How do you get real street cred? One sure way is to win bragging rights by out-Martha-ing everyone around you at the Martha Stewart Release Party on March 6. There's a Martha lookalike contest, a cookie decorating contest, and the ultimate Martha triathalon (flower arranging, HER-b identification, and creating a proper place setting), celebrity judges, fantastic prizes, delicious refreshments, and yes, we invited Martha, but we're not holding our breath. It's free. It's fun. It's a good thing.

March is National Craft Month - so it's the perfect time for you to make a commitment to your personal sanity by taking up a craft. We may be exaggerating a little, but not really. Art therapy is a very reliable and accepted way for people to work through traumatic situations. But for day-to-day stress, you'll find that simply taking up a creative hobby can reduce anxiety, improve your outlook and provide you with some quiet "you-time." In fact, we wish we had a dime for every time a customer has told us how relaxing it was to come in and make something - we'd have like six dollars by now. Plus, exercising your creative muscles can help you in all areas of your life. When you make something, you are drawing on different areas of your brain - dealing with color, composition, motor skills, etc. You are active and involved in the process and when you're finished, you have a fantastic work of art. Reality television can't say all that!

The WorkShop is pleased to present a five-day Spring Break arts and crafts camp for children ages 6-9 and 10-12. Campers will make crafts in a different medium each day, inspired by folktales from around the world. (Check out our Summer Camps too!) It's affordable and lots of fun!

WorkShop customers never cease to amaze us with the fantastic and creative flair they bring to their crafting. Just when we think we're smart and know it all, someone will make a unique and remarkable item which we then promptly copy and claim as our own. But now, we are honoring the original creators by showing their work in an online gallery. It's still small, but it won't be for long.