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...knitting a sweater is too old hat, consider a new way to add a crafty touch to your wardrobe: a shoemaking workshop. Classes at New York City's Jewish Community Center and at ShoeSchool in Port Townsend, Wash., teach the basics of lasts, vamps and skins--everything you need to make your own one-of-a-kind creation...
Everywhere maxine clark goes, people ask her, "Are you the bear lady?" And it's not because she has a cuddly stuffed bear named Curly strapped into the backseat of her car. A former shoe executive, Clark, 56, is the founder and chief executive of Build-A-Bear Workshop, a mall-based toy retailer that has sold more than 26 million customer-made teddies ($10 to $25 each; outfits and accessories cost extra) since it opened its first store in St. Louis , Mo., eight years ago. Today the chain has more than 180 U.S. stores and 16 overseas franchises; last...
...Ryan says. The company plans to open 30 more shops in 2005, expand its line of licensed merchandise, introduce "friends 2B made"--a new make-a-doll concept--and unveil a 21,500-sq.-ft. flagship store on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue this month. Build-A-Bear Workshop may yet prove that it has legs--even if they're only stuffed ones. --By Dody Tsiantar
...have the profoundly unique summer job of congressional internsorting mail, writing letters, and entering databut by night, I am a student learning the tricks of the trade. A few weeks ago, the prospect of free food lured me to a quasi-workshop event targeted towards Asian Americans being held in one of the House office buildings. The group that organizes these meetings aims to teach us leadership skills, so I was less than surprised to see that the first session would focus on the basics: networking...
...workshop provided us with more comprehensive tips about how to be competitive in the hottest card-collecting craze since Magic: The Gathering. We only have 15 seconds to make an impression, the guest speakers said, so we should just get our names out there and snatch up business cards. The guest speakers then told us to try our hand at networking...