Hey there, I’m selling knitted items and gifts for the holidays! I’ve been crafting for the past ten years, and can do custom items (such as stuffed animals) as well as the standard hats, scarves, bags, and gloves. Check out some of the work I’ve done after the jump and email me at jordanalam@gmail.com for […]
I’ve always had in my heart a special spot for the domestic arts. I’ve tried my hand at most of what we would now call leisure activities – sewing, knitting, crafts, cooking, etc. Often these activities are ragged on as being somehow privileged and un-feminist. While I’ll own up to the fact that the ability […]
Why is there not a button to be found in Manhattan past 6pm? Honestly, I have to get this out of my system – there are no craft stores in the city it seems that are open past 6pm and, even without craft stores being open, there is nowhere that will give me buttons! I […]
Whoosh! The second week of classes really does give you a headspin. It’s not that I had any more work than last week, but my involvement has certainly gone up. We went out looking for jobs, I tried to figure out how to get into some clubs, and I got certified to use the weight […]
My predictive text tells me that I won’t have time to post tonight – considering that I get home at 7:30pm and totally woke up late [because my dad asked me to, oddly] this morning. So, here is a snapshot of our papier-mache turkey in all it’s half-painted glory.We’re going to have the greatest final […]
Daylight Savings Time hit us by surprise – we woke up in the morning feeling strange and then OPH! We’re late to a meeting. Fortunately, we had woken up an hour earlier than we thought we should [lucky timing, right?] and then hopped into the car with tea in hand.When I returned, I lazed about […]
So I couldn’t possibly post anything yesterday because I was burning the midnight oil just trying to get everything finished. Auditions for Speak went extremely well, and we got all the characters that we could hope for – including some interesting teachers that I would not have thought about. Thursday was The Day of Final […]
It was late, the night was young… my head was filled with grand ideas and my veins were pumped with caffeine. I set down the glossy-covered book with Bill Richardson’s smiling chubby face and began to type – slowly, at first, but then more frantically. Soon, a whirlwind of words were pouring out of me, […]
Alright, I admit it. I’ve gone completely insane.I was walking around Bumbershoot with Ka-chan yesterday and [instead of just looking in wonder at the peoples’ amazing crafts for sale] I started thinking. I thought about all the ways that I might do some of these things myself – with stuff we just have lying around […]