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Thu, Dec 18, 2008 -- 10:00 AM
Do-It-Yourself Gifts
For many, the bad economy is making holiday shopping a cheerless activity. Today, we welcome a crafty panel with suggestions for inexpensive and fun do-it-yourself gifts. Creative gift ideas for those on a tight budget range from making your own soap to converting an old VCR into an automatic cat feeder.
Host: Scott Shafer
Guests:
- Chelsea Fadda, head of the Classes and Arts Lab Committees at the Rock Paper Scissors Collective, a volunteer-run art collective with a gallery space, independent goods store and arts lab
- Derek Fagerstrom, projects editor for ReadyMade Magazine
- Kelly Wilkinson, KQED reporter and craft blogger at makegrowgather.com
- Ken Murphy, creator and chief bugmaker of Blinkybugs
- Phil Torrone, senior editor of Make Magazine
