty Ideas: Plan Your Own Bricolage Brunch
Photo via Hip Hip Hooray Brunch is such a great way to get friends together – in our opinion it’s the best meal of the week and our weekends aren’t complete without having brunch at least one of the...
View ArticleParty Ideas: Plan Your Own Bricolage Brunch Part 2 – DIY Projects
What’s a bricolage brunch without the DIY projects? In the last post we featured Part 1 of how to plan your own bricolage brunch, mainly focusing on decoration and recipes. In this post we feature a...
View ArticleWhat Goes On at a Silkscreening 101 Workshop?
One of our past participants, Marion, sent us these photos of what goes on during the Spins & Needles Silkscreening 101 Workshop. The photos capture the different steps in the silkscreening...
View ArticleDIY Project: Ampersand Typography Sign
Ampersand love in design has been around for a while, and yes, we’re part of that group too. My first introduction to this logogram was as a kid watching Wheel of Fortune – I always thought it was so...
View ArticleJanuary Recap
Thanks to everyone who came out on Friday for Spins & Needles at a new venue, Pressed Cafe. There were lots of events going on in Ottawa that night – is the cultural scene in the city growing or...
View ArticleDIY: City Limits String Art Project
It’s almost back to school, so we’ll be posting some of our fave DIY’s from Spins & Needles events in the next few weeks. First up is our City Limits String Art Project, featured at our Geometrics...
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