DIY officially enters the mainstream!

I'm sitting here watching the Oscars, taking notes for the obligatory fashion design best-and-worst post (which I can't wait to write!) and I am surprised to discover, in the first five minutes of the show, enough material for an entire post. Did you catch that opening number? These things are always cheesy, self-indulgent, and absolutely hilarious, and this year's was no exception. But what impressed me was the set-design theme, which seemed to be "handmade design," the exact theme of this blog!



My favorite thing to have come out of the Economapocalypse is that the DIY trend which began a few years ago has experienced a major surge. And many people seem to be adopting it on more that just a superficial level. And (more importantly), since most DIY projects involve reusing materials that might otherwise end up in a landfill, the environment benefits most.

Of course that doesn't apply in this particular case, which was obviously manufactured from all-new materials, and not even, in fact, very DIY at all but likely outsourced as usual. But that's okay by me. I'm just happy to see the idea advanced in any way!