Online - November 03, 2004

Which Craft?

Polka Dot Life

The last time you tried origami, your “graceful crane” ended up looking like a “dying dog.”

Equally disastrous were your attempts at spin art (hello Jackson Pollock on your kitchen floor) and sand layering (who died and made you queen of the Sahara?).

Let’s just say arts and crafts isn’t your strong suit. So leave it to the Polka Dot Life to take care of your desire for handcrafted items. The online shop hosts a variety of artists who are whizzes at inventive paper goods, clothing, jewelry, and accessories. Many are one-of-a-kind (but look nothing like a five-year-old’s musings in paste and feathers). Examples include whimsical wrap skirts with matching polka-dotted clutches, fun plastic jewelry, and smart voting tees. Also available: a line of baby shirts bearing statements like “Bald is beautiful” and “Feed me.”

If you can handle the manual dexterity, there are greeting cards with paint-by-number designs.

Then again, you could make it easier for yourself and just point and click.

Available online at thepolkadotlife.net.