Apr 13, 2011 | Media
There I am – halfway down on the left: “Craft in the City”
It’s taken me a little while to post this, but I hope you’ll forgive…
I contributed some tutorials to the latest issue (issue #23) of tutorial-sharing site Cut Out + Keep‘s Snippets Magazine!
In The New York Issue I shared projects that are – what else? – New York-inspired…
Like these projects inspired by Gossip Girl:
And this project inspired by Sex and the City:
And this project just because I love New York!!
Please check them out and let me know what you think! And also check out the rest of the issue…it has a great interview with Harley Quinn from “Gotham Girls” (LOL!), Meg (formerly of Threadbanger fame) and her guide to crafting in NYC, and some wonderful tips on refashioning your clothing!
Thanks so much to Cat and the team at Cut Out + Keep for the collaboration! I truly appreciate it!
xoxox
Carly
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Apr 7, 2011 | Media
I was featured along with other amazing fashion and DIY bloggers from What I Wore, P.S. I Made This, I Spy DIY, and Studs and Pearls on CNN Living yesterday!
In an article entitled “DIY fashion blogs encourage personal style,” the bloggers note that DIY encourages individual style and fosters a community of sharing, creating a sense of pride in what one has been able to create oneself. From the article:
“People love taking something normal and making it more chic,” [Chic Steals‘ Carly J.] Cais said. “There’s an emergence of an interest in creating current fashion with what you have in your closet and re-interpreting the runways to your own personal taste.”
Though I was a little surprised I didn’t see such mainstay DIY blogs as …love, Maegan or Outsapop included in the roundup – I’m so happy that such a respected news source as CNN recognized this growing crafty community and is helping to further interest in DIY…even including my own little blog in the article!
Thanks so much to Ashley and the whole team at CNN Living for making this possible – I’m in the presence of such amazing bloggers and am so thrilled to have been featured!
xoxox
Carly
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Mar 19, 2011 | Media
Forgot to mention this – I was featured on craft-tutorial sharing site Cut Out + Keep a couple weeks ago, as a Crafty Superstar!
Since I was feeling sort of black-and-white at the time and wanted to share a range of projects that utilized a variety of techniques, I contributed four projects (click the name to go straight to the how-to):
Thanks so much to Cat and whole team at Cut Out + Keep – I’m so thrilled to have been featured!
What do you all think of the projects? Anything that you’d like to try out?
xoxox
Carly
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Mar 17, 2011 | Media
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In today’s local newspaper here in the suburbs outside of Portland (circ. 26,000) they ran an article about local people and their efforts for disaster relief in the wake of last Friday’s events in Japan. A small photo of me happened to land on the front page – and hopefully this will be able to attract more attention to everyone’s efforts and encourage people in their support for Japan during this dark time.
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Thanks so much to Angela, Jaime, and the whole team over there for making the effort to get the word out about this! I am so indebted to all of you.
Additionally, I emailed the head of my son’s school on Sunday and let him know about Socks for Japan, and he decided to share it with the entire community of parents, staff, and students, asking for monetary donations to be collected and given to Mercy Corps, and collecting a pair of new socks and a care note from each child if people wished to donate that as well. Sock Dreams, a local Portland retailer of socks and legwear, set up a table selling socks (really nice ones, too) for $2 a pair in front of the school for parents who hadn’t had time to go out and buy a pair…and then donated all the money received to Mercy Corps. This morning as I came into school and bought another pair to send with a care letter from my son, I saw people buying 4 and 5 pairs of socks at a time, and all of them being sorted into boxes ready to ship out for tomorrow.
Despite the obnoxious, petty, and ill-informed voices of critics that have brought so much sorrow to my heart since last week, the events of today brought tears to my eyes when I saw the goodwill and good intentions of so many people manifest.
xoxox
Carly
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Mar 10, 2011 | By Carly J. Cais, Media
Yay! I think this is the first time I’ve seen a photo of someone wearing one of the pieces I’ve made. Joni looks absolutely beautiful, and I love the sweatpants combination with my cross rings!
On her right hand: Silver Itty Bitty Cross Ring. On her left hand: Silver Sideways Cross Single Finger Ring (Silver is currently unavailable, but Gold Double-Finger Sideways Cross Rind and the Gold Single-Finger Sideways Cross Ring still are.)
Joni has a great sense of style and always looks so chic! Check out her blog:
Thanks, Joni, for featuring my rings! I hope you like them!
(And if anyone else out there has posted photos of themselves on their blogs wearing any of my pieces from my Etsy shop…send them my way, and I’ll feature you here!;-)
xoxox
Carly
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Mesh Rhinestone Earrings
Crochet Necklace
Starburst Safety Pin Blazer
Pink Leopard-Print Luggage
I Love NY Tote Bag
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