This Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 from 9pm to midnight at Akbar, it’s CRAFTNIGHT!!!
Project: VALENTINES!!!
$2 CraftNight Stimulus Fund Donation, please
SPECIAL TREAT for any of you wearing any type of self-realized Valentine Outfit! (Lots of red, pink, white, purple, doilie, sparkly love-inspired attire.)
Okay Okay I KNOW how may of you feel about Valentine’s Day: It causes a lot of pressure, it’s just another holiday created by Hallmark to make us buy stuff, It’s a waste of paper, it makes people feel lonely who don’t have sweethearts, it’s cheezy and outdated and trite, every day should be Valentines day why make a big deal out of it, blah blah blah SNORE ZZZZZZZZZ…..
These are old mothball chestnut excuses from the boring unenlightened commercial materialist blowhards, pedantic axioms that contribute to the colorless, lazy doldrums of an uninspired existence. If you wanna believe the hype, that’s cool man, but you’ve been warned, because we’re celebrating LOVE at CraftNight, and you will not be spared our good tidings and hugs, no sireee!
You have the power to redefine and build your OWN meaning for Valentine’s Day! It is up to YOU, dear crafter, to extract as much joy out of the situation as possible. The power of love, is a curious thing, make a one man weep and another man sing. Change a hawk to a little white dove, more than a feeling, that’s the power of love.
At CraftNight, we’re making old-fashioned Valentines out of scraps, like we do every year! We shall celebrate LOVE for EVERYBODY, love positivity for society as a whole, embracing the world and stepping outside ourselves to reach out and tend to each other with handmade magic keepsakes made in our trademark atmosphere of bohemia and great cordiality.
Dionne sang it well “What the world needs now, is love, sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of” she’s totally right. Get in here and lose the cool facade, be dorky and glue some stuff together for someone you care about, make a card for grandma, make a doilie ensemble for your wall, build a pipe-cleaner toy for your cat. As per usual, we’ll give you a valentine bag, and you will have the opportunity to make valentines for crafters you don’t even know!
And honestly, chalky candy hearts, strange mylar balloons, ratty stuffed bears dressed in vinyl cupid outfits and even edible underwear surreptitiously molded into the shape of a rose has fantastic camp value, so don’t dismiss these seasonal favorites at your local 7-11.
See you at the Craft Table,
JP Craft Captain
