by Uncustomary | Nov 4, 2016 | Activism, Uncategorized
We’ve collaborated on yarnbombs before, but this year I want to make sure we’re keeping people warm, too! There’s a park at the corner of President and Fayette Street where many homeless people sleep. It’s surrounded by a fence, which is a...
by Uncustomary | May 19, 2016 | Happiness
Spreading happiness is amazing because it makes you and the recipient feel better simultaneously! To spread happiness is to spread kindness. By making even just one other person happy, we are able to create a ripple effect. Think about it, if you were working at a...
by Uncustomary | May 9, 2016 | Creativity
An anonymous person sent me a package of cards in the mail called “Sneaky Cards”. The cards are amazing. It’s basically a deck with a few different categories, each card with a unique mission on it. The idea is you carry out the mission, get to...
by Uncustomary | Feb 9, 2016 | Activism, Street Art
After I included a “craftivsm” hashtag on an Instagram photo, Betsy contacted me. She had this idea for a guerrilla art style craftivism event where we would make and collect positive affirmations from all over the world to spread around a city. We created...
by Uncustomary | Aug 30, 2015 | Street Art
Yarnbombing is the act of knitting or crocheting something, then affixing it onto an existing object. Examples of objects include parking meters, bike racks, trees, poles, and other inanimate objects. I can’t think of one form of street art that isn’t...