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[23 Sep 2009 | One Comment | 2,069 views]
Robin Eastwood

Ok who the Heck are you?
I’m , better known as The Fancy Lamb. The Fancy Lamb is all about “reinvented vintage.” I enjoy taking tattered, worn, and unloved treasures and turning them into something new and useful. At Paste, you’ll find my line of Vintage Book Journals.
What is the worst craft fail you’ve had?
Let’s just say Mod Podge is not my friend.
Where do you get your materials from?
Since everything I create is based on as many vintage components as possible, I get …

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[23 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 1,230 views]
Hilary Hitchcock

Ok who the heck are you?
I’m Hilary Hitchcock.  I live in the Gravois Park neighborhood of south St. Louis.  I take photographs — digital, film, Polaroids.  I like to make jewelry and sew, although those are not necessarily my strongest suits yet (see below).
What is the worst craft fail you’ve had?
I have tried FOUR TIMES to make a patchwork fabric ball for my baby nephew, Bruno.  Two ended in such hilarious non-round shapes that I had to give them to him anyway.   As for the more recent two — …

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[30 Aug 2009 | 5 Comments | 5,987 views]
Needles For Newborns ~ Crafting With Purpose

Ok, I get it… I pretty much start every post with “I’m so excited” or “We’re so excited.”  But come on!  I work in a craft store everyday how can I not be constantly excited?
So again, and this time more so than others I am SO EXCITED!  Paste is teaming up with South City Studios and Girls Guide to the Galaxy to present Needles for Newborns.  It’s a 24 hour needle event to benefit St. Louis Children’s Hospital.  Paste will be open 24 hours welcoming local knitters and crocheters willing …

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[30 Aug 2009 | No Comment | 2,138 views]
Allison Rabbit ~ Squaresville

Ok who the Heck are you?

Allison Rabbitt

What is the worst craft fail you’ve had?

I made a queen-sized quilt, hand-quilted, meticulously assembled in concentric rainbow colors, for a local business man. Not naming names, but my apartment was right behind his shop, so I saw him all the time.  When I finally got it done, he said I had taken too long (2 months, but gee, I was also employed full-time!) and also balked at the price ($600). I quote, “$600? I can go to K-mart and get a …

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[21 Aug 2009 | No Comment | 824 views]
Genifer Brown ~ Downtown Genifer Brown Designs

Ok who the Heck are you?
I am Genifer Brown of Downtown Genifer Brown Designs. I create wearable art. It isn’t quite jewelry because there really aren’t actual jewels involved. My work involves pendants, pins, earrings, and bracelets made of hand sculpted clay and various types of fiber.

What is the worst craft fail you’ve had?
For fun, I sculpted the H.P. Lovecraft creation Cthulhu. If you’ve read Lovecraft, Cthulhu is described as being this huge, horrifying monster that causes the people unlucky enough to see him to go mad. I …

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[18 Aug 2009 | No Comment | 654 views]
South City Studios ~ Holly Schroeder

Who the Heck are you?
I’m an indie crafter and photographer from the Lou. My company name is South City Studio – its moniker is a tribute to my favorite part of town and where I call home. I’ve always been an artsty fartsy type, my mom is a painter and as soon as I could hold a paintbrush she started schooling me on the wonderfulness of the art world. When I was an unruly tween I got my first camera and have been snapping photos ever since. There’s been a …