{"id":15317,"date":"2012-12-30T15:44:31","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T20:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=15317"},"modified":"2013-01-01T13:31:46","modified_gmt":"2013-01-01T18:31:46","slug":"xmas-branding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2012\/12\/30\/xmas-branding\/","title":{"rendered":"~XMAS CRAFTIN’ & BRANDING . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

MY SO-CALLED CRAFTY LIFE !! GOES SWEET – on XMAS !! <\/p>\n

so, of course in the middle of ‘trending’ the new season as a purely ‘graphic’ one – wouldn’t you know – a little hands-on folksy ‘crafts’ site out of NORTH CAROLINA – pops up on the radar.
\nwell, I guess that’s what you get, when you start googling for vintage Christmas ornaments, and snowy Christmas card scenes.<\/p>\n

though I think what really attracted me to this site – was not so much the ‘how-to’, as the cheery and simplistic, and (very authentic) vintage-originated graphics\/dynamics . . . of the projects, of the craft imagery, and of . . . the over-all website design.
\nno, everything does not begin and end . . . . in Brooklyn !! <\/p>\n

it’s also an interesting ‘end-run’ on the graphic ‘gentrification’ or generic secularization of Christmas, from baby Jesus in a cradle surrounded by the 3 wise men – to … ‘can-do’ toy trains, gaily wrapped presents, and jolly ole SANTA, himself !! <\/p>\n

that secularization\/illustration\/design evolution, the hijacking (\/) of Christmas, is an interesting story – waiting to be told. it doesn’t fit that neatly into simply … a spiritual vs commercial definition, that’s for sure.<\/p>\n

back to the site itself, MY SO CALLED CRAFTY LIFE – can also be seen – as an interesting window into … Americana.
\nand how one other artist\/crafter\/blogger lives, to tell her tale and – share her world. if you look closely enough, little clues, of all kinds – pop up.
\nit’s as American – as apple pie. and Christmas. or should we make that . . . XMAS !!<\/p>\n

check out: MY SO-CALLED CRAFTY LIFE … by ASHLEE <\/a><\/p>\n

that seems to be: ASHLEE PARK, out of FUQUAY-VARINA, NORTH CAROLINA, according to the ETSY SHOP\/PAGE<\/p>\n

from: MY SO CALLED CRAFT LIFE – a hand-made CHRISTMAS BOWL – made with VINTAGE CHRISTMAS CARDS: <\/p>\n

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ALL IMAGES C\/O MY SO CALLED CRAFTY LIFE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MY SO-CALLED CRAFTY LIFE !! GOES SWEET – on XMAS !! so, of course in the middle of ‘trending’ the new season as a purely ‘graphic’ one – wouldn’t you know – a little hands-on folksy ‘crafts’ site out of NORTH CAROLINA – pops up on the radar. well, I guess that’s what you get, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15317"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15350,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15317\/revisions\/15350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}