Events

Come see Megan Nicolay and Generation T at the inaugural World Maker Faire , a DIY Festival of Creativity and Innovation,  in New York City at the NY Hall of Science in Queens. She’ll be participating in the Workman booth’s  “Camp Make,” where you can stop by throughout the day to take part in a variety of DIY fun: make fashion, make music, make explosions, make puppets, make yourself smarter, make robot art, make a difference, and make other totally cool stuff. Stay tuned for a schedule of events!

Come see Megan Nicolay and Generation T at the inaugural World Maker Faire , a DIY Festival of Creativity and Innovation,  in New York City at the NY Hall of Science in Queens. She’ll be participating in the Workman booth’s  “Camp Make,” where you can stop by throughout the day to take part in a variety of DIY fun: make fashion, make music, make explosions, make puppets, make yourself smarter, make robot art, make a difference, and make other totally cool stuff. Stay tuned for a schedule of events!

Join us at Camp Books & Books Day! For kids ages 6-12, there’s no bug spray or sharing bunks, but plenty of crafts and activities – and fun, fun, fun! Megan Nicolay, author of Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-shirt, will help you make your own T-shirt into a one-of-kind work of art (and she’ll probably sign your book if you ask her nicely!). There will be Brain Quest Brain Fest challenges to expand your noggins, Jokelopedia joke-telling to expand your guffaw repertoire, and mask-making, too! Plus there’ll be Totally Irresponsible Science experiments, You’ve Got to Be Kidding challenges and questions, prizes, and more! AND, it’s free.

WHERE:

Books & Books
130 Main St.
Westhampton Beach, NY 11978

Greetings New Yorkers! Please come celebrate Earth Month with the Terracycle Green Up Shop, a design and boutique shopping experience springing up for a limited time only, opening March 27, 2010. In honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, it features some of New York’s finest green design and fashion. The shop will showcase a wide range of green products and services and host exciting weekly events like eco-friendly film screenings, lectures, and DIY events. Which brings us to Generation T! Come join us (and Etsy and Green Up vendors RePlayGround and Garbage of Eden, and, and…I’m just giddy thinking about it) for a free-to-the-public DIY Scraptacular on April 8! Come support the green movement and make stuff out of scraps (and in the case of Generation T, scrap T-shirts!).

Oh, and as if you needed anything more, beverages provided by Brooklyn Brewery and Snow.

Don’t forget to RSVP here!

Each winter, sunny California is host to the largest craft convention in the business, organized by the Craft & Hobby Association. I’ll be wandering the aisles on Sunday and Monday (January 24 and 25), but come Tuesday, I’ll pull my scissors from their holster and do a couple half-hour T-shirt demos at the Provo Craft booth and stage–scissors plus Yudu machine equals big-time fun. And each demo will be followed by a booksigning, also with Provo Craft–which equals more big-time fun. Come visit!

Come to the Etsy Labs for Monday Craft Night (specifically, a used clothing swap and clothing reinvention project!) I’ll be co-hosting the evening with Sheena Matheiken and Eliza Starbuck of The Uniform Project. If you’re not in the area, you can still join the party–because you can attend the lab via video podcast with Julie Schneider of Etsy at 5:00 pm! The Uniform Project will talk about the 365 day challenge they’re doing to raise money and awareness for disadvantaged school children: Sheena has been wearing one little black dress (don’t worry, she has 7 copies she can rotate through) for an entire year and documenting inventive ways to customize her LBD with handmade and vintage accessories.

Then, roll up your sleeves and make a T-shirt project, too. Generation T will share how to turn an oversize T-shirt into a fitted tank top…and then three different ways to use the sleeves you cut off to make accessories. So bring some used clothing to swap with other participants or cut up and reinvent, but Etsy will also provide some misprinted T-shirts donated by Threadless to use.

Another GRAND OPENING celebration! Please join Generation T next Saturday from 3:00 to 5:00 pm as we smash the proverbial champagne bottle across the bow of another new crafty ship (just swap out the bottle for a pair of scissors and the ship for a T-shirt and you’re golden). As usual, I’ll bring my Sharpie to sign books and I’ll pack my sharpest scissors to present a new demo every 15 minutes or so. Hope to see you there!

We’re bringing Generation T to our nation’s capital for the first time! Ever! Come to a Tee Party at the Proper Topper, a lovely boutique that has been described as “the premiere spot for Washingtonians in the market for hip gifts and accessories” (Lucky magazine) and “one of the 10 best places in the U.S. to buy a hat” (USA Today). Next up, it will be heralded as “the premiere spot to refashion a T-shirt on October 18th!” (Megan Nicolay). Please come — your our presence will make it so! This event is being brought to you by craft*monger–to RSVP or for more information email craftmongers@gmail.com.

Please join Generation T in celebrating the GRAND OPENING (exciting!) of the first Manhattan location for Michaels Arts & Crafts store on the Upper West Side of NYC. There will be various festivities throughout the store for the week of October 25 to 31, but Generation T will be there doing live T-shirt refashioning demos and a book signing for 1 day only!! Please stop by — it’s sure to be fun.

Meet Me on the West Side!

Learn to transform a T-shirt in one of three 2-hour workshops celebrating the West Side Garage Store’s first anniversary!  $20 includes a copy of Generation T: Beyond Fashion: 120 New Ways to Transform a T-shirt, a T-shirt, and a brand-new pair of sharp scissors to get started. Make a reservation at 616-415-4215 ext. 113 or email info@steepletowncenter.org!

For more information, click here. This event is supported by Schuler Books.