TONIGHT! April 4th, 2012 at Akbar from 9-ish until about 12 or later, it’s CRAFTNIGHT!!!
Project: Easter Craft!
$2 processing fee, please
$4 Cosmos – The best part of waking up is cosmo in your cup!
A smorgasbord of easter related fun!
This is the shortest CraftNight flyer blog-note thingy that I have EVER typed!
WOW!
See you at the Craft Table,
JP Craft Captain
This Wednesday March 28th, 2012 from 9pm until 12-ish at Akbar, it’s CRAFTNIGHT!!!
Project: Craft Stick Flowers and MORE!
$2 Processing fee, please
$4 Cosmo Drink Special – Fill it to the rim with whim!
We were very “painty” last week to foster your inner painter, and this week we’re getting “buildy” so you can nurture your inner architect.
At the beginning of the CraftNight weekly brainstorm, I found someone’s internet plan about how to make super adorable flowers out of popsicle sticks (or “craft sticks” as the lingo goes).
But it seemed very limiting to only make flowers at CraftNight, when popsicle sticks are so versatile! Craft sticks are like tinkertoys in their diversity, you can build a box, a godseye (yes, I’ll bring some yarn!), a planter for a tiny plant, a pencil cup, a recipe holder, a birdhouse, a frame, a valet for your keys and wallet, a sign, an ornamental decoration, the plethora of items you can make is mind-bogglingly vast!
The other thing is, these little sticks, that have been holding up the nation’s popsicles since the early 1900s are made from birch wood. I don’t know if you know about glassine paper… commonly used in the wonderful crinkly translucent envelopes the post office used to package any stamps you may have purchased. Martha Stewart likes to make a big deal out of glassine envelopes and why not, they have an unmatched texture and sheen. Anyway, glassine paper is made not from any ol’ wood but from birch wood. Birch wood finds a way to make life lovely on many different levels, and so we send a hefty salute to it’s usefulness at the month’s end.
See you at the Craft Table!
JP Craft Captain
This Wednesday March 21st, 2012 from 9pm until 12-ish at Akbar, it’s CRAFTNIGHT!!!
Project: Springtime Flower Pot Painting Craft!
$2 Processing fee, please
$4 Cosmo Drink Special – Bloom with some Cosmo Flower Power tonight!
The Vernal Equinox has all the flowers saying “Let’s Party!” and so we’re bringing you the chance to paint a lil’ flower pot to your heart’s content. Birth, renewal and regrowth are here for the taking, get rid of the old, bring in the new! If you’ve been draggin’ yer feet and feeling the mulligrubs, let CraftNight gently guide you toward a way to reclaim your life your job your house your bathroom (etc.) in an obnoxiously colorful way!
According to the internet (and the internet knows everything)
Spring has many customs:
1.) Christians are coloring eggs to throw at Jesus for when he finally wakes up!
2.) Buddhists are listening to the band Nirvana and hoping to get a free guitar pick from the river of existence.
3.) Iranians are buying new clothes made out of old lentils
4.) Earth Day decrees that everyone must wear sandals and eat at least one soy product when the moon rises.
5.) Lots of Jewish people are getting ready to cook a brisket and leave one plate out for an invisible guy.
6.) People in China are whipping clay oxen and waving flags.
7.) In Germany, fairies and sprites are crawling out of the woodwork to kill everyone! Quick! Light fires!
8.) There’s an ongoing argument in Sweden over whether it’s a circle dance or a ribbon dance around the May Pole.
9.) Any moment now we should be seeing the feathered serpent that the ancient Mayans will send down the stairway of Chichén Itzå
10.) And yes, there is cultural significance to “Spring Cleaning.” Move your body! Expand the confines of your living space! Clean and organize your Tupperware cabinet! Get into the yard and grow something! Walk outside more frequently! Shake hands with Mother Nature!
Anyway, as you know, you don’t have to bring anything to CraftNight, just yourself, your friends, enough dough for a cocktail or two, and two bucks for the skull at the Craft Table. Come over and play! Flower pots await your paintbrush!
See you at the Craft Table,
JP Craft Captain
PS – Bonus info: LaMuff’s EP is on iTunes if you haven’t checked it out, please do! look and listen!
This Wednesday (TONIGHT!) March 14th, 2012 from 9pm until 12-ish at Akbar, it’s CRAFTNIGHT!!!
Project: Photo Leprechaun Ornament (amaaaaazing)
$2 Processing fee, please
$4 Cosmo Drink Special – The Luck o’ the Irish in a hot pink martini glass…
It’s not enough to chase leprechauns anymore, just like it’s not enough to belong to just ONE social network.
Today’s modern times demand that YOU be YOUR OWN leprechaun and start partaking in various types of mischief.
Stop messing around building all those leprechaun traps! You have the power to grant yourself three awesome wishes and free yourself from the endless waiting!
You are your own fairy shoemaker!
You are your own pot o’ gold! (and I’m not talkin’ about the toilet…)
You are your own wizen’d wrinkled and bearded olde elfe!
You are the rainbow!
YOU ARE MAGICAL!
To further instill the idea that you can move mountains and wear buckles on your shoes and smoke from a meerschaum pipe, we’ll be working with a good luck ornament that involves tiny wooden spools, foam pieces and a space (1 1/4″ round photo size) for a picture of your head. You can choose a photo of someone else’s head, or the cat’s head, or you know… something totally naughty or crazy, use your imagination, it’s your thang, do what you wanna do. At the end of the evening, you will have this very cool looking leprechaun ornament!
You can hang it from someone’s car mirror to scare the heck out of them on St. Patrick’s Day! Leave it on the doorknob! Perch it on the coffee maker at work! It’s sensational, and I think its safe to say it will bring you good fortune beyond your control.
Your four leaf clover runneth over, see what I’m talking about, and see you tonight!
Erin go Braugh at the Craft Table,
JP Craft Captain
PS – Bonus info: LaMuff’s EP is on iTunes and all over the place, I designed the cover, look and listen!
This Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 from 9pm until 12-ish at Akbar, it’s CRAFTNIGHT!!!
Project: Mystery Grab Bag!
$2 Processing fee, please
$4 Cosmo Drink Special – Tastes great, less filling!
What are you crafting this week? NOBODY KNOWS. This Wednesday, you’ll reach into the “grab bag” and pick something to craft, and the devil may care what it shall be when you find out! Cast your fate to the wind, take a chance, be wild and carefree!
Craft Lieutenants, Veronica LeBron and Elaine Walker will be manning the craft table this week, they will guide you toward crafty excellence, so bring yourself, bring a friend, bring your unconventional social habits and your monocle.
I’m packing each little back with really good stuff, so don’t miss out!
See you at the Craft Table,
JP Craft Captain
