During the East Village’s recent Second Saturday Art Walk, one tent stood out from among the others. Manned by local Long Beach couple Regina—“The Squirrel”—and Molly—“Monster”—a lively setup of felt creatures drew me to their table, where cardboard boxfuls of wild-eyed, crayola-colored faces stared back at me.

Do-it-yourself craft-dom is flourishing rather quickly—knitted and handmade things [...]

Be healed, woman!

Much like, say, a bagel slicer (or a boyfriend), a heating pad is something a woman can usually do without until she needs it—now. Like when you’ve run out of Motrin, kicked a bottle of Glen Ellen cab (tough times), and find yourself sitting in a lukewarm bath that’s feeling increasingly more like [...]

Beware the Etsy addiction
Fans of Etsy.com—the online buy/sell community for crafters, artists and the like, pronounced “et-see”—know how terribly addicting the website can be: Once you sign up and start to shop, it’s nearly impossible to stop. (Especially for PayPal users; careful, or your credit card will transform into something like Monopoly money.) What’s worse, [...]