How bad, how good, does it need to get?
How many losses? how much regret?
What chain reaction would cause an effect?
Makes you turn around
Makes you try to explain
Makes you forgive and forget,
Makes you change
Makes you change
Great song, folks: “Change” by Tracy Chapman from her album Where You Live (2005).
Change your wardrobe — Wield scissors, patches, and sewing skills* at one or more of the T-shirt Recycle programs at the North Regional, Spring Lake, and Hope Mills branches. *sewing skills optional – please bring your own t-shirt to style.
Lots of great books to check out: 99 ways to cut, sew, trim & tie your t-shirt into something special, by Faith Blakeney; T-shirt makeovers : 20 transformations for fabulous fashions, by Sistahs of Harlem; Tease : 50 inspired T-shirt transformations by superstars of art, craft & design, edited by Sarah Sockit; Generation T : 108 ways to transform a T-shirt, by Megan Nicolay; The ultimate T-shirt book : creating your own unique designs : batik, tie-dye painting, marbling, stamping, screen printing, by Deborah Morgenthal; and The great T-shirt book! : make your own spectacular, one-of-a-kind designs, by Carol Taylor.
Change the conversation – Take a deep breath and express yourself in poetry, rap, song, and dance at the teen open mic night being held at the Headquarters location on June 17th starting at 6:30 pm.
Change your body – Incorporate the Dance Dance Revolution gaming programs at the Bordeaux and Hope Mills branches into your summer workout. 
Also consider: 15-minute workouts for dummies DVD [my personal choice ], Fitting in Fitness : hundreds of simple ways to put more physical activity into your life by the American Heart Association or one of many exercise related books and videos available to borrow.
Change your appearance — Become Inu-Yasha, Edward Elric, Naruto or one of many assorted ninja at one of the cosplay workshops at the Headquarters’ Bordeaux, and Hope Mills locations.
Try these titles: Fashion and style - The Tokyo look book : stylish to spectacular, goth to gyaru, sidewalk to catwalk by Philomena Keet with photographs by Yuri Manabe; Japanese pop culture - Mechademia 1 : emerging worlds of anime and manga and Mechademia 2 : networks of desire, both edited by Frenchy Lunning.
Change your skill set — Okay, this one is all for fun! Join us for origami workshops at Headquarters, Cliffdale, Hope Mills, North Regional, and Spring Lake. Visit East Regional in July to make a duct tape wallet, macracme bracelet or keychain, and try to make some interesting origami.
There’s lots of books in our collection to check out before, during, and after these programs, too: Easy origami by Didier Boursin; Origami in action : paper toys that fly, flap, gobble, and inflate! by Robert J. Lang; Got tape? : roll out the fun with duct tape! : 25+ quick and easy duct tape projects for the whole family by Ellie Schiedermayer; Ductigami : the art of the tape by Joe Wilson; and Hemp jewelry by Judy Ann Sadler.
Check out Instructables.com for more “how-to’s”: duct tape wallets, origami, and hemp bracelets. There are also some great ideas for recycled projects.
Here’s to a summer of change and discovery @ your library!
Hope to see ya at one of our programs!
Always,
Missy
