Future Craft Collective just finished up its first month of afterschool classes and all agreed it was completely awesome. Seriously, every member to the one used that word again and again (and again). The classes were all about deconstructing, reusing, upcycling, creating, stitching, laughing, singing, even eating cupcakes for one special occasion and oh yeah, [...]

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gratitude banner, originally uploaded by ramonster cowpoke swankwear.
today we made family gratitue banners in class. the banners have pockets for each family member, plus one for friends and extended family, and one for the universe. each time someone thinks of something they are grateful for, they can jot it down and stick it [...]

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upcycle, re-T, originally uploaded by ramonster cowpoke swankwear.
our april future crafters had an afternoon of attacking a pile of old t-shirts to see what they could come up with. we worked with patterns for [...]

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