Smarten your Snapper competition…

Craft2.o is running a rather awesome competition along with snapper

It’s free and easy to enter…

the prizes are:

-a snapper loaded with $100

-a free table at Craft2.0 wellington (awesome!)

the details are on the Craft2.0 website

http://www.craft2.org/blog/?p=1724

and a bit of extra inspiration

You could make:

screen printed snapper cover

knitted, crochet, felted snapper covers

soft toys as snapper covers

plastic and old books snapper covers

non practical snapper covers the snapper has to work there are no rules on the size f your cover

just remember snapper cards are

- the size of a credit card

- allergic to metal

- not good inside anything too thick

Yay, why not!!

tape ‘n’ tapes

Don’t forget Handmade Nation screening on Monday!

In the meantime, why not make a lamp out of all your old tapes? I found it here…

-greta

hung up

‘Zilka Recycled Hangers’

…clothes hangers made entirely from recycled British newspapers. Quite cool, though I wonder what happens to the other piece?

I found these for sale online at ‘Pure Design’

Hmm, these claim to be the greenest of green hangers… “Green Hangers”

Or why not recycle an existing coat hanger into a peg bag? Free online tutorial here…

or here, if you can’t crochet.

That’s enough from me, I’d better go sort out my wardrobe…

-Greta

What’s in your drawers?

Take a peek at http://papernstitchblog.com/

handmade goodies, design inspiration and general loveliness… 

also features great articles for you ‘crafty business’ types:

What: The Paper N Stitch blog is a design and style blog that features artists, makers, crafters, and indie labels. In addition to these features,

Paper N Stitch also features DIY projects and tutorials,

fashion and home decor. The blog is updated with new posts 3-5 times a day

yum. – Greta

The office chair: a tutorial

Sue has asked for instructions on reupholstering the office chair, so I’ve written a quick tutorial. If you do this yourself, please email photos to joinin {at} worldsweetworld {dot} com- I’d love to see!

Tricking up our office part 1.

Last week I had a revelation. Every room in our house has nice, handmade, inspiring things in it, apart from the office. Not only is it boring, but as I’m not a very organised person, it’s also really messy. This is not the ideal situation, because it’s the room where WSW is created, where we need the most inspiration (and where it would be useful if you could walk, rather than jumping over things filed on the floor). Because I sometimes need tricking into tidying things up (bribes, rewards, etc), I’ve decided to tackle the room as a fun project rather than a chore.

It was a a rainy weekend so my first Office Trick-Up project had to be using materials that were already in the house. I covered my boring, forest green office chair with lovely cherry-blossom fabric that had been kicking round the sewing drawer for a while. It actually made me smile when I walked into the office this morning – I’m inspired to do more… mission accomplished (or at least started)!

(ok, the before shot is actually our other office chair – I forgot to take a before photo, but I swear it was as ugly, if not uglier than this one!)

Hannah

The Great Stitch-Up

Congratulations to the guys at unicef who have a whopping 1900 knitted squares at their offices so far, with loads more promised. They were only aiming for 1400 for their Mothers Day campaign Unite For Mothers! Good on you to everyone who got out their needles in support, including sharonnz whose peggy squares are pictured.

Now Unicef needs help sewing all the squares together to make a giant blanket to present with the petition. The first Great Stitch Up session will be on Tuesday 5th May at the Southern Cross Bar in Wellington and will start at 6pm.  A few drinks and snacks will be provided as well as needles, wool and some stitching professionals who can help those of us who need some guidance! There may also be some copies of WSW to be won. We’ll neither confirm nor deny.

What:    The Great Stitch Up!
When:   6pm, Tuesday 5th May
Where:  The Southern Cross Bar,  39 Abel Smith Street, Te Aro, Wellington. Phone 04 384 9085
Why?:   To support the Unite for Mothers campaign and raise awareness about how to prevent the transmission of HIV from mothers to their children

Reel good bargains

Anton, one of our regular contributors, is having a garage sale. It’s not his house he’s clearing out, it’s his workshop where he makes (and apparently stores piles of) awesome stuff – raw materials for making things. Essentially, it’s a workshop full of stuff that someone else managed to snaffle up before you had a chance to see it. Don’t let it happen twice – be there on Saturday from 8am til middayish to score a load of goodies!

305 Mansfield Street (down the SPCA drive way), Newtown, Wellington

There will be various odd objects to make stuff out of, including, but not limited to:

furniture

fridges

chairs

a sun bed

reel to reel tape player

a microfiche

a motorbike

a tv

and other stuff…

Knitting for change

Unicef is calling all crafty folks to knit or crochet a square as part of a campaign to help prevent pregnant mothers from passing HIV on to their children. Sign the petition and help knit a giant baby blanket! Unite for Mothers this Mother’s Day and give a mother the chance to see her child grow up healthy… the best gift a mother could have.  Unicef is aiming for 1,400 squares by Friday 1 May, which is flippin soon. So get out your needles and knit for a cause!

Fabric-a-brac

I’m really excited about an event that we’re sponsoring next month. It’s called Fabric-a-brac, and basically it’s the fabric equivalent of a huge second-hand clothes market. All those of you who have an oversized stash of fabric that you’re really not going to get through in your lifetime (or, perhaps that you want to add to), Fabric-a-brac is for you! And it’s not just for material – there will be all sorts of sewing related goodies up for grabs as well. Oh, and we’re giving away copies of World Sweet World too. What would a fair be without a few freebies

12noon – 4pm,  Saturday 18 April
Brooklyn Community Centre, 18 Harrison St, Wellington

Stalls are really, really, really, REALLY cheap, so do get in touch with Josie if you’re interested in selling, or getting a group of friends together to do so: fabricabracwgtn@gmail.com

Start sorting out your sewing room – this is going to be fun! Hooray!

Hannah