January Event Recap

Kicking off the new year in style! The January edition featured DIY calenders for 2012

And special guest DJ Chris International spinning some old school funk / 80s / new wave!

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Year in Review: Spins & Needles in 2011

Spins & Needles | September 2011 | Ottawa

We’ve been a little quiet on the blog front but it was a busy, innovative year for Spins & [...]

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Spins & Needles Hits Up Europe in September!

European Tour - Fall 2011

Have you heard? Tell all your friends: Spins & Needles is hitting up Europe this September!

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This is What All The CoMotion Was About…

COmotion at Spins & Needles Check out the end results of the collaborative stop motion event last May with Ooohlala.ca and artist Megan Turnbull.

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COmotion Artist Profile: A. Megan Turnbull from ooohlala.ca

CoMotion

At this month’s Spins & Needles special CoMotion installment, we’ll be collaborating with Winnpeg-bred, Ottawa-based artist A. Megan Turnbull (ooohlala.ca), a new media artist and director, in [...]

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Sneak Peak at May Edition of Spins & Needles

COmotion

We love collaborative parties and projects! Spins & Needles, in collaboration with ooohlala.ca and artist A. Megan Turnbull, present a special event this May: COmotion!

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Party Ideas: Plan Your Own Bricolage Brunch Part 2 – DIY Projects

Bohemian Eggs

What’s a bricolage brunch without the DIY projects? In the last post we featured Part 1 of how to plan your own bricolage brunch, mainly focusing on decoration and recipes. In this post we feature a few food-related DIY [...]

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Party Ideas: Plan Your Own Bricolage Brunch

DIY smoothie bar Photo via Hip Hip Hooray

Brunch is such a great way to get friends together – in our opinion it’s the best meal of the week and our weekends aren’t complete without having brunch at least one of the days. [...]

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Recap: Bricolage Brunch Party | Eggs, Bacon and a Side of Beats

Spins & Needles Bricolage Brunch Anniversary Party - April 2011

Thanks to everyone who came out to Spins & Needles first ever Bricolage Brunch! Doubling [...]

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Poster Inspiration 2: Breakfast for Dinner in Eastern Europe

Vanaema Juures Restoran, Tallinn, Estonia

Another inspiration for developing the poster: a small cozy restaurant in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Travelling to Talliin was sort of on a whim, much like me eating at Vanaema Juures restaurant (“Grandma’s Place” in Estonia). I was told by [...]

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