Article Archive for January 2012
Artist Profile: Vintage Vinyl Journals
If you’re a youngun, you may not remember the days when vinyl was king. Once upon a time, we listened to music on large black discs called records. Each side contained half an album’s worth of songs, and you had to take good care of them or “Hey Jude” would turn into “Hey…hey…hey…hey…” until you moved the needle. What’s a needle, you say, iPod generation? Don’t worry about it. While …
Love is in the Air: A Valentine’s Day Gift Guide
Some say Valentine’s Day is a holiday created by greeting card companies. We say: Let’s go all out & celebrate love!
If you’re stumped on what to give to your darling for Valentine’s Day, take a look through our gift guide for goodies that go beyond your typical box of chocolates and dozen roses. You’ll definitely get extra points for giving the gift of handmade and local, too.
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Show Your Studio: Tomoko Maruyama
Our latest virtual visit of an artist’s studio features the Bay’s beloved Tomoko Maruyama! Tomoko describes her style as evoking “feelings of warmth, peace, and happiness.” We definitely agree – you can’t help but smile when looking at Tomoko’s depictions of the Golden Gate Bridge and other iconic landmarks and features of San Francisco! Tomoko makes it easy to spread the joy by offering a variety of products, including …
Artist Profile: Unpossible Cuts
Lasers! We use ‘em for all kinds of stuff now, not just space gun attacks and crazy eye surgery. Who woulda thunk it? Lots of artists are using laser cutting technology to create unique furniture, sculpture, and jewelry. Philip Eggleston of Unpossible Cuts is one of these awesome folks. According to the Unpossible Cuts website, Philip uses the powers of “Laser cats, Viking blood, Eye of Newt, Unicorn Tears,Hipster Mustaches, and Wizard Beards” to …
Crafty Hour Recap: Yarn-Wrapped Adventures!
Another Crafty Hour for the books! They just keep getting better and better; now we just need to turn our “craft room” into one of those tents from Harry Potter that magically hold hundreds of people. This month we were inspired by San Francisco-based Yellow Owl Workshop’s great guide to hand-printing, Print Workshop. Designer Christine Schmidt created so many simple and satisfying projects, we just had to try one.…
Thank you, Sunset Magazine!
2011 was an amazing year for so many reasons. In Modern Mouse land, we had loads of fun! We welcomed two fabulous new mice, Polly and Genevieve, onto our staff. We kicked off monthly Crafty Hours attended by bunches of you wonderful folks from the community. We added boatloads of awesome new artists to the already amazing pool of talent whose work is so much fun to showcase. Thanks …
January Craft Night: Yarn-Wrapped Stamp Workshop
Woo-hoo! It’s 2012, and with all the holiday craziness now a distant memory, we’re looking forward to a peaceful and cozy January and a crafty New Year! We’re kicking off the 2012 Crafty Hour series with a really fun and simple project that just may get you hooked on stamping. Using Yellow Owl Workshop’s book, Print Workshop, as our guide, we’ll be making stamps out of wood and…yarn? Yes!…
Let’s Ring in the New Year!
Time to boogie the night away with your friends and family. Don’t be shy & get fancy–New Year’s Eve only comes once a year. Here are a few suggestions for making the night one to remember, and 2012 the best year you’ve ever had.
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