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Girlfriend Sweatshop

WE CRAFT. YOU LIKE.

About Me


Hot chickies making pudding. Potentially famous artists meeting weekly to create, drink, document cycles, co-op, stitch, relate and demonstrate. We may be getting serious. Jiggle stylings.
You will love us now!
Kim, Rachel & Jen www.girlfriendsweatshop.com Next GFSS appearances


GFSS in Print
9.19.07 knot your normal knitters, USF Oracle (candace braun)
3.16.07 trash never looked so good, TBT (dalia wheat)
8.4.06 what a load of craft, TBT (julie garristo)
GFSS on Air
7.20.07 Art in Your Ear - WMNF (podcast)

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My Interests

*kaleisia
*rice paper (in more ways than one)
*Pin cushions and needles
*framboise
*your great grandma
*bottles of wine imbibed - 43?
*coffee ice cubes, why thank you
*slide demolition
*cat nip
*tp cozies
*ez cut you are no lino!
*mema's
*argyle
*well sewn zippers
*DIY
*rabbit glue? NOOOOO!
*crêpes
*duct tape prom gowns
*masking tape
*chick pea fixins
*pearling
*guash
*dagerrotype
*gelato
*softness

I'd like to meet:

your great grandmother

Music:

*red room cinema *american analog set *decemberists *aloha *candy bars *xiu xiu *appleseed cast *flaming lips *beatles *mono *neutral milk hotel *mum *the shins *built to spill *modest mouse *simon & garfunkel *beulah *of montreal *aimee mann *chin up, chin up *mercury program *timeout drawer *tortoise *sea & cake *portishead *world wide zoo *joanna newsome *q and not u *beth orton *pretty girls make graves *julianna hatfield *cat power *david bowie *casket lottery *mingus *karate *jealous sound *pohgoh *satsukos *shit, what's their name?

Movies:

(of the month) pan's labyrinth

Television:

*DIY channel *the office (bbc) *daily show *adult swim

Books:

(of the month) I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence - Amy Sedaris

Heroes:

spinsters everywhere

My Blog

GFSS in today’s USF Oracle

Check us out in today's edition of the USF Oracle, the University of South Florida's daily student paper. Pick up a copy on campus or view the article online at - http://media.www.usforacle.com/media/...
Posted by Girlfriend Sweatshop on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:07:00 PST

New Website up and running!

Mad props go out to our own Kim for creating an awesome new website! girlfriendsweatshop.com now features a blog, a nationwide alternative craft show search, new pictures, and more. In the coming futu...
Posted by Girlfriend Sweatshop on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:15:00 PST

Write Up in TBT

SOUNDCHECK: Julie Garisto's picks  Friday, July 20, 2007 By Julie Garisto [email protected]   Des Ark With Giddy-Up, Helicopter!, Inertia! and Verde THURSDAY 8:30 p.m. Skatepark of T...
Posted by Girlfriend Sweatshop on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:12:00 PST

If only we were more special

Wait wait!!!! maybe we are? GFSS will be interviewed this week on WMNF's Art in Your Ear airing on 88.5 at 1pm this Friday July 20th. We will be talking about the group, what we are about, and most&nb...
Posted by Girlfriend Sweatshop on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:21:00 PST

"catchy sign off lines"

updates updates updates! Meet-ups We have been working on finding new locations for meet-ups. Two upcoming spots are Nola Cafe on Platt St. in Hyde Park and Got Tea on Waters. Both of these joints clo...
Posted by Girlfriend Sweatshop on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 09:26:00 PST

Location is everything

GFSS is looking for new places to loiter. Suggestions? Aside from our homes, we occasionally do meet-ups at public locations. We prefer supporting small businesses, and usually meet-up at coffee/tea s...
Posted by Girlfriend Sweatshop on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:20:00 PST

GFSS in print

FYI we've added links to the two articles in which GFSS (or members) have been featured in. Check them out, smirk at our funny faces, do whatever.... As long as they make you come out and join us! Spe...
Posted by Girlfriend Sweatshop on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 04:24:00 PST

Bizarre Bazaar

The GFSS posse will also be having their first vending event of 2007 next Saturday the 24th at University Community Hospital Carrollwood's Bizarre Bazaar Fundraiser. Not our normal bang, but it gives ...
Posted by Girlfriend Sweatshop on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:48:00 PST

Tis the season to shop handmade!

The GFSS ladies are hard at work preparing for our upcoming craft sale spectacular at Atomic Holiday Bazaar in Sarasota this Sunday December 10th. Road trip time!! Take a weekend drive to enjoy a...
Posted by Girlfriend Sweatshop on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:13:00 PST

GFSSers rock it!

Welcome GFSSers! Welcome Danielle, Erika, and Kareema! Thanks for joining us last night at Kalesia for tea, craft, and belly grabbing humor! We had a great time and were happy that you decided to join...
Posted by Girlfriend Sweatshop on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:29:00 PST