Brooklyn Craft Camp is a day-long event where all of your wildest DIY dreams come true.
I arrived at the Brooklyn church where Craft Camp was held early on Saturday morning. The subways were running weirdly, as usual, but even those of us who straggled in at the last minute were welcomed warmly for a packed day of making stuff.
Craft Camp consists of four 90-minute classes taught by a wide range of awesome crafters, interspersed with food, instant-gratification DIY booths, and much Instagramming. By the end of the day, you leave with things like...
Papercut art.
One of the many classes Craft Camp attendees could sign up for was taught by Julie Schneider of Your Secret Admiral. Papercut art is one of those crafts that looks wicked impressive when it's done but isn't at all difficult (or expensive) to execute.
You can most likely do it yourself with things you already have in your house.
All that's required is a frame, an X-Acto knife, two pieces of card stock in contrasting colors, a pencil, and a piece of scrap paper and tape if you want something to sketch your design on beforehand.
Glenn Robinson / Via Flickr: brooklyncraftcamp
Simply trace the width of the frame on the scrap paper, then draw or write whatever you want (it's important to make sure the shapes are connected and not TOO intricate, or you're in for a world of pain during the cutting process.
Tape the scrap paper over one of the pieces of cardstock; this will be the top color, and you'll save the other so that it peeks through underneath. Carefully use the X-Acto over a self-healing mat to cut out your shapes. When you're done, affix the second piece of cardstock underneath the first.
Glenn Robinson / Via Flickr: brooklyncraftcamp
