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10.30.08

Election Pennants at Crafty Wonderland Portland, Sarah the Sewist, we don't just sew! | (2)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="A message from an adorable little girl at Crafty Wonderland: "Vote!""][/caption] A couple of weekends ago, I ran the DIY table at Crafty Wonderland here in Portland. If you're not familiar with Crafty Wonderland, it's a monthly crafts fair that's held at the Doug Fir Lounge and is organized by gals from PDX Super Crafty. One of the fun things they do each month is host a free craft activity that anyone can try out, and it's loads of fun. It's sort of funny, because--and I think I've said this before here--I don't think of myself as a ...

Tagged: campaign ephemera, crafts, diy, flags, sewist, stencils, we don't just sew!, why Portland rocks
09.24.08

Train-Inspired Screen Print screen printing, we don't just sew! | (3)
Josh seems to have finally mastered the art of the two-color screen print (it's much harder than you'd every imagine)... Recognize the logo? That would be Union Pacific. We've already talked about why we're supporting Obama-Biden this year, so we won't get into that any further (although, if you're inclined, check out what's going on over at The Obama Craft Project), but we're also big fans of trains, and Josh's dad is a HUGE train aficionado. Huge. He subscribes to train magazines. So, Josh decided that his dad really needed a custom screen-printed Obama-Biden hoodie that was train-inspired, and this was the ...

Tagged: campaign ephemera, gifts, obama, screen printing, trains