Hallelujah

Last Sunday, we had a meet-up for the Athens branch of the CHURCH OF CRAFT here at RANCHO COCOA...we had a lot of fun! We kicked things off by introducing the pets to everybody...Audrey got into Oreo's pen and tried to tempt our bunny out of her tent with some carrots while Nilla sat on her lounger and supervised all the action in our livingroom...







Missy got to work on cutting out little felt slices of FRENCH TOAST, while Clare drew in her sketchbook. Gary showed up sans craft project, so we put him to work...he cut out ONE-INCH BUTTON designs and then pressed them in the badge press. Soon, everyone took turns making their own one-inch badges...















Beky embroidered CAT AND HEART DESIGNS on felt and then pressed them into badges, while Clare turned some of her drawings into WEARABLE ART...











Elizabeth worked on a spotted FELTED BALL and Beky worked on her EMBROIDERED OWLS...





All the while, we ate a bunch of food, listened to music, and watched the HANDMADE NATION documentary. After the younger crafters left, we closed the night out with comic heartthrob Aziz Ansari's "Intimate Moments For A Sensual Evening" dvd in the hopes of inspiring Gary's fledgling career as a stand-up comic...

Church Of Craft!

(Sister Missy knitting at a Church Of Craft meet-up in Sister Elizabeth's livingroom...)

Hey Y'all!

We're having our first CHURCH OF CRAFT ATHENS meeting of 2010...it's the first Church Of Craft meeting in over a year and we're hosting it at RANCHO COCOA! If you're interested in attending future meet-ups (or want to try to come to today's meeting) then join our FACEBOOK PAGE HERE...or, if you're just interested in finding out what Church Of Craft is all about (I assure you, it's not cult!) or are interested in starting a chapter in your own town, then check out the official Church Of Craft page HERE or official Church Of Craft Facebook page HERE...

Yours in Craft,
Brother Raoul

Weekend Wind-Down #8

(Missy knitted, Jenny beaded on a loom, and Harley the cat watched intently)

Today, we had a CHURCH OF CRAFT get-together at our friend Elizabeth's house...we pretty much crafted all afternoon, which is good because I really need to build up stock for the up-coming I.C.E. ATLANTA craft sale...and, we haven't had a Church of Craft meeting since October of last year, so it's looooong overdue...what can we say except that we've been busy. Hopefully, we'll be able to get our act together enough to at least have one meeting a month, so check back here or the Church Of Craft, Athens blog HERE, if you are interested in attending the next get-together...


(Elizabeth working on some drawings in her rocking chair)


(Paul making friends with Harley)

And now, without further doo-dah, this weekend's WEEKEND WIND-DOWN:

FAVORITE MOMENT FROM THE PAST WEEK:
MISSY: teaching Dana how to sew and Church Of Craft
RAOUL: the first minute-and-a-half on the "Tornado"

WORST MOMENT FROM THE PAST WEEK:
MISSY: I had a really bad dream!
RAOUL: the last thirty seconds on the "Tornado"

WORD OR PHRASE OF THE PAST WEEK:
MISSY: "Jimmy Carter says YES!"
RAOUL: "Caglar"

IF YOU HAD ONE MORE DAY THIS WEEKEND, WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH IT?
MISSY: clean up the house and...clean up the house!
RAOUL: sleep

SILLIEST THING YOU PLAN ON DOING NEXT WEEK:
MISSY: I might meet with the ACC Water Conservation Bureau to talk about my plush raindrops
RAOUL: seeing up-and-coming "music star" Jeff Bates perform at Wal-Mart this monday (tomorrow)

RESOLUTION FOR THIS NEXT WEEK:
MISSY: clean up the house
RAOUL: exercise my body

NAME ONE THING ON LAST WEEK'S TO-DO LIST THAT YOU DIDN'T GET DONE:
MISSY: clean the house!
RAOUL: organize my room

FAVORITE MEAL FROM LAST WEEK:
MISSY: homemade green curry noodle dish
RAOUL: green curry with asian noodles

PERSONAL SOUNDTRACK FROM LAST WEEK:
MISSY: Basia Bulat, April March, Feist, Tattletale, Julie Ruin
RAOUL: Lavender Diamond, The Haywains, The McTells, Flying Tigers, Devendra Banhart, The Breeders, Julie Ruin, Le Tigre, Gaze