[ Saturday, December 10, 2011; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Crafts & Treats from Local Vendors!
Saturday, December 10, 10am-5pm
St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, 217 First Street (just two blocks from Bank St.)
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Gourmet Goodies & Treats * Prints & Cards * Glassworks * Knits * Jewellery* Photography & Art * Baby & Kids items * Hockey Art * Magnets & Pins * Ornaments* Bath & Body Products [...]

[ Sunday, December 4, 2011; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Join us SUNDAY DECEMBER 4th – 10am – 4pm -ish.
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The Daily Grind Coffee Shop
Shanghai Restaurant
Raw Sugar
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PRESENTS :
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This one off, independent CRAFT WALK through CHINATOWN ! Three locations within three blocks of each other! Over 50 local Crafters .
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Indie Crafters . jewelry . clothing . fine art . plush items . kids crafts . housewares . [...]

I’m really disappointed because I had a really cool vintage bubble bath recipe, made with sugar cubes (!) but I can’t find it anywhere.I don’t know where it went…sigh. Sorry, folks.But there are 1,000,000 other bubble bath recipes out there&#823…

 
One thing I absolutely love about the holidays is wrapping the presents.  I know I’m weird, but I do.  Each year I usually go to the dollar store to buy some funky and fantastic labels to put on the gifts I’m giving to the boys, my parents, my in-laws, nieces and nephews and so forth.
What [...]

[ Friday, December 2, 2011; 8:00 pm to 11:55 pm. ] It’s Spins & Needles 7th annual holiday craft-mas installment in Ottawa! Get in the holiday spirit and get those gifts made early!
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When: Friday December 2nd @ 8:00p.m. onwards
Where: James Street Pub (390 Bank St. @ Waverley St, Ottawa)
Cover: $8 | $6 students – includes access to all materials and instructions.
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DJs: DJs Jason Pelletier + guests [...]

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Local folk rock quintet Kalle Mattson produced this amazing cartoon history of the world to go along with their single Thick as Thieves. The video, which cost only $250 to make, was made with paper cutouts using stop motion technique. Catch the originals this Saturday at Zaphod’s.
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In the spirit of support local, we’re bringing back the 100 Mile gift Guide, you’re guide to shopping Ottawa for xmas. Post and photos by Molly Campbell.
Lisa Wilson points out a colourful column of threads wrapped around a strand of hair on a young girl visiting her York Street shop on a Saturday afternoon.
“This is [...]

Friendship Bracelets have been one of the coolest activities for friends since the seventies, and with an unlimited number of patterns, designs and color combinations, friendship bracelets are still the best way to show off your style! Now My Friendsh…

Delit Maille recreates the news in wool. Below are a couple of warm and fuzzy sex-crazed newsmakers. Dominique Strauss-Kahn Silvio BerlusconiVia Frogsmoke

Isabelle having lunchI drove the car the hour and a half into the Otto Subaru dealership for a major tune-up. Winter approacheth and rural driving requires a vehicle be kept in shape.Subaru told me it would be 5 hours for this big tune-up.They were hav…

Support Local month – and Movember – is over halfway done. Thankfully there are still a few weeks left in the month for those of you whose facial hair takes its sweet time growing, and for those of you who are into combinations like beer and pizza, or cupcakes and art. Also this weekend? An [...]

Workshop turns 6 1/2 tonight!
Workshop Boutique has been a staple on Dalhousie Street for a while – 6.5 years, to be precise. And somehow, during that entire period of time, owners Christina and Bridget never got around to throwing their shop a birthday party. So when Support Local month came around, they figured that now [...]

This is an activity I use with toddlers or three year olds, when they start to show an interest in writing their name. The Rainbow Name is a great activity for muscle memory in writing that I picked up from a fine motor workshop.  I found it a good fi…

Photo courtesy of Anne Marie Bouchard of AMBPhoto.
Craft show info compiled by Krista Leben
It’s that time of year again, Ottawans, when the crafters take to the streets and local shops to sell the wares they’ve spent the last year creating. Every year there seems to be another show that pops up, revealing even more talented [...]

[ Saturday, December 3, 2011; 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. Sunday, December 4, 2011; 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Shenkman Arts Centre’s unique holiday arts event, returns for its second year on the weekend of December 3 and 4. Baz’Art offers a refreshing alternative to the typical Christmas arts sale. While the event’s focal point is indeed a sale featuring a selection of juried, local artists and artisans, the weekend is designed to get [...]

My son came home last week with assignment called "Structure".  It required him to make something, from scratch, using raw materials.  The teacher also wanted to see the design, the plan and the resources. As you can imagine, I was…

[ Tuesday, November 15, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Love to create your own decorations and gifts? Then you’ll love our brilliant Christmas Workshops!
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You’ll make quick, easy, and really inexpensive beautiful Christmas cards, gift tags and bags, as well as beautiful little paper Christmas ‘trees’ – all from recycled materials. Best of all, you’ll go home with your own handmade creations.
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All materials are provided.Each [...]

[ Sunday, November 27, 2011; 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Sunday, December 4, 2011; 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Sunday, December 18, 2011; 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. ]

[ Sunday, November 20, 2011; 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. ]

[ Friday, November 4, 2011; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] *A travelling creative night out bringing you DJ + DIY goodness*
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At this month’s Ottawa party: a surrealist themed soiree. Featuring bad dreams, melting clocks, lobster telephones, fuzzy tea cups and mannequin heads. What’s an exquisite corpse you ask? Find out throughout the night.
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Projects: Work on unexpected DIY surreal collages and drawing projects that even Dali [...]