Origami Kits
Cindy Ng of Finger Magic has some cool origami kits for gift giving this holiday season. I love the cute animals like bunnies and frogs. Check out all the kits and her line of DIY origami greeting cards, jewelry and more. Link.
Year: 2006
Kadushin – Open design lighting accessories
Here’s a great collection of Lighting and accessories by designer Ronen Kadushin, with their production files (DXF for laser cutting) freely downloadable to use under CC license – Link. I have access to a laser cutter, my holiday presents are now downloading…
The Yarn Museum
Linda Scharf of the Yarn Museum says, “The Yarn Museum honors the artistry + beauty of handspun yarn. Requesting submissions from all spinners for lots of different galleries + shows for when it opens in early December 2006!” Link.
HOW TO – Use “Furoshiki” (cloth gift wrapping)
The Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan has a guide (PDF) on using cloth as opposed to paper for wrapping gifts to cut down on the wasted paper usually used in gift wrap, great idea – Link. Thanks Lil! Related: Stitch and hem gift bags – Link.
Knitted Princess Leia wig gallery
Ansley at Bleu Arts has posted up a gallery of crafters who have made her knitted Princess Leia wig. If you’ve knitted a Leia wig yourself, please send a photo in to add to the gallery! Link.
HOW TO – Make a bottle cap dragon
Skeplin writes – “I was inspired by this artist’s bottle cap fish to create my own bottle cap dragon. 540 beer bottle caps (170 Amber Bock, 206 Killians, 68 Budweiser Select, 96 Budweiser) make up this 41 x 43 inch piece.” – Link. Related: Bottlecap magnets and thumbtacks – Link. Bottlecap Pincushions – Link.
Photos from the virtual world exhibit
Lots of chatter about virtual worlds lately and what / if they’re good for, how they make money and what people are doing in them. My 3 interests in this space, at least for now… – Using virtual worlds to make 3D objects and then take the information out for a 3D printer – Link. […]
