Donate by Design

Donate by Design Donate by Design is a non-profit student organization from University of Illinois at Chicago that designs, teaches, and creates handmade items to be sold.

DbD is UIC's reigning craft club, dedicated to designing, teaching, and creating handmade items to be sold. All of our proceeds benefit non-profit organizations that help victims of r**e, stalking, and hate crimes. Meetings are held twice a month (1 GBM + 1 Project Night), in addition to other scheduled activities/Pinterest Parties. DONATE BY DESIGN ACTIVITIES:

Fall Semester:
1. Pinterest Party

2. Crafting "How-to's"
3. Project + Movie nights
4. Bake Sale/Project Selling events
5. Election for Spring board positions
6. General Body Meetings

Spring Semester:
1. Elections for Fall board positions
6. General Body Meetings

Membership requirements:
1. Attendance to all General Body meetings are mandatory.
2. Members may be excused from a meeting if they email back in advance with a legitimate excuse for missing the meeting, such as exams, train schedule conflicts, etc.
3. Members must respond to emails. After 3 no-responses, members are put on a probation list and are at risk of being deleted from the listserv.
4. Members must donate one sellable craft item per semester (acceptance is determined by the Design Consultant, and if deemed unacceptable, member must fix it or submit a different project in its place)
5. Members are accepted by the President as official members through UIC Connect only after requirements are met

Expulsion of members:
Any damage or destruction of property which rightfully belongs to the organization can lead to expulsion from this organization. Furthermore, any misconduct towards other members of the organization may lead to an expulsion, as decided by the majority of the officers.

Case Closed: Our first Donate by Design craft this semester complete!
03/08/2018

Case Closed: Our first Donate by Design craft this semester complete!

Not sure what project to make next? Check out IdunnGoddess's videos on YouTube! You'll surely be inspired to DIY using i...
02/19/2017

Not sure what project to make next? Check out IdunnGoddess's videos on YouTube! You'll surely be inspired to DIY using items you already have on-hand. (Who knew there were so many uses for water bottles and tape?) Here's one of my favorites:

This is a video tutorial of how to make mini gumshoes pen holder. It is only 9 cm high! All you'll need is two plastic bottles and a piece of old jeans. This...

Hi fellow crafters!Can't believe how time flies by! We have about one month left before the semester ends! Come and join...
11/09/2016

Hi fellow crafters!

Can't believe how time flies by! We have about one month left before the semester ends! Come and join for our LAST general body of the semester. We will be making two crafts! First, we will be collaborating with the Women's Leadership Board for a Gift Giving on a Budget workshop where we will be making journals! Our creations will be donated to Mercy Homes for Boys and Girls which helps youth escape poverty, abuse, and neglect.

RSVPing for this workshop is optional but appreciated (link below).

http://ccsw.uic.edu/ggoab16/

Our second craft will be decorating ornaments for the upcoming holiday season! Be sure not to miss out!

Our meeting will be this Thursday, November 10th in Burnham B6 (same room as last time) from 5:00-7:00pm (you don't have to stay the entire two hours. We offer this time range so students who have later classes can still participate!) As always there will be food! Hope to see you all there!

Cheers,
DbD E-board​

It’s once again time for our annual Gift Giving on a Budget workshop. This year we will get together to learn how to make simple handmade journals based on this tutorial. Our creations will be donated to Mercy Homes for Boys and Girls which helps youth escape poverty, abuse, and neglect.

10/27/2016

Hello fellow crafters!

Just a friendly reminder that TODAY is our 4th general body meeting in Burnham B6 (same room as last time) from 5:00-7:00pm (you don't have to stay the entire two hours. We offer this time range so students who have later classes can still participate!) As always there will be food! Hope to see you all there!

Cheers,
DbD E-board​
(Queena, Janet, Leti, Terrence, and Jessica)

10/06/2016

Hello fellow crafters,

Just a friendly reminder that our general body meeting is TODAY in Burnham Hall B6 from 5-7pm (you don't have to stay the entire two hours. We offer this time range so students who have later classes can still participate!).

Don't forget to bring your photos and pictures today to the meeting for your craft! But no worries if you forget your pictures, you can still participate. We have a cool second craft planned as well that doesn't involve using photos!

Hope to see you all there!

Cheers,
DbD E-board​
(Queena, Janet, Leti, Terrence, and Jessica)

Fun ideas for decorating you dorm rooms and other useful things:
09/12/2016

Fun ideas for decorating you dorm rooms and other useful things:

Getting some creative ideas for the new school year. :)
08/18/2016

Getting some creative ideas for the new school year. :)

What are your resolutions for the New Year? As a DIY lover, you must want to DIY more pretty things in 2016. Since the New Year is closing, you may want more ideas to create your DIY crafts. Prettydesigns will give you 25 DIY projects to get inspired. If you want to bring some green[Read the Rest]

Hey Dbd!Tomorrow's Event will be FABULOUS! We hope to see you all there!! RSVPing is highly appreciate it, please check ...
11/09/2015

Hey Dbd!

Tomorrow's Event will be FABULOUS! We hope to see you all there!!

RSVPing is highly appreciate it, please check your emails for more information!

Tuesday, November 10, 2015
5:00pm – 7:00pm (BH, B6)
It’s once again time for our annual Gift Giving on a Budget workshop. For the 7th year, we will get together to learn how to make an inexpensive gift and donate many of the creations to a local community agency. This year we will learn to make Fabulous Felt Purses for under $5. Co-sponsored by CCSW Minority Women Concerns subcommittee, CCSW Staff Advocacy subcommittee, Donate by Design student organization, and the UIC Office of Career Services. More details, an example of the purses, and a rsvp form is at http://ccsw.uic.edu/ggoab15/

It’s once again time for our annual Gift Giving on a Budget workshop. For the 7th year, we will get together to learn how to make an inexpensive gift and donate many of the creations to a local community agency.

Today at Donate by Design!
10/21/2015

Today at Donate by Design!

Hand made notebooks done by our talently skilled crafters!
10/21/2015

Hand made notebooks done by our talently skilled crafters!

Throwback to recruiting day earlier this semester!
10/21/2015

Throwback to recruiting day earlier this semester!

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