BALTIMORE: free screening today!

San Francisco: check this out

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Chronicle Books is hosting this event on Monday if you are looking for something fun to do....

Vancouver wrap up!

I had a whirl-wind trip in Vancouver this week. Flew in on Wednesday then an insane full day on Thursday.
I did a TV appearance


Book signing at Barefoot Contessa


& the premiere was at the Rio Theater with over 300 people in attendance + a great mini craft fair to boot!



I even got to meet the authors Mandy Moore and Leanne Prain of the soon to be released book "Yarn Bombing" at the welcome party at my hostess with the mostess Kim Werker's house.


I was also tickled by these amazing vegan cupcakes made for me by Coco Cake Cupcakes


"Welcome Faythe".... um, amazing.

AND, Kim & I spent her 33rd birthday doing all sorts of fun shopping & eating (I ate the best sushi I've ever had besides in Japan). She took me to The Assembly of Text which I was of course in LOVE with every aspect of... go there if you like letters, typewriters, zines, indie publications and girls who do dope shit.


((please note this amazing window display))
&
Check out the rest of the photos in my flickr set

A very very special thank you goes out to Andrea & Rob of Lotus Event's (they bring you GOT CRAFT?) who brought me to Vancouver, organized a fantastic sucessful event and are just overall lovely people doing great things.

Happened & Happening: VANCOUVER+BALTIMORE+DC+LOS ANGELES!!

Last week::
I took a trip out to Los Angeles for the Dwell Design Conference to be on the panel "

Crafting and Creating in Consumer Culture"moderated by the lovely Jordan Kushins (Assistant Editor, Dwell). I was on the panel with Brian Singer (Principal/Creative Director

Altitude) & friend Billie Lopez (Co-owner ReForm School).

I also took a minute to meet with Jenny Ryan (organizer of Felt Club and founder of HomeEc) and Tootie (Co-owner ReForm School) over at Cinefamily where we will be doing the Los Angeles premiere in August (NOTE: TICKETS WENT ON SALE TODAY HERE).

Tonight::

Monday, July 6th

Live radio interview: 7:30-8:00pm
KDHX-88.1 FM, community radio in St. Louis
"Tonight we kick off a month of conversations on "The Life Creative" -- folks of all stripes are getting down with DIY, whether knitting scarves for charity, planting victory gardens to avoid corporate food conglomerates or self-publishing conspiracy theories while wearing the tinfoil hats. What's behind our impulse to make stuff, to do stuff, to get more self-reliant and creative? And how can even suits benefit from more creativity? We'll talk about it all month with a variety of voices. Tonight's guest is Faythe Levine, author and film director of the book/documentary movie project "Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft and Design." We'll talk about her 19,000-mile journey to document the resurgence of indie craft and its implications for sustainability and subverting traditional capitalism...and the movement's limitations"

Thursday, 9th::
Vancouver Premiere! ((Come meet me, I'm making the trip))
Rio Theatre, 1660 East Broadway @ Commercial Drive Screening at 8:00pm, Craft Showcase at 7:00pm Tickets HERE

Tuesday, 14th::
Baltimore Premiere! ((Come meet me, I'm making the trip))
7pm with director Q&A to follow
University of Baltimore auditorium, 21 W Mount Royal Avenue (the corner of Mt Royal and Maryland Ave)
FREE & open to the public

Thursday, 16th::
Washington DC Premiere! ((Come meet me, I'm making the trip))
Renwick Gallery :: Smithsonian American Art Museum
12:00 book signing & screening
More info here FREE & open to the public

Vancouver:: ticket giveaway!

Go on over to Poppytalk to check out their ticket giveaway for the July 9th screening of Handmade Nation in Vancouver! I'll be there too!!

San Francisco: see Handmade Nation this week!

Just a heads up that Handmade Nation will be screening for a second time this week on the 16th in SF at San Francisco Design Week. Tickets and information are HERE.

I won't be making the trip but I will be out that way in August. More details on that soon!

WELCOME!

Co-Author of Handmade Nation Cortney Heimerl gave birth to her healthy baby boy today! The 7lb 9oz lil' guy is still going by his nickname bun bun, and I'll let you know when they pick the real deal!

Note to self: experiencing the birth of your best friends baby will really change your life. MAAAAAAAAGICAL.

Check it out....SALE over at 20x200

My friend Jen Bekman does amazing things. Her website 20x200 is having a sale and you should check it out. Keep an eye out for a print on 20x200 from Jill Bliss that is a fundraiser for Handmade Nation this summer too!

The 20% More Ridiculous Sale on 20x200 is a site-wide 20% off sale, which we've only done once before, and it'll be at least a year before we do it again. Collectors get 20% off their print order when they enter the code RIDONK at checkout.

All the deets are here:
http://www.tinyurl.com/ridonk