So, those these plans are still in the works, here’s how it looks right now…

Andrea and Penny will be silk screening once again. Right ladies?

Back to school clothes swap at Zilker Elementary

• Saturday August 28th
• 9am – 2pm
• Bring your old clothes
• Get some new ones!

We plan on having the usual, sorters, sewers and silk screening stations. If you feel like volunteering, please email us and let us know. We might not get back to you right away but we’ll definitely save your contact info. And if all you can do is swap, that’s fine too!

So don’t go shopping. And don’t throw away that bag of primo kids clothes! Save them for the swap and we’ll see you there.

We’re back on Craftzine this season with a new collection of projects under the heading, Reduce, Reuse, Refashion. Our first project out the bag, (pun totally intended) is for these super cool, lightweight and breathable produce bags made from sports jerseys. Get on over there and check ‘em out. And while you’re at it, check out the newly revamped Craftzine site. Full of super crafty ideas for your itchin’ to craft fingers.

There is an organization called Center for Commercial Free Childhood which is helping people organize screenings and they are encouraging this via their website. http://www.commercialexploitation.org/

I think that teaching our kids to create and make their own beauty is a great way to combat the powers of the marketing machine. It is after all, one of the basic tenets that had us start Future Craft Collective in the first place. If a kid knows that happiness, creation, beauty and digging, scraping, scrounging and making all lies within, they will be less likely to fall victim to the talons of the commercial beast.