25 Oct 2009

Indie Mart Vintage Event FREE TODAY!

I swear, I know I’ve been posting about Workshop every weekend. But if I were to tell you that Kelly ACTUALLY pays me to post for her, would you believe me? I have no dignity left. Shit, I’m just trying to pay my rent at this point and I’ll take

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09 Oct 2009

The Broke-Ass Guide to FREE Events at Litquake X

Heyo, broke-asses! The DIY Diva here with a post a little out of the norm for me. One of the coolest things about San Francisco is the diversity of festivals and events we have here in our fair city.  We’ve got freak, geek, music, film… And, book festivals. This Friday,

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06 Oct 2009

The Rock Paper Scissors Collective

If you read Monica’s post about Workshop on Saturday, then you know that BAS loves DIY.  And the more the merrier, so here is another DIY hub in the East Bay. In the heart of the Oakland art scene is a little hole in the wall called the Rock Paper

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06 Sep 2009

The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse: “Every Teacher’s First Stop and Every Artist’s Second Home”

Maybe you’re a preschool teacher who needs 75 toilet paper rolls for a class project.  Maybe your pants ripped and you need a new button, zipper, or fabric for patching.  Maybe you’re a crafter or artist and need some art supplies.  Maybe you just got an apartment and need some

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01 Sep 2009

The Broke Ass Guide to Learning

In an effort to be crafty, I had my grandmother ship her old 1970’s sewing machine that had been gathering dust in her Michigan basement. And you know what it’s doing now? Gathering even more dust as it sits on my desk silently mocking me for even trying. For years

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50% off New Glasses + Free Shipping!

We wrote about the 6 rad reasons why shopping for glasses on GlassesUSA.com will change the way you buy glasses forever. You can read about that here. But here's the important part: YOU GET 50% OFF + free shipping on your first pair of frames. Click to find out more!

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26 Aug 2009

D is for Thursday: FREE Dick Dale show and FREE DIY coasters

August 27 is a great day to be a brokeass FREE Dick Dale in store show Dick Dale is a total badass. When I saw him in Portland, he stopped playing when he noticed a seven-year-old boy in the audience not wearing earplugs. He started playing again as soon as

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26 Aug 2009

FREE Food and Drinks with The Green Zebra

So Green Zebra does these cool guides that are focused on “Local Savings for Sustainable Living”.  Sounds pretty sweet right?  Well they just opened their Environmental Action Center (EAC) at the Crocker Galleria, where you can drop in and learn to how to live more sustainably while still saving money

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21 Aug 2009

FREE Fun-Filled Weekend: SF Zine Fest and Rock Make Festival

On Saturday begins the 8th annual San Francisco Zine Fest, a FREE two-day conference for independent and underground publishing.  Exhibitors come from all over the West Coast for showcases, workshops, and events.  It’ll mostly focus on zines, but a wide range of DIY will be represented as well ‘” all

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