pechakucha.org
PechaKucha 20x20 - The Importance of Play
http://www.pechakucha.org/cities/toronto/presentations/the-importance-of-play
Founder, The Makers Nation in Toronto. The Importance of Play. PRESENTED ON JAN 21, 2014. Afer living in San Fransisco for three years, Christina Hug. Returned to Toronto and founded The Makers Nation. An organization to coalescing the art, tech, design, and maker communities in cities around the world to meet, collaborate, learn and make things. It took her by surprise when only kids showed up at "Battle Bot Royal", the first event she put together for adults to use machinaries to make moterized robots.
denisecorcoran.com
denise corcoran | about me
http://denisecorcoran.com/about_me.html
My name is Denise Corcoran (aka Thrifty By Design. I'm a community catalyst, crafter extraordinaire and upcycler of things based in North Vancouver, BC. My passion is to turn 'junk' into new and funky pieces. From refinishing furniture found at the dump to repurposing discarded items like wine corks into jewelry, there is no limit to what a bit of time and know-how can create. And save from the landfill. S weekly digest on local happenings. Published through Lark Crafts. Project coordination and manageme...
camptech.ca
Team - Camp Tech
https://camptech.ca/pages/team
Private and Corporate Training. Private and Corporate Training. They say, behind every great organization is someone to keep it well organized . Well, maybe that’s just us. Avery is a Toronto-based entrepreneur and expert in digital strategy. She is the founder and CEO of Camp Tech, and also leads a boutique web studio. Retreat for women who make the web. Marketing and Admin Manager. Tara oversees marketing and runs the day-to-day operations at. The Annex Cat Rescue. And delivering workshops for the.
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Thrifty By Design: March 2015
http://blog.thriftybydesign.ca/2015_03_01_archive.html
Easter Crafternoon at the NVCL. Saturday was my latest Crafternoon at one of my FAV spots - the North Vancouver City Library. It was all about Easter upcycling DIYs. We had 40 participants - loads of my regular crafters young and old. Here's one of my youth volunteers, Ben. The calm before the storm. We hung the Easter bunting. I bought flowers for one of my DIY vases. And then we crafted! Here's one of my newbies. Yup - it was busy! And my craft renegade showed up! Completed project number one! Thursday...
kayeprince.com
Miss Print: September 2014
http://www.kayeprince.com/2014_09_01_archive.html
Other Features, Articles, and Posts. My Patterns and Tutorials. Friday, September 26, 2014. National Sewing and Quilting Month with FQS. Did you know that it's National Sewing and Quilting month? Well, it is, and Fat Quarter Shop. Is hosting a little blog hop to celebrate (and they've also got a free little heart pattern up. Today is my day and Daniar sent me a few questions to answer. How did you start quilting/sewing? When was the first time you knew that you were a quilter/sewer? I make mistakes just ...
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Thrifty By Design: February 2015
http://blog.thriftybydesign.ca/2015_02_01_archive.html
Crafting with 'Crap' class two how to. Had another awesome evening with my Crafting with 'Crap'. Peeps at Quest University Canada. We made jewelry and more out of old wool sweaters. Such a super fun group - we chatted, we laughed, we hugged it out and crafted up a storm! Here's class 2's how to. Next up is class 3 - how to make an organizer out of salvaged wood. And make swanky floral brooches out of 'junk'! Posted by Thrifty By Design. 0 Write a Comment. Labels: crafting with crap. 0 Write a Comment.
maker2maker.com
Maker To Maker - Battle Bot Royale
http://www.maker2maker.com/BattleBotRoyale.php
Recap of the Battle Bot Royale! On Saturday November 16th 2013, The Toronto Tool Library and Makerspace. In partnership with Maker2Maker. Hosted their inaugural Battle-Bot-Royale at the new Toronto Tool Library East End Makerspace. All supplies were provided by Active Surplus. And we really couldn't have pulled it off without their support. The event was such a success it is likely that there will be more battle bot, and other maker oriented competitions in 2014! Or The Makers Nation. 2013: Maker 2 Maker.
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Eric Pan | MakerCon
http://makercon.com/speaker/eric-pan-2
By Makers for Makers. Send Me Details About 2015 MakerCon! CEO, Seeed Studio. Eric Pan, founder and CEO of Seeed Studio, life long maker and biker. He is trained as EE with projects about Electronics, Embedded System, Robotics. After graduation, he worked in Intel as chipsets product engineer on quality control and NPI, then took various job including international trading and sourcing. Evening of Innovation Sponsor. Make: News and Projects. Stay inspired and get fresh updates. Make: News and Projects.
kayeprince.com
Miss Print: Teaching
http://www.kayeprince.com/p/teaching.html
Other Features, Articles, and Posts. My Patterns and Tutorials. If you are interested in having me teach a class or would like more information on the classes I teach, please feel free to contact me via email. Meet and Make (hosted by The Makers Nation. September 28, 2014 Toronto ON. September 20, 2013 Salt Lake City UT. Various private workshops and tutorials. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). CBC: LMM Beyond Green Gables. Picturing a Canadian Life. LMM Research Centre at UofG. LMM Institute at UPEI.
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Christina Hug on CreativeMornings
https://creativemornings.com/people/hugc
Skip to main content. Search talks, people, chapters or keywords. Bull; Sign in with Twitter. Search talks, people, chapters or keywords. Founder at The Makers Nation. Living in Toronto. You might know me from. 6 in the past 6 months. If you follow your dreams, you will end up eating popsicles with David Suzuki. You can really break the world down into two types of people. Those who don’t mind going through customs and those who do. People and Places of Play. 2010 2016. Terms.
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