Embroidery maven Jenny Hart is celebrating National Talk Like a Pirate Day (that’s today!) with a sale. Order a pack of her Pirate Patterns and you get a free pincushion! Link. Related: • Pirate Amigurumi – Link. • Pirate Queen’s Booty Bag – Link.
Nick writes in – You linked up to one of my newspaper sculptures in the past. If you’re interested, I brought out another piece in NYC yesterday (pics here on my blog) – it was a blast. people started gathering around, taking pictures, touching it, asking what is this made of? ABOUT 50 NYTIMES you […]
These are lovely! Chandeliers made from used plastic soda bottles! – [via] Link.
Ahoy there! Talk like a Pirate Day is a upon us and we’re giving all our mateys some special booty! Download these here desktop wallpapers and even one for yer iPhone, featuring our special mascot from CRAFT: 04. Do it now or prepare to walk the plank! Download wallpaper here: 320X480 (iPhone) 800X600 1024X768 1440X900 […]
Crafter Annette Pedrosian created this lovely quilt earlier this year, and blogged her progress every step of the way. I love the color and pattern combinations she chose, they’re especially inspiring with Autumn fast approaching. Link.
Paul sent in this book for us to check out, any makers out there read it yet? Post up your review or thoughts in comments. Looks pretty good, here’s the review Amazon from Publishers Weekly- The Plenitude is the word of Silicon Valley polymath Gold for the limitless stuff produced to feed our consumer-focused economy, […]
Sally writes in – Hi- I wondered if you might be able to help me find a way (if there is one) to construct a backup battery power system for keeping household appliances (fridge), lights, etc running for some time in the event of an emergency (I live in L.A.). Any suggestions? To purchase these […]
