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Craftogether – Community Event & Fundraiser

CALLING ALL St. Louis CRAFTERS & MAKERS – you are invited to the first ever community Craftogether; it’s an evening of crafting with our fellow local makers while raising some money for a worthy cause, Tenth Life Stray Cat Rescue. You can also get those knitting needles and crochet hooks going and help make knitted read more »

How To: Eco-Friendly Felted Fall Brooch

So, wanna make something cute for fall?  Holly Schroeder of South City Studio has a simple tutorial for you. Adorn your favorite outfit with this simple and charming fall flower brooches.  Watch her live demo here. Supplies needed: Felted Wool Scraps (old sweaters) Fabric Glue Scissors Safety Pin or Pin back Needle/Thread To felt sweaters: read more »

Robots & Kitties Winner!

Thank you to everyone who submitted the adorable and fun (and beautifully drawn!) artwork for the Robots & Kitties Design Competition – every piece submitted will be sold at Craft-O-Matic and the proceeds will go to benefit our nonprofit sponsors.  We appreciate the very generous and giving spirit in which all of our artists participated!  read more »

Robots & Kitties submission – Adopt-A-Kitty!

Check out this adorable piece of artwork by Emily Abrams!  Guaranteed to make you say “awwwww….”  Adoptable kitties make even a mechanical robot heart melt a little!  You can see more of Emily’s work at www.emilysescape.etsy.com – she’s one of our very own Craft Mafia members!

Who Loves Cupcakes?

I hope you love cupcakes. I hope you LOVE locally-sourced organic cupcakes even more, because they’re going to be available at Craft-O-Matic! We’re so excited to have Farm Fresh Cupcakes at our craft show – Kaylen will be selling her delicious and healthy cupcakes all day, or at least until she runs out! Get ‘em read more »

More Robot & Kitty art for Craft-O-Matic!

  Two amazing pieces of art from Christopher Lynch!    You can check out more of his work at www.funk-and-flash.com.  These ink drawings are titled “Madonna & Child” and “The Jetsons’ Cat.”  Awesome! These works will be for sale at Craft-O-Matic with all proceeds going to our nonprofit sponsors.

Bicyclin’

Another ridiculously cute Robots & Kitties submission for Craft-O-Matic from Joe Mohr.  Joe is a painter (www.JoeMohrPaintings.com) and environmental cartoonist and writer (www.JoeMohrToons.com). He is also an aspiring children’s author and illustrator who has two books of verse published on the iphone. Joe and his wife, kids, and bikes live in U City.

Dancing Robot!

Another great Robots & Kitties submission from Brian Novak! This collage piece, along with all our other submissions will be sold at Craft-O-Matic to raise money for our nonprofit sponsors.