BROOKLYN CRAFT CAMP is a one-day crafting extravaganza on March 16, 2013 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. It's going to be a jam-packed day of DIY fun, where attendees will craft their hearts out with some of NYC's best craft authors and bloggers, while meeting new crafty friends, learning new skills, eating delicious food, sipping cocktails, and more. It's a DIY party, all day long!

This epic day of making will highlight everything that's awesome about modern crafting, including:

• Four 90-minute craft classes, including knitting, crochet, jewelry, terrariums, embroidery, paper crafting & more
• All the materials and tools to complete four projects
• Awesome teachers, including NYC's best authors, bloggers & designers
• Keynote speaker Jay McCarroll, winner of Project Runway Season One
• Delicious, locally-made gourmet meals
• DONUTS!
• Photobooth fun
• DIY nail art & quickie crafts stations
• Cocktail hour
• The sparkling company of cool, crafty people!

	Project Runway Capsule Collection
	The episode of Project Runway airing August 30th, features the Lord & Taylor challenge where the winning designer will be chosen to represent the 10th season in the capsule collection. The winner's dress will be produced along with the other nine dresses and sold exclusively at Lord & Taylor. The collection will be available at www.lordandtaylor.com/projectrunway beginning August 31st.
	Jay's Inspiration For Designing the Capsule Collection Dress My inspiration for this dress was to find a perfect marriage between my aesthetic and the Lord & Taylor customer. The result is a dress that is textural and fun and casual, yet perfect for a woman with elegant and refined tastes.

How Project Runway Changed Jay's Life Winning the show granted me opportunities that I only ever daydreamed about and among other things, got me into really fabulous parties. And isn't that what it's all about anyway? The experience really forced me to take a closer look at what it was that I was really trying to say as a designer. It also has encouraged me to really think as a business minded person, which I am really enjoying. Being on Project Runway forced me to challenge myself beyond anything I thought was imaginable. The opportunities that have been presented to me since appearing on the show have been immeasurable. Project Runway and Lord & Taylor The process of designing the dress in a very short amount of time did feel a bit reminiscent of my Project Runway experience. However, not having to actually sew the dress was extremely beneficial. Overall, this was a much different kind of challenge. This one was designing something that was for a specific customer with a retail destination. It wasn't just for a show, it was for real life! This was just one of the many amazing opportunities that appearing on Project Runway has afforded me.

Jay McCarroll Creates Unique & Eco-Friendly Design For Gabby Wild's
“12 for 12 in 12” Animal Activist Campaign

With the number of endangered species around the world continuing to grow each year, Gabby Wild, the founder of The Gabby Wild Foundation, is taking a stand against this important, yet often neglected cause. 12 in 12 for 12 is the integrative approach to combine eco-conscious fashion with animals in a fundraiser/awareness project to promote conservation of 12 unique, endangered and critically endangered animal species.

Jay McCarroll has created a dress to represent the Kakapo Parrot. The Kakapo Parrot is thought to be the oldest species of parrot and is critically endangered. “I am very excited to have been chosen to participate in this project,” said Jay McCarroll. “As someone in the fashion industry, an industry so blatantly exploitative and cruel to animals, I think it is my duty to help protect and preserve the natural beauty of all animals big and small."

The body of the dress is woven organic cotton fabric and only low impact, organic dyes were used in the manufacturing process of the fabric. The body of the dress was then covered with felt “feathers”. All of the felt was made in the U.S.A and is made from eco-fi, which is a high quality fiber made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic bottles. All the fabric for the dress was purchased from Fabric.com. Fabric.com has one of the largest selections of organic and eco-friendly fabrics available online.

The “feathers” for the dress were created by Jay using his AccuQuilt fabric cutter. “AccuQuilt has a huge variety of really useful products,” said Jay. “Being able to use the AccuQuilt fabric cutter rather then cutting by hand was a huge time saver.” Accuquilt offers quilters, fabric crafters and retailers a premiere line of fabric cutters, dies, quilting patterns, and other quilt and fabric cutting solutions that help quilters and fabric crafters quickly and accurately cut shapes for quilting and fabric crafts.

The Kakapo Parrot will be represented by Gabby in October with funds going to the Kakapo Recovery Program.

For more information about “12 in 12 for 12”, visit www.gabbywild.com .

Z Fabrics in Portland, ME to Host Workshop with Jay McCarroll

Jay McCarroll Z Fabrics in Portland, ME and teaching a workshop there.

“I look forward to visiting Maine all year and this year will be extra special because of the teaching experience at Z Fabrics,” said Jay.

Z Fabrics is a modern sewing shop located in the heart of Portland's downtown district.  They offer a wide selection of inspiring fabrics, books and notions and cater to the unique tastes of garment makers, rogue quilters and artists alike.  Z Fabrics is located at 477 Congress Street, in the historic Time and Temperature Building, Portland, Maine. Jay will be teaching the workshop on August 8 th from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Space is limited, so contact Z Fabrics as soon as possible.

For information about Z Fabrics, visit www.zfabric.com or email info@zfabric.com .

hello there all of my northeastern pennsylvania folks.

just a quick note to let you know that i will be selling my goodies at the wilkes-barre farmers market on public square! i'm so excited to come home and hang out on the square where i spent so many nights as a teen climbing the jungle gym and talking to weirdo strangers and acting like, well, a teen!

so, come on out and say hi and support your local businesses and farmers. i will there on july 12th, 19th, and 26th from 10 am to 4 pm!

hope to see you there!

xox. j

When: June 23 & 24, 2012 from 11 am - 7 pm each day

Where: East River State Park, aka the Williamsburg Waterfront

The Renegade Craft Fair (RCF) is a large scale marketplace event, showcasing the work of contemporary indie-craft artists. Featuring hundreds of artists at a time, vendors travel from all over to sell their handmade goods and original artwork. RCF is held in urban epicenters of creative indie-entrepreneurship throughout the US and abroad – including Brooklyn, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, and London (UK).

When: Saturday, May 12th & Sunday, May 13th, 11-6pm

Where: The Great Plaza at Penn's Landing, which is along Columbus Blvd, between Walnut & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA

The Spring Art Star Craft Bazaar is an outdoor retail art/craft show that is organized & juried by Philadelphia's Art Star Gallery & Boutique .  Over 140 local & national artists have been chosen to set up shop & sell their wares at the Great Plaza at Penn's Landing, right along the Delaware River. The event is being held on Mother's Day weekend this year, so come to the show to pick up a perfect, one-of-a-kind gift for mom or better yet, bring your mom to the show for a fun day on the waterfront!

The show will take place Saturday April 28th, 2012 from 12pm to 5pm at Passyunk and Tasker Ave in South Philadelphia in conjunction with Flavors of the Avenue.

Philly's Finest Culinary Women Unite For Dish It Up!

Women Against Abuse Hosts A Night Of Purple To Fight Domestic Violence

  Philadelphia, PA – LIVE from the ‘purple carpet', Philadelphia's strongest advocate for victims of domestic violence, Women Against Abuse , kicks off Dish It Up 2012, the only fundraising event and food competition that celebrates our city's women owned restaurants and women chefs.

To raise money for the agency's life-saving services, ten women will compete for the coveted Purple Dish Award, given to the creator of the best dish with an element purple, the official color of the anti-domestic violence movement.

The winning dish will be chosen by a panel of Philly foodies, including 2010 Purple Dish Award winner Marcie Turney , chef and co-owner, Barbuzzo/Lolita/Jamonera; Drew Lazor , food writer, City Paper ; Collin Flatt , editor, Eater.com ; and Maria Valetta , food writer, Weekly Press/University City Review and former host of the online food show 'The Philly Dish.'

Competitors this year include: Michele Iovino , Angela Iovino , and Rosalba Morici , Girasole; Rachel Klein , Miss Rachel's Pantry; Brooke Higgins , Sweet Lucy's Smokehouse ; Susan Schlisman , Devil's Alley/Smokin' Betty's Franca DiRenzo and Francesca Kauffman , Tre Scalini; Effie Bouikidis , Effie's Greek Restaurant; Bridget Foy , Bridget Foy's; Ali Waks , AHW Consulting; Victoria Tyson , Victoria's Kitchen; and Ann Jamavan , Jasmine Rice.

NBC's Bill Henley will host the event and Jay McCarroll , fashion designer and inaugural winner of Project Runway, will provide LIVE coverage from the purple carpet for arrivals and judge our first ever best purple style contest. The dress code is purple ; guests will be asked to dress in their best purple style at the event.

For dessert, pastry chefs Kylie Tsai of Cup & Chairs Tea Café, Kristen Piano of Social Sweets and Victoria Andreacchio of V's Cupcakery will compete for the Purple Cupcake Award, given to the baker of the evening's best purple cupcake as determined by the guests.

The event is Thursday, March 22 th from 5:30-8:00 PM at Moore College of Art and Design. Tickets are $75 and on sale at  www.womenagainstabuse.org .  All proceeds will benefit Women Against Abuse.

About Women Against Abuse

Women Against Abuse (WAA), Inc., one of the largest domestic violence programs in the country, serves more than 10,000 individuals each year through emergency housing, legal services, hotline counseling, education and advocacy. WAA operates the only comprehensive program in Philadelphia whose sole purpose is to assist victims of domestic violence and their children. For more information, please visit www.womenagainstabuse.org .

Press Contact: Michelle Meltzer, Taluva PR, (917) 428-1857, michelle@taluvapr.com

The Galleries at Moore presents Network ,

A New Networking Series Focused on Design in Philadelphia

What: Network : Launch into Fashion

Rock your favorite style and accessories for a night of cocktails, local DJ, and the chance to meet some of Philadelphia 's top designers and fashion experts.

Featured speakers:

Elissa Bloom , Executive Director of the Philadelphia Fashion Incubator, launching this spring at Macy's Center City

Jay McCarroll , Philadephia-based designer and winner of Project Runway, season one. Currently Jay is Chief Creative Officer for Jay McCarroll Online and Jay McCarroll Apparel & Accessories

Launching in February of 2012, Network is The Galleries' new series of networking events that bring together emerging designers and business and arts professionals to meet, exchange ideas, and make new connections.

When: Friday, February 17, 6 – 8 pm

Who: The Galleries at Moore 

Where: Great Hall / Moore College of Art and Design

Cost: FREE and open to the public

Info: For more information call 215-965-4027 / www.thegalleriesatmoore.org