It’s still a ways away, but we are already thinking about the Zilker Green Team/Future Craft Collective Back-to-School clothes swap this coming school year. Ordinarily we hold it on tax free weekend but this year we’re shaking things up a bit. Because so many folks are still away that weekend in one last effort before [...]

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We’ll be in the kids tent all weekend long at Art City Austin, Austin’s biggest art event. You can come and hang out and craft up a paper wallet or a special pouch to keep your secrets in. Come play with the reused materials and get some ideas for materials you can use at home. [...]

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I was talking with a woman the other day about sewing. She said she stopped sewing a while ago because she could no longer afford to purchase new materials. I thought for a minute and realized that in all my years of sewing I have actually purchased new material only a handful of times. The [...]

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Austin was lucky this weekend to get Gever Tulley in town for a series of workshops, talks, and round table discussions. I was lucky to get to share the stage with him on Friday night in a conference on Innovation in Education. He really gave me a new lens for working with kids and allowing [...]

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We love making Valentines. A big table full of scraps. Some scissors and glue and away we go! What’s even more fun than making valentines is making valentines with a bunch of mamas! All the while talking about love and libido. (an ever present topic for mamas don’t you know)
This Valentines Day we’re teaming up [...]

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We were contacted a few weeks ago by a woman in Vancouver who is spearheading a community art project in Vancouver this coming February. She was searching the internet looking for inspiration around her idea for creating community generated prayer flags, or wish flags as it were, and she found Future Craft Collective!
Perhaps you remember [...]

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The Mama’s Collective Craft Night is a combination of a ladies’ night out with a (green) maker aspect. The idea is to offer women, mamas especially, the space and the time to come together in community and to create. Oftentimes mamas don’t have the luxury of time or space, in their homes or in their [...]

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Last one was pretty fun. A bunch of mamas crafting, talking, sharing, having a drink and a crafty night out. This time we’ll be making Appreciation  Banners to up the appreciation ante in your home. These simply sweet banners will help you and your family focus on what’s working in your house thereby raising the [...]

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Our good and incredibly poetic friend Liz Garton Scanlon has a new book out just a week ago. It’s one of the most beautiful picture books I’ve ever read. And as if her lyrical words aren’t enough, the illustrations by Marla Frazee offer just the perfect accompaniment. Perfect is not a word I use lightly.
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The 2nd annual Back to School Don’t Shop/Swap is now in the history books and was a HUGE success. A couple hundred people or more came through the doors to purge what they didn’t need and gain what they did. We had an amazing team of silk screeners with all manner of cool images including [...]

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