Kathie and I were at a big Obama Mama family picnic yesterday here in Austin. It was a perfect day in the park with well over 400 people in attendance. Mamas and papas too and kids and dogs and picnics and great music played by Matt the Electrician – all of us there to show [...]

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available to order on amazon, and featuring, well, ME!  (as well as many many many other crafty types from all over the country).   i’m more than a little amazed and honored to be part of this book, lovingly and laborously put together as a companion to the documentary of the same name by the [...]

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Our first month of Future Craft classes are in full swing and we have had a blast thus far. The kids made a reusable sandwich wrap in the first class using birdseed bags as the liner and cloth on the outside. Waterproof and cute to boot. Second week we made a sweet utensil holder/place mat [...]

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WHAT?: How to Throw a Back-to-School Clothes Swap (anytime of year) INSPIRATION: Swap-o-rama-rama as seen at Austin ’s Maker Faire 2007 WHAT YOU’LL NEED: * A big room; the school gym for example. * Large tables (we had fourteen 6’x3’ tables) * 10 or so large pieces of cardboard or heavy cloth approx. 8’ x [...]

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