Freakish Bike

I love bicycles, but no where near the way these people do. Some crazy, crazy stuff going on here.

Free TV!!!

For those of you who aren't as nerdy tech-savvy as we are, yes you can watch free tv online. For a long time we have been hardcore downloaders of music and movies and recently I had an epiphany and almost dropped my crappy Comcast cable. If you don't watch TV all that much Boxee and Hulu are both completely free and you should go get them now! All you need is a Mac or PC and if you want to you can hook that up to your 150" plasma and bam! free high def tv when and where you want it. Check it out now, Hulu has a desktop application that you can download for free and check out their full library. Anything thats free is good, and when its legal TV and Movies its even better.

Keep Your Camera in a Camera!

A Japanese illustrator/puppet stop-motion video artist / crafter who lives in Vancouver, Canada:

Hine [hee-neh] Mizushima. She is an Illustrator, a handmade crafter and a puppet-based stop-motion animation video artist. Hine was born and raised in Japan, she majored in traditional Japanese painting at a University there and worked as a paper product designer/Illustrator in Tokyo. After she met her husband (who is Canadian), they decided to move to Rome, then Paris, then Brooklyn. Two and a half years ago they moved to Vancouver, Canada, with their son. Then they discovered Etsy! At first they just bought things from the site but, Etsy inspired them to create handmade things and she became a seller as well, and have been for a year and a half. Her camera cases are great! It gets the YoCoPros stamp of appoval.

www.hine.etsy.com

Get to the Bazaar this Weekend!!!!

Come out to Penn's Landing this weekend, and support HANDMADE!! Some of the YoCoPros pals will be in attendence: Yasha Butler Ceramics, Naomi Cleary Ceramics, Amy Santoferraro, Ryan Kelly and Nate Prouty!!!! Come out and get into the Indie Craft Movement, handmade, reused and recycled, orignal affordable artwork and awsome live music will all be there down at Penn's Landing this weekend in Philadelphia!!


Saturday Music Line-up
11am: Pairdown
12pm: The Josh Olmstead Band
1pm: The Documents
2pm: Gildon Works
3pm: Padre Pio
4pm: Toy Soldiers
5pm: Folklore

Sunday Music Line-up:
12pm: Perkasie
1pm: Photon Band
2pm: Like A Fox
3pm: North Lawrence Midnight Singers
4pm: The Mural & The Mint
5pm: Oh!Pears

The Great Plaza @ Penn's Landing
(on Columbus Boulevard between Chestnut Street & Walnut Street)

click here for 2009 press release.

Wednesday Is the New Friday

Every Wednesday, from June 3 through August 26, 5-7 pm!!!

Enjoy $4 cocktails, $3 wine, $2 beers and half-priced appetizers at the participating bars and restaurants listed below. Individual bars and restaurants will determine which drinks and appetizers are on special.

Download a map of Center City District Sips Participants | PDF (334 KB)

**Also a little insider tip, every Wednesday after 5pm meter parking is free in OLD CITY!!**

Not Your Typical Teacups By DARYL EVANS

Check out this article!


"It’s Friday night and summer is upon us (most days), so where will you be? If you’re smart, you’ll be in Old City at First Friday. If you’re even smarter, you’ll be at the Clay Studio for the opening reception of local artist Melissa Mytty.

To say that Mytty makes teacups is simply inadequate. Perched atop highly designed wall-mounted platforms, and nestled on elaborate saucers, these pieces are more high fashion than functional kitchenware. Mytty's evocative titles including Sweet Cheeks, Tog, and Delicious, suggests that her work be seen as individual vignettes offering a different mix of fashion, design, and abundance.

Mytty describes her current body of work as "Drawing from the rich history of ceramics while injections of contemporary culture, such as haute couture, tattoos, automotive design, ground effects, and licking tongues, are critical and keep my work pushing the boundaries of the material and the format of the cup".

We could of course, go on and on about Melissa Mytty, but your hip and with it, so we’ll see you at The Clay Studio for First Friday!"

June 5, 2009 5 p.m.-9 p.m.

139 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

We Love I Love Grey Skys....

Featured Seller on Etsy!!

Please describe your creative process how, when, materials, etc.

Well most of my ideas and planning of projects happen at night time, as I put my son to sleep. After reading him a story I lay next to him while he unwinds and gets cozied up. It's then, in that silence that I really focus on the imagery I want my next or current project to take. Sometimes I come out of his room and write it down before I finally get some time to hang out and talk to my husband, but mostly I remember the ideas.

Luckily my son still naps for a couple hours each day and it is then (and only then) that I get the time to actually bring my ideas to form. I usually put on some music, go into my studio and approach whatever I happen to be working on. With the sculptures I make for the shop, there is always many steps and processes that are being worked on simultaneously. For instance, I may start by sanding some wood for the bases and take them out into my shop in the garage for staining. While the first coat absorbs into the wood, I'll then come in and sculpt with clay. Then back to the garage to wipe the first coat of stain off and perhaps start a paper mache mask . I think it's this variety of task that keeps me so interested. I'm also a painter but after painting and concentrating for 2 hours straight I can get a bit drained, but the sculptures are less serious, more fun." - Etsy Featured Seller Interview.

EM Freestyle

Ive always been a big fan of Eminem, unfortunately I find his freestyles to be so much more amazing than anything he has ever put on an LP. Check out this recent freestyle, amazing skills, witty, funny and dirty, Im glad he's back but I could only wish his new album was this good.

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