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Business Journal
Make Meaning to open new store in Scottsdale
Feb 15, 2012
A New York retail concept is opening its first Arizona location at Scottsdale Quarter next month.
Called Make Meaning, the store offers creative activities for adults and children. Customers can participate in more than 50 activities that include creating and customizing soap, candles and jewelry, as well as painting ceramics, glassware and decorating cakes. The store will also serve sweets, snacks, beverages and wine, and also include a… read more
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big city moms
Valentine's Day Fun
Feb 13, 2012
This Valentine’s Day, families and couples can celebrate their “creative” side of love by making a visit to Make Meaning. To commemorate the season of love, Make Meaning is featuring a variety of love inspired activities, that will be a real token of love including, Glassware creations ($22 and up), Sweetheart Candle-Making ($20 and up) and Luxury Soap Making ($8 and up). In addition, Make Meaning will be offering creative… read more
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Disney With Children
Make Meaning: A Review
Feb 07, 2012
About two years ago Make Meaning opened up on the West Side. I thought it sounded like the Disney World of craft places when I first heard about it-ceramics, paper crafts, candles, glass, soap, and jewelry so much to choose from. However living on… read more
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UrbanBaby
UrbanBaby New York
Feb 07, 2012
What’s cuter than a homemade valentine? Your little sweetie is already excited about giving out cards to everyone in class, but she’d like to make a few extra-special goodies for her most loved.Kids can craft custom gifts for a crush, bestie or doting grandparent in time for the 14th at at Make Meaning’s special holiday sessions. Today and tomorrow, start with… read more
New York Family
parenting with sense and sensibility
Jan 06, 2012
1. Spencer gets a 21st Century fete, complete with a glorious smartphone game-themed cake. 2. The b-day boy adores his Angry Birds treat. 3. A crafty party guest decorates a delicious sweet. 4. All eyes are on Spencer - it's a party in his honor, after all!
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What to make when at Make Meaning?
Jan 04, 2012
As apart of our weeks long holiday celebration my co-workers and I went to Make Meaning– a crafting venue where you get to make anything a 11 year old girl would think is awesome. There were so many options and I was not properly prepared to be creative so I opted for the good ol’ stand-by: painting ceramics. I went with a tile because that… read more
Make Meaning’s Grand Opening
Featured on NewYorkSocialDiary.com
Dec 27, 2011
Darcy Miller and The Martha Stewart Family Blog hosted an invitation-only evening of cocktails and creativity to celebrate the grand opening of Make Meaning Upper East Side. Guests, including Darcy Miller, Dylan Lauren, Robert Verdi and Gillian Miniter, enjoyed a sampling of the creative activities, including cake decorating and candle making, available at the five floor creativity destination. The evening benefitted Asphalt Green, a not-for-profit organization dedicated… read more
KDHamptons
Hamptons Moms: “Make Meaning” With The Kids At This Crafty New Concept Spot~ Create Candles, Cakes, Soaps & More!
Dec 24, 2011
KDH zipped into Manhattan recently to hit the grand opening of an awesome new concept destination on the Upper East Side called Make Meaning. Darcy Miller Nussbaum, [editorial director of Martha Stewart Weddings] and The Martha Stewart Family Blog hosted the event. Candy princess Dylan Lauren, celeb stylist Robert Verdi, and Marshall Heyman of the Wall Street Journal were on hand decorating cakes… read more
Have An Artsy Bridal Shower Here!
Dec 20, 2011
Last week, we co-sponsored the opening of Make Meaning, a wonderful new creative destination on New York City's Upper East Side. Everyday it holds a slew of different arts and crafts classes (glass, ceramics, jewelry, paper, soap, candles, cake decorating), and while reservations are recommended, walk-ins are welcome, too!
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MarthaStewart
Make Meaning Event
Dec 16, 2011
As you know, we love to craft at MSLO! As a mom I spend a lot of time doing crafts with my girls, it's quality time, they love it, and anything the kids make also make great gifts. Last night myself and The Family Blog were thrilled to host the opening of the new location of Make Meaning in NYC. And what a store it… read more
Best of NYC
Things to Do
Nov 29, 2011
We’ve been fans of MakeMeaning since the arts-and-crafts hub made its debut on the Upper West Side in the fall of 2010. The shop not only hosts all-ages classes and birthday parties but also walk-in offerings that revolve around different craft experiences, from jewelry, paper and candles to glass, soap and ceramics.
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TimeOut New York Kids
Birthday Parties
Oct 26, 2011
We love the parties at this three-floor crafts haven on the UWS. Upon booking, the birthday child selects two special activities for his or her guests—projects include ceramics, paper crafts, jewelry making, and soap and candle creation.
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EyesIn
Company Make Meaning Explores Your Creativity
Oct 20, 2011
Make Meaning is a brand new creativity experience and retail shopping destination. Walk right in and create hands-on, high-quality products that are super fun, easy to make, and looking stunningly professional when you take them home.
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The Packing Queen
Make Meaning with Friends and Family
Oct 12, 2011
Attention all New Yorkers: A great craft store has arrived on the Upper West Side. It is a great spot for birthdays, rainy days, or even a girls night out. You can make jewelry, paint ceramics, and even make your own soap.
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BizBash
New York Teambuilding Activities for Corporate Groups
Oct 04, 2011
D.I.Y. crafts space Make Meaning opened in September 2010 and offers teambuilding activities for kids and adults in its 5,000-square-foot site. The venue can host as many as 300 people for events, or several smaller groups for creative activities like soap- and jewelry-making.
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Time Out New York
Shopping Guide
Jun 09, 2011
DIY crafts aren’t just for kindergartners at this spacious, hands-on haven.
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Mom Trends NYC
Moms Sleep In! Mother’s Day Gift Making Morning
Jun 09, 2011
Make Meaning, an artistic community for both adults and children, is offering an innovative plan for Mother’s Day by suggesting that moms sleep in.
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Mommy Poppins
Handmade Gifts for Teachers for NYC Kids and Families
Jun 09, 2011
The craft mecca also offers other cool projects like candle making, paint-your-own ceramics and beading.
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People Magazine
Make Meaning: A Cool Craft E-Shop for the Whole Family
Apr 29, 2011
Are her finger-paintings starting to resemble Picasso? Does every project turn into a work of art? Sounds like you need to indulge your little one’s creativity with some goodies from e-shop, Make Meaning.
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Crain's New York Business
Stores follow Make Meaning
Apr 28, 2011
Gap-owned sportswear brand to open on Columbus Avenue and West 70th Street; follows moves by Make Meaning, Rag & Bone, and eatery Ditch Plains.
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New York Post
Getting Crafty
Apr 28, 2011
Little ones might choose to paint a ceramic figurine or create a candle with mosaic pieces of wax, while mom makes a beautiful glass ring. There are also yummy treats from the Butterfly Bake Shop.
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Family Getaways
Big Kid in the Big Apple
Apr 25, 2011
At Make Meaning, you could make anything you wanted, such as candles, soaps, jewelry, pottery and glass.
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Beading Fun!
Mommy Poppins
Mar 24, 2011
Make Meaning is a new craft emporium dedicated to making sure everything you make looks awesome. Accordingly they have a lovely selection of beads and a few different easy to do projects. Make Meaning also has paint your own pottery, glasswork, soapmaking, and candlemaking. They offer classes and workshops too.
Best of New York
Mar 23, 2011
Pretty much every afternoon since it opened in September, Make Meaning—the sprawling DIY crafts space on the Upper West Side—has been mobbed by the Bieber-and-under set, who busily create scented soaps, tweaked-out candles, greeting cards, jewelry, and (that old standby) painted mugs and plates. There’s a tangible buzz of preadolescent energy here, but rarely… read more
Happiness is Our Specialty
Momma's Gone City
Feb 24, 2011
When the kids walked in to Make Meaning with my mom and I, they were instantly intrigued by the colors, the low counters full of objects to paint and create, and the… read more
Make It and Mean It
Feb 08, 2011
As a mother of toddlers in a city chock full of experiences to be had and places to go, I still find that it really has to be something special to blow me away. Perhaps it’s the… read more
Make Meaning, A First Class Experience
Mommy Poppins
Feb 01, 2011
Entering Make Meaning’s spacious digs will have you feeling like your traveling first-class when you usually fly JetBlue. The décor is elegant and chic, like a SoHo gallery. Newly arrived on the scene in September, this place takes crafting up a notch. Choose from six craft areas; glass, ceramics, jewelry, paper, soap and candles. One of the many helpful Associate Creativity Enthusiasts, known asAces, will help you select… read more
Babyccino
Don't worry Paint-A-Pot, this town is big enough for the two of us. ;)
Jan 06, 2011
Paint-a-pot… step aside. I think your days are numbered. Make Meaning recently opened its doors on the Upper West Side and they are definitely on to something! The gigantic, walk-in creativity center offers a place where parents and their kids can sit together and work side by side on a variety of creative projects — all age appropriate and stuff that you will actually use!
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Time Out New York Kids
Make Bathtime Fun!
Jan 06, 2011
Where It's At
Stroller Traffic
Dec 18, 2010
There are lots of kids' art and pottery studios in the City, but Make Meaning takes the concept to a whole new level. With three floors and hundreds of DIY projects, the brand-new UWS store offers cool make-your-own theme parties where kids (and adults) can create anything from soap and candles to paper, glass, ceramics, and jewelry. The basement-level party space is super cute for tots.… read more
