In Austin, Texas last week crafters got together to screen print and raise money for the Obama-Biden campaign. In exchange for a $10 donation, you could have anything—from a T-shirt to a car sun shade screen printed. These are Rachel‘s photos from the event.

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For you Portland peeps… Send us an email at sewersewist@gmail.com or comment on this post if this is something you’d be interesting in attending. We’re looking at Saturday, October 11… We’ll gauge interest and, if enough people are game, we’ll organize one here! Let us know ASAP.

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If you happen to be in the Keystone State this weekend, check out this Crafts Fair benefiting the Obama-Biden campaign.

A group of local artists and craftspeople will hold a fundraising sale this weekend (Sept. 27 and 28) to support Barack Obama’s campaign for the presidency. The event will be held on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and on Sunday from noon until 5:00 p.m. at Centre County Democrat Headquarters (224 South Allen Street in State College, Penn.).

Participants will sell their original creations and will donate all proceeds to the Obama campaign. Items available for purchase include paintings, jewelry, photography, greeting cards, calligraphy, pins, fabric art, and assorted crafts.

A reception with refreshments will be held on Sunday from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m.

There’s a bit more information over here.

If you go, snap a few pictures and we’ll post them here.

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If you are in the Portland, Ore. area, come write postcards to undecided women in swing states this Friday! Susan Beal is hosting an event at Tandem Coffeehouse in Southeast Portland on Friday, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and has printed up a punch of awesome postcards like the ones in the photo above on her Print Gocco machine. Here are the details:

Join us to write postcards for the general election! (Details on the postcard drive are here.)

We’ll be gocco-printing handmade Oregon and US-map postcards for people to write on the spot and send in to the campaign as part of the GOTV effort in October. I’ll have a stack of hand-printed postcards ready for people to write, but feel free to bring your own souvenir/map postcards along with pens and 27-cent stamps.

This event is baby- and kid-friendly, and please bring your friends along too! Tandem Coffeehouse has coffee, tea and food, and a play area for children. Hope to see you!

Update: We’ll be mailing them in bulk after this week to a national office to address there, so no worries about bringing your own list of addresses or other details like that. We’ll just write the messages and stamp them and the volunteers in Ohio send them out in October. Thanks!

You can also bring your own cards–lots of shops like Fred Meyer and the Made in Oregon Store sell Portland and Oregon tourist postcards that would be appropriate. Please remember to bring your own postcard stamps (they’re 27 cents these days).

Please RSVP by clicking here.

Tandem Coffeehouse (Portland, OR)
3041 SE Division St.
Portland, OR 97202

If you are hosting a craft-related event in support of the Obama campaign, let us know! Email us at obamacraftproject@gmail.com with the details and we’ll post it here…

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Stop by Studio 1408 in Austin, Texas for an Obama Screenprint Happy Hour! For a $10 suggested donation to the Obama-Biden campaign, this Friday, September 19, 6:00p.m.-8:00p.m., you can get your favorite T-shirt screen printed on the spot. How fun does that sound? Here in Portland we’re rarely jealous of any city–even Austin–but we sure wish we were there this Friday. Follow this link to download a flyer for more information.

Shout-out to Average Jane Crafter—of course—for letting us know about this awesome event! Have fun everyone!

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