CraftNight Bulletin! April 30th, 2008

 

This Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 from 9pm til midnight at Akbar, it’s CRAFTNIGHT! 

Project: Sunny Sunglasses!

$2 processing fee, please

Subbing for your Craft Captain this evening: Craft Lieutenant, Emily Skelton!

 

Dear Crafters, 

I find myself in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, where dogs fall asleep at 2pm everyday, 

and the ocean and sky fight over the color blue 24 hours, 7 days a week. 

 

We’ll be back to our regular programming next week, but for now, in my stead this 

Wednesday, steering the craft ship is our new Craft Lieutenant, Emily Skelton! 

She’ll be there the regular hours, and our craft is pretty spectacular and sparkly. 

I’ve been reading on the news about those Sierra Madre fires, and when smoke

gets in your eyes, if you’re not evacuating, it’s always good to have a pair of 

state-of-the-art sunglasses. 

And do we have the pair for YOU!

Come in, choose your color or shape, and design the look of your liking! 

Rose-colored glasses are great for summer, they make everyone look just that much

more inspiring.

 

See you at the Craft Table!

JP Craft Captain

Paper Bag Puppets! April 23rd, 2008

You may wander into Akbar and ask “What is this racy young fashion
idea! Paper bag puppets you say?” Well yes, we made paper bag
puppets about six years ago, but they went out of style shortly after
that. But if you’ve read W or Esquire lately, you’ll see they’re de rigueur
all over again, and CraftNight is totally on the pulse of today’s fads,
if not a total trend leader, as such things go.

You may wonder where to go if you haven’t picked up a crayon in
three years. To be sure you know exactly where to go, we invented
CraftNight!
Six years of crafts, and it never gets old, getting your hands dirty,
mixing and matching colors and shapes, experimenting and letting
yourself go, cutting loose, shooting for the stars by picking up
one pipe cleaner,
one puffball,
one dot of glue,
one paper bag.

The best things in life don’t have to be expensive, spend 2 bucks and
make a paper bag puppet, treat yourself to meaningful frivolity in one
of the world’s most friendly and beautiful exotic gay bars!

See you at the Craft Table,
JP Craft Captain

Paper Pinwheels! April 16th, 2008

This Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 from 9pm to midnight at Akbar, it’s CRAFTNIGHT!
Project: Pinwheels
$2 processing fee, please
Also: PLEDGE DRIVE – Pledge me $10 or more for the AIDS/LifeCycle Ride of 2008
and I’ll make you a drawing at CraftNight while you wait! 
****Own a JP original!*****
We’re making Interesting, Worthwhile and Pleasurable Pinwheels this week!
A favorite of 19th century children, the pinwheel is just as fascinating as it ever
was, engaging even the good people of modern society with endless hours of
enjoyment. 

One look at a harmless pinwheel, and all thoughts of wealth and power recede, 
leaving idleness and contemplative knowledge to usher in a barrage of
lightheartedness and play. Wooo!

I don’t see why we shouldn’t just be making and playing with pinwheels all the 
time! Besides, they look really simple, and they are, for the most part, really 
simple, but then again, complicated and complex. Pinwheels may feel 
old-fashioned, but hidden within them are enigmatic messages older than sand. 

To paraphrase Steve Perry from Journey:

The Pinwheel in the sky keeps on turnin’
I don’t know where I’ll be tomorrow

If you’re runnin’ down that dusty road, or stranded in the sleet and rain, 
duck into Akbar and take part in mischief and drink. 
See you at the Craft Table, 

JP Craft Captain
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