Teenage rebellion is almost a thing of the past. Nowadays, any shocking fad that young people can come up with is co-opted, watered down, and placed in soda commercials before the kids even have a chance to enjoy it. The only way teens can truly shock the powers that be is to engage in the most wholesome, sweet, granny-approved activity known to man: crafting. Once seen as the epitome of lameness, crafting has become a favorite pastime of in-the-know hipsters who have taken to mastering forgotten arts like knitting, crocheting, and decoupage.
If you are interested in buying crafts and live in a major city, chances are there is a fair nearby. The Renegade Craft Fair makes yearly appearances in Brooklyn and Chicago in the spring, while the annual Bazaar Bizarre hits up Boston, Cleveland, San Francisco, and L.A. in the winter. Smaller but equally awesome weekly fairs with crafty booths are popping up in cities, like Boston’s South End Open Market.
Shoppers who live in areas without craft fairs can hop to etsy.com. The site contains thousands of virtual booths selling unique and incredible handmade items. It simulates crafting bazaar experience without the threat sunburn or human interaction.
Those eager to jump making their own crafts should check out craftster.org, a forum that allows crafters to show off their goods and give readers instructions on how to recreate their own masterpieces. In keeping with their motto “No tea cozies without irony” most of the items posted in the craftster forums are complete kitsch. The posts dedicated to Law and Order TV dinner trays and crocheted Jack Sparrow dolls suggest that the craftsters draw more inspiration from Entertainment Weekly than Martha Stewart Living.
Hopefully the site will inspire you to pick up a knitting needle and stick it to the man.
go to UK,want to see u.
Posted by: parisburning | July 15, 2006 at 07:07 AM
go to UK,want to see u.
Posted by: parisburning | July 15, 2006 at 07:07 AM