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Baby Got Backcountry

05.08.2009

Submitted by jharper on Thu, 05/07/2009 - 11:00pm.
The Bite:
We like big…craft projects (well, any size, really), and we cannot lie. So we're hooked and we can't stop staring at the new book from local author Jennifer Worick, Backcountry Betty: Crafting with Style. This DIY manual (printed on recycled paper, natch) gives step-by-step instructions in a sassy, witty style on how to make stuff like mobiles, printed T-shirts, and rad-looking vases using found items like sea glass (turned into our new fave bracelet), pine cones, ticket stubs, and leaves. So you can Mix it up, um, A-Lot.
Why Care?: 
The book sticks to a leave-no-trace ethic, so you're not disturbing nature or using tons of new materials for your DIY-ing, which means conserving manufacturing energy and resources.
We're also fans of Jennifer's other Betty book, Backcountry Betty: Roughing It in Style, a tongue-in-cheek take on girly-girls who want to try their hands at roughing it in the wilderness.
Wanna Try: 
Backcountry Betty: Crafting with Style, available online at Powell's Books and locally at Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S. Main St. (206-624-6600). Book, $20.

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Cocktail Fact

The video for Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back" was restricted to air only in the evening hours on MTV because of its sexually suggestive content.

Small Changes Add Up

If 10,000 Seattle Biters make a bracelet with found sea glass rather than new glass beads, we'll keep the weight of more than four rappers in new materials outta production.

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