I have been having a really lovely day today, and the theme is beets! Some friends and I wandered over to Humphrey Slocum to cool off with some ice cream, including a Hibiscus Beet sorbet. Still savoring the earthy flavor, I came home to discover this amazing recipe for chocolate and roasted beet pudding cakes on Canelle et Vanille.
Apartment Therapy reader, Nite, was inspired by this pixelated painting of Abraham Lincoln and decided to try his hand at pixel art, using a slightly different method. This is a mosaic I did using those Benjamin Moore paint chips you can get from hardware stores. After a lot of time, patience, photoshop, and numerous trips […]
There times we need are fingers, say when we’re turning compost piles, taking pictures, or drawing sketches of squirrels running around the warmed up soil. These fingerless gloves are really fun to work up because they’re simple, cute, and really quick.
New York artist Jason Hackenwerth makes quite an impressive array of creatures using that staple material of clowns, the venerable party balloon.
Ossu! Shugeibu is a guerilla crafting club from Japan, and they’re being hosted by Gallery Hanahou in NYC to hold a show with interactive crafting events. Before and After: hijacking everyday stuff to craft incredible creatures with Ossu! Shugeibu, the macho crafting club from Japan October 14 – November 13 gallery hanahou 611 Broadway, Suite […]
I’m married to a graphic designer, who likes to tease me about my love of Pantone. I’m always begging him to bring me his out of date sets, and he is always kindly reminding me that I’m not a designer trying to work out the details of a print run.
Last week I was stranded in a waiting room. The old magazines didn’t really bug me, but listening to infomercials did. However, what really bothered me the most was when Billy Mays tried to sell me from the beyond the grave. Right then, I made a solemn vow not to endure that sales pitch ever again.
Fortunately for me, Maker Faire Rhode Island was just a few days away. I knew that I would be able to get my hands on a TV-B-Gone kit and build it at the soldering workshop. Maker Faire RI was a blast, and towards the end of the evening I settled down with the iron and got to work.
