teenie bop pop poster night

So oscar night was pretty fun, we made a nice collection of mini-statuettes ranging from a 2" oscar to a rocket ship and a two-headed quadri-ped.  Tonight's plan was suggested by Alicia, and she will be bringing some general poster supplies, I'll have some glue and paper and glitter type things as well.  If you want, print out some fantastic photos of your favorite pop star (I might get some old school J.T.T. to bring be back to my 6th grade heart throb) otherwise we should have some current People magazines and their equivalents to dig through!  Also, I've got movies, but if you have a totally fantastic one bring it in!  See you in the studio tonight.

And for other news...

Last Monday I had a meeting with Student Assembly's Allocations Committee about allocating some funds for Meet Make Share.  I gave my pitch about how great this past year has been, and how rich the creative experience is when your with a group of folks that want to hang out and make stuff too.  I'll keep everyone posted about the goings on with funds, I should find out next week. Fingers crossed!

Oscar, osc-ar, o-scar

Hello folks, 

My apologies for last week.  I had a whirlwind expedition with Valentine's day and my Valentine in town, along with our guest speaker (my Valentine's teacher) Harrell Fletcher, who showed us around (not the other way around).  Long story short, we hosted Meet Make Share at my place again, but instead of Sunday we threw it down on a Friday.  Three movies (!) lots of food, and plenty of projects were made (I cannot for the life of me find my usb cord for my camera, or I would have pictures to share).  Highlights were definitely Earth Girls are Easy, Kurt's homemade bread, Julia's tomato salad, balancing brooms, green M&Ms, Charlie getting tattooed, frozen custard cake, and ending with a sampling of youtube's greatest.  It was a blast.  

Now for this week, I'm a little weary of sticking on the theme-train, so it'd be easy to say we're going to embrace the Oscar's, which we might do.  But we might not.  I am for sure going to bring a roll of aluminum foil, and I am going to attempt a mini-oscar statuette, which I welcome others to join in the activity.  But I'm really just going to lay out the spread of materials and bring some movies, and some popcorn and we'll see what happens!  Hope to see you there! (p.s. "there" means studio tonight)

love is in the air???

Alright, I'm a sucker for silly holiday crafts, and I seriously think Valentine's Day cards should be milked for all their worth. Come one, come all to the INDA studios again this Sunday for a Valentine extravaganza.  I bought the most obnoxious variety of pink gel pens, as well as shimmery paper and glitter, oh! and ribbon for the occasion.  So stop by, bring a project to work on, make a Valentine, and hang out!  See you Sunday at 5.

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!

For all ye Super Bowl enthusiasts, I invite you to a special Meet Make Share this Sunday at 5 PM for kick off at my apartment. The regular studio location likely won't get much T.V. reception, and we gotta see the line of scrimmage! So, come on over if you know where it is, and if you need any directions give me a call at 651-558-6934 or email me.  I'm conjuring up some form of nacho and dip as well as plenty of other artery clogging salty and sweet delectables! B.Y.O.B. Get ready for a great game, and of course some meeting, making, and sharing.  See you Sunday!

Meet Make Share 2009!

Alright, we are finally meeting this Sunday, (today) January 25th, from 5 to 8.  Our normal location isn't open yet, so I'm hosting the meeting at my place.  For those of you who don't know where that is, give me a call and I will guide you in! 651-558-6934  I've got a stack of games, yarn, needles, food.  BYOB and we've got a night! See you soon!

Defrosting 2009

Hey everybody.  It has been quite the vacation, but with the new semester around the corner, I thought I'd update on my personal meeting making and sharing this winter break.   I made it back to Minnesota, and watched the snow come down while I made presents, and decorated cookies with my bros.  I've attempted to read like a maniac, but I haven't made much of a dent of the stack of books I got for christmas and the good ol' birthday.  After New Year's, I flew out to Portland to spend a couple of weeks hanging out with my man and the social practice crew at Portland State.  Zach and I made a marvelous snowman, who melted to nothing in a day! But my most exciting making and sharing was teaching Zach how to knit, and knitting together to make a two-person made scarf (sort of scarf- it's marvelous!).  Pictures to come! Since I've been back, I've worked like crazy- between ringing up art supplies and weaving, I'm pretty beat.  

Despite the beat-ness I'm extremely excited to get the Meet Make Share ball rolling again, as I've got a bazillion project ideas stored up, plus many a suggestion to explore.  I'm afraid tomorrow, January 18th, I'm driving to Lincoln, NE to meet my cousin's new baby, so we're all on our own again.  Next week (I PROMISE!) there will be something special, but the location will likely be in my home.  So I'll get a new post out next week with what's in store.  Can't wait to see everyone again!

holidazzled

Hello hello! I hope everyone's holiday traveling is going smoothly, and not slippery.  The Meet Make Share end of semester event was fantastic! I want to thank everyone who came out and stopped by the studio to check out the group.  

Alas, we are entering the week before Christmas, and then there's New Years, and then I go on a long vacation to Portland, OR.  -So- there unfortunately will not be any official meetings held for the next four Sundays (December 21st, and 28th, and January 4th, and 11th).  I'll be posting little projects here and there, that may be of interest while we all melt in cookie land, so don't forget about us!

Again thanks to everyone that made it out, it was absolutely fantastic.

Have a great holiday and keep in touch, I'll keep posted!