Available in American Apparel

I finally have access to American Apparel t-shirts for my screen printing!
I do love you Alternative but when it comes to the tri-blend nothing can beat American.

So "Have Your..." t-shirts are now available in American Apparel at my Etsy shop!


p.s. I am working on another design that will soon be available!

Urbanestics D.I.Y. /craft Night

This week for DIY/Craft night we will be making boxes or bowls out of recycled magazines or newspapers.

Supplies that you will need for our project:

Old magazines or Newspapers, whatever you prefer. It makes the final product different looking depending on what you use.

Scissors and or if you have a roller cutter and cutting mat bring that.

Tacky Glue, paint brush to spread glue, container for mixing glue with a little bit of water.

Clips or clamps to hold you box together while the glue dries. (clothes pins, chip bag clips and so on)

Bone, paper folder if you have one. This item is optional, it will help folding your paper if you have one. I have also used a spoon from my kitchen in placement of a bone folder.

Here is a link for "how to" pictures on Flickr.

Mid Centery Modern Home

My dream is to some day have a home like this.

Found this great link, via Twitter and and really digging today. Enjoy!

Photo Shoot

After rounding up what is left of my merchandise after using much of it for Christmas presents, I decided I needed to get a photo shoot in and get things listed on my Etsy.

Here a a few of the pictures we took yesterday afternoon. Modeling... is my little sister Laurie.

Let the creative juices flow!

And they did! D.I.Y./craft night at Mars Cafe was a great evening of creating new things, meeting new people, letting all the inspiration move to our fingertips.



Now don't worry if you missed out on this one.... we will be having much more where this came from. Currently working out the date for our next night of fun. Note on your calendar the week of the 25th, the night is still to be determined due to Tuesday night already been taken.

You can view more pictures here.

"CREATE" with me at Mars Cafe!

First official DIY night will consist of 2 maybe 3 simple projects.

The theme for this evenings activities are "organization and inspiration" for the new year. It's always good for me to start the new year out that way so I thought I would start with this to get us rolling.

A. Vinyl Album Cover, Wall Pockets

List of to bring:
1. At least one Vinyl Record Album Cover that you will want to cut up, that would coordinate with your decor. ( Not sure where to find cheep Vinyl Records? Thrift store. They are usually $1 or $1.99 if your thrift store has enforced the $1.99 policy.)

2. 12x12 scrap book paper or any other paper that we will use to decorate the inside of the album. (Coordinate the paper to go with the color of your album cover.)
3. Double stick tape or Rubber Cement
4. Scissors
5. Pencil

B. 99% Recycled Calendar/Planner
(If I am able to gather everything together we will make these too.)

Bring:
1. Go to this website and download the pdf file to print your calender pages off of and bring with.
2. Paper that you will be normally recycling
3. A cardboard box


C. Word Poem Collage

Bring:
1. Old magazines, books, catalogs that we can cut images out of.
2. Scissors
3. Rubber Cement or Mod Podge (matte finish) Decoupage Glue
4. Regular size foam paint brush for spreading Mod Podge if that is what you choose to use.


Upcoming Projects
January:
Knitting 101: learn the first steps to knitting, casting on and doing the knit stitch, in the round.

February:
Cardboard creations: Photo Board/Cork Board, Picture Frames, and more...

Dear Santa,

I know it's kinda late, like 2 weeks late. I am wondering if you could bring me one of these? Maybe if you have anything to do with Valentines day, it's the next holiday, that would be great!



Love, Leslie

p.s. if you don't know were to find him just ask the Sartorialist.
p.p.s. I LOVE YOU Sartorialist!

Urbanestics D.I.Y. NIGHT!

I am proud to announce that I have been asked to host D.I.Y nights at Mars Cafe.

The first evening will be held on Tuesday, January 13th at Mars Cafe from 7 pm to 9 pm.

We will be working on projects to get ourselves inspired as wells as organized for the new year. You are also welcome to bring your own projects to work on.

I am hoping to soon have a D.I.Y. night schedule of projects so you can come prepared and know what supplies to bring.

Can't wait to see you there!
Let me know if you have any questions.

"IN" in 2009

For all you who don't keep up on your Apartment Therapy, here are their predictions for what trends/what will be "IN" for 2009.

Out 2008 - In 2009

Minimal Furniture - Winged Furniture
Keep Calm Poster - Other Graphic Posters
Kelly Wearstler - Eddie Ross
Sex & the City Interiors - Mad Men Interiors
Buying Wallpaper - Photocopying It
eBay - Etsy
Chalkboard Paint - Half Accent Walls
Crafting - Crafting
Sarah Palin's Office Decor - The Obama's White House
Antlers (again) - Antler Outlets
China White - Dark Wall Colors
Obvious Mid-C Modern - MCM in Unusual Fabrics
Wood Farm Tables - Saarinen Tulip Table
Ikea Trollsta Table - Ikea Docksta Table

How do you feel about this predictions? Let me know? I have a few reservations regarding but mainly agree.

This is Where We Live

This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo.

AMAZING! book animation that I found on Craftzine. You can find it here as well.