The First Annual Astoria Craft Party Inspires Creativity

The first annual Astoria Craft Party was held Friday August 24th in the Fort George Lovell Building.  A steady stream of party participants hammered, glued, painted and assembled, crafting new treasures from salvaged housing materials, recovered pallets, and myriad other raw materials recycled and ready for reuse.

Astoria inspired repurposed stenciled pallet art, from Maison de Stencils, was a huge hit among party goers.
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Olivia Meik, of Olivia's Rag Dolls and a member of the Astoria Sunday Market Biz Kidz, shares her passion for creating rag dolls with a fellow youngster.  Be sure to stop by Olivia's booth at the Astoria Sunday Market.
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The many youngsters and young-at-heartsters constructed one-of-a-kind repurposed cabinet door chalkboards, stamped personalized silverware, and stenciled handbags and pallet pieces. They also adorned picture frames with "broken glass", assembled fabric dolls, and learned methods for dying fabric accessories. Vintage maps, old magazines, and decorative paper goods were recycled into envelopes, tags and pinback buttons. Party-goers ventured into the parking lot between the Lovell Room and Brewpub to help a local blacksmith forge iron wall hooks and participate in woodburning, around the block to blow glass ornaments at Fernhill Glass, and toured the surrounding city on a photo walk. 

Vintage Hardware taught attendees how to use salvaged goods to create beautiful items for the home like these repurposed cabinet door chalkboards.
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Attendees mingle and enjoy the atmosphere at The Astoria Craft Party, held in the Fort George Lovell Building.
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Kamichia Kinzie, of Glass Float Junkie and a vendor at the Astoria Sunday Market, helps party goers create one of a kind stamped silverware.
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A big thanks to all those that helped organize this amazing event - Fort George Brewery, Vintage Hardware, BurlapandHollyhocks, Christy Chaloux Photography, Fiber Arts Academy, Hammered Forge, Kamichia Kinzie, Maison de Stencils, Olivia's Rag Dolls, RaggedRedFiber and Revamp Homegoods.


Interested in planning the 2013 Astoria Craft Party?  Shoot us an email at astoriacraftparty@gmail.com or message us on Facebook Page.

Astoria Craft Party - This Friday, August 24th 4-8pm

Join us THIS Friday, August 24th from 4-8 pm at the Fort George Lovell Building for the Astoria Craft Party!  Check out all the previous posts for a glimpse of what all the amazing things we'll be creating.  Hope to see you there!  All ages and skill levels welcome!

Check out our list of activities and the fees associated with them.  The nominal fees cover the cost of supplies.  *The list is subject to change.

Astoria Craft Party Snapshot: "Broken Glass" Frames

Create a beautiful Fernhill Glass "Broken Glass" frames for $1.

Astoria Craft Party Snapshot: Blacksmith Crafts

Join Dewey from Hammered Forge out in the Fort George parking lot to create hand forged items for $5 and these S-Hooks for $1.  They can be used to complement many of the items created at Astoria Craft Party like the blown glass ornaments and repurposed pallet art.

Or try your hand at wood burning for $1.

Astoria Craft Party Snapshot: Repurposed Drawer Planter

Becky & Paul from Vintage Hardware are bringing their A game to the Astoria Craft Party.  Be sure to get here early so you don't miss out on any of their amazing projects.

Create a beautiful Repurposed Drawer Planter for $20. 

Astoria Craft Party Snapshot: Repurposed Picket Planter

Becky & Paul from Vintage Hardware are bringing their A game to the Astoria Craft Party.  Be sure to get here early so you don't miss out on any of their amazing projects.

Create your own Repurosed Picket Planter.  A single picket planter will cost $10 and a triple picket planter will cost $15.

Astoria Craft Party Snapshot: Repurposed Window Pane & Gutter Planter

Becky & Paul from Vintage Hardware are bringing their A game to the Astoria Craft Party.  Be sure to get here early so you don't miss out on any of their amazing projects.

Create your own Repurposed Window Pane & Gutter Planter for $25.  Leave it simple or embellish it.  These would look so wonderful hanging from a pergola or mounted to a wall both indoors and outdoors.