Join DIY Studio Today!
We have an exciting opportunity for you to be a part of the DIY Studio family. We’ll open our doors in June, and we’d love your help to help fund our programs while enjoying the numerous benefits of DIY Studio membership. Also if you join before June 8th, you’ll receive a $5 DIY Studio gift...
DIY Strategy and Sharing the Load
“Movin’ right along. Footloose and fancy-free. Getting there is half the fun; come share it with me. Moving right along (doog-a-doon doog-a-doon). We’ll learn to share the load. We don’t need a map to keep this show on the road.” So last week DIY Studio received some pretty sad news. One of our grants we...
Where Should DIY Studio Be Located?
Sometimes I feel like Johnny Number Five. Struggling to find the right answers, I’m seeking more input and I think you are the perfect person to help me out! These are the places we are focusing on right now: They each have very different locations, price tags, and...
Creative Reuse Center in Salem Oregon
Hey you crafty folks out there! Have you been to a creative reuse center before? Instead of throwing out or recycling waste, creative reuse centers use those materials to create art and upcycled projects. Creative reuse centers also become community centers where people come together to learn about self sustainability, creativity and the environment. We...
Really “Get” Creative, Mythbuster Number 5
Myth 5 “Spending time creating is selfish.” Sure we all live busy lives. There’s only so much time in the day to do all that you want to do, however putting your creativity on the back burner can lead to burnout. One of the things that separates human from other animals is our need to...
Really “Get” Creative, Mythbuster Number 4
Myth 4 “Art is only art if it is fine art, and I’m only creative if I’m creating art.” Remember Subway’s Sandwich artist campaign? I love that campaign because it brings up so many questions. Who thinks that sandwiches aren’t art? And does the sandwich artist not create when making a sandwich? Art and creativity...
Really “Get” Creative, Mythbuster Number 3
Myth 3 “If only I had the time, money, space etc.” Creativity is not something that follows a time clock, flourishes after money is thrown at it, or thrives only in studios. If you’ve got a brain, you’ve got enough space. If you have time to sit on a bus or car, take a shower...
Really “Get” Creative, Mythbuster Number 2
Myth 2 “I’m not good at it so I’m not even going to try to be creative.” It’s true that people like to do things that they are good at. But have you ever watched a 5 year old create? Usually children jump right in, while adults question their abilities. Somewhere through our years of...
Feeling the Love
It’s been a great week! To kick off the week the amazingly talented Emily Grosvenor of Desperately Seeking Salem honored DIY Studio by naming it one of five of the best of Salem Blogs 2010. How very kind of her to include DIY Studio and my humble attempt of sharing projects with you. Wondering about...
These are the Crafters in your Neighborhood, First Salem Etsy Team Meeting
It was a fantastic night. Twenty some Etsians RSVPed to come to our first ever Salem Etsy Team Meeting. I was giddy with excitement to meet some of Salem’s finest and most talented Etsians. Cindy Ulshafter also showed up to cover the event. Thanks Cindy for coming. Now, Let me show you some pictures of...
A Tale of Two Cities: Craft Revolution
This weekend I ventured out to two very different Holiday Craft shows in two very different cities. On Saturday my daughter (Little Missy) and I visited the Salem Saturday Market Holiday Market which is touted the largest handmade holiday market in the Willamette Valley. The rain was pouring outside and Little Missy and I eagerly...
Thank You Bloomingbulb.com! A company who GETS Social Networking!
This is so flipping cool. I received four lovely amaryllis bulbs in the mail as well as a thank you letter from BloomingBulb.com. Earlier I created a tutorial that featured their paperwhite bulbs and sent them a link through twitter. They thanked me on twitter and flash forward to today…I got their packaged delivered to...