Holiday Project: Collage Wrapping Paper
Kathy of Crafty Chica has a tutorial on how to do something different this year and do collage style wrapping paper for all your gifts. Link.
Year: 2006
Frosty the Chumby
Angela says, “This is a picture of Frosty the Chumby. I think he has been teleported back to 1964 for a felt craft makeover complete with fake snow! I was lucky enough to receive one of the Foo Camp release Chumby alpha prototypes thanks to Bunnie. ” Link.
HOW TO – Make Stuffed Felt Animals
Crafty Dasies has a tutorial on how to make your own felted stuffed animals, in this case a felt penguin. Thanks Tim! Link.
Vintage projects and building plans
Eric writes – “Our goal is to preserve the inspired DIY spirit of the past. Our free project reprints cover farm machines, the woodshop, machine shop, boats, archery and more. These vintage plans come from a half-century ago when do-it-yourself enthusiasts turned wood, metal and old motors into useful workhorses, functional tools, and toys.” Thanks […]
Stylehive’s Top 5 Indie Gifts
We absolutely love the stylehive site and all their cool picks. This week their “Top 5 Gifts” looks for the best in indie and handmade delights, including some of our CRAFT friends, Etsy.com, Susie Ghahremani and Elsewares.com. Link.
Nixie tube ornament
Ian made an awesome Nixie tube ornament – “The Nixie Tube Ornament is a homage to the light-up&motion ornaments from the early 90’s. The ornament looks cool on a tree and makes a great gift. Finally, a use for IN-12/15 top view tubes! I used an IN-15A symbol nixie in this ornament. An IN-12 works […]
Low-Cost illuminated signage for todays responsible citizen
Here’s the how-to from one of 11 Spring’s graffiti pieces, Q-Branch writes – “Low-cost, illuminated signage for todays responsible citizen courtesy of the GRL and the Eyebeam OpenLab. This tutorial will explain the tools and processes we used to combine LED christmas lights, plexi-glass and rope to make our own low-power signage on the cheap.” […]
