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  • Cultural Craft Night- LGBT

    Cultural Craft Night- LGBT 5/28, 6:30-7:30pm Howard Street Charter School We are gearing up for LGBT Pride Month in June and will make rainbow bracelets from discarded paper and thread. We’ll also…

  • REUSE CHALLENGE- Junk Mail

    REUSE CHALLENGE-  Junk Mail Each month DIY Studio hosts a Reuse Challenge to encourage creatives to rethink and re-imagine. May’s challenge must include at least one piece of junk mail. Post your…

  • Trashion at the Mid-Valley Green Awards

    DIY Studio was excited to be a part of the Mid-Valley Green Awards an event put on in partnership with Straub Environmental Center and Marion County Environmental Services. It was a lot…

  • Ma and Pa DIY

    I was diagnosed with a neuroma in my right foot this week. Happy Valentine’s Day to me.  It’s annoying and causes pain whenever I wear heals, or am on my feet for too…

  • Crafternoon Delight: Valentines

    2/12, noon – 1:oopm Create Valentines with reuse materials to show you care about your sweetie and the environment. Or if you’d rather express your dark side, come create anti-valentines. We aim…

  • After School Special: Valentines

    2/5, 4:00pm-5:30pm It’s always a mad rush to get Valentines ready before the special day…DIY Studio to the rescue! Children 8 and older are invited to create earth-friendly Valentines, learn simple techniques,…

  • Clay Day Crafternoon

    Bring your kiddos (or simply yourself) and lets create something magical from some lumps of clay! We’ll show you basic clay building (slab, pinch pots, coil pots, score, slip) and build from…

  • DIY Studio Found a Home!

    After a strange month of walking around asking “Are You My Mother?”, DIY Studio has found our home! We are happy to announce the historic Salem Arts Building will be the location…

  • Cha-cha-cha-changes

    Last night I had a nightmare that my teeth were falling out. Such dreams are never a good omen, and they typically stop for a visit when I feel overwhelmed. It’s been…

  • August Classes and Workshops

    We’ve got a lot of fun planned for you this month! DIY Studio is the place where you can focus on creating and feel good about the resources you create with. We…

  • Great Press

    Have you been reading about DIY Studio in print? DIY Studio has been pretty lucky to have great press by both the Statesman Journal and Salem Weekly. This article by the fabulous…

  • Our Upcycled and Earth-friendly Artists

    DIY Studio features the work of local artists who create with sustainability in mind. Most of the items in the gallery are made out of at least 75% reused materials with exception…

  • Block printing with Stryrofoam

    Okay we all know Stryrofoam is bad…super bad. The National Bureau of Standards Center for Fire Research (http://www.highcountryconservation.org/pdf/The%20Facts%20on%20Styrofoam.pdf) found 57 chemical by-products released during the creation of Styrofoam. Yet Stryrofoam is everywhere,…

  • Five Stages of Crafting-Upcycled Lightbulb Craft

    It was a great night of creative reuse at the Salem Public Library. 28 people participated and we went through various stages of crafting together. Have you heard of the five stages…