I know March is mending month on CRAFT, but it’s not March yet! Instead of fixing his old ripped pants, my boyfriend preferred I use them as scrap fabric (believe me, I offered to patch them). Well, the legs of pants are long tubes, perfect for making a bag for your yoga mat, so here’s […]
@NYC Toy Fair 2009 – There were a few dozen “lead testing” companies, but I think I liked the HDX 1000 lead tester from XOS the most… It’s a portable X-Ray machine for the most part and their interface / set up seemed pretty solid. XOS, a manufacturer of x-ray analytical equipment and x-ray optics […]
Sarah of The Small Object recently received an amazing tiny letter from a customer. The letter, which came complete with a magnifying glass for reading, was from the World’s Smallest Postal Service. The World’s Smallest Postal Service (WSPS) is a teeny tiny transcription service and roaming post office based in the San Francisco Bay Area […]
Our friend Crafty Chica’s Kathy Cano-Murillo, the chiquita of all trades, has a new craftacular book that’s on sale today,The Crafty Chica’s Guide to Artful Sewing. Whether you can hardly sew on a button or thread bobbins like a champ, Kathy’s got a project just for you. The Crafty Chica’s Guide to Artful Sewing features […]
@NYC Toy Fair 2009 – “Ecotronics” – Hand crank powered toys (sorry, not web site it seems) had an assortment of hand torches (flash lights) and toys that kids crank to power / store energy. One was a game, another was a microphone / noise maker, we’re seeing a lot of the commercial applications of […]
I just discovered the amazing wood-carved sculpture of David Esterly over on the Dudecraft blog. The photo above is “in progress,” but you get a sense of the incredible number of tools used and the gorgeous detail. According to his website, “David Esterly works in the tradition of Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721), whose spectacular cascades of […]
(Feb. 13, 2009) ESCONDIDO, CALIF.: Jim Lipka is demonstrating that pricey “HDTV” antennas aren’t necessary to pull in digital TV signals. Lipka is getting press for making functional TV antennas out of wire hangers and what appear to be picket-fence slats. He’s putting the devices together at less than $10 each, giving them away to […]
