Studio 5 from Salt Lake--craft inspiration

Utah is a crafting mecca. Perhaps it's the can-do, self-sufficient attitude brought by pioneer ancestors who carved a beautiful home out of a desert that has trickled down to the modern day. Whatever the cause, women there are crafting queens! For example, scrapbooking as we know it today began primarily in Utah. Every other person I talk to in Utah has an etsy shop selling some type of handmade goods. I grew up in Utah, lived in the seriously un-crafty South, and am now somewhere in the middle in Colorado: less crafty than Utah, but significantly more crafty than Georgia (although that doesn't take much).I miss my Utah crafting roots, however. On Monday my mom and I went to a local Utah craft store chain and it reminded me how crafting-deprived I feel here in Denver. Thank goodness for the internet, where I can get my inspiration fix any time of day or night! A fun source for crafting & home decor inspiration is Studio 5, a lifestyle show produced by the local NBC affiliate in Salt Lake City. And lucky for me, most segments of Studio 5 are available online! I check in a few times each week to see what's new. Today's show featured this cute segment with ideas on things to do with vintage games:

Some other favorite segments:

• Rolled fabric flowers
• Cute, simple embellished scarves & wraps
• Corsage t-shirts (this one is my FAVORITE! I'm dying to make some of these.)

Lately they've had quite a few segments on remaking home decor items from thrift stores and decorating on a dime, and they frequently have cute paper crafting projects as well. Studio 5 airs locally at 11:00 am Mountain time, and it usually takes a little while after the show ends for them to get the segments onto the website. Check it out and experience Utah's abundant craft mojo for yourself!