Design

Poster Inspiration: Mixing Bricolage and Brunch

Spins & Needles | 6-Year Anniversary | Bricolage Brunch

We can hardly believe that six years has crept on us! We are celebrating this year’s anniversary [...]

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Rainy Rocking Weekend In Montreal: Part 3 – Bombe Sur La Main and Poster Art

Ville de Montreal - June 2010 Ville de Montreal street signs incorporated into festival gates

One thing I love about walking around Montreal is how many design ideas you [...]

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The Best Kinds of Yard Sale Posters

Yard Sale Poster Halifax, Nova Scotia - May 2010

One of the first thing you notice as an out-of-towner in downtown Halifax is that the streets [...]

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The Opposite of Camouflage

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Thinking about the theme for S&N’s 5-year birthday bash at the Canadian War Museum, we knew we’d be linking up with the Camouflage: From Battlefield to Catwalk exhibit.

When we [...]

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Street Art + Craft Inspiration: A Prelude to the Winterlude Project

San Francisco Street Art Graffiti in San Fran’s Haight District (2007)

So what ‘s the inspiration for the Winterlude Urban Cozy Project  next month?

Throughout the years we’ve [...]

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Recap: September Silkscreening 101 Workshops

Silkscreening 101 Workshop September 2009

Last Sunday saw the return of spins & needles silkcreening 101 workshops. It was great to get back to facilitating the workshops [...]

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The Largest IKEA in Canada?

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During a little trip to IKEA this past weekend (I know I know, going to IKEA during the back to school rush just calls for trouble) I not only picked up some shelving but learned a [...]

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Make Your Own Digital Coat of Arms

Check out how to make your own digital coat of arms (via DESIGNwathcher’s blog).

Here’s my quick and dirty design. (These were originally conceived for owners of Toyota Scions but could be easily altered using Photoshop.)

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Project Inspiration: Postage Stamp Design Resources

british textiles stamp – paul nash, originally uploaded by maraid.

Continuing from the last post, here are more postage stamp design resources found during [...]

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Project Inspiration: Make Your Own (Legal) Postage Stamps

With every Spins & Needles comes the research for potential projects. So with this month’s installment at the Canadian Museum of Civilization being associated with Britain’s  royal stamp collection [...]

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