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This Wednesday Gothtober 26th, 2011 from 9pm(ish) to midnight(or later) at Akbar, it’s CRAFTNIGHT!!!
Project: B.Y.O. Pumpkin Carve (and auxiliary Craft for anyone who forgets a Pumpkin!) 
$2 Processing Fee, Please
$4 Cosmos, the cocktail of Halloween’s witch and famous! 
Shameless Plug: www.gothtober.com – Public Internet Art in Fall!

Pumpkins have gone up in price, and I simply have no idea if 30 of you are walking in, or if 50 of you will be walking in, so here’s the deal: I’ll get  a few pumpkins, and those of you who get here first can reimburse me for an orange squash, and I’ll give you tools to carve ’em up. If you arrive without a pumpkin, the VONS is less than a mile away and has TONS of pumpkins, and you can go get one super quick! If you don’t feel like going to VONS, and I’m out of pumpkins, no worries! You can sit right down and make either a haunted house or a halloween necklace.

So you see, I am prepared. Anyway you slice it, we’ve got crafting for you, and we have delicious cocktails to boot.

It’s that time of year, time to avoid visiting vacation spots called names like “Axe Murder Hollow” and perhaps not send the kids to Camp Crystal Lake this year… or the year after that… or maybe even, well… why not just NEVER send them there? And if you see a group of ghosts walking up to you, try to just act supernatural, and don’t spook unless spooken to, that’s just apparitional manners. It’s okay to talk to mummies though, I heard they really know how to keep things under wraps. And if you’re wondering why that skeleton on Sunset won’t cross the road, it’s plain to see, he just doesn’t have the guts, poor guy. Another fall tip is to make sure to keep up your e-payments to your exorcist, lest you are repossessed, we don’t have any priests at Akbar to help with that, as far as I know.

Anyway, see you at the Craft Table,

JP Craft Captain

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This Wednesday Gothtober 19th, 2011 from 9pm(ish) to midnight(or later) at Akbar, it’s CRAFTNIGHT!!!
Project: Eyeball Suckers and Pumpkin Pencil Stabbers
$2 Processing Fee, Please
$4 Cosmos, have one ‘o these and just be one of the ghouls!
Shameless Plug: www.gothtober.com – Public Internet Art in Fall!
Special Guests: Sarah and Toni bicycle down the west coast, they live on $4 a day, and they tell people about sustainable menstrual products. Ladies, take care down there, cups are great for the environment, women’s wallets, and women’s health, they’ll be at CraftNight this week to talk to anyone interested!

On to the CRAFTS!
“Tis the season to offend friends and family with gruesome gifts that they can EAT. The charm and innocence of the wayward kleenex ghost wrapped round a lollipop is still quaint and endearing, but we’ve bumped it up a notch. We’ve taken it to the next level, because now we’ve got EYEBALL SUCKERS! That’s right, give your loved one an eyeball popped fresh from the socket, a horrendous and cringe-inspiring trinket sure to create Halloween memories. Despite the trauma of being presented with one of these, I shall report that they are actually quite tasty… for eyeballs on sticks, that is.
We’ll give you a gift tag so that the person you give your eyeball to won’t forget you easily… they’ll remember you when something goes bump in the night.
We’ve also got these lovely pencil toppers that have jack o’ lanterns on them, but you can kind of decorate your pencil anyway you want, we’re just here to give you materials and have you do it up your way!
I call ’em pencil stabbers because pencils aren’t just for writing, they are for ending the life of any vampire that decides to rob you of your life force! STAB!!! Sadly, they don’t work on zombies, but we’ll get to that some other time.

See you at the Craft Table,
JP Craft Captain

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TONIGHT! This Wednesday, Gothtober 12th, 2011 from 9pm (ish) to midnight or more, at Akbar, it’s CRAFTNIGHT!
Project: Chenille Stem Halloween Spiders
$2 processing fee please!
$4 Cosmopolitans, the cocktail of champions!
Shameless plug: Visit Gothtober.com for Halloween madness in it’s weirdest form! Art!

I can’t give you all the answers. I wish I could.
Night after night I toss and turn wondering why bread slices are square, but the majority of sandwich meat at the supermarket is round.
Why don’t sheep shrink in the rain?
Do butterflies remember being caterpillars?
Can you cry underwater?
Do giraffes see in color?
Why is there a light in the fridge… but not in the freezer?
Why is it 96 degrees outside in Los Angeles?!?

I can answer these questions:
Can I build my very own chenille stem halloween spider at CraftNight? YES!
Will there be markers, glue and googly eyes? YES!
Will there be pre-cut paper spider bodies and heads? YES!
Will there be fun people for me to play with at CraftNight? YES!
Can I bring a bag of live spiders to CraftNight? NO!

See you at the Craft Table,
JP Craft Captain Candycorn

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This Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 from 9pm to midnight at Akbar, it’s CRAFTNIGHT!!!

Project: Pumpkin Patch Magnet Frame
$2 Processing fee, please
Drink Special: Franken Berry’s favorite: $4 PINK COSMOS!

Just a quick side note to let you know that Gothtober 2011 has launched with our  yearly offering of recipes, crafts, stories and films so please give us a visit, as diversions make the workday so much better, wouldn’t you agree?

This festival season brings us handsome pumpkin patch photo frames with a 2 3/4″ x 4 1/2″ photo space for you to put a drawing or photo of your choice. You’ll get a little kit that has everything you need to make a frame with pumpkins on it, as well as a magnet to hang it on the fridge! And to further enhance your October memories, I have some MORE sparkly geegaws outside the kit: some glitter autumn leaves, and these trippy “Luis Vuitton-esque” pumpkins and other fall treats to glue to your enjoyment.

October is National Pork Month AND National Vegetarian Month. October is many things to many people. The fading of the leaf and the waxing of the moon are here, and I’m wondering if the coyotes I spy in Echo Park are werecoyotes, since they are so brazen, it appears that some of them may walk into the house any moment and ask for a cold beer. Luckily I have some bottles of Blue Moon. Har de harrrrr…

If the possum on your fence is about to start ballet dancing with your cat, it’s a clear sign that All Hallow’s Eve is on the horizon. Don’t say I didn’t warn you… and I’m pretty sure you can get a cat tutu at Target right about now.

See you at the Craft Table!

JP Craft Captain Candycorn

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TONIGHT! September 28th, 2011 at Akbar from 9pm until the cows come home it’s CRAFTNIGHT!
DJ DIRTHOLE spinning rare and classic DISCO for your derriere
Tonight’s Craft: Shrinky Dinks
$2 processing fee please
$4 cosmos (a favorite of the dearly departed Carl Sagan, it is rumored…)

Many of you don’t know this, which is why I’ll tell you now: I am a Certified Shrinky Dink Disco Technician.

I know what you’re thinking, but no… really, I have over 10 years of training, and as far as heat-based crafts go, I’m an expert in the field. You have nothing to fear, shrinky dinks and disco are here.
Do you even know what a shrinky dink is?!?
Heavens to Betsy if you don’t, you really need to come to CraftNight, because it is absolutely one of the most magical things you can make. Shrinky Dinks involve drawing, coloring, heat, plastic, nostalgia… and complete trust and confidence in the toaster oven. If this sounds intriguing, I assure you that it is.
This is our very first Autumn CraftNight, please come in and shake your tail feather to DJ Dirt Hole’s crazy concoction of comprehensive musical selections for your dancing pleasure!

See you at the Craft Table!
JP Craft Captain

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