misc Best Crafts of 2007 We already decided to only leave the house for essentials this weekend, like liquor and toothpaste, so we were thrilled to stumble upon one last 'best of' list for 2007. Craftster, the hub
misc Honest Gift Tags So maybe you didn't have time to make any of your gifts this year. We didn't do so well in that department either. But that doesn't mean we're not going to wrap our
Arts & Entertainment Holiday Crafting Round-Up Craft blogs are full of inspiring handmade gift ideas this month, here's a round-up of some of our favorites. Ornaments are quick and easy gifts to make, plus they can be used year
Arts & Entertainment Let Your Curiosity Shop If you haven't made it to the Curiosity Shoppe yet, what are you waiting for? It's one of our new favorite shops on Valencia Street. After having an e-commerce site for a year
Arts & Entertainment Buy Handmade This Holiday In case you missed the packed ReadyMade party last night or were too distracted by all the cute people and free drinks to actually get any holiday shopping done here are some more
Arts & Entertainment Craft That Table Thanksgiving has always been the holiday we spend with friends more than immediate family. This usually means big veggie meals and sitting around the living room eating on the floor potluck style. Not
Arts & Entertainment Craft-Off This lifted our sad, oil soaked hearts. The Craft Gym will be hosting their 2nd annual Craft-Off competition this Friday. Following the model of Iron Chef, there will be a secret 'ingredient' revealed
Arts & Entertainment Softies: The Movie No not Plushies, you perv. Softies. Who doesn't like watching cute handmade creatures come to life? Created by Andrew Moran and yours truly. Happy Friday.
Arts & Entertainment Show Openings If you missed the great piece on decor stores that also act as galleries in yesterdays SF Chron be sure to check it out here. Anh-Minh Le does a great job of profiling
Arts & Entertainment Craftwork Gets Feisty If you've been using that awesome crafty google map of San Francisco you have Leslie Yang to thank. Leslie is a member of the San Francisco Craft Mafia, and runs Feisty Elle where
Arts & Entertainment Your Crafty Map of the City View Larger Map Talented local designer and fiber artist, Leslie Yang of Feisty Elle, created a Google Map marking favorite local crafty spots, from boutiques that sell handmade wares to yarn and art
Arts & Entertainment Crafts, Books, & Booze Ever think of starting your own crafty business? Want to meet a bunch of people who have, including a local author who wrote a book on the topic? Or maybe you just want
Arts & Entertainment Your Crafty Key to the Weekend With a crafty event happening every day this weekend there's no reason to stay inside, so take your pick or hit up all three of these excellent events. The American Craft Council presents
Arts & Entertainment Craftwork: Shrinking Muni We wanted to make a matchbook out of our July fast pass. We saw the pictures in our head and everything, how fitting, right? Well, that project will have to wait for another
Arts & Entertainment Craftwork: Buy and Sell Looking to do some crafty shopping or feel like flogging your crafty creations? Here are a few ways to get your fix. Modern Times, one of our favorite independent bookstores in the city,
Arts & Entertainment Craftwork: Muni Makeover Once a month we're going to start giving you a crafty idea for what to do with the previous month's fast pass. We're calling it '"Muni Makeover," but we're totally open to
Arts & Entertainment Craftwork Gets Made: Spending time with the SF Craft Mafia Who needs the Sopranos when there’s the San Francisco Craft Mafia? That’s right, we said craft mafia. You got a problem with that? We hope not, because this group is taking
Arts & Entertainment 'Nothing Like the Funk of 200 Liberals': Sherman Alexie Talks 'Flight' Flight was already at the top of our list of books to read. Then we read the New York Times review of it this past Sunday and felt a new urgency to go
Arts & Entertainment Craftwork: Get Mama Something Handmade We know you're inundated with craft fairs these days. And while we're not complaining either, once in a while we want something a little different, which is why we're excited about the Maven
Arts & Entertainment Craftwork: Helping You Waste Your Time While we should have been writing this post we spent a little too much time getting lost in the fabulousness that is Naughty Secretary Club. We suggest you head on over there and
Arts & Entertainment Craftwork: Support a Crafter in Need The Etsy shop Wonderland Retreat was created by her friends to help ease the financial burden of her ordeal. This is a great oppurtunity to help out a crafter in need, either by
Arts & Entertainment Craftwork: Bead Expo in Oakland this Weekend We're tired. The kind of tired you can only get from walking a trade show floor. If you've never been to a trade show imagine a mall full of things you actually want
Arts & Entertainment Show Opening: <em>Constructions</em> Tonight at the California Modern Art Gallery don't miss the opening of what promises to be a stellar show, Constructions. Guest curated by Matthew Frederick who brought together 10 Bay Area artists who
Arts & Entertainment Craftwork: Getting Ready for the Easter Bunny We know this is very Martha Stewart of us and we'll admit maybe we were a little brain washed on our recent Jet Blue flight, where we got to watch hours of Martha
Arts & Entertainment Bad Kitty! We've told you about Pet Noir here before, the comic anthology published by Manic D Press featuring an impressive list of local talent. If you still haven't picked up a copy get yourself
