Make It- The Handmade Revolution

Make It is like a mullet; craft show in the front party in the back!

@ Jenna, ha ha that's a funny tagline!

Hey Jenna - just saw you on BT this morning. Very cool.

really?! I was so sleepy but Greg the host was a riot! It was cool to do the live on location at Raw Canvas too.

Easy.  In grade 8 home economics class we had to make a pair of boxers, our first expedition into sewing and not only did it take me 3 times as long as everyone else to get them made, I actually bribed my best friend to finish sewing the elastic into them so I wouldn't fail the project.  This is when I discovered that I couldn't sew.  I still have those boxers and they are still hideous.

Hand me a frying pan and utensils anyday.

Well I made a robot costume for my younger brother many moons ago out of corrugated boxes tin foil and anything else I could find. It won the best Halloween costume contest in a Cub Scout event.

I was 12 back then. I did have to make this ugly denim jacket in home economics class never wore that and eventually tossed it.

You guys talked me into going to this event. I'm going to go looking for a leather belt which I saw back in Commercial Drive. Hope they're participating here.

I have no horrifying self-made creation. Does gluttony count? I tried. :P

I made a horrid bright purple t-shirt with these weird wide sleeves and a boatneck style neckline... I was so proud of it at the time but I can't believe I picked out that style and material to sew on my own!  One of my home ec projects in grade 8.

My favorite to sew = glue gun! Just don't burn yourself because it hurts like a mf!

I favourite arts and craft project was in grade 6.. when we had to make a hand puppet with a paper mache head.... since it was spice girls era and i was IN LOVE with Emma (BABY spice), I devoted my attention to her perfect pig tails, and baby pink dress... I can still remember to this day that some guy in my class asked if he could have the puppet after it was graded. clearly he was in love with her too :)

A few horrors were inflicted on the world in my grade 8 "life skills" class - like the brown jumper that looked so cute on the pattern package, but in my sewing-challenged hands turned into something Amish girls would wear, or the bottle opener that could have doubled as a jagged shiv, which they had us make in metal shop. Why would anyone have 13-year-olds making bottle openers?

My first couple of knitting projects were pretty disastrous too. I chose to make this striped scarf out of mohair (itchy, itchy mohair) and it went all crazy uneven and had big holes where I dropped or accidentally made new stitches. Then I really made it ugly by putting a fringe on it, which I trimmed way too short, making it look like fuzzballs were coming off either end. The kicker is that I actually gave it to my sister as a GIFT. She has sensibly never been seen to wear it.

during my first cake decorating experiences, i decided to make a treasure chest cake. of course i bake like 5 batches of cake, and put it all together, have it all iced and just as im about to decorate it with stuff... the lid falls over and everything just starts falling apart. why? i still dont know..

so i did the next logical thing, try to "glue" it together with more frosting

yea. it didnt work

i ended up with a huge mountain of chocolate fudgy icing cake that looked like a mountain of poo.

it was disgusting

and i was on a time crunch

yea i stayed up all night long

and guess what

it didnt fall apart! yay!

Make it was Awesome! - lots of cool stuff at reasonable prices!
Make sure you bring cash because most of the vendors don't take plastic.

check out the Yelp photobooth :)

Great job Jenna!