Pack Rat has a new girlie crush!

A’ight, haters. I’m gettin’ ready to drop some truth…or maybe truthiness? I love me some Stephen Colbert. Say what you will about me falling in to the hipster pothole that is Daily Show/Colbert Report (now you know what I’ve been doing when I’m not writing blogs), label me “main stream” and “so 2005″ but I can’t help it. The man makes me chortle. Did you see the episode after Christian Bale’s hilarious T4 tirade hit the airwaves last month? Colbert did a parody of it with his guest star/ my other love, Steve Martin, and holy donkey turd on a Triscuit it was hilarious! No, it was so hilarious it deserves two exclamation points. Hilarious!!

But, this blog isn’t about Colbert. But rather, it’s about what Colbert has brought me. Stephen (I feel like we’re on a first name basis, since he comes into my living room every night) has a surprising soft spot for the handmade goods (please reference an episode back in December or January where he did a whole “investigative report” on a controversial knitter) and I often find myself intrigued by the cultural gems he has on display during the interview portion of his show. And that has led to girlie crush of the month, Lisa Hannigan. Featured on the March 9th episode, Lisa Hannigan is a pixie-esque Irish singer. She already had me with her breathy, ethereal tunes from her new album, Sea Sew, but then just look at her album cover. Boo-yah, that’s right! Home girl’s ma, Frances, knit the cover (and wallpaper for the site) while Lisa stitched the linear notes and such onto rough cotton–please. As if she needed any more indie street cred. And, check this action out, turns out her craftiness? It’s not just for show. Digging around on her website, I found that this genius girl has a recipe combining two of my favorite things: chocolate and cookies. Sold! Totally sold. Buying an album now. Maybe fourteen. Who can say? I start making serious impulse purchases when I’m all hopped up on chocolate and cookies.

Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew

Pack Rat loves blowing bubbles in our chocolate milk

Don’t forget! Only two weeks left for our Birthday Contest!

Happy Monday before Thanksgiving my little Pack Ratters (I’ve been toying with changing your collective name to Pack Ratteers, but I’m a little worried that a team of Disney lawyers will come in and bust my kneecaps with a lead pipe for copyright infringement). I’m sure most of us have pumpkin pies in our eyes this week and don’t even want to think about the inevitable clean up yet, but I figured I would share this blog at The Simple Dollar for an affordable, easily made DIY laundry detergent recipe. Produced from the common household/grocery store cleaners of bar soap, borax (Jak sie masz!), and washing soda, this is a basic recipe that anyone with a large bucket can make. Use it to clean all of your table linens after the guest have gone. And, for only $10 (give or take) for 5 gallons you can save a few dollars you can use on holiday gifts.

photo copyright by The Simple Dollar

Pack Rat wants to “Show you the crafts!” with our birthday contest

Creativity is one of those traits can be expressed in a million different ways. There are your standard bearers of painting pictures, writing stories, singing songs, and snapping photos. But when you are working within a form that is widely respected and considered by all to fall under the category of “art,” then how creative are you really? One young man thinks outside the box–the shoe box that is. Ian Fieggen has channeled his creative energy into the art of lacing shoes. Yes, you read that right. Ian’s Shoelace Site is dedicated to the history, fashion, and science of shoe laces, and the technique of lacing shoes. Or, I should say techniques. Ian offers visitors thirty-four different ways that they can lace their shoes. He also provides a handy pro’s and con’s check list for each method, so you can find the variation that works best for you. Ian (who looks a little like “Come on Down!” Bob, from Bob’s Discount Furniture), started out with a single page website called Ian’s Knot page, after he invented a new, better way to tie his shoes that resulted in less lace breakage. When his new method piqued his interest in the topic, he realized that no websites existed dedicated to shoe lace information. So he created his own. Now an international sensation, Ian has even published a book called Laces: 100s of Ways to Pimp Your Kicks. So come for the crazy, imaginative variety of lacing techniques, and stay for the tips on how to replace those plastic tips on the end of your laces. Man, it sucks when those break off.

photo copyright by Ian Fieggen

Just a reminder that every Tuesday we’ll be reviewing a place or event on the East Coast that we think you’ve just got to check out. Find all of our hot spots on Yelp, and if you’re a yelper yourself, don’t feel bashful, go ahead and friend us! Today we dish about Pearl River Mart in New York.

It is official! I am back online. I am hot, sweaty, and covered in paint. I don’t have a clean piece of clothing to my name. I smell like an old sock. BUT I’M ONLINE AND GOD IT FEELS GOOD!!!!!!!!!!! More to come.

Pack Rat says don’t put marbles in your nose, do not put them in there

Some of you may be familiar with the comedic stylings of H. Jon Bejamin, from such cartoons as Family Guy, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force. But, if you haven’t seen him and Brendon Small and Melissa Bardin Galasky in Home Movies, then you haven’t lived. There, I said it. Benjamin plays pudgy seven-year-old Jason, and drunk, over-weight Coach McGuirk. Here are some choice clips from the show.

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Hi dudes,

If you read the myspace blog then you already know that I’m taking a break from blogging this week. Just putting the finishing touches on the new issue. I’ll be back next week!

Pack Rat Magazine loves you ’cause your deuces are wild

Free knitting/crocheting pattern alert! Now, I know this is a little off season, as we here in North America are heading into summer (I hope. We’ll see how this global warming craziness plays out), but I saw this free pattern today and it amused the bejeezus out of me, so I had to blog about it now, since there’s no way I’m going to remember to do so in, like, five months. The yarn purveyors at Berroco have a nice cache of knitting/crochet patterns that are Pack Rat friendly, a.k.a. free. And a lot of them are really cute and/or cool (their handbags are especially nummy). This is neither. The Footsie Pillow is so ridiculous, though, that it beat out all of the other patterns I actually liked. Look at it. It’s a pillow you put your feet into. Wacky, right? Right?

Pack Rat Magazine wants to know, what’s your sign, baby?

Okay, usually I like to keep these posts less about me and more about crafts and art and creative finds available in the great big world. But I came across this game (for lack of a better word) on the Twitchy Knitter‘s blog and it looked so much fun I had to try it. If any of you do the same, let me know and I will post your results.

The Rules:

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

The Questions:
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name.

1. Can’t stop taking photos of Meghan…, 2. Amigurumi Sushi by Christen Haden (Usa), 3. Paul de Vivie (Velocio), 4. Nant Ffrancon and Glyder Fawr, Wales, 5. A Scanner Darkly, 6. When i Give My Heart.., 7. Ponte vecchio, 8. eye candy!, 9. Party Perfect, 10. Peace Love Happiness Friends 63/365, 11. tmnt.jpg, 12. color tv