Archive for 'Craftivism & Community'
Make Out Sessions with Crown Town Handmade
I was ecstatic when I learned about the Charlotte craft collective Crown Town Handmade. I’ve briefly mentioned them on my blog but I wanted to elaborate more about the group and their “make out sessions” here. Members of the collective regularly get together for workshops and community events. In April they began hosting monthly “make [...]
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Lend a Helping Hand
There’s a lot of talk on this blog about the beauty and benefits of growing food. Recently I finished the Master Composter program here in Charlotte, NC and have gotten involved with community gardens. Over the past few weeks I helped come up with the concept of a possible community garden that is slated for [...]
Hello Indie Greensboro!
Hello! We’re This Paper Ship, and we’ll be contributing to the IndieNC Blog all week! Our first post comes a little later in the day than we had originally intended, but the reason for it is a great one: we just finished moving our household, three cats, and studio into our new apartment in downtown [...]
Fiddler on the Roof
While you may have been spending time with your sweetheart this past Valentine’s Day, I was sick and bundled up on the couch. Lest you think this sad or depressing, I got loads of stitching done and discovered that Turner Classic Movies is playing 31 Days of Movies that have won Oscars! Not only did [...]
Betsy Greer, Craftivism
How great is it that I get the chance to talk about North Carolina craft ever more on the IndieNC blog! Exciting! Before I get into crafty stuff, I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Betsy Greer, and I run a little site called craftivism.com, and just published a book called Knitting For [...]
