Monthly Archives: December 2008

Old Calculator = New Magnet

A few weeks ago Dan and I went to an estate sale and found some great things, including a very old Commodore calculator. I already have a working Texas Instruments TI-1200 that I use in my office that is almost as old as me and fun to use at shows, but this cute little Commodore [...]

A Happy Holiday

Christmas was awesome! I hoped to have finally found a Pixies or Sonic Youth record to make for Dan by request for Xmas, but alas, I couldn’t. I did find a Raiders of the Lost Ark (his favorite movie) soundtrack record, and he was quite happy about that! My favorite X-mas presents? A USB turntable [...]

Super Huge Mega Extreme Awesome Vintage Sale!

Now that Christmas is over, it’s time to spend some money on yourself, and we’re here to help you stretch your dollar and get some rad new vintage clothing on the cheap with a super clearance sale! Check out all the new items on clearance here! (most just $5 each!) Just sharing some Post-Christmas, Pre-New [...]

Christmas Crafting

I made my own Christmas cards this year, using some vintage books I picked up at the thrift store and leftover fliers from holiday craft shows I’d done! Never having made cards before, I had a lot of fun with this and was excited by how they turned out. These were some of my favorites. [...]

Detroit Pouch

I’ve made a TON of pouches from vintage fabrics and T shirts over the years, but this pouch is my favorite of all of them. My friend Josh found a girls T shirt at a thrift store with a big screen print of a map of Detroit and bought it for me knowing that I [...]

Tomorrow Night!

Tomorrow night I’ll be selling at the Hope for the Holidays Fundraiser right down the street from me in Pontiac! For a few hours the website will be down, while I have record notebooks and rewares, our deadstock wallets, some of our best T shirts, and other vintage goodies at the show! Some of my [...]

"No Crafting"

After weeks of a busy holiday season, and making a TON of record notebooks for all you awesome customers out there, my left hand and wrist were really bothering me. I finally broke down and went to the clinic to find out what was wrong. Turns out I strained a couple tendons in my wrist, [...]

Holiday Baar Bazaar 2008

Holiday Baar Bazaar ’08 from Dan Nixon on Vimeo. The Holiday Baar Bazaar was so much fun! We had a fantastic mix of vendors and shoppers, three awesome bands, and the turnout was amazing!!! Check out our pics here on our Flickr page and more here on GrimIndustries.com! If you have pictures you’d like to [...]

RIP

You were misunderstood and yet adored by millions. I hope that you are finally at peace now, Bettie.