Psst – want to make stuff simultaneously with crafters in other countries such as Mexico, France, Egypt and Hong Kong, while having your cake and eating it too? This month we’re joining forces with crafty groups around the globe to bring you the Ottawa edition of a worldwide craft party!
Etsy‘s put a call out to cities around the world to celebrate with a craft party on June 18th (their actual birthday), and we’ve lined up the event for this month to fall on the same day. But we’re not just celebrating their birthday, we’re celebrating your birthday, your friend’s birthday and everyone else’s!
There’ll be DJs, loot bags and projects galore, from DIY crowns a la Burger King styles to customizing your own wooden photo frame to capture that b-day moment. Each person will blow out the candle on their own personal birthday cupcake.
Funky beats provided by DJs Jason Pelletier + special guest Montreal DJ Dave Allison (a.k.a. Dav) of indie funky/jacking house label Kinjo Records. Kinjo will be celebrating their 30th release soon, having released many must-have tracks played during DJ sets around the globe!
Here’s the details:
When: Friday June 18th @ 8:00p.m. onwards
Where: Legion Hall (330 Kent St. @ Somerset St. W.) (Buses #1, 4, 7, 12)
Cover: $6 – includes access to all materials and instructions.
Facebook invite
We also threw the superfun first edition of Me, You and Everyone Else’s Birthday a few years ago. Check out the photos on our Flickr page.
Other inspirations for the party includes:
What else says party but balloons? We based the poster for the event on the idea of the activity of cluster ballooning which sounds like something you dream of as a kid and would be an awesome birthday gift. But it actually does exist! The pilot straps him or herself in to a paraglider harness, then is attached to 50 to 150 helium filled-balloons. Sandbags are released (just like a hot air balloon) and the pilot floats up into the air. To descend, the pilot releases or bursts balloons.
Birthday also means decorations – we’re loving this birthday balloon garland idea from the crafters over at Martha Stewart. We’ll be writing lots on these balloons, from the S&N logo to “Happy Birthday” to “Bonne Fete”.
It’s all about you on your birthday and you get to be treated like royalty! These photos made us think about what crowns and hats we pined for as a kid to crowns and hats we pine for now:
We did crowns a few years back and loved how this person’s turned out – posing with Queen Elizabeth no less!
Plus what better way to mark your special day than with crafting up a frame to capture that Kodak moment?
And here’s a fresh jacking song of the month that we are so so into right now. It’s We No Speak Americano by Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP – it’s definitely got some catchy beats that we think all craft parties on June 18th would appreciate (even to our American friends!)
Related posts:
[...] birthday party (alcohol included)? Here’s a how-to in photos and some highlights from the Spins & Needles June 2010 installment: Etsy Craft Party and Everyone’s Birthday Party. (And how do we know it was kickass? We heard guests murmuring it was even better than their [...]