I Love to Create: Craft Corps Virtual Exhibit Submissions Wanted!
Over the past few days I worked on making a fabric collage in honor of Craft Corps and all of the amazing people I’ve gotten to chat with (for the book) or read about (on the website). I knew the focal point would be the call-to-action, stenciled logo to represent the project itself but I wanted to overall piece to reflect at least a little of my story in creating Craft Corps. Included in my collage are sewn, stenciled, embroidered, painted, printed, crocheted and pieced bits–all little nods to those who’ve shared a glimpse of themselves within the book’s pages.
As I finished, I got to thinking. How would any of the 2200+ Facebook Fans, the 300 crafters on the website or the more than 90 creative beings featured in the book tell their own “Craft Corps Story” via the one thing that all bonds us together: craft. I decided that I’d really like to find out!
Make Your Own Art Piece!
So, my crafty compadres, I implore you to join me in participating in the Craft Corps Virtual Exhibit! Following the guidelines below and using I Love to Create’s Craft Corps Stencil Kit and ANY other materials you choose to work with–wood, paper, fabric, yarn, beads, clay, whatever–make an art piece that reflects your creative passion. It doesn’t have to be perfect; it just has to be you.
Details
Pieces can be made out of any medium that suits you as long as they fit within the guidlines outlined below.
E-mail a photo of your finished Craft Corps piece to contests@vickiehowell.com by August 1, 2010.
I’ll create a Virtual Exhibit via photo gallery of everyone’s submissions to share with the public, debuting later in August!
The public will be invited to vote on the pieces, via web poll.
All entries will recieve a “Proud Craft Corps Member” button, be featured over the coming months on the Craft Corps website AND be elligiable to have their piece shown at a live exhibit at the Creative Connection Conference!
Even if you don’t consider yourself an artist, I hope you’ll consider creating something for the exhibit. All you need is a little craftiness and the Craft Corps spirit, to be a part of a collective statement on creativity, community and general kick-arsness (the latter because I was getting too sentimental for my own comfort level ;-)).
So go on now; grab yourself a stencil and get to it! I look forward to seeing (and sharing) your submissions.
Good luck and have fun, you talented people, you!
Craft.Rock.Love,
Vickie
P.S. Looking for inspiration? Read the stories influential designers & everyday crafters in Craft Corps, the book!
It's almost July and that means it's time to debut YarnYAY!’s Fall/Winter Designer in Residence - the amazing, vibrant, and talented, Toni Lipsey aka @tlyarncrafts ! We're big fans of her work in both the crochet and Tunisian crochet realms and couldn't be more thrilled to have her on the design team for the season.
✨This means that, as of our July box (on sale now) YarnYAY! subscribers will receive one of her patterns, designed especially for us! 🧶
Welcome Toni, we’re thrilled to have you as part of the team! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Dear community,
The majority share of the knitting, crochet, and crafts industries, and the community that supports them, are women and non-binary folk with uteruses. After yesterday's devastating supreme court decision, essentially removing women's constitutional rights over our own bodies, need to support one another. We need to love each other enough to not give up. I see you. My heart is with you.
Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to be on a Zoom action-meeting run by a major women's healthcare organization. We feel powerless, but one of the suggestions they gave for things we can do is to donate to grass-root organizations that focus on women's healthcare clinics.
𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗻, 𝟭𝟬𝟬% 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝗻𝗲𝘄, 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗬𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗬𝗔𝗬! 𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗼 𝗯𝗮𝗴𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 @keepourclinics It'𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆.
(Go to the link I’m my @vickiehowell bio to shop).
With love,
Vickie
#yarnyay #roevwade #1973 #womensupportingwomen...
If any women or non-binary people with a uterus who are attending @hhamericas and need emotional support after today’s devastating Supreme Court ruling, meet-up at the seating section on the show floor next to the stage, after the Indie Magazine Panel at 1pm. 💗 #roevwade...
wow great idea!
Thanks! I hope you’ll submit–I’m so excited to see what everyone comes up with!
I’m in. I love a good challenge. You rock Vickie.