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 …

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 …

So after weeks of promising you a site here it is… Sort of.  There is tons of more information to come regarding classes, products, events, DIY projects and local artists!  We figured it would be better to post what we had so far so you can get the information about current classes.   Please stop back by to check out our updates!

Boy Paper!  The biggest problem I have with scrap booking is the “cutesyness” of the whole thing.  Cute is good.  Cute is even great, if say, you are five.  Or if you are scrap booking pictures of your five year old little girl.  Cute is not good if you are preserving pictures of your eighteen year old son.  The Basics line by Glitz design is far from cute, in fact is so not cute it’s almost cute!  I fell in love with the guitar paper and the cars and street …