Jason Loper of handbag boutique Zola Jones Designs is calling all creative types.
For all of you lonely crafty folks in Chicago, Zola Jones owner and designer Jason Loper has created a new weekly event just for you. At Hump Day/Craft Night, a "BYOB community crafting" event, artists are encouraged to bring their knitting, jewelry supplies, paper crafts and other crafty projects for an evening of creative recessionary escapism.
"When customers see me sitting at the sewing machine handcrafting the Zola Jones line of bags," says Loper, "they're often very excited to tell me about their craft. [This event] will give everyone an opportunity to share that excitement with me and a store full of other creative people."
Refreshments will be offered at the weekly event, which will run from 5 to 8 p.m. beginning May 6 at Zola Jones Designs, 1944 W. Montrose, (773), 848-3257.
Regular hours: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Jessica Sedgwick works in the Chicago Sun-Times features department. When she's not working, she's sniffing out deals all over Chicago for fellow shoppers. Zap her an 
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