Embroidery Thread Cards
Amy of Craft Chi has made some embroidery thread cards that you can download, cut, and use to hold your stash of loose embroidery thread. Choose from 2 designs — whimsical or ornate. Here’s to getting organized in 2008! Link.
Year: 2008
HOW TO – Noise-reduce your HDD
Instrucatble with techniques for quieting that wood chipper inside your PC tower. Noise Free HDD – Link
Granny Square Pinafore
Flickr user Disco Smurf recently shared her sweet (and inspiring!) granny square pinafore in our CRAFT pool. Link. Related: โข Granny Square Clutch – Link. โข Granny Square Headboard – Link. โข Granny Along Blog – Link.
Wine bottles + roller-skiing = musical instrument
Michel Lauziรยจre, Master of the Unusual plays the “Toreador Song” from the opera Carmen using wine bottles while roller skiing past them, nice!- Link.
Cut Out + Keep
I’ve been a fan of the craft site Cut Out + Keep run by Cat Morley for a long time. Now the site’s opened up into a community and you can create a profile to share your creations, tutorials, or meet other crafters! I love this project to sew up a guitar shaped bag too! […]
A different kind of “third hand”
A pic from a 1948 issue of Popular Mechanics of a “spring-arm” hands-free calling device. Flexible steel arm for hands-free calling, 1948 – [via] Link
Vintage Terrycloth Bikinis
It may be snowy, rainy, and/or grey where you are right now, but these adorable bikinis by Etsy seller VintageVacation will get you ready for warmer times (or maybe a winter getaway!). Each suit is handmade from vintage terry toweling fabric and arrives in a vintage lace drawstring bag. Link.
