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.

Astoria Craft Party Snapshot: License Plate Art

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 license plate art for $5 plus an additional $1 for each letter.  How cool would these be for that car lover in your life or for a child with a transportation themed room?

Astoria Craft Party Snapshot: Hand Stamped Silver Stamping

Join Kamichia Kinzie in creating these beautiful hand stamped silver utensils that can be used as flower and garden markers for $2 each.

Be sure to stop by her booth at the Astoria Sunday Market!

Astoria Craft Party Snapshot: Rag Dolls

Join Olivia and create your own Rag Doll for $5.  Add accessories for an additional $1.

And be sure to stop by Olivia's shop at the Astoria Sunday Market!

Astoria Craft Party Snapshot - Pinback Buttons

Join RaggedRedFiber and create your own pinback buttons with vintage paper or create your own design for $1.

Astoria Craft Party Snapshot: Blow Your Own Ornament

"Blow your own Ornament" with the help of the artist at Fernhill Glass for $25. You will pick out the color combination & assist the artist in creating a one of a kind glass ornament. Ornament pick up will be the next day or you can pay to have it shipped.

Please call ahead to Pre-Register - (503) 325-3448

Astoria Craft Party Snapshot: Get Your Stencil On

Stencil your own Astoria inspired repurposed pallet subway style art! Two sizes to choose from:  Large (12x18) for $10 and a Small (6x12) for $5. Limited quantities!




Check out how the incredibly creative Lisa made this pallet art at Maison de Stencils.

Stencil your own Astoria inspired market tote for $5. Limited quantities!

This small bag is perfect for the kiddos to stencil! Burlap bags Large $3 and Small $1. Limited quantities!

I absolutely LOVE these Astoria inspired stencil crafts and would love to own every single one of them!

Astoria Craft Party Snapshot: Photo Walk

Interested in learning how to use your camera - whether its digital, film or phone? Join us for the Photo Walk with the amazingly talented Christy Chaloux Photography. Tours start at the Fort George Lovell Building every hour beginning at 4:15 pm this Friday.  Don't forget to bring your camera with you!

Only 11 days until Astoria Craft Party!

Hey there!

Less than two weeks until Astoria Craft Party on August 24th at the Fort George Lovell Building from 4pm-8pm.  Are you as excited as I am?!   RSVP here! 

As mentioned before, we have a great lineup of activities for kids and adults alike.  Choose one, a few or all of them!

*Each activity carries a minimal fee to cover supplies.  Please pay at the door with cash.

 

*Please note that if you plan to participate in the glass ornament blowing you will have to come back by Fernhill Glass to pick up your ornament or you could have it shipped for a fee.

Hope to see you there!

Astoria Craft Party August 24th 4-8pm

Hey there!

We are well underway with plans for the first ever Astoria Craft Party on August 24th from 4-8 pm at the Fort George Lovell Building.

We have an amazing lineup of activities:

• Blacksmith Crafts
• "Broken Glass" frames 
• Glass Ornament Blowing
• License Plate Art
• Nautical Fancy Work
• Paper crafts made from vintage maps and charts
• Photo Walk
• Pinback buttons
• Rag Dolls
• Salvaged Door Knob Hanger
• Scrabble tile art
• Spindle Bird Feeder
• Stenciled Subway Style Pallet Art
• Stenciled Scandinavian Flag Tote Bags
• Vintage Cabinet Door Chalkboards
• Vintage Drawer & Window Planters

Stay tuned for more details.  Hope to see you all there!

~ACP

Location Confirmed for the Astoria Craft Party

Hey there!

The Astoria Craft Party is a GO!  We'll be hosting it at the Fort George Lovell Building on August 24, 2012 from 4pm-8pm.

craft  (krft)n.1. Skill in doing or making something, as in the arts; proficiency

Join us as we celebrate our great community in Astoria, Oregon with a night of craft (and we're not talking scrapbooking, people!)  Craft Party is a celebration of meeting and making, of creativity and community. It’s a time to meet your neighbors and share a creative skill. It’s a time to have fun and party down with scissors in your hand (carefully, that is).

We have an amazing selection of activities planned.  Interested in photography?  Join us on our Photography Walking Tour/Workshop with Christy Chaloux Photography.  Have you dreamt of trying your hand at glass blowing?  Take part in our Glass Ornament Workshop at Fernhill Glass.  Have a brood of kids?  Don't worry we've got them covered, too.   And that's just the tip of the iceberg!

Stay tuned for a complete list of activities and registration information in the weeks to come.  Sign up on the right sidebar to get email updates so you won't miss any information.  In the meantime, mark your calendars and spread the word.  Tweet it, share on facebook and tell your friends!  This is an event you won't want to miss!

Save the Date: Astoria Craft Party Aug 24th!

Hey there!

The Etsy Craft Party is scheduled and Astoria, Oregon is taking part in this year's event on Friday, August 24th with a local gathering.

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Not quite sure what an Etsy Craft Party is? 

In a nutshell, Craft Party is a celebration of meeting and making, of creativity and community. It’s a time to meet your neighbors and share a creative skill. It’s a time to have fun and party down with scissors in your hand (carefully, that is).

This year's theme is Wish You Were Here. With this as a guiding idea, we will create projects that reflects our hometown. Whether it be local and regional crafts, music, style, and food, ways to pay tribute to a notable landmark or place, an activity that tells local lore through handmade means, or any creative activity that speaks to this spirit of local flavor, we're considering it all!

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We will be announcing further details about Craft Party 2012 in the coming weeks so stay tuned!

In the meantime, here are a few links to help get your Craft Party pinwheels turning. Click the links to find out each answer:

• How did Craft Party 2011 work? 
• What were some Craft Party stories and quotes from 2011 and 2010? 
• Where can I see photos from past parties?

Have questions or interested in helping? Shoot us an email at astoriacraftparty(at)gmail(dot)com or comment below.

- Astoria Craft Party Team