In addition to our usual list of classes PASTE is excited to announce a new addition, Wine Tasting…Craft Making. Because who doesn’t like wine and crafts? We are thrilled to offer you a wine tasting hosted by STL Wine Girl who has been featured in Sauce Magazine, St. Louis Magazine and other local publications for her outstanding wine knowledge. If you left it up to me the class would go something like this “Here’s your white, here’s your red. Wine is Yummy!” Thankfully, STL Wine Girl will …

Strange Folk Festival according to Holly
Holy gnomes and polka-dotted mushrooms Batman, Strange Folk is THIS weekend (September 26 & 27 from 10-6). This is going to be a totally awesome show. There will be more than 100 vendors representing a huge variety of crafty goodness. The festival will be located in O’Fallon, IL only 15 minutes from downtown St. Louis. In addition to the fabulous wares there will be live bands, a wine tasting, eco-conscious craft activities, a sandbox, petting zoo and lots of yummy food to eat. One of …

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 …

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 — …

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 …

Paste is super excited to stock needle felting supplies! We’ve been told finding needle felting supplies in St. Louis is like looking for that dang old needle in the haystack! So, We’ve stocked up. We have over thirty colors of wool roving and more on the way! We also offer a variety of 100% wool felt. We are also super excited to offer needle felting classes.
What is needle felting you ask?
Needle felting is a process which uses barbed needles to interlock wool fibers to form a …

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 …

In Love.  I am in Love.  When I first opened the box containing the Nikki Yarn from Cascade I freaked.  I haven’t even been a big knitter myself but this drove me to dust off the old needles and give it a try again.  I stocked three of the colors available and seriously they are gorgeous!  The orange/green/red combo reminds me of Jolly Ranchers and I have no idea why but I swear I taste them when I look at it.  The details are below for those of you …