Category — Crafts for Sale

We’re shoe people. Seriously, the husband and I have a ridiculously overstocked closet of shoes. And, living in Portland, Ore. (home of the two biggest athletic footwear companies in the world), that means that a huge amount of those shoes are snazzy sneakers. Oh, yeah, we love us some fancy kicks here in Stumptown. So, of course, these “Hope & Change” sneakers from flickr user out of the boudoir caught my eye immediately.

These white Nikes are painted with “Hope,” “Change,” “Yes We Can” and a variety of quotations and musings.

You can check out a color version over here.

Rachel gave us the heads up about these sweet Chucks that are for sale on Etsy right now. (We don’t normally feature for-sale items, but these are totally fresh.)

From the artist Andy Magee’s Flickr photo description:

Change is a timely portrait of Barack Obama made from circulated coins. Beyond the visual pun, the work evokes a sense of historical significance. Although the piece is made entirely of coins, it could be considered a portrait made from portraits. Each coin is carefully arranged with the presidential portrait facing out. This subtle detial suggests that Obama is made from the same qualities as Lincoln, Jefferson, Washington, and Roosevelt. Like Obama’s grassroots fundraising campaign, all of the coins for this sculpture were generously donated by friends and colleagues – who emptied their pockets and coin jars for me.

This piece is up for auction, click on the photo to be taken to the flickr photo page for more information.

Yes We Can!

Delores has made a ton of these hats to benefit that Obama campaign. Check out more of her work on her web site.

Yes We Can!

We’ve got a couple of wonderful Potters for Obama today to showcase in our Daily Dose of Obama Crafts for Sale.

Lynae made the faces of this magnet set by hand, cutting out the star, stamping the lettering, firing, glazing and firing them again. Everything except the magnet itself was handmade. She’s donating all the profits to the Obama campaign. Check them out in her Etsy shop.

This mug was made by another ceramicist, LaPellaPottery, who writes,

With this mug, you’re not just rockin’, you’re Barackin’!

Who could argue with that? Get yours over here. While you’re at it, check out the “Yes we can!” version. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Obama campaign.

Yes We Can!

Karen, from South Carolina, made this scarf of handspun art yarn of wool & vintage fabrics and then crocheted the yarn and combined it with novelty yarns and strips of cotton fabrics. She’s currently selling this one-of-a-kind scarf, and another, similar one, on eBay. One hundred percent of the purchase price will be donated to the Obama campaign (and she’s offering free shipping).

Side note: Poor Karen, she emailed these items to us a few days ago and then eBay took her auction down. While her auctions are back up now, we still believe Meg Whitman’s behind it.

Yes We Can!