Five Chemicals to Avoid in Commercial Beauty Products

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This is a guest post written by Stephany Lehman of AriaStarrBeauty.com If you want to be beautiful and healthy, you are not alone. The beauty industry is one of the most lucrative in the world, although many people are unaware of how complicated the business can be. The reality is that many beauty products on the market […]

Everything You Need to Know about Upcycled T-Shirt Alterations

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Here is everything you need to know about Upcycling Old T-Shirts. We scoured the internet for the best of the best. Here are a few of our absolute favorite upcycled T-Shirt Alterations! These DIY’s are totally refined and fashion forward instead of looking messy and DIY. First video up is the one that we created […]

How to Extract DNA from Strawberries and Other STEAM DIY’s

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Want to learn how to break cells apart with just a few simple ingredients? Here’s how to Extract DNA from Strawberries: 1. Smash frozen strawberries in a plastic bag! 2. Mix together salt, liquid dish detergent, and water and add to the frozen strawberries. 3. Swirl it around without making bubbles. 4. Strain all of […]

Plush Hand-Painted Dolls By Valentina Felce Of Blue Raspberry Designs

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You guys! Look, look, loooook at who I’ve found! Over in Florida, Miss Valentina Felce is busy hand-making these wonderfully unique plush dolls and painting characters onto them. They are one of a kind and have a real vintage air about them. Please tell us a little about yourself and your artistic background. Where are […]

Meet Freelance Photographer & Artist: Steph Wilson

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Steph Wilson is a London-based photographer and artist. Her photographs have this velvety richness about them that make the images rather surreal. She is also founder of Lemon People, an art collective where she works with other creators to realize all kinds of projects.   Hi Steph Wilson! So, tell us a little about yourself and your […]

The Best Spring & Summer Craft Fairs in the USA 2016

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Find the current Fall & Winter 2018 List of Craft Fairs Here. Shop Local isn’t a thing that we invented. It’s a concept that means something to people all over. No matter where you are there are tons of cool indie craft fairs that have feature amazing handmade artisan quality goods. What’s really interesting is […]

Menu of Art Classes and Craft Workshops by Pop Shop America

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SEE OUR WORKSHOP CALENDAR  –or — GET A QUOTE OR DISCUSS YOUR EVENT Join Pop Shop America for stylish and modern craft classes that are oh so fun! We work with private groups like office teams, bridal parties, birthday parties, and family get togethers. We also work with large scale festivals and public events and […]

Meet Chasity Porter of Houston’s Dormalou Project

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If you live in Houston, you’ve definitely seen Chasity Porter‘s bus parked at events like Art Crawl and our own Pop Shop Holiday Festival. With a fully customizable interior and chalkboard skin, the wonderful bus is ever-changing and always open to interpretation. I am so excited to present to you an interview with the curator of mobile […]

Like Magic: Make Ice Cream with Dry Ice!

Interested in ice cream with a pop, bang, fizz? Make Ice Cream with Dry Ice! It’s the fastest way to make ice cream and freezes in just a few minutes. It’s super yummy and has a tasty little fizz like soda pop. Dry ice is even colder than ice from water. So even though you […]