DO IT YOURSELF AKA DIY

CC is all about getting hands on. This is the spot where we post new projects, STEPxSTEPs, inspiration and where you show us what you’ve been working on. So let’s get crafty girls.

THE DESIGNER STUDIO

February 15, 2011

A CLOSER LOOK AT FASHION ILLUSTRATION Walking through the doors of the Designer Studio at craftyCOUTURE DayCamp you are immediately hit with the bold colours of fabrics, patterned papers, textured frottage surfaces, inspiration boards, colour charts, croquis and pastel dustings. The Designer Studio is where Fashion Illustration brings young girls’ design ideas to artistic life! [...]

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CC ON PAR WITH J.CREW

February 11, 2011

This past summer CRAFTYCOUTURE introduced a brand new roster of DIY fashion projects for their CC Designers to tackle at camp. The other day as they were looking through one of their fave go-to spots for stylish kidswear they couldn’t help but notice a few similarities. See for yourself how CC was right on trend [...]

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COLLAGE!

February 4, 2011

Okay, it has been awhile since I really dove into creating acollage/visual board/design plate. (Yes, this experience totally took me back to my days at Ryerson in Alice Chu’s class) Since registrations for our summer programs are  starting to roll in (in droves, i must say!!) i needed to find a way to house all [...]

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DIY DIVA ELENA B.

September 2, 2010

This summer we challenged our CC Designers to submit some of their own Do-It-Yourself wares to CC.  The contest was to see how creative our girls could get with the materials they had at home.  Guess what we discovered?  Our CC Designers have some pretty original ideas! After some amazing submissions our DIY DIVA contest [...]

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