Month: September 2008

DIY tipi tent!

DIY tipi tent!

From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Ted Major built this sweet kid-sized tipi! For this project, I used the following materials: 6 six-foot bamboo garden stakes (on clearance to make room for more Xmas stuff in September) 4 x 15 canvas dropcloth (a 4 x 9 would have worked) Double sided carpet tape Grommets 1/8″ […]

Fordite Pendant is Made from Paint

From the CRAFT Flickr pool, user truemirage writes: “Fordite” is the rather tongue-in-cheek name given to this amazing multi-color material, which is really…..paint! Back when cars were sprayed rather than dipped, layers of paint would build up on the machinery. Some smart lapidarist decided to cut and polish a chunk as if it were a […]

Bleached Skeleton Dress

If you’ve been reading the CRAFT blog for a while, it’s likely you’re familiar with bleach strenciling–well, check out this killer bleached skeleton Halloween dress created by Craftster user Smarmyclothes. She shares several tutorials that will help you get prepped for the spooky season: bleaching, creating ruffles, and making circle skirts. Related: • T-Shirt Designs […]

Mahar Drygoods Clothespin People Kit

Mahar Drygoods has just come out with a new kit containing everything you need to make these sweet clothespin people with your kids. Each kit contains materials to create four clothespin people including: wood pins, heads & stands; acrylic paints, varnish & paintbrush; fabric & notions; complete and kid friendly instructions. All of the kit […]

Pedal Powered World: Literally

Pedal Powered World: Literally

This is part 8 of an ~8-part series I’m doing on bike-powered devices. If you’ve got a link to another device that should be included or a better-documented version of any of these, comment below. I learned about most of these devices through the old-news Innovate or Die contest. Wow: go pedals. I’m in awe […]