Bloomingdale Holiday Market Sunday, December 5th, 4-9pm Big Bear Cafe (1st and R streets NW) I know you’re thinking of really making this year a handmade holiday right? You’ve probably already gathered your ingredients for all the cookie platters you plan to make for parties, clipped all the necessary recipes from various resources and maaaaybe [...]

This just in from Japan’s Corporate News Network: Tokyo, May 30, 2008 (Jiji Press) – Riso Kagaku Corp. said Friday that it will discontinue shipments of its Print Gocco home-use greeting card printer in June because increasing use of personal computers has shrunk its demand sharply. Cumulative sales of the Print Gocco topped 10 million [...]

Seriously, Crafty Bastard veteran Rania of goshdarnknit is everywhere this week! There’s a thoughtful review of the American Craft Council show in Balimore she posted here earlier this week. Her Moleskine notebooks were Tuesday’s Daily Candy. Plus, check out all the photos of Rania’s knit paintings featured in the current issue of Venus Zine: Congratulations, [...]

Inspired by Tina’s post, I bought a Gocco printer of my very own. I’ve heard varying reports about inkjet printers so, once I stocked up on bulbs and screens, I tested my Epson Stylus CX4200 inkjet printer. The photo isn’t the best, but here’s the result: Hooray! Gocco inkjet success!

I never respected my poor Print Gocco until she was gone. Over the four years that she was the main tool of my craft, I treated her super bad. I stored her in a closet under shoes, dropped her dozens of times, let my twins knock her off of a chair, never cleaned her, never [...]