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Students spend the
Crafternoon getting
creative
By Chassidy Crump
Staff Writer
It's a warm, sunny day on the Founders
patio. Students are sprawled underneath
the gazebo with postcard-sized papers and
markers, paint, stickers, and stencils to deco
rate them. Thanks to a new organization
— Crafternoon — activities like this could
become a regular sight on the campus.
Crafternoon co-founders Virginia Parker
and Jordan Poirier were inspired while craft
ing together one afternoon.
"(Parker) and I were tearing up old clothes
one afternoon and I said I liked crafting on
lazy afternoons," said Poirier in an email
interview. "We both agreed that there needed
to be a craft club on campus."
They pitched the idea to Senate last march,
and Crafternoon met for the first time on
Sept. 7.
'To make a long story short, we created
Crafternoon in hopes that it would provide
students with a creative outlet in which they
could engage the body and relax the mind,"
said Parker in an email interview.
The first meeting had a turn-out of about
30 people, and students seem intrigued.
"I think it sounds cool," said sophomore
Stephanie Seligman. "(It is) a really carefree
outiet for students that's stimulating and
healthy."
As for the crafts to be done this semester,
the options are wide-open. Students who
attended the first meeting made suggestions
and voted on their favorites by marWng dots
on a large yellow poster board where poten
tial crafts were listed.
"We — the creators — have some pretty
great ideas, but we are really a collabora
tive group and want every crafter to have a
voice," said Poirier.
Parker and Poirier have already put their
plans to craft in action, taking from student
suggestions and their own ideas.
"We are currently working with a couple of
other organizations on campus to put togeth
er some fun events," said Parker. "During
Fall Fest, we will have a 'community puzzle'
and students can come by and match a piece
or two. For Solarpalooza, we will be mak
ing pinwheels. We also have plans to make
dream catchers sometime this fall."
Those are just some of the ideas that stu
dents came up with at the first Crafternoon
meeting. Others included splatter paint and
tie-dying.
"I am excited about upcoming Crafternoon
meeting because I like tie-dye and I want to
learn to knit," said sophomore Dallas Kesler.
The group has already had success with
their mini-crafting session at the first meet
ing: making postcards. Whether students sent
them to family and friends, or just kept them,
the activity provided an opportunity to de
stress in the middle of a hectic week.
"I liked making postcards because it
allowed me to be creative as opposed to most
of my classes which are science-based and
more analytical," said Kesler.
Unleashing creativity is what Crafternoon
aims to do.
"We want this club to be a place where
students can let their minds wonder away
from academia and engage their creativity
and imagination," said Poirier.
F E ATU RE S
By Millie Carter
Staff Writer
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Remember that sweater grandma gave
you for your birthday? It has a cool pattern,;
but you wouldn't be caught in wearing it in ‘
fear of public humiliation.
Moving into your dorm room, grand- |
ma's sweater gets tossed into the corner to ■
never be seen again. Until now. You need i
to cover the wall with something, and i
everyone loves to make their space their ;
own. Why not convert that old sweater into:
a bulletin board to hang? ITs easy, and The ^
Guilfordian can show you how it is done.
First, take that cardboard box your
mother sent you home-baked cookies in
and grab that sweater. A t-shirt, pillowcase, ;
or other spare piece of fabric will also work. ■
You'll need a pair of scissors and some
staples as well, and don't forget a few tacks
to hang up pictures or notes on the actual
board. Sticky tack can be used to hang the .
finished product up on your wall — your
RA will be grateful you di4n't ruin the wall;
with tacks. |
Once you have all of your materials, you
can begin.
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